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Rybak JM, Xie J, Martin-Vicente A, Guruceaga X, Thorn HI, Nywening AV, Ge W, Souza ACO, Shetty AC, McCracken C, Bruno VM, Parker JE, Kelly SL, Snell HM, Cuomo CA, Rogers PD, Fortwendel JR. A secondary mechanism of action for triazole antifungals in Aspergillus fumigatus mediated by hmg1. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3642. [PMID: 38684680 PMCID: PMC11059170 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48029-2] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Triazole antifungals function as ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors and are frontline therapy for invasive fungal infections, such as invasive aspergillosis. The primary mechanism of action of triazoles is through the specific inhibition of a cytochrome P450 14-α-sterol demethylase enzyme, Cyp51A/B, resulting in depletion of cellular ergosterol. Here, we uncover a clinically relevant secondary mechanism of action for triazoles within the ergosterol biosynthesis pathway. We provide evidence that triazole-mediated inhibition of Cyp51A/B activity generates sterol intermediate perturbations that are likely decoded by the sterol sensing functions of HMG-CoA reductase and Insulin-Induced Gene orthologs as increased pathway activity. This, in turn, results in negative feedback regulation of HMG-CoA reductase, the rate-limiting step of sterol biosynthesis. We also provide evidence that HMG-CoA reductase sterol sensing domain mutations previously identified as generating resistance in clinical isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus partially disrupt this triazole-induced feedback. Therefore, our data point to a secondary mechanism of action for the triazoles: induction of HMG-CoA reductase negative feedback for downregulation of ergosterol biosynthesis pathway activity. Abrogation of this feedback through acquired mutations in the HMG-CoA reductase sterol sensing domain diminishes triazole antifungal activity against fungal pathogens and underpins HMG-CoA reductase-mediated resistance.
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- Jeffrey M Rybak
- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
- Integrated Program in Biomedical Sciences, College of Graduate Health Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Institute of Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institute of Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institute of Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Molecular Biosciences Division, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
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- Institute of Life Science, Swansea University Medical School, Swansea, Wales, UK
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- Infectious Diseases and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Infectious Diseases and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
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Carvajal SK, Melendres J, Escandón P, Firacative C. Reduced Susceptibility to Azoles in Cryptococcus gattii Correlates with the Substitution R258L in a Substrate Recognition Site of the Lanosterol 14-α-Demethylase. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0140323. [PMID: 37341584 PMCID: PMC10434158 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01403-23] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023] Open
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Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii cause cryptococcosis, a life-threatening fungal infection affecting mostly immunocompromised patients. In fact, cryptococcal meningitis accounts for about 19% of AIDS-related deaths in the world. Because of long-term azole therapies to treat this mycosis, resistance to fluconazole leading to treatment failure and poor prognosis has long been reported for both fungal species. Among the mechanisms implicated in resistance to azoles, mutations in the ERG11 gene, encoding the azole target enzyme lanosterol 14-α-demethylase, have been described. This study aimed to establish the amino acid composition of ERG11 of Colombian clinical isolates of C. neoformans and C. gattii and to correlate any possible substitution with the in vitro susceptibility profile of the isolates to fluconazole, voriconazole, and itraconazole. Antifungal susceptibility testing results showed that C. gattii isolates are less susceptible to azoles than C. neoformans isolates, which could correlate with differences in the amino acid composition and structure of ERG11 of each species. In addition, in a C. gattii isolate with high MICs for fluconazole (64 μg/mL) and voriconazole (1 μg/mL), a G973T mutation resulting in the substitution R258L, located in substrate recognition site 3 of ERG11, was identified. This finding suggests the association of the newly reported substitution with the azole resistance phenotype in C. gattii. Further investigations are needed to determine the exact role that R258L plays in the decreased susceptibility to fluconazole and voriconazole, as well as to determine the participation of additional mechanisms of resistance to azole drugs. IMPORTANCE The fungal species Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii are human pathogens for which drug resistance or other treatment and management challenges exist. Here, we report differential susceptibility to azoles among both species, with some isolates displaying resistant phenotypes. Azoles are among the most commonly used drugs to treat cryptococcal infections. Our findings underscore the necessity of testing antifungal susceptibility in the clinical setting in order to assist patient management and beneficial outcomes. In addition, we report an amino acid change in the sequence of the target protein of azoles, which suggests that this change might be implicated in resistance to these drugs. Identifying and understanding possible mechanisms that affect drug affinity will eventually aid the design of new drugs that overcome the global growing concern of antifungal resistance.
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- Studies in Translational Microbiology and Emerging Diseases (MICROS) Research Group, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Group of Microbiology, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Studies in Translational Microbiology and Emerging Diseases (MICROS) Research Group, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia
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Wang Y, Kou S, Huo J, Sun S, Wang Y, Yang H, Zhao S, Tang L, Han L, Zhang J, Chen L. Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Novel 4-Chloropyrazole-Based Pyridines as Potent Fungicide Candidates. J Agric Food Chem 2022; 70:9327-9336. [PMID: 35856648 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c02350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A rational molecular design approach was developed in our laboratory to guide the discovery of novel sterol biosynthesis inhibitors. Based on the application of bioactivities of heterocyclic rings and molecular docking targeting the sterol biosynthesis 14α-demethylase, a series of 4-chloropyrazole-based pyridine derivatives were rationally designed, synthesized, and characterized and their fungicidal activities were also evaluated. Bioassay results showed that 7e, 7f, and 7m exhibited commendable, diverse antifungal actions that are comparable to those of the positive controls imazalil and triadimefon. The active compounds' mode of action was further studied by microscopy observations, Q-PCR, and enzyme inhibition assay and discovered that target compounds affect fungal sterol biosynthesis via disturbing RcCYP51 enzyme system. These findings support that their fungicidal mode of action still targets the cytochrome P450-dependent 14α-demethylase as the molecular design did at first. The above results strongly suggest that our rational molecular design protocol is not only practical but also efficient.
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- Ying Wang
- College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, P. R. China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, P. R. China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, P. R. China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, P. R. China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, P. R. China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, P. R. China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
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- College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, P. R. China
- Biological Control Center of Plant Diseases and Plant Pests of Hebei Province, Baoding 071001, P. R. China
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- College of Plant Protection, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, P. R. China
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Cokan KB, Hancock JM, Spindelböck W, Režen T, Juvan P, Rozman D. Matching mouse models to specific human liver disease states by comparative functional genomics of mouse and human datasets. Biochim Biophys Acta Gene Regul Mech 2022; 1865:194785. [PMID: 34971790 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2021.194785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Omics has broadened our view of transcriptional and gene regulatory networks of multifactorial diseases, such as metabolism associated liver disease and its advanced stages including hepatocellular carcinoma. Identifying liver disease biomarkers and potential treatment targets makes use of experimental models, e.g. genetically engineered mice, which show molecular features of human pathologies but are experimentally tractable. We compared gene expression profiling data from human to our studies on transgenic mice with hepatocyte deletion of Cyp51 from cholesterol synthesis with the aim of identifying the human liver disease state best matched by the Cyp51 knockout model. Gene Expression Omnibus was used to identify relevant human datasets. We identified enriched and deregulated genes, pathways and transcription factors of mouse and human disease samples. Analysis showed a closer match of the Cyp51 knockout to the female patient samples. Importantly, CYP51 was depleted in both mouse and female human data. Among the enriched genes were the oxysterol-binding protein-related protein 3 (OSBPL3), which was enriched in all datasets, and the collagen gene COL1A2, which was enriched in both the mouse and one human dataset. KEGG and Reactome analyses revealed the most enriched pathway to be ECM-receptor interaction. Numerous transcription factors were differentially expressed in mice of both sexes and in the human female dataset, while depleted HNF4α and RXRα:PPARα-isoform1 were a hallmark in all cases. Our analysis exposed novel potential biomarkers, which may provide new avenues towards more personalized approaches and different targets in females and males. The analysis was only possible because of availability of open data resources and tools and broadly consistent annotation.
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- Kaja Blagotinšek Cokan
- Centre for Functional Genomics and Bio-Chips, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Centre for Functional Genomics and Bio-Chips, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Centre for Functional Genomics and Bio-Chips, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Centre for Functional Genomics and Bio-Chips, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Centre for Functional Genomics and Bio-Chips, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Muellender MM, Mahlein AK, Stammler G, Varrelmann M. Evidence for the association of target-site resistance in cyp51 with reduced DMI sensitivity in European Cercospora beticola field isolates. Pest Manag Sci 2021; 77:1765-1774. [PMID: 33236506 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cercospora leaf spot caused by Cercospora beticola is the most relevant foliar disease in sugar beet cultivation. In the last decade a decreasing sensitivity of C. beticola towards demethylation inhibitors (DMIs) occurred. Different mechanisms mediating a reduced sensitivity towards DMIs have been identified in different plant pathogens to date, such as target site mutations, over-expression or active excretion of the fungicide. RESULTS A sequencing of the cytochrome P450-dependent sterol 14α-demethylase gene sequence (cyp51) of diverse C. beticola isolates collected in different European countries with reduced DMI sensitivity was performed in order to find a possible correlation of mutations with higher EC50 values. The amino acid alterations Y464S, L144F and I309T combined with L144F were found to be associated with a reduced sensitivity. Furthermore, mutations I387M, M145W and M145W with E460Q were found uniquely. Additionally, constitutive and fungicide triggered expression of cyp51 was assayed by means of RT-qPCR. A very strong induction of cyp51 mRNA expression in sensitive isolates suggests that the fungal cells upregulate expression to maintain ergosterol biosynthesis in DMI presence. The less intensive cyp51 induction in isolates with higher EC50 values underlines the possible correlation of the found target-site mutations with reduced sensitivity. CONCLUSION This study provides new results about possible alterations in the target gene mediating reduced sensitivity of C. beticola towards DMIs and hypothesized a fungicide induced over-expression of the target enzyme CYP51 as natural reaction of the fungus to fungicide application. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.
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Mukherjee S, Moitra S, Xu W, Hernandez V, Zhang K. Sterol 14-α-demethylase is vital for mitochondrial functions and stress tolerance in Leishmania major. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1008810. [PMID: 32817704 PMCID: PMC7462297 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sterol 14-α-demethylase (C14DM) is a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of sterols and the primary target of azoles. In Leishmania major, genetic or chemical inactivation of C14DM leads to accumulation of 14-methylated sterol intermediates and profound plasma membrane abnormalities including increased fluidity and failure to maintain ordered membrane microdomains. These defects likely contribute to the hypersensitivity to heat and severely reduced virulence displayed by the C14DM-null mutants (c14dm‾). In addition to plasma membrane, sterols are present in intracellular organelles. In this study, we investigated the impact of C14DM ablation on mitochondria. Our results demonstrate that c14dm‾ mutants have significantly higher mitochondrial membrane potential than wild type parasites. Such high potential leads to the buildup of reactive oxygen species in the mitochondria, especially under nutrient-limiting conditions. Consistent with these mitochondrial alterations, c14dm‾ mutants show impairment in respiration and are heavily dependent on glucose uptake and glycolysis to generate energy. Consequently, these mutants are extremely sensitive to glucose deprivation and such vulnerability can be rescued through the supplementation of glucose or glycerol. In addition, the accumulation of oxidants may also contribute to the heat sensitivity exhibited by c14dm‾. Finally, genetic or chemical ablation of C14DM causes increased susceptibility to pentamidine, an antimicrobial agent with activity against trypanosomatids. In summary, our investigation reveals that alteration of sterol synthesis can negatively affect multiple cellular processes in Leishmania parasites and make them vulnerable to clinically relevant stress conditions.
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- Sumit Mukherjee
- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
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Friggeri L, Hargrove TY, Wawrzak Z, Guengerich FP, Lepesheva GI. Validation of Human Sterol 14α-Demethylase (CYP51) Druggability: Structure-Guided Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Stoichiometric, Functionally Irreversible Inhibitors. J Med Chem 2019; 62:10391-10401. [PMID: 31663733 PMCID: PMC6881533 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Sterol 14α-demethylases (CYP51) are the cytochrome P450 enzymes required for biosynthesis of sterols in eukaryotes, the major targets for antifungal agents and prospective targets for treatment of protozoan infections. Human CYP51 could be and, for a while, was considered as a potential target for cholesterol-lowering drugs (the role that is now played by statins, which are also in clinical trials for cancer) but revealed high intrinsic resistance to inhibition. While microbial CYP51 enzymes are often inhibited stoichiometrically and functionally irreversibly, no strong inhibitors have been identified for human CYP51. In this study, we used comparative structure/functional analysis of CYP51 orthologs from different biological kingdoms and employed site-directed mutagenesis to elucidate the molecular basis for the resistance of the human enzyme to inhibition and also designed, synthesized, and characterized new compounds. Two of them inhibit human CYP51 functionally irreversibly with their potency approaching the potencies of azole drugs currently used to inhibit microbial CYP51.
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- Laura Friggeri
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Synchrotron Research Center, Life Science Collaborative Access Team, Northwestern University, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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Chong P, Vichou AE, Schouten HJ, Meijer HJG, Arango Isaza RE, Kema GHJ. Pfcyp51 exclusively determines reduced sensitivity to 14α-demethylase inhibitor fungicides in the banana black Sigatoka pathogen Pseudocercospora fijiensis. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0223858. [PMID: 31622393 PMCID: PMC6797121 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The haploid fungus Pseudocercospora fijiensis causes black Sigatoka in banana and is chiefly controlled by extensive fungicide applications, threatening occupational health and the environment. The 14α-Demethylase Inhibitors (DMIs) are important disease control fungicides, but they lose sensitivity in a rather gradual fashion, suggesting an underlying polygenic genetic mechanism. In spite of this, evidence found thus far suggests that P. fijiensis cyp51 gene mutations are the main responsible factor for sensitivity loss in the field. To better understand the mechanisms involved in DMI resistance, in this study we constructed a genetic map using DArTseq markers on two F1 populations generated by crossing two different DMI resistant strains with a sensitive strain. Analysis of the inheritance of DMI resistance in the F1 populations revealed two major and discrete DMI-sensitivity groups. This is an indicative of a single major responsible gene. Using the DMI-sensitivity scorings of both F1 populations and the generation of genetic linkage maps, the sensitivity causal factor was located in a single genetic region. Full agreement was found for genetic markers in either population, underlining the robustness of the approach. The two maps indicated a similar genetic region where the Pfcyp51 gene is found. Sequence analyses of the Pfcyp51 gene of the F1 populations also revealed a matching bimodal distribution with the DMI resistant. Amino acid substitutions in P. fijiensis CYP51 enzyme of the resistant progeny were previously correlated with the loss of DMI sensitivity. In addition, the resistant progeny inherited a Pfcyp51 gene promoter insertion, composed of a repeat element with a palindromic core, also previously correlated with increased gene expression. This genetic approach confirms that Pfcyp51 is the single explanatory gene for reduced sensitivity to DMI fungicides in the analysed P. fijiensis strains. Our study is the first genetic analysis to map the underlying genetic factors for reduced DMI efficacy.
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- Pablo Chong
- ESPOL Polythecnic University, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Centro de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas del Ecuador, Laboratorio de Fitopatología, Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Escuela de Biociencias, Faculta de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia -Sede Medellín (UNALMED), Medellín, Colombia
- Unidad de biotecnología (UNALMED-CIB), Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas, Medellín, Colombia
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- Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Elkahoui S, Levin CE, Bartley GE, Yokoyama W, Friedman M. Levels of Fecal Procyanidins and Changes in Microbiota and Metabolism in Mice Fed a High-Fat Diet Supplemented with Apple Peel. J Agric Food Chem 2019; 67:10352-10360. [PMID: 31503479 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b04870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The potential for apple peels to mitigate the deleterious effects of a high-fat diet in mice was investigated here. Mice were fed a high-fat diet supplemented with apple powders from three apple varieties or a commercial apple polyphenol. Polyphenols were characterized using colorimetric assays and high-performance liquid chromatography. Mice were tested for standard metabolic parameters. There was a dose response to dietary apple peels, with the higher intake leading to reduced weight gain and adipose tissue mass relative to the lower intake, but none of the treatments were statistically different from the control. The gene expression of liver enzyme stearoyl-CoA desaturase (Scd-1) was correlated with adipose weight, and liver enzyme cytochrome P51 (Cyp51) was downregulated by the apple diets. The feces from a subset of mice were analyzed for polyphenols and for bacteria taxa by next-generation sequencing. The results revealed that the makeup of the fecal microbiota was related to the metabolism of dietary polyphenols.
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- Salem Elkahoui
- Laboratoire des Substances Bioactives , Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria , BP-901, Hammam-Lif 2050 , Tunisia
- Department of Biology, College of Science , University of Ha'il , P.O. Box 2440, Ha'il 81451 , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Healthy Processed Foods Research , Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture , Albany , California 94710 , United States
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- Healthy Processed Foods Research , Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture , Albany , California 94710 , United States
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- Healthy Processed Foods Research , Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture , Albany , California 94710 , United States
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- Healthy Processed Foods Research , Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture , Albany , California 94710 , United States
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Kumar N, Awoyemi O, Willis A, Schmitt C, Ramalingam L, Moustaid-Moussa N, Crago J. Comparative Lipid Peroxidation and Apoptosis in Embryo-Larval Zebrafish Exposed to 3 Azole Fungicides, Tebuconazole, Propiconazole, and Myclobutanil, at Environmentally Relevant Concentrations. Environ Toxicol Chem 2019; 38:1455-1466. [PMID: 30919521 DOI: 10.1002/etc.4429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2018] [Revised: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Azole fungicides have entered the aquatic environment through agricultural and residential runoff. In the present study, we compared the off-target toxicity of tebuconazole, propiconazole, and myclobutanil using embryo-larval zebrafish as a model. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relative toxicity of tebuconazole, propiconazole, and myclobutanil using multiple-level endpoints such as behavioral endpoints and enzymatic and molecular biomarkers associated with their mode of action. Zebrafish embryos were exposed to azoles at environmentally relevant and high concentrations, 0.3, 1.0, and 1000 µg/L, starting at 5 h postfertilization (hpf) up to 48 hpf, as well as 5 d postfertilization (dpf). Relative mRNA expressions of cytochrome P450 family 51 lanosterol-14α-demethylase, glutathione S-transferase, caspase 9, phosphoprotein p53, and BCL2-associated X protein were measured to assess toxicity attributable to fungicides at the mRNA level, whereas caspase 3/7 (apoptosis) and 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (lipid peroxidation) levels were measured at the enzymatic level. Furthermore, mitochondrial dysfunction was measure through the Mito Stress test using the Seahorse XFe24 at 48 hpf. In addition, light to dark movement behavior was monitored at 5 dpf using Danio Vision® to understand adverse effects at the organismal level. There was no significant difference in the light to dark behavior with exposure to azoles compared to controls. The molecular biomarkers indicated that propiconazole and myclobutanil induced lipid peroxidation, oxidative stress, and potentially apoptosis at environmentally relevant concentrations (0.3 and 1 µg/L). The results from the mitochondrial respiration assay indicated a slight decrease in spare respiratory capacity with an acute exposure (48 hpf) to all 3 azoles at 1000 µg/L. Based on the present results, propiconazole and myclobutanil are acutely toxic compared to tebuconazole in aquatic organisms at environmentally relevant concentrations. Environ Toxicol Chem 2019;38:1455-1466. © 2019 SETAC.
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- N Kumar
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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Zheng B, Yan L, Liang W, Yang Q. Paralogous Cyp51s mediate the differential sensitivity of Fusarium oxysporum to sterol demethylation inhibitors. Pest Manag Sci 2019; 75:396-404. [PMID: 29931739 DOI: 10.1002/ps.5127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND As a soilborne fungus, Fusarium oxysporum can cause vascular wilt in numerous economically important crops. Application of antifungal drugs is the primary method for the control of F. oxysporum. Cyp51, a key enzyme of sterol biosynthesis is the main target of sterol demethylation inhibitors. RESULTS The F. oxysporum genome contains three paralogous CYP51 genes (named FoCYP51A, FoCYP51B and FoCYP51C) that putatively encode sterol 14α-demethylase enzymes. Each of the three genes was able to partially complement the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ERG11 mutant. Growth assays demonstrated that deletion mutants of FoCYP51B, but not FoCYP51A and FoCYP51C were significantly retarded in hyphal growth. Deletion of FoCYP51A (ΔFoCyp51A and ΔFoCyp51AC) led to increased sensitivity to 11 sterol demethylation inhibitors (DMIs). Interestingly, FoCYP51B deletion mutants (ΔFoCyp51B and ΔFoCyp51BC) exhibited significantly increased sensitivity to only four DMIs (two of which are in common with the 11 DMIs mentioned earlier). Deletion of FoCYP51C did not change DMI sensitivity of F. oxysporum. None of the three FoCYP51s are involved in F. oxysporum virulence. The sensitivity of F. oxysporum isolates increased significantly when subjected to a mixture of different subgroups of DMIs classified based on the different sensitivities of FoCYP51 mutants to DMIs compared to the individual components. CONCLUSIONS FoCYP51A and FoCYP51B are responsible for sensitivity to different azoles. These findings have direct implications for fungicide application strategies of plant and human diseases caused by F. oxysporum. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Bangxian Zheng
- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Crop Pest Management of Shandong Province, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, P. R. China
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- Ningbo Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Vegetables, Ningbo, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Crop Pest Management of Shandong Province, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Integrated Crop Pest Management of Shandong Province, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, P. R. China
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Zhou Y, Yu J, Pan X, Yu M, Du Y, Qi Z, Zhang R, Song T, Yin X, Liu Y. Characterization of propiconazole field-resistant isolates of Ustilaginoidea virens. Pestic Biochem Physiol 2019; 153:144-151. [PMID: 30744888 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2018.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The plant-pathogenic fungus Ustilaginoidea virens (Cooke) Takah causes rice false smut (RFS), which is responsible for significant quantitative and qualitative losses in rice industry. Propiconazole is a triazole fungicide which belongs to Demethylation inhibitors (DMIs). It is used to control RFS in China. We previously screened 158 isolates of U. virens collected in the fields in 2015 in Jiangsu province of China, and found two of them were highly resistant to propiconazole (named 82 and 88, respectively). In this study, we have analyzed the physiological and biochemical characters of six field-sensitive isolates and the two field-resistant isolates, including mycelial growth and cell wall integrity. We found there was cross-resistance between different DMIs fungicides, but was no cross-resistance between DMIs and QoIs fungicides. We also analyzed the fitness, and found the pathogenicity in 88 was stronger than the field-sensitive isolates, but was completely lost in 82. Sequence analyses of CYP51 and the 1000-bp upstream of CYP51 coding region showed no mutation in 82 compared to the field-sensitive strains, but two more bases CC were identified at 154-bp upstream of the coding region in the field-resistant isolate 88. Moreover, the expression of CYP51 gene in all tested isolates was significantly induced by propiconazole. However, the up-regulation expression level in both 82 and 88 was much higher than that in the field-sensitive isolates. We also found propiconazole could inhibit the ergosterol biosynthesis in the field-sensitive isolates, but stimulated it in both field-resistant isolates 82 and 88. Given the high level of U. virens developing propiconazole resistance and the good fitness of the field-resistant isolate 88, the resistance of U. virens to DMIs must be monitored and managed in rice fields.
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- Yuxin Zhou
- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Nanjing 210014, China; Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
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Chen S, Wang Y, Schnabel G, Peng CA, Lagishetty S, Smith K, Luo C, Yuan H. Inherent Resistance to 14α-Demethylation Inhibitor Fungicides in Colletotrichum truncatum Is Likely Linked to CYP51A and/or CYP51B Gene Variants. Phytopathology 2018; 108:1263-1275. [PMID: 29792573 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-02-18-0054-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Anthracnose disease, caused by Colletotrichum truncatum, affects marketable yield during preharvest production and postharvest storage of fruits and vegetables worldwide. Demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides are among the very few chemical classes of single-site mode of action fungicides that are effective in controlling anthracnose disease. However, some species are inherently resistant to DMIs and more information is needed to understand this phenomenon. Isolates of C. truncatum were collected from the United States and China from peach, soybean, citrus, and begonia and sensitivity to six DMIs (difenoconazole, propiconazole, metconazole, tebuconazole, flutriafol, and fenbuconazole) was determined. Compared with DMI sensitive isolates of C. fructicola, C. siamense, and C. fioriniae (EC50 value ranging from 0.03 to 16.2 µg/ml to six DMIs), C. truncatum and C. nymphaeae were resistant to flutriafol and fenbuconazole (with EC50 values of more 50 µg/ml). Moreover, C. truncatum was resistant to tebuconazole and metconazole (with resistance factors of 27.4 and 96.0) and displayed reduced sensitivity to difenoconazole and propiconazole (with resistance factors of 5.1 and 5.2). Analysis of the Colletotrichum spp. genome revealed two potential DMI targets, CYP51A and CYP51B, that putatively encode P450 sterol 14α-demethylases. Both genes were identified and sequenced from C. truncatum and other species and no correlation between CYP51 gene expression levels and fungicide sensitivity was found. Four amino acid variations L208Y, H238R, S302A, and I366L in CYP51A, and three variations H373 N, M376L, and S511T in CYP51B correlated with the DMI resistance phenotype. CYP51A structure model analysis suggested the four alterations may reduce azole affinity. Likewise, CYP51B structure analysis suggested the H373 N and M376L variants may change the conformation of the DMI binding pocket, thereby causing differential sensitivity to DMI fungicides in C. truncatum.
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- Shuning Chen
- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- First and eighth authors: Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management in Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; second author: College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210037, China; third author: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; fourth, fifth, and sixth author: Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovations Center and Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634; and seventh author: Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China and Department of Plant Pathology, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Paul RA, Rudramurthy SM, Dhaliwal M, Singh P, Ghosh AK, Kaur H, Varma S, Agarwal R, Chakrabarti A. Magnitude of Voriconazole Resistance in Clinical and Environmental Isolates of Aspergillus flavus and Investigation into the Role of Multidrug Efflux Pumps. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2018; 62:e01022-18. [PMID: 30126956 PMCID: PMC6201112 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01022-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The magnitude of azole resistance in Aspergillus flavus and its underlying mechanism is obscure. We evaluated the frequency of azole resistance in a collection of clinical (n = 121) and environmental isolates (n = 68) of A. flavus by the broth microdilution method. Six (5%) clinical isolates displayed voriconazole MIC greater than the epidemiological cutoff value. Two of these isolates with non-wild-type MIC were isolated from same patient and were genetically distinct, which was confirmed by amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis. Mutations associated with azole resistance were not present in the lanosterol 14-α demethylase coding genes (cyp51A, cyp51B, and cyp51C). Basal and voriconazole-induced expression of cyp51A homologs and various efflux pump genes was analyzed in three each of non-wild-type and wild-type isolates. All of the efflux pump genes screened showed low basal expression irrespective of the azole susceptibility of the isolate. However, the non-wild-type isolates demonstrated heterogeneous overexpression of many efflux pumps and the target enzyme coding genes in response to induction with voriconazole (1 μg/ml). The most distinctive observation was approximately 8- to 9-fold voriconazole-induced overexpression of an ortholog of the Candida albicans ATP binding cassette (ABC) multidrug efflux transporter, Cdr1, in two non-wild-type isolates compared to those in the reference strain A. flavus ATCC 204304 and other wild-type strains. Although the dominant marker of azole resistance in A. flavus is still elusive, the current study proposes the possible role of multidrug efflux pumps, especially that of Cdr1B overexpression, in contributing azole resistance in A. flavus.
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- Raees A Paul
- Department of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
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Güngör Ö, Sampaio-Maia B, Amorim A, Araujo R, Erturan Z. Determination of Azole Resistance and TR 34/L98H Mutations in Isolates of Aspergillus Section Fumigati from Turkish Cystic Fibrosis Patients. Mycopathologia 2018; 183:913-920. [PMID: 30187246 DOI: 10.1007/s11046-018-0297-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 04/11/2018] [Accepted: 08/24/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Aspergillus fumigatus is the species section Fumigati most frequently isolated from the respiratory tract of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Recent studies suggest that mutations in the Cyp51 gene, particularly TR34/L98H, are responsible for azole resistance. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS The focus of this study was on section Fumigati isolates isolated from the respiratory tract samples of CF patients. More specifically, the goal was to detect A. fumigatus isolates, test their antifungal susceptibility to itraconazole, voriconazole and posaconazole, and finally determine the presence of TR34/L98H and other mutations in the isolates Cyp51A gene. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS A set of 31 isolates of Aspergillus section Fumigati were obtained from the sputum samples of 6 CF patients and subsequently identified to species level by microsatellite genotyping. All isolates were determined as A. fumigatus and involved 14 different genotypes. The minimal inhibitory concentrations to the three azoles were determined by the E-test method, and the Cyp51A gene was sequenced. One of the genotypes was found to be resistant to all azoles but no mutations were detected in the Cyp51A gene, especially the TR34/L98H mutation. Therefore, mutations in genes other than Cyp51A or other distinct mechanisms may be responsible for this reported multiazole resistance found in a Turkish CF patient.
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- Özge Güngör
- Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Microbiology, Istanbul University, 34093, Capa, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- INEB, Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- i3S, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- i3S, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), Porto, Portugal
- Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- i3S, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Medical Biotechnology, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- Istanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Microbiology, Istanbul University, 34093, Capa, Istanbul, Turkey
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Qian H, Du J, Chi M, Sun X, Liang W, Huang J, Li B. The Y137H mutation in the cytochrome P450 FgCYP51B protein confers reduced sensitivity to tebuconazole in Fusarium graminearum. Pest Manag Sci 2018; 74:1472-1477. [PMID: 29274114 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2017] [Revised: 12/17/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fusarium graminearum is the main pathogen of Fusarium head blight (FHB), a worldwide plant disease and one of the most significant wheat diseases in China. Demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides, such as tebuconazole (TEC), are widely used to control FHB, but long-term use leads to low efficacy against FHB. Earlier studies showed that DMI resistance is associated with the fungal sterol 14α-demethylase (cytochrome P450 CYP51) gene, and that point mutations in the CYP51 gene are the primary mechanism of resistance to DMI fungicides. The aims of this study were to clarify the molecular mechanisms of resistance to TEC and identify the binding sites on the FgCYP51B protein. RESULTS Site-directed mutagenesis was used to change the FgCYP51B gene of wild-type strain PH-1 from tyrosine to histidine at residue 137 (Y137H) to generate a mutant transformant, which was confirmed to be resistant to TEC compared with the parental strains. A three-dimensional FgCYP51B model was constructed, and molecular docking simulation studies were conducted to identify the optimum binding mode with TEC. The wild-type FgCYP51B protein displayed stronger affinity to TEC than that of the mutated FgCYP51B in the molecular docking analysis. CONCLUSION These results indicate that a Tyr137 amino acid mutation in the cytochrome P450 FgCYP51B could lead to resistance to TEC and that Y137 forms part of the tebuconazole-binding pocket. © 2017 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Hengwei Qian
- College of Plant Health and Medicine and Key Lab of Integrated Crop Disease and Pest Management of Shandong Province, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, PR China
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- College of Life Science, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, PR China
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- College of Plant Health and Medicine and Key Lab of Integrated Crop Disease and Pest Management of Shandong Province, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, PR China
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- College of Animation and Communication, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, PR China
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- College of Plant Health and Medicine and Key Lab of Integrated Crop Disease and Pest Management of Shandong Province, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, PR China
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- College of Plant Health and Medicine and Key Lab of Integrated Crop Disease and Pest Management of Shandong Province, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, PR China
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- College of Plant Health and Medicine and Key Lab of Integrated Crop Disease and Pest Management of Shandong Province, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, PR China
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Caramalho R, Tyndall JDA, Monk BC, Larentis T, Lass-Flörl C, Lackner M. Intrinsic short-tailed azole resistance in mucormycetes is due to an evolutionary conserved aminoacid substitution of the lanosterol 14α-demethylase. Sci Rep 2017; 7:15898. [PMID: 29162893 PMCID: PMC5698289 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16123-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mucormycoses are emerging and potentially lethal infections. An increase of breakthrough infections has been found in cohorts receiving short-tailed azoles prophylaxis (e.g. voriconazole (VCZ)). Although VCZ is ineffective in vitro and in vivo, long-tailed triazoles such as posaconazole remain active against mucormycetes. Our goal was to validate the molecular mechanism of resistance to short-tailed triazoles in Mucorales. The paralogous cytochrome P450 genes (CYP51 F1 and CYP51 F5) of Rhizopus arrhizus, Rhizopus microsporus, and Mucor circinelloides were amplified and sequenced. Alignment of the protein sequences of the R. arrhizus, R. microsporus, and M. circinelloides CYP51 F1 and F5 with additional Mucorales species (n = 3) and other fungi (n = 16) confirmed the sequences to be lanosterol 14α-demethylases (LDMs). Sequence alignment identified a pan-Mucorales conservation of a phenylalanine129 substitution in all CYP51 F5s analyzed. A high resolution X-ray crystal structure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae LDM in complex with VCZ was used for generating a homology model of R. arrhizus CYP51 F5. Structural and functional knowledge of S. cerevisiae CYP51 shows that the F129 residue in Mucorales CYP51 F5 is responsible for intrinsic resistance of Mucorales against short-tailed triazoles, with a V to A substitution in Helix I also potentially playing a role.
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- Rita Caramalho
- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Schöpfstraße, number 41, 2nd floor, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- Sir John Walsh Research Institute and the Department of Oral Sciences, New Zealand's National Centre for Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Schöpfstraße, number 41, 2nd floor, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Schöpfstraße, number 41, 2nd floor, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Schöpfstraße, number 41, 2nd floor, A-6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Liu J, Tian Y, Ding Y, Heng D, Xu K, Liu W, Zhang C. Role of CYP51 in the Regulation of T3 and FSH-Induced Steroidogenesis in Female Mice. Endocrinology 2017; 158:3974-3987. [PMID: 28938463 DOI: 10.1210/en.2017-00249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Cytochrome P450 lanosterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51) is a key enzyme in sterol and steroid biosynthesis that is involved in folliculogenesis and oocyte maturation, which is regulated by follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), as a key reproductive hormone during follicular development. Thyroid hormone (TH) is also important for normal reproductive function. Although 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3) enhances FSH-induced preantral follicle growth, whether and how TH combines with FSH to regulate CYP51 expression during the preantral to early antral transition stage is unclear. The objective of this study was to determine the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which T3 and FSH regulate CYP51 expression and steroid biosynthesis during preantral follicle growth. Our results indicated that CYP51 expression was upregulated in granulosa cells by FSH, and this response was enhanced by T3. Moreover, knockdown CYP51 decreased cell viability. Meanwhile, gene knockdown also blocked T3 and FSH-induced estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P4) synthesis. These changes were accompanied by upregulation of phospho-GATA-4 content. Results of small interfering RNA analysis showed that knockdown of GATA-4 significantly diminished CYP51 gene expression as well as E2/P4 levels. Furthermore, thyroid hormone receptor β was necessary to the activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt), which was required for the regulation of CYP51 expression; activated GATA-4 was also involved these processes. Our data demonstrate that T3 and FSH cotreatment potentiates cellular development and steroid biosynthesis via CYP51 upregulation, which is mediated through the activation of the PI3K/Akt pathway. Meanwhile, activated GATA-4 is also involved in this regulatory system. These findings suggest that CYP51 is a mediator of T3 and FSH-induced follicular development.
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- Juan Liu
- College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, Peoples' Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, Peoples' Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, Peoples' Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, Peoples' Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, Peoples' Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, Peoples' Republic of China
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- College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, Peoples' Republic of China
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Pereira DA, McDonald BA, Brunner PC. Mutations in the CYP51 gene reduce DMI sensitivity in Parastagonospora nodorum populations in Europe and China. Pest Manag Sci 2017; 73:1503-1510. [PMID: 27860315 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2016] [Revised: 11/10/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sterol demethylation inhibitors (DMIs) have been widely used to manage agronomically important fungal diseases in wheat, but reports of DMI-resistant pathogens continue to mount. Parastagonospora nodorum shows a wide range of sensitivity to DMIs, but until now no molecular mechanisms have been identified to explain these differences. The aim of this study was to correlate the DMI sensitivity of a global collection of P. nodorum isolates with mutations in the CYP51 gene that encodes the target of DMI fungicides. RESULTS Two non-synonymous mutations connected to DMI resistance in other plant pathogenic fungi were detected for the first time in the CYP51 gene of P. nodorum. The two mutations occurred at amino acid position 144, which is homologous to position 137 in other pathogens. The Y144F mutation was detected in China, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland while the Y144H mutation was found in China and Switzerland. Both mutations were correlated with significantly reduced sensitivity to the DMI fungicide propiconazole. CONCLUSION CYP51 mutations conferred reduced sensitivity against DMIs in field populations of P. nodorum originating from China, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Danilo As Pereira
- Plant Pathology Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich/LFW, Universitätstrasse 2, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Plant Pathology Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich/LFW, Universitätstrasse 2, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Plant Pathology Group, Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich/LFW, Universitätstrasse 2, Zurich, Switzerland
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Mwenechanya R, Kovářová J, Dickens NJ, Mudaliar M, Herzyk P, Vincent IM, Weidt SK, Burgess KE, Burchmore RJS, Pountain AW, Smith TK, Creek DJ, Kim DH, Lepesheva GI, Barrett MP. Sterol 14α-demethylase mutation leads to amphotericin B resistance in Leishmania mexicana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2017. [PMID: 28622334 PMCID: PMC5498063 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Amphotericin B has emerged as the therapy of choice for use against the leishmaniases. Administration of the drug in its liposomal formulation as a single injection is being promoted in a campaign to bring the leishmaniases under control. Understanding the risks and mechanisms of resistance is therefore of great importance. Here we select amphotericin B-resistant Leishmania mexicana parasites with relative ease. Metabolomic analysis demonstrated that ergosterol, the sterol known to bind the drug, is prevalent in wild-type cells, but diminished in the resistant line, where alternative sterols become prevalent. This indicates that the resistance phenotype is related to loss of drug binding. Comparing sequences of the parasites' genomes revealed a plethora of single nucleotide polymorphisms that distinguish wild-type and resistant cells, but only one of these was found to be homozygous and associated with a gene encoding an enzyme in the sterol biosynthetic pathway, sterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51). The mutation, N176I, is found outside of the enzyme's active site, consistent with the fact that the resistant line continues to produce the enzyme's product. Expression of wild-type sterol 14α-demethylase in the resistant cells caused reversion to drug sensitivity and a restoration of ergosterol synthesis, showing that the mutation is indeed responsible for resistance. The amphotericin B resistant parasites become hypersensitive to pentamidine and also agents that induce oxidative stress. This work reveals the power of combining polyomics approaches, to discover the mechanism underlying drug resistance as well as offering novel insights into the selection of resistance to amphotericin B itself.
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- Roy Mwenechanya
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Glasgow Polyomics, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Glasgow Polyomics, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Glasgow Polyomics, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Glasgow Polyomics, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Glasgow Polyomics, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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- Drug Delivery, Disposition & Dynamics, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Analytical Bioscience, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States of America
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- Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, University of Glasgow, 120 University Place, Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Glasgow Polyomics, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Garscube Estate, Bearsden, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Dauchy FA, Bonhivers M, Landrein N, Dacheux D, Courtois P, Lauruol F, Daulouède S, Vincendeau P, Robinson DR. Trypanosoma brucei CYP51: Essentiality and Targeting Therapy in an Experimental Model. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2016; 10:e0005125. [PMID: 27855164 PMCID: PMC5113867 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 10/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is the main causative agent of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness. Because of limited alternatives and treatment toxicities, new therapeutic options are urgently needed for patients with HAT. Sterol 14alpha-demethylase (CYP51) is a potential drug target but its essentiality has not been determined in T. brucei. We used a tetracycline-inducible RNAi system to assess the essentiality of CYP51 in T. brucei bloodstream form (BSF) cells and we evaluated the effect of posaconazole, a well-tolerated triazole drug, within a panel of virulent strains in vitro and in a murine model. Expression of CYP51 in several T. brucei cell lines was demonstrated by western blot and its essentiality was demonstrated by RNA interference (CYP51RNAi) in vitro. Following reduction of TbCYP51 expression by RNAi, cell growth was reduced and eventually stopped compared to WT or non-induced cells, showing the requirement of CYP51 in T. brucei. These phenotypes were rescued by addition of ergosterol. Additionally, CYP51RNAi induction caused morphological defects with multiflagellated cells (p<0.05), suggesting cytokinesis dysfunction. The survival of CYP51RNAi Doxycycline-treated mice (p = 0.053) and of CYP51RNAi 5-day pre-induced Doxycycline-treated mice (p = 0.008) were improved compared to WT showing a CYP51 RNAi effect on trypanosomal virulence in mice. The posaconazole concentrations that inhibited parasite growth by 50% (IC50) were 8.5, 2.7, 1.6 and 0.12 μM for T. b. brucei 427 90-13, T. b. brucei Antat 1.1, T. b. gambiense Feo (Feo/ITMAP/1893) and T. b. gambiense Biyamina (MHOM/SD/82), respectively. During infection with these last three virulent strains, posaconazole-eflornithine and nifurtimox-eflornithine combinations showed similar improvement in mice survival (p≤0.001). Our results provide support for a CYP51 targeting based treatment in HAT. Thus posaconazole used in combination may represent a therapeutic alternative for trypanosomiasis.
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- Frédéric-Antoine Dauchy
- University of Bordeaux, laboratoire de parasitologie, France
- IRD-CIRAD-University of Bordeaux, France
- University Hospital of Bordeaux, Department of infectious and tropical diseases, Hôpital Pellegrin, France
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- University of Bordeaux, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, France
- CNRS, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, France
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- University of Bordeaux, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, France
- CNRS, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, France
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- University of Bordeaux, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, France
- CNRS, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, France
- Bordeaux INP, ENSTBB, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, France
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- University of Bordeaux, laboratoire de parasitologie, France
- IRD-CIRAD-University of Bordeaux, France
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- University of Bordeaux, laboratoire de parasitologie, France
- IRD-CIRAD-University of Bordeaux, France
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- University of Bordeaux, laboratoire de parasitologie, France
- IRD-CIRAD-University of Bordeaux, France
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- University of Bordeaux, laboratoire de parasitologie, France
- IRD-CIRAD-University of Bordeaux, France
- University Hospital of Bordeaux, laboratoire de parasitologie, Hôpital Pellegrin, France
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- University of Bordeaux, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, France
- CNRS, Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, France
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Ren Q, Xiao D, Han X, Edwards SL, Wang H, Tang Y, Zhang S, Li X, Zhang X, Cai X, Liu Z, Paul SK, Ji L. Genetic and Clinical Predictive Factors of Sulfonylurea Failure in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Technol Ther 2016; 18:586-93. [PMID: 27403931 DOI: 10.1089/dia.2015.0427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sulfonylureas are widely used to treat type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Although genetic variations are associated with sulfonylurea treatment responses in T2DM patients, whether these variations can be used to predict heterogeneous treatment responses is unclear. In this study, we assessed the potential utility of combining information from multiple variants and phenotypes to predict sulfonylurea response. METHODS Using data from the "Glibenclamide" arm (365 patients) of the Xiaoke Pill Trial that evaluated the safety and efficacy of sulfonylurea, we identified genetic variants associated with sulfonylurea treatment response, and we explored their ability to predict drug response when combined with phenotype information. RESULTS The association of 780 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (using Infinium HD iSelect chip) with drug efficacy was evaluated, and four genes identified with drug metabolism (FMO2, FMO3, UGT2B15, and CYP51A1, P < 0.05) were found to be associated with changes in HbA1c. In a clinical model, the baseline values of HbA1c and disposition index (DI) were significantly associated with HbA1c and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) target achievements. Compared with clinical models, the inclusion of genetic markers significantly increased the predictive ability for both HbA1c- and FPG-based outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that altered protein function in multiple pathways may cooperatively contribute to the increased discrimination by area under receiver operating curve for T2DM patients, and it may explain, in part, the relationship between inter-individual variability and the sulfonylurea response.
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- Qian Ren
- 1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing, P.R. China
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- 2 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha, P.R. China
- 3 Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Hunan Key Laboratory of Pharmacogenetics, Central South University , Changsha, P.R. China
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- 1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing, P.R. China
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- 4 Genetics and Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute , Brisbane, Australia
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- 1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing, P.R. China
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- 1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing, P.R. China
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- 1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing, P.R. China
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- 2 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha, P.R. China
- 3 Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Hunan Key Laboratory of Pharmacogenetics, Central South University , Changsha, P.R. China
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- 1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing, P.R. China
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- 1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing, P.R. China
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- 2 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha, P.R. China
- 3 Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Hunan Key Laboratory of Pharmacogenetics, Central South University , Changsha, P.R. China
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- 5 Clinical Trials and Biostatistics Unit, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute , Brisbane, Australia
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- 1 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peking University People's Hospital , Beijing, P.R. China
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Bosco-Borgeat ME, Mazza M, Taverna CG, Córdoba S, Murisengo OA, Vivot W, Davel G. Amino acid substitution in Cryptococcus neoformans lanosterol 14-α-demethylase involved in fluconazole resistance in clinical isolates. Rev Argent Microbiol 2016; 48:137-42. [PMID: 27311753 DOI: 10.1016/j.ram.2016.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 09/07/2015] [Revised: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The molecular basis of fluconazole resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans has been poorly studied. A common azole resistance mechanism in Candida species is the acquisition of point mutations in the ERG11 gene encoding the enzyme lanosterol 14-α-demethylase, target of the azole class of drugs. In C. neoformans only two mutations were described in this gene. In order to evaluate other mutations that could be implicated in fluconazole resistance in C. neoformans we studied the genomic sequence of the ERG11 gene in 11 clinical isolates with minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values to fluconazole of ≥16μg/ml. The sequencing revealed the G1855A mutation in 3 isolates, resulting in the enzyme amino acid substitution G484S. These strains were isolated from two fluconazole-treated patients. This mutation would not intervene in the susceptibility to itraconazole and voriconazole.
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- María E Bosco-Borgeat
- Departamento Micología, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Departamento Micología, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento Micología, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento Micología, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento Micología, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento Micología, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento Micología, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Infecciosas "Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán", Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Villani SM, Hulvey J, Hily JM, Cox KD. Overexpression of the CYP51A1 Gene and Repeated Elements are Associated with Differential Sensitivity to DMI Fungicides in Venturia inaequalis. Phytopathology 2016; 106:562-71. [PMID: 26863444 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-10-15-0254-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The involvement of overexpression of the CYP51A1 gene in Venturia inaequalis was investigated for isolates exhibiting differential sensitivity to the triazole demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides myclobutanil and difenoconazole. Relative expression (RE) of the CYP51A1 gene was significantly greater (P < 0.0001) for isolates with resistance to both fungicides (MRDR phenotype) or with resistance to difenoconazole only (MSDR phenotype) compared with isolates that were resistant only to myclobutanil (MRDS phenotype) or sensitive to both fungicides (MSDS phenotype). An average of 9- and 13-fold increases in CYP51A1 RE were observed in isolates resistant to difenoconazole compared with isolates with MRDS and MSDS phenotypes, respectively. Linear regression analysis between isolate relative growth on myclobutanil-amended medium and log10 RE revealed that little to no variability in sensitivity to myclobutanil could be explained by CYP51A1 overexpression (R(2) = 0.078). To investigate CYP51A1 upstream anomalies associated with CYP51A1 overexpression or resistance to difenoconazole, Illumina sequencing was conducted for three isolates with resistance to difenoconazole and one baseline isolate. A repeated element, "EL 3,1,2", with the properties of a transcriptional enhancer was identified two to four times upstream of CYP51A1 in difenoconazole-resistant isolates but was not found in isolates with the MRDS phenotype. These results suggest that different mechanisms may govern resistance to different DMI fungicides in the triazole group.
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- Sara M Villani
- First author: Department of Plant Pathology, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, North Carolina State University, Mills River 28759; second author: Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Life Sciences Lab N585, Amherst 01003; third author: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Strasbourg, UMR 1131 santé de la Vigne et Qualité du Vin, Colmar Cedex, France; and fourth author: Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456
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- First author: Department of Plant Pathology, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, North Carolina State University, Mills River 28759; second author: Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Life Sciences Lab N585, Amherst 01003; third author: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Strasbourg, UMR 1131 santé de la Vigne et Qualité du Vin, Colmar Cedex, France; and fourth author: Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456
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- First author: Department of Plant Pathology, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, North Carolina State University, Mills River 28759; second author: Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Life Sciences Lab N585, Amherst 01003; third author: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Strasbourg, UMR 1131 santé de la Vigne et Qualité du Vin, Colmar Cedex, France; and fourth author: Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456
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- First author: Department of Plant Pathology, Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, North Carolina State University, Mills River 28759; second author: Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Life Sciences Lab N585, Amherst 01003; third author: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Strasbourg, UMR 1131 santé de la Vigne et Qualité du Vin, Colmar Cedex, France; and fourth author: Section of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456
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Rallos LEE, Baudoin AB. Co-Occurrence of Two Allelic Variants of CYP51 in Erysiphe necator and Their Correlation with Over-Expression for DMI Resistance. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148025. [PMID: 26839970 PMCID: PMC4740414 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Demethylation inhibitors (DMIs) have been an important tool in the management of grapevine powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe necator. Long-term, intensive use of DMIs has resulted in reduced sensitivity in field populations. To further characterize DMI resistance and understand resistance mechanisms in this pathogen, we investigated the cyp51 sequence of 24 single-spored isolates from Virginia and surrounding states and analyzed gene expression in isolates representing a wide range of sensitivity. Two cyp51 alleles were found with respect to the 136th codon of the predicted EnCYP51 sequence: the wild-type (TAT) and the mutant (TTT), which results in the known Y136F amino acid change. Some isolates possessed both alleles, demonstrating gene duplication or increased gene copy number and possibly a requirement for at least one mutant copy of CYP51 for resistance. Cyp51 was over-expressed 1.4- to 19-fold in Y136F-mutant isolates. However, the Y136F mutation was absent in one isolate with moderate to high resistance factor. Two additional synonymous mutations were detected as well, one of which, A1119C was present only in isolates with high cyp51 expression. Overall, our results indicate that at least two mechanisms, cyp51 over-expression and the known target-site mutation in CYP51, contribute to resistance in E. necator, and may be working in conjunction with each other.
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- Lynn Esther E. Rallos
- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Rallos LEE, Baudoin AB. Co-Occurrence of Two Allelic Variants of CYP51 in Erysiphe necator and Their Correlation with Over-Expression for DMI Resistance. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148025. [PMID: 26839970 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.014802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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Demethylation inhibitors (DMIs) have been an important tool in the management of grapevine powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe necator. Long-term, intensive use of DMIs has resulted in reduced sensitivity in field populations. To further characterize DMI resistance and understand resistance mechanisms in this pathogen, we investigated the cyp51 sequence of 24 single-spored isolates from Virginia and surrounding states and analyzed gene expression in isolates representing a wide range of sensitivity. Two cyp51 alleles were found with respect to the 136th codon of the predicted EnCYP51 sequence: the wild-type (TAT) and the mutant (TTT), which results in the known Y136F amino acid change. Some isolates possessed both alleles, demonstrating gene duplication or increased gene copy number and possibly a requirement for at least one mutant copy of CYP51 for resistance. Cyp51 was over-expressed 1.4- to 19-fold in Y136F-mutant isolates. However, the Y136F mutation was absent in one isolate with moderate to high resistance factor. Two additional synonymous mutations were detected as well, one of which, A1119C was present only in isolates with high cyp51 expression. Overall, our results indicate that at least two mechanisms, cyp51 over-expression and the known target-site mutation in CYP51, contribute to resistance in E. necator, and may be working in conjunction with each other.
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- Lynn Esther E Rallos
- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
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Wang F, Lin Y, Yin WX, Peng YL, Schnabel G, Huang JB, Luo CX. The Y137H mutation of VvCYP51 gene confers the reduced sensitivity to tebuconazole in Villosiclava virens. Sci Rep 2015; 5:17575. [PMID: 26631591 PMCID: PMC4668384 DOI: 10.1038/srep17575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Management of rice false smut disease caused by Villosiclava virens is dependent on demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides. Investigation of molecular mechanisms of resistance is therefore of upmost importance. In this study the gene encoding the target protein for DMI fungicides (VvCYP51) was cloned and investigated. The VvCYP51 gene in the resistant mutant revealed both a change from tyrosine to histidine at position 137 (Y137H) and elevated gene expression compared to the parental isolate. In order to determine which of these mechanisms was responsible for the reduced sensitivity to DMI fungicide tebuconazole, transformants expressing the mutated or the wild type VvCYP51 gene were generated. Transformants carrying the mutated gene were more resistant to tebuconazole compared to control transformants lacking the mutation, but the expression of the VvCYP51 gene was not significantly correlated with EC50 values. The wild type VvCYP51 protein exhibited stronger affinity for tebuconazole compared to the VvCYP51/Y137H in both molecular docking analysis and experimental binding assays. The UV-generated mutant as well as transformants expressing the VvCYP51/Y137H did not exhibit significant fitness penalties based on mycelial growth and spore germination, suggesting that isolates resistant to DMI fungicides based on the Y137H mutation may develop and be competitive in the field.
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- Fei Wang
- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Plant Protection, College of Plant Science and Technology and the Key Lab of Crop Disease Monitoring & Safety Control in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Xia K, Ou X, Tang H, Wang R, Wu P, Jia Y, Wei X, Xu X, Kang SH, Kim SK, Zhang M. Rice microRNA osa-miR1848 targets the obtusifoliol 14α-demethylase gene OsCYP51G3 and mediates the biosynthesis of phytosterols and brassinosteroids during development and in response to stress. New Phytol 2015; 208:790-802. [PMID: 26083975 DOI: 10.1111/nph.13513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/10/2015] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Phytosterols are membrane components or precursors for brassinosteroid (BR) biosynthesis. As they cannot be transported long distances, their homeostasis is tightly controlled through their biosynthesis and metabolism. However, it is unknown whether microRNAs are involved in their homeostatic regulation. Rice (Oryza sativa) plants transformed with microRNA osa-miR1848 and its target, the obtusifoliol 14α-demethylase gene, OsCYP51G3, were used to investigate the role of osa-miR1848 in the regulation of phytosterol biosynthesis. osa-miR1848 directs OsCYP51G3 mRNA cleavage to regulate phytosterol and BR biosynthesis in rice. The role of OsCYP51G3 as one of the osa-miR1848 targets is supported by the opposite expression patterns of osa-miR1848 and OsCYP51G3 in transgenic rice plants, and by the identification of OsCYP51G3 mRNA cleavage sites. Increased osa-miR1848 and decreased OsCYP51G3 expression reduced phytosterol and BR concentrations, and caused typical phenotypic changes related to phytosterol and BR deficiency, including dwarf plants, erect leaves, semi-sterile pollen grains, and shorter cells. Circadian expression of osa-miR1848 regulated the diurnal abundance of OsCYP51G3 transcript in developing organs, and the response of OsCYP51G3 to salt stress. We propose that osa-miR1848 regulates OsCYP51G3 expression posttranscriptionally, and mediates phytosterol and BR biosynthesis. osa-miR1848 and OsCYP51G3 might have potential applications in rice breeding to modulate leaf angle, and the size and quality of seeds.
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- Kuaifei Xia
- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 156-756, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 156-756, South Korea
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- Key Laboratory of South China Agricultural Plant Molecular Analysis and Genetic Improvement & Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Botany, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510650, China
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Price CL, Parker JE, Warrilow AGS, Kelly DE, Kelly SL. Azole fungicides - understanding resistance mechanisms in agricultural fungal pathogens. Pest Manag Sci 2015; 71:1054-8. [PMID: 25914201 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Revised: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/24/2015] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Plant fungal pathogens can have devastating effects on a wide range of crops, including cereals and fruit (such as wheat and grapes), causing losses in crop yield, which are costly to the agricultural economy and threaten food security. Azole antifungals are the treatment of choice; however, resistance has arisen against these compounds, which could lead to devastating consequences. Therefore, it is important to understand how these fungicides are used and how the resistance arises in order to tackle the problem fully. Here, we give an overview of the problem and discuss the mechanisms that mediate azole resistance in agriculture (point mutations in the CYP51 amino acid sequence, overexpression of the CYP51 enzyme and overexpression of genes encoding efflux pump proteins). © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Claire L Price
- Centre for Cytochrome P450 Biodiversity, Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Centre for Cytochrome P450 Biodiversity, Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Centre for Cytochrome P450 Biodiversity, Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Centre for Cytochrome P450 Biodiversity, Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Centre for Cytochrome P450 Biodiversity, Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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Dai L, Li Z, Yu J, Ma M, Zhang R, Chen H, Pham T. The CYP51F1 Gene of Leptographium qinlingensis: Sequence Characteristic, Phylogeny and Transcript Levels. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:12014-34. [PMID: 26016505 PMCID: PMC4490426 DOI: 10.3390/ijms160612014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Leptographium qinlingensis is a fungal associate of the Chinese white pine beetle (Dendroctonus armandi) and a pathogen of the Chinese white pine (Pinus armandi) that must overcome the terpenoid oleoresin defenses of host trees. L. qinlingensis responds to monoterpene flow with abundant mechanisms that include export and the use of these compounds as a carbon source. As one of the fungal cytochrome P450 proteins (CYPs), which play important roles in general metabolism, CYP51 (lanosterol 14-α demethylase) can catalyze the biosynthesis of ergosterol and is a target for antifungal drug. We have identified an L. qinlingensis CYP51F1 gene, and the phylogenetic analysis shows the highest homology with the 14-α-demethylase sequence from Grosmannia clavigera (a fungal associate of Dendroctonus ponderosae). The transcription level of CYP51F1 following treatment with terpenes and pine phloem extracts was upregulated, while using monoterpenes as the only carbon source led to the downregulation of CYP5F1 expression. The homology modeling structure of CYP51F1 is similar to the structure of the lanosterol 14-α demethylase protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae YJM789, which has an N-terminal membrane helix 1 (MH1) and transmembrane helix 1 (TMH1). The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of terpenoid and azole fungicides (itraconazole (ITC)) and the docking of terpenoid molecules, lanosterol and ITC in the protein structure suggested that CYP51F1 may be inhibited by terpenoid molecules by competitive binding with azole fungicides.
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- Lulu Dai
- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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- College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.
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Leiva K, Werner N, Sepúlveda D, Barahona S, Baeza M, Cifuentes V, Alcaíno J. Identification and functional characterization of the CYP51 gene from the yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous that is involved in ergosterol biosynthesis. BMC Microbiol 2015; 15:89. [PMID: 25906980 PMCID: PMC4415319 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0428-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Accepted: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous is a basidiomycetous yeast that synthesizes astaxanthin, a carotenoid with great biotechnological impact. The ergosterol and carotenoid synthetic pathways derive from the mevalonate pathway and involve cytochrome P450 enzymes. Among these enzymes, the CYP51 family, which is involved in ergosterol biosynthesis, is one of the most remarkable that has C14-demethylase activity. RESULTS In this study, the CYP51 gene from X. dendrorhous was isolated and its function was analyzed. The gene is composed of ten exons and encodes a predicted 550 amino acid polypeptide that exhibits conserved cytochrome P450 structural characteristics and shares significant identity with the sterol C14-demethylase from other fungi. The functionality of this gene was confirmed by heterologous complementation in S. cerevisiae. Furthermore, a CYP51 gene mutation in X. dendrorhous reduced sterol production by approximately 40% and enhanced total carotenoid production by approximately 90% compared to the wild-type strain after 48 and 120 h of culture, respectively. Additionally, the CYP51 gene mutation in X. dendrorhous increased HMGR (hydroxy-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase, involved in the mevalonate pathway) and crtR (cytochrome P450 reductase) transcript levels, which could be associated with reduced ergosterol production. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that the CYP51 gene identified in X. dendrorhous encodes a functional sterol C14-demethylase that is involved in ergosterol biosynthesis.
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- Kritsye Leiva
- Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas y Centro de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas y Centro de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas y Centro de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas y Centro de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas y Centro de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas y Centro de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.
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- Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas y Centro de Biotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Casilla 653, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.
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Frenkel O, Cadle-Davidson L, Wilcox WF, Milgroom MG. Mechanisms of Resistance to an Azole Fungicide in the Grapevine Powdery Mildew Fungus, Erysiphe necator. Phytopathology 2015; 105:370-7. [PMID: 25271353 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-07-14-0202-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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We studied the mechanisms of azole resistance in Erysiphe necator by quantifying the sensitivity to myclobutanil (EC50) in 65 isolates from the eastern United States and 12 from Chile. From each isolate, we sequenced the gene for sterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51), and measured the expression of CYP51 and homologs of four putative efflux transporter genes, which we identified in the E. necator transcriptome. Sequence variation in CYP51 was relatively low, with sequences of 40 U.S. isolates identical to the reference sequence. Nine U.S. isolates and five from Chile carried a previously identified A to T nucleotide substitution in position 495 (A495T), which results in an amino acid substitution in codon 136 (Y136F) and correlates with high levels of azole resistance. We also found a nucleotide substitution in position 1119 (A1119C) in 15 U.S. isolates, whose mean EC50 value was equivalent to that for the Y136F isolates. Isolates carrying mutation A1119C had significantly greater CYP51 expression, even though A1119C does not affect the CYP51 amino acid sequence. Regression analysis showed no significant effects of the expression of efflux transporter genes on EC50. Both the Y136F mutation in CYP51 and increased CYP51 expression appear responsible for azole resistance in eastern U.S. populations of E. necator.
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Liu J, Yuan Y, Wu Z, Li N, Chen Y, Qin T, Geng H, Xiong L, Liu D. A novel sterol regulatory element-binding protein gene (sreA) identified in penicillium digitatum is required for prochloraz resistance, full virulence and erg11 (cyp51) regulation. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0117115. [PMID: 25699519 PMCID: PMC4336317 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Penicilliumdigitatum is the most destructive postharvest pathogen of citrus fruits, causing fruit decay and economic loss. Additionally, control of the disease is further complicated by the emergence of drug-resistant strains due to the extensive use of triazole antifungal drugs. In this work, an orthologus gene encoding a putative sterol regulatory element-binding protein (SREBP) was identified in the genome of P. digitatum and named sreA. The putative SreA protein contains a conserved domain of unknown function (DUF2014) at its carboxyl terminus and a helix-loop-helix (HLH) leucine zipper DNA binding domain at its amino terminus, domains that are functionally associated with SREBP transcription factors. The deletion of sreA (ΔsreA) in a prochloraz-resistant strain (PdHS-F6) by Agrobacteriumtumefaciens-mediated transformation led to increased susceptibility to prochloraz and a significantly lower EC50 value compared with the HS-F6 wild-type or complementation strain (COsreA). A virulence assay showed that the ΔsreA strain was defective in virulence towards citrus fruits, while the complementation of sreA could restore the virulence to a large extent. Further analysis by quantitative real-time PCR demonstrated that prochloraz-induced expression of cyp51A and cyp51B in PdHS-F6 was completely abolished in the ΔsreA strain. These results demonstrate that sreA is a critical transcription factor gene required for prochloraz resistance and full virulence in P. digitatum and is involved in the regulation of cyp51 expression.
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- Jing Liu
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, School of Life Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China
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Wagatsuma T, Khan MSH, Watanabe T, Maejima E, Sekimoto H, Yokota T, Nakano T, Toyomasu T, Tawaraya K, Koyama H, Uemura M, Ishikawa S, Ikka T, Ishikawa A, Kawamura T, Murakami S, Ueki N, Umetsu A, Kannari T. Higher sterol content regulated by CYP51 with concomitant lower phospholipid content in membranes is a common strategy for aluminium tolerance in several plant species. J Exp Bot 2015; 66:907-18. [PMID: 25416794 PMCID: PMC4321553 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Several studies have shown that differences in lipid composition and in the lipid biosynthetic pathway affect the aluminium (Al) tolerance of plants, but little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying these differences. Phospholipids create a negative charge at the surface of the plasma membrane and enhance Al sensitivity as a result of the accumulation of positively charged Al(3+) ions. The phospholipids will be balanced by other electrically neutral lipids, such as sterols. In the present research, Al tolerance was compared among pea (Pisum sativum) genotypes. Compared with Al-tolerant genotypes, the Al-sensitive genotype accumulated more Al in the root tip, had a less intact plasma membrane, and showed a lower expression level of PsCYP51, which encodes obtusifoliol-14α-demethylase (OBT 14DM), a key sterol biosynthetic enzyme. The ratio of phospholipids to sterols was higher in the sensitive genotype than in the tolerant genotypes, suggesting that the sterol biosynthetic pathway plays an important role in Al tolerance. Consistent with this idea, a transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana line with knocked-down AtCYP51 expression showed an Al-sensitive phenotype. Uniconazole-P, an inhibitor of OBT 14DM, suppressed the Al tolerance of Al-tolerant genotypes of maize (Zea mays), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), rice (Oryza sativa), wheat (Triticum aestivum), and triticale (×Triticosecale Wittmark cv. Currency). These results suggest that increased sterol content, regulated by CYP51, with concomitant lower phospholipid content in the root tip, results in lower negativity of the plasma membrane. This appears to be a common strategy for Al tolerance among several plant species.
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- Tadao Wagatsuma
- Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka 997-8555, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Teikyo University, Utsunomiya 320-8551, Japan
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- Antibiotics Laboratory RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan; RIKEN Centre for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan; CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka 997-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka 997-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Cryobiosystem Research Centre, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka 020-8550, Japan
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- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Science, Tsukuba 305-8604, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka 997-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka 997-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka 997-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka 997-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Tsuruoka 997-8555, Japan
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Selim S, Roisin-Fichter C, Andry JB, Bogdanow B, Sambou R. Real-time PCR to study the effect of timing and persistence of fungicide application and wheat varietal resistance on Mycosphaerella graminicola and its sterol 14α-demethylation-inhibitor-resistant genotypes. Pest Manag Sci 2014; 70:60-69. [PMID: 23457056 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2012] [Revised: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sterol 14α-demethylase inhibitors (DMIs) have been widely used for more than 20 years against wheat Septoria leaf blotch. However, resistance towards DMIs has increased in recent years. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of fungicide timing and persistence and wheat resistance varietal on Mycosphaerella graminicola and its DMI-resistant genotypes. RESULTS Using qPCR, M. graminicola was detected 2 weeks later in the resistant cultivar than in the susceptible cultivar. A high proportion of DMI-moderate resistant genotypes (≥94%) was found in all samples, with an average of 74.2, 0.1 and 19.7% for R6, R7- and R7+ genotypes, respectively. Distribution of DMI-resistant genotypes was neither affected by different wheat cultivars nor by analysis dates. Electron microscopy coupled with qPCR analysis showed that the DMI fungicide prothioconazole had a significant inhibitive effect against spore germination and post-germination. However, the preventive treatment was the most effective, but it was affected strongly by fungicide persistence. CONCLUSION Preventive fungicide applications are more effective against Septoria leaf blotch than the curative treatments, so persistence and wheat varietal resistance should be taken into account in the management of this disease. It would seem that none of the studied factors affect the frequency of DMI-resistant genotypes.
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- Sameh Selim
- Platform of Biotechnology and Plant Pathology, Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais, 19 rue Pierre Waguet, BP 30313, 60026, Beauvais Cedex, France
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Ma B, Tredway LP. Induced overexpression of cytochrome P450 sterol 14α-demethylase gene (CYP51) correlates with sensitivity to demethylation inhibitors (DMIs) in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa. Pest Manag Sci 2013; 69:1369-1378. [PMID: 23408719 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2012] [Revised: 01/25/2013] [Accepted: 02/13/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND The fungus Sclerotinia homoeocarpa causes dollar spot, the most important turfgrass disease worldwide. Demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides have been relied upon heavily to manage this disease. Presently, populations of S. homoeocarpa with reduced sensitivity or resistance to DMIs are widespread in the United States. RESULTS Cytochrome P450 sterol 14α-demethylase (ShCYP51) and its flanking regions were identified and sequenced in 29 isolates of S. homoeocarpa with a range of DMI sensitivities. No modifications were found in the gene coding and upstream regions that were consistently related to DMI sensitivity. In the absence of propiconazole, ShCYP51 was expressed at a similar low level among DMI baseline and resistant isolates. In the presence of propiconazole, DMI-resistant isolates were induced to express ShCYP51 at significantly higher levels than baseline isolates by propiconazole at 5 mg L(-1) for 5 h or at 0.5 mg L(-1) for 72 h. The ShCYP51 expression level after 72 h exposure to 0.5 mg L(-1) of propiconazole was linearly related to EC50 values and ΔRG (the change in relative growth rate over time), with R(2) values equal to 83.7 and 90.0% respectively. CONCLUSION Induced overexpression of ShCYP51 in resistant isolates following DMI exposure is an important factor determining DMI sensitivity in S. homoeocarpa.
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- Bangya Ma
- Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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Zhang H, Bartley GE, Zhang H, Jing W, Fagerquist CK, Zhong F, Yokoyama W. Peptides identified in soybean protein increase plasma cholesterol in mice on hypercholesterolemic diets. J Agric Food Chem 2013; 61:8389-8395. [PMID: 23937379 DOI: 10.1021/jf4022288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The in vitro micellar cholesterol displacement assay has been used to identify peptides that may potentially reduce cholesterol in vivo. Two of these peptides, LPYPR and WGAPSL, derived from soybean protein (SP) that have been reported to displace cholesterol from micelles were tested by feeding them as a part of a hypercholesterolemic diet to mice for 3 weeks. Except reduction of very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C) and triglyceride contents, the peptide-containing diets increased plasma cholesterol content with the increasing dose of the peptides. Mice fed diets supplemented with the peptides also had lower fecal bile acid excretion. Negative correlations between fecal bile acid excretion and plasma total cholesterol content (r = -0.876, P = 0.062) and non-HDL-C content (r = -0.831, P = 0.084) were observed. The mRNA levels of the genes for cholesterol and bile acid metabolism, CYP51, LDLR, CYP7A1, and LPL, were up-regulated in mice fed diets supplemented with peptides except the group fed the low dose of WGAPSL. The results suggested that higher plasma total cholesterol content possibly due to lower fecal steroid excretion as well as lower VLDL-C and triglyceride contents might due to the up-regulated expression levels of the genes CYP51, LDLR, and LPL.
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- Huijuan Zhang
- Beijing Higher Institution Engineering Research Center of Food Additives and Ingredients, Beijing Technology and Business University , Beijing 100048, People's Republic of China
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Geisler K, Hughes RK, Sainsbury F, Lomonossoff GP, Rejzek M, Fairhurst S, Olsen CE, Motawia MS, Melton RE, Hemmings AM, Bak S, Osbourn A. Biochemical analysis of a multifunctional cytochrome P450 (CYP51) enzyme required for synthesis of antimicrobial triterpenes in plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:E3360-7. [PMID: 23940321 PMCID: PMC3761579 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1309157110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Members of the cytochromes P450 superfamily (P450s) catalyze a huge variety of oxidation reactions in microbes and higher organisms. Most P450 families are highly divergent, but in contrast the cytochrome P450 14α-sterol demethylase (CYP51) family is one of the most ancient and conserved, catalyzing sterol 14α-demethylase reactions required for essential sterol synthesis across the fungal, animal, and plant kingdoms. Oats (Avena spp.) produce antimicrobial compounds, avenacins, that provide protection against disease. Avenacins are synthesized from the simple triterpene, β-amyrin. Previously we identified a gene encoding a member of the CYP51 family of cytochromes P450, AsCyp51H10 (also known as Saponin-deficient 2, Sad2), that is required for avenacin synthesis in a forward screen for avenacin-deficient oat mutants. sad2 mutants accumulate β-amyrin, suggesting that they are blocked early in the pathway. Here, using a transient plant expression system, we show that AsCYP51H10 is a multifunctional P450 capable of modifying both the C and D rings of the pentacyclic triterpene scaffold to give 12,13β-epoxy-3β,16β-dihydroxy-oleanane (12,13β-epoxy-16β-hydroxy-β-amyrin). Molecular modeling and docking experiments indicate that C16 hydroxylation is likely to precede C12,13 epoxidation. Our computational modeling, in combination with analysis of a suite of sad2 mutants, provides insights into the unusual catalytic behavior of AsCYP51H10 and its active site mutants. Fungal bioassays show that the C12,13 epoxy group is an important determinant of antifungal activity. Accordingly, the oat AsCYP51H10 enzyme has been recruited from primary metabolism and has acquired a different function compared to other characterized members of the plant CYP51 family--as a multifunctional stereo- and regio-specific hydroxylase in plant specialized metabolism.
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- Katrin Geisler
- Departments of Metabolic Biology and
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, VKR Research Centre Pro-Active Plants, Faculty of Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark; and
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- Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
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- Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
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- Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
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- Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, VKR Research Centre Pro-Active Plants, Faculty of Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark; and
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, VKR Research Centre Pro-Active Plants, Faculty of Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark; and
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- Schools of Chemistry and
- Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, VKR Research Centre Pro-Active Plants, Faculty of Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark; and
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Fan J, Urban M, Parker JE, Brewer HC, Kelly SL, Hammond-Kosack KE, Fraaije BA, Liu X, Cools HJ. Characterization of the sterol 14α-demethylases of Fusarium graminearum identifies a novel genus-specific CYP51 function. New Phytol 2013; 198:821-835. [PMID: 23442154 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2012] [Accepted: 01/15/2013] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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CYP51 encodes the cytochrome P450 sterol 14α-demethylase, an enzyme essential for sterol biosynthesis and the target of azole fungicides. In Fusarium species, including pathogens of humans and plants, three CYP51 paralogues have been identified with one unique to the genus. Currently, the functions of these three genes and the rationale for their conservation within the genus Fusarium are unknown. Three Fusarium graminearum CYP51s (FgCYP51s) were heterologously expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Single and double FgCYP51 deletion mutants were generated and the functions of the FgCYP51s were characterized in vitro and in planta. FgCYP51A and FgCYP51B can complement yeast CYP51 function, whereas FgCYP51C cannot. FgCYP51A deletion increases the sensitivity of F. graminearum to the tested azoles. In ΔFgCYP51B and ΔFgCYP51BC mutants, ascospore formation is blocked, and eburicol and two additional 14-methylated sterols accumulate. FgCYP51C deletion reduces virulence on host wheat ears. FgCYP51B encodes the enzyme primarily responsible for sterol 14α-demethylation, and plays an essential role in ascospore formation. FgCYP51A encodes an additional sterol 14α-demethylase, induced on ergosterol depletion and responsible for the intrinsic variation in azole sensitivity. FgCYP51C does not encode a sterol 14α-demethylase, but is required for full virulence on host wheat ears. This is the first example of the functional diversification of a fungal CYP51.
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- Jieru Fan
- Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Institute of Life Science and College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Institute of Life Science and College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK
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- Department of Plant Biology and Crop Science, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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- Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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Cools HJ, Fraaije BA. Update on mechanisms of azole resistance in Mycosphaerella graminicola and implications for future control. Pest Manag Sci 2013; 69:150-5. [PMID: 22730104 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2012] [Revised: 03/29/2012] [Accepted: 04/26/2012] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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This review summarises recent investigations into the molecular mechanisms responsible for the decline in sensitivity to azole (imidazole and triazole) fungicides in European populations of the Septoria leaf blotch pathogen, Mycosphaerella graminicola. The complex recent evolution of the azole target sterol 14α-demethylase (MgCYP51) enzyme in response to selection by the sequential introduction of progressively more effective azoles is described, and the contribution of individual MgCYP51 amino acid alterations and their combinations to azole resistance phenotypes and intrinsic enzyme activity is discussed. In addition, the recent identification of mechanisms independent of changes in MgCYP51 structure correlated with novel azole cross-resistant phenotypes suggests that the further evolution of M. graminicola under continued selection by azole fungicides could involve multiple mechanisms. The prospects for azole fungicides in controlling European M. graminicola populations in the future are discussed in the context of these new findings.
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- Hans J Cools
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK.
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Lewiñska M, Zmrzljak UP, Rozman D. Low nucleotide variability of CYP51A1 in humans: meta-analysis of cholesterol and bile acid synthesis and xenobiotic metabolism pathways. Acta Chim Slov 2013; 60:875-883. [PMID: 24362992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
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Lanosterol 14a-demethylase CYP51 is the most conserved cytochrome P450 (CYP) and is a part of hepatic cholesterol synthesis. Other liver CYPs contribute to cholesterol detoxification through bile acids or to xenobiotic detoxification (DM). To get novel insights into characteristics of the CYP51A1 locus that was so far not linked to human disorders we performed a meta-analysis of CYP51A1 gene polymorphisms in comparison to other liver CYPs and other genes of cholesterol synthesis. Cholesterol linked genes are generally less polymorphic than DM CYPs, with less coding variants, indicating differences in selection pressure between cholesterol and xenobiotic pathways. Among the studied liver CYPs, CYP51A1 has the lowest number of coding variants, and less common variants compared to average for cholesterol synthesis. We were not able to detect other functional molecules within the CYP51 gene (such as lincRNA or miRNA), so we looked into the entire gene locus. We found the AL133568 sequence that overlaps with the CYP51A1 promoter region. Our hypothesis was that the AL133568 transcript may have a role in regulating CYP51A1 expression, but we were unable to prove this experimentally. The reason for the low population variability of the human CYP51A1 thus remains uncertain.
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Hulvey J, Popko JT, Sang H, Berg A, Jung G. Overexpression of ShCYP51B and ShatrD in Sclerotinia homoeocarpa isolates exhibiting practical field resistance to a demethylation inhibitor fungicide. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:6674-82. [PMID: 22798361 PMCID: PMC3426689 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00417-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2012] [Accepted: 07/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We investigated genetic factors that govern the reduced propiconazole sensitivity of Sclerotinia homoeocarpa field isolates collected during a 2-year field efficacy study on dollar spot disease of turf in five New England sites. These isolates displayed a >50-fold range of in vitro sensitivity to a sterol demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicide, propiconazole, making them ideal for investigations of genetic mechanisms of reduced DMI sensitivity. The CYP51 gene homolog in S. homoeocarpa (ShCYP51B), encoding the enzyme target of DMIs, is likely a minor genetic factor for reduced propiconazole sensitivity, since there were no differences in constitutive relative expression (RE) values and only 2-fold-higher induced RE values for insensitive than for sensitive isolate groups. Next, we mined RNA-Seq transcriptome data for additional genetic factors and found evidence for the overexpression of a homolog of Botrytis cinerea atrD (BcatrD), ShatrD, a known efflux transporter of DMI fungicides. The ShatrD gene showed much higher constitutive and induced RE values for insensitive isolates. Several polymorphisms were found upstream of ShatrD but were not definitively linked to overexpression. The screening of constitutive RE values of ShCYP51B and ShatrD in isolates from two golf courses that exhibited practical field resistance to propiconazole uncovered evidence for significant population-specific overexpression of both genes. However, linear regression demonstrated that the RE of ShatrD displays a more significant relationship with propiconazole sensitivity than that of ShCYP51B. In summary, our results suggest that efflux is a major determinant of the reduced DMI sensitivity of S. homoeocarpa genotypes in New England, which may have implications for the emergence of practical field resistance in this important turfgrass pathogen.
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- Jon Hulvey
- Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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Cools HJ, Bayon C, Atkins S, Lucas JA, Fraaije BA. Overexpression of the sterol 14α-demethylase gene (MgCYP51) in Mycosphaerella graminicola isolates confers a novel azole fungicide sensitivity phenotype. Pest Manag Sci 2012; 68:1034-40. [PMID: 22411894 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2011] [Revised: 11/16/2011] [Accepted: 01/06/2012] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The recent evolution towards resistance to azole fungicides in European populations of the wheat pathogen Mycosphaerella graminicola has been caused by the progressive accumulation of mutations in MgCYP51 gene, encoding the azole target sterol 14α-demethylase. Particular combinations of mutations have been shown specifically to affect the interaction of the MgCYP51 protein with different members of the azole class. Although additional mechanisms, including increased MgCYP51 expression and enhanced active efflux, have been proposed, the genetic changes underlying these mechanisms are unknown. RESULTS Analysis of the azole sensitivities of recent M. graminicola isolates identified a novel phenotype, seemingly independent of changes in MgCYP51 coding sequence. Characterised by a 7-16-fold reduction in in vitro sensitivity to all azoles tested and by growth on seedlings at higher doses of azoles in glasshouse tests compared with isolates carrying the same MgCYP51 variant (L50S, S188N, I381V, ΔY459/G460, N513K), isolates with this phenotype constitutively overexpress MgCYP51 by between 10- and 40-fold compared with the wild type. Analysis of sequences upstream of the predicted MgCYP51 translation start codon identified a novel 120 bp indel, considered to be an insertion, in isolates overexpressing MgCYP51. CONCLUSIONS The identification of an insertion in the predicted MgCYP51 promoter in azole-resistant isolates overexpressing MgCYP51 is the first report of a genetic mechanism, other than changes in target-site coding sequence, affecting sensitivity to multiple azoles in field isolates of M. graminicola. The identification of recent isolates overexpressing MgCYP51 confirms the ongoing evolution and diversification of resistance mechanisms in European populations of M. graminicola.
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- Hans J Cools
- Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK.
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Zhu F, Bryson PK, Schnabel G. Influence of storage approaches on instability of propiconazole resistance in Monilinia fructicola. Pest Manag Sci 2012; 68:1003-1009. [PMID: 22345072 DOI: 10.1002/ps.3255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2011] [Revised: 10/31/2011] [Accepted: 12/16/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND The long-term preservation of interesting phenotypes in plant pathogenic fungi allows for follow-up studies in the future. Twelve storage approaches were investigated to determine their effects on instability of propiconazole resistance for three demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicide-resistant and two DMI-sensitive isolates of Monilinia fructicola. They included mycelium in PDA slants under mineral oil, in PDA plugs under 10% glycerol, on dried filter paper and conidia on silica gel, each stored for 36 weeks at 4, - 20, and - 80 °C. RESULTS None of the storage approaches prevented the rapid decline of EC(50) values for propiconazole in the three resistant isolates, and no significant differences were found among storage approaches (P = 0.787) or between storage approaches and consecutive transfers (P = 0.053). Most of the decline in resistance occurred during the first 4 weeks of storage. The DMI resistance-associated genetic element Mona, located in the immediate upstream region of the MfCYP51 gene, was still present in the three resistant isolates after 36 weeks of storage and weekly transfers. Furthermore, the Mona element and a portion of the MfCYP51 gene, which encodes the target enzyme for DMIs, did not reveal signs of DNA methylation. Resistance to propiconazole was partially regained in resistant isolates after two growth cycles on fresh peach fruit. CONCLUSIONS Obtained data indicate that the decline of DMI resistance in M. fructicola cannot be prevented using commonly employed storage methods at various temperatures. The number of consecutive transfers and the storage duration prior to fungicide sensitivity tests in M. fructicola should be indicated in scientific papers.
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- Fuxing Zhu
- College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Bolton MD, Birla K, Rivera-Varas V, Rudolph KD, Secor GA. Characterization of CbCyp51 from field isolates of Cercospora beticola. Phytopathology 2012; 102:298-305. [PMID: 22085297 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-07-11-0212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The hemibiotrophic fungus Cercospora beticola causes leaf spot of sugar beet. Leaf spot control measures include the application of sterol demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides. However, reduced sensitivity to DMIs has been reported recently in the Red River Valley sugar beet-growing region of North Dakota and Minnesota. Here, we report the cloning and molecular characterization of CbCyp51, which encodes the DMI target enzyme sterol P450 14α-demethylase in C. beticola. CbCyp51 is a 1,632-bp intron-free gene with obvious homology to other fungal Cyp51 genes and is present as a single copy in the C. beticola genome. Five nucleotide haplotypes were identified which encoded three amino acid sequences. Protein variant 1 composed 79% of the sequenced isolates, followed by protein variant 2 that composed 18% of the sequences and a single isolate representative of protein variant 3. Because resistance to DMIs can be related to polymorphism in promoter or coding sequences, sequence diversity was assessed by sequencing >2,440 nucleotides encompassing CbCyp51 coding and flanking regions from isolates with varying EC(50) values (effective concentration to reduce growth by 50%) to DMI fungicides. However, no mutations or haplotypes were associated with DMI resistance or sensitivity. No evidence for alternative splicing or differential methylation of CbCyp51 was found that might explain reduced sensitivity to DMIs. However, CbCyp51 was overexpressed in isolates with high EC(50) values compared with isolates with low EC(50) values. After exposure to tetraconazole, isolates with high EC(50) values responded with further induction of CbCyp51, with a positive correlation of CbCyp51 expression and tetraconazole concentration up to 2.5 μg ml(-1).
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- Melvin D Bolton
- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Northern Crop Science Laboratory, Fargo, ND, USA.
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Sanssené J, Selim S, Roisin-Fichter C, Djerroud L, Deweer C, Halama P. Protective and curative efficacy of prothioconazole against isolates of Mycosphaerella graminicola differing in their in vitro sensitivity to DMI fungicides. Pest Manag Sci 2011; 67:1134-1140. [PMID: 21480466 DOI: 10.1002/ps.2163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2009] [Revised: 02/08/2011] [Accepted: 02/10/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Septoria leaf blotch is the most important disease of wheat in Europe. To control this disease, fungicides of the 14α-demethylase inhibitor group (DMIs) have been widely used for more than 20 years. However, resistance towards DMIs has increased rather quickly in recent years. The objective of this study was to evaluate, on plants and under controlled conditions, the protective and curative efficacy of the DMI fungicide prothioconazole against three current isolates of M. graminicola, chosen to belong to different DMI-resistant phenotypes. Fungicide efficacy was assessed by visual symptoms and by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). RESULTS With a protective fungicide application, prothioconazole was always effective against each isolate. This was in accordance with the EC50 results. However, curative efficacy differed between the isolates. It remained at a good level, between 60 and 70% against one isolate, whereas it was strongly affected by late applications from 7 days post-inoculation with the two other isolates. CONCLUSION A protective application of prothioconazole in wheat crops could be the best strategy to keep a high efficacy against Septoria leaf blotch.
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- Jean Sanssené
- Institut Polytechnique LaSalle Beauvais, Beauvais, France.
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Inagaki YS, Etherington G, Geisler K, Field B, Dokarry M, Ikeda K, Mutsukado Y, Dicks J, Osbourn A. Investigation of the potential for triterpene synthesis in rice through genome mining and metabolic engineering. New Phytol 2011; 191:432-448. [PMID: 21501172 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03712.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The first committed step in sterol biosynthesis in plants involves the cyclization of 2,3-oxidosqualene by the oxidosqualene cyclase (OSC) enzyme cycloartenol synthase. 2,3-Oxidosqualene is also a precursor for triterpene synthesis. Antimicrobial triterpenes are common in dicots, but seldom found in monocots, with the notable exception of oat. Here, through genome mining and metabolic engineering, we investigate the potential for triterpene synthesis in rice. The first two steps in the oat triterpene pathway are catalysed by a divergent OSC (AsbAS1) and a cytochrome P450 (CYP51). The genes for these enzymes form part of a metabolic gene cluster. To investigate the origins of triterpene synthesis in monocots, we analysed systematically the OSC and CYP51 gene families in rice. We also engineered rice for elevated triterpene content. We discovered a total of 12 OSC and 12 CYP51 genes in rice and uncovered key events in the evolution of triterpene synthesis. We further showed that the expression of AsbAS1 in rice leads to the accumulation of the simple triterpene, β-amyrin. These findings provide new insights into the evolution of triterpene synthesis in monocots and open up opportunities for metabolic engineering for disease resistance in rice and other cereals.
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- Yoshi-Shige Inagaki
- Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
- Plant Pathology and Genetic Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Tsushiama-naka 1-1-1, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Plant Pathology and Genetic Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Tsushiama-naka 1-1-1, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Plant Pathology and Genetic Engineering Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Tsushiama-naka 1-1-1, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Computational and Systems Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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Park HG, Lee IS, Chun YJ, Yun CH, Johnston JB, Montellano PROD, Kim D. Heterologous expression and characterization of the sterol 14α-demethylase CYP51F1 from Candida albicans. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 509:9-15. [PMID: 21315684 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2011.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2010] [Revised: 01/31/2011] [Accepted: 02/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lanosterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51F1) from Candida albicans is known to be an essential enzyme in fungal sterol biosynthesis. Wild-type CYP51F1 and several of its mutants were heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, purified, and characterized. It exhibited a typical reduced CO-difference spectrum with a maximum at 446 nm. Reconstitution of CYP51F1 with NADPH-P450 reductase gave a system that successfully converted lanosterol to its demethylated product. Titration of the purified enzyme with lanosterol produced a typical type I spectral change with K(d)=6.7 μM. The azole antifungal agents econazole, fluconazole, ketoconazole, and itraconazole bound tightly to CYP51F1 with K(d) values between 0.06 and 0.42 μM. The CYP51F1 mutations F105L, D116E, Y132H, and R467K frequently identified in clinical isolates were examined to determine their effect on azole drug binding affinity. The azole K(d) values of the purified F105L, D116E, and R467K mutants were little altered. A homology model of C. albicans CYP51F1 suggested that Tyr132 in the BC loop is located close to the heme in the active site, providing a rationale for the modified heme environment caused by the Y132H substitution. Taken together, functional expression and characterization of CYP51F1 provide a starting basis for the design of agents effective against C. albicans infections.
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- Hyoung-Goo Park
- Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea
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Han R, Zhang J, Li S, Cao S, Geng H, Yuan Y, Xiao W, Liu S, Liu D. Homology modeling and screening of new 14α-demethylase inhibitor (DMI) fungicides based on optimized expression of CYP51 from Ustilago maydis in Escherichia coli. J Agric Food Chem 2010; 58:12810-12816. [PMID: 21090752 DOI: 10.1021/jf103243m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Ustilago maydis infection is a serious disease affecting corn crops worldwide. Sterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51) is one of the key enzymes of sterol biosynthesis and an effective target of antifungal drugs. To further study the interaction between CYP51 and drugs and exploit more specific 14α-demethylase inhibitor (DMI) fungicides for U. maydis, in this study homology modeling of CYP51 from U. maydis (UmCYP51) templated as the eukaryotic orthologues (the human CYP51) and screening of new DMI fungicides based on optimized expression were carried out for the first time. In addition, XF-113 and ZST-4 were screened by analyzing the spectral characteristics between the purified UmCYP51-35 and fungicides. These results provide a theoretical basis and new ideas for efficient design and development of new antifungal drugs.
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- Rui Han
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, College of Life Science, Huazhong Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
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Zhang J, Zhao L, Zhang J, Han R, Li S, Yuan Y, Wan J, Xiao W, Liu D. Optimised expression and spectral analysis of the target enzyme CYP51 from Penicillium digitatum with possible new DMI fungicides. Pest Manag Sci 2010; 66:1344-1350. [PMID: 20824690 DOI: 10.1002/ps.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2010] [Revised: 07/06/2010] [Accepted: 07/06/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51), a key target of azole (DMI) fungicides, can be expressed in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Green mould of citrus, caused by Penicillium digitatum (Pers.) Sacc., is a serious post-harvest disease. To develop specific and more effective fungicides against this disease, the characteristics of the interaction between sterol 14α-demethylase from P. digitatum (PdCYP51) and possible new fungicides were analysed. The cyp51 gene of P. digitatum was cloned and expressed under different conditions in Escherichia coli (Mig.) Cast. & Chalm., and the binding spectra of PdCYP51 were explored by the addition of two commercial azoles and four new nitrogen compounds. RESULTS The yield of soluble protein (PdCYP51) was largest when expressed in Rosetta (DE3) induced by 0.5 mM IPTG for 8 h at 30 °C. Compound B (7-methoxy-2H-benzo[b][1,4]thiazine-3-amine) showed the strongest binding activity of the four new nitrogen compounds, with a K(d) value of 0.268 µM. The K(d) values of the six compounds were significantly correlated with their EC(50) values. CONCLUSION The spectral analysis and bioassay results could be used to screen the new chemical entities effectively. Compound B, selected by virtual screening from a commercial chemical library, is a candidate for a new DMI fungicide. These results provide a theoretical basis and new ideas for efficient design and development of new antifungal agents.
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- Jianhua Zhang
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Genetic Regulation and Integrative Biology, College of Life Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
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