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Dutilloy E, Arias AA, Richet N, Guise JF, Duban M, Leclere V, Selim S, Jacques P, Jacquard C, Clément C, Ait Barka E, Esmaeel Q. Bacillus velezensis BE2 controls wheat and barley diseases by direct antagonism and induced systemic resistance. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 108:64. [PMID: 38189957 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12864-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
Abstract
Wheat and barley rank among the main crops cultivated on a global scale, providing the essential nutritional foundation for both humans and animals. Nevertheless, these crops are vulnerable to several fungal diseases, such as Septoria tritici blotch and net blotch, which significantly reduce yields by adversely affecting leaves and grain quality. To mitigate the effect of these diseases, chemical fungicides have proven to be genuinely effective; however, they impose a serious environmental burden. Currently, biocontrol agents have attracted attention as a sustainable alternative to fungicides, offering an eco-friendly option. The study aimed to assess the efficacy of Bacillus velezensis BE2 in reducing disease symptoms caused by Zymoseptoria tritici and Pyrenophora teres. This bacterium exhibited significant antagonistic effects in vitro by suppressing fungal development when pathogens and the beneficial strain were in direct confrontation. These findings were subsequently confirmed through microscopic analysis, which illustrated the strain's capacity to inhibit spore germination and mycelial growth in both pathogens. Additionally, the study analysed the cell-free supernatant of the bacterium using UPLC-MS (ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry). The results revealed that strain BE2 produces, among other metabolites, different families of cyclic lipopeptides that may be involved in biocontrol. Furthermore, the beneficial effects of strain BE2 in planta were assessed by quantifying the fungal DNA content directly at the leaf level after bacterization, using two different application methods (foliar and drenching). The results indicated that applying the beneficial bacterium at the root level significantly reduced pathogens pressure. Finally, gene expression analysis of different markers showed that BE2 application induced a priming effect within the first hours after infection. KEY POINTS: • BE2 managed Z. tritici and P. teres by direct antagonism and induced systemic resistance. • Strain BE2 produced seven metabolite families, including three cyclic lipopeptides. • Application of strain BE2 at the root level triggered plant defense mechanisms.
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- Emma Dutilloy
- Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, INRAE, RIBP USC 1488, 51100, Reims, France
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- Microbial Processes and Interactions Laboratory, Terra Teaching and Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, Plateau Technique Mobile de Cytométrie Environnementale MOBICYTE, URCA/INERIS, UFR Sciences Exactes Et Naturelles, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, INRAE, RIBP USC 1488, 51100, Reims, France
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- Université de Lille, Université de Liège, UMRT, 1158 BioEcoAgro, Institut Charles Viollette, 59000, Lille, France
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- Université de Lille, Université de Liège, UMRT, 1158 BioEcoAgro, Institut Charles Viollette, 59000, Lille, France
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- AGHYLE UP 2018.C101, SFR Condorcet FR CNRS 3417, Institut Polytechnique UniLaSalle, 19 Rue Pierre Waguet, BP 30313, F-60026, Beauvais Cedex, France
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- Microbial Processes and Interactions Laboratory, Terra Teaching and Research Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, INRAE, RIBP USC 1488, 51100, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, INRAE, RIBP USC 1488, 51100, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, INRAE, RIBP USC 1488, 51100, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, INRAE, RIBP USC 1488, 51100, Reims, France.
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Comparison of the nature, activity, and cellular localization of superoxide-dismutases (SOD) from soil and clinical isolates of Streptomyces species was investigated to identify possible factors that could account for the pathological role of the strains isolated from human lesions. Results showed that all of the studied strains possessed a cytoplasmic Ni-SOD. This particular SOD, found in isolates from patients, could be a new taxonomic criterion to identify Streptomyces species with greater precision. A second minor SOD, assimilated to an Fe/Zn-SOD, was detected in some strains, but no relationship was established between the presence of this enzyme and the clinical origin of the strains.
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- V Leclere
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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Bailly C, Leclere V, Pommery N, Colson P, Houssier C, Rivalle C, Bisagni E, Hénichart JP. Binding to DNA, cellular uptake and biological activity of a distamycin-ellipticine hybrid molecule. Anticancer Drug Des 1993; 8:145-64. [PMID: 8494604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A hybrid molecule which conjugates the minor groove binding agent distamycin and an ellipticine derivative was synthesized and evaluated for cytostatic and cytotoxic activities against L1210 leukaemia cells in vitro. The binding of the hybrid molecule, named 'Distel', to a range of natural DNAs and synthetic polynucleotides with different base pair arrangements was studied by electric linear dichroism. The interaction with DNA simultaneously implicates binding of the distamycin part in the minor groove and intercalation of the ellipticine chromophore. The drug binds to DNA without any apparent preference for AT or GC polynucleotides, and can accommodate both homopolymeric and co-polymeric sequences as a binding site. However, the geometry of the drug-DNA complex varies depending on the targeted sequence. The lower activity of the hybrid as compared to the ellipticine derivative cannot be explained in terms of DNA binding. Taking advantage of the fluorescence of the pyridocarbazole chromophore, fluorescence microscopy was used to map cellular uptake of the hybrid molecule compared to the ellipticine derivative. Both the conjugate and the ellipticine derivative preferentially accumulate in the nuclei of HeLa cells rather than in the cytoplasm. Nuclei of ellipticine derivative-treated cells appear markedly more fluorescent than those of cells treated with the hybrid, which seems to be preferentially located in the nucleoli. Therefore, we consider the possibility that the difference in cytotoxicity between the two ellipticine-containing drugs is due to different intranuclear concentrations of these two compounds.
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- C Bailly
- INSERM Unité 124, Institut de Recherches sur le Cancer, Lille, France
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