Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Marine Sciences and Applied Biology, University of Alicante, Alicante, 03080, Spain.
Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies (MIES) Ramon Margalef, University of Alicante, Alicante, 03080, Spain.
Environ Microbiol. 2021 Sep;23(9):4980-4997. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15408. Epub 2021 Feb 5.
Climate change makes plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) an increasing threat to commercial crops. PPN can be managed sustainably by the biocontrol fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia (Pc). Chitosan generated from chitin deacetylation enhances PPN parasitism by Pc. In this work, we investigate the molecular mechanisms of Pc for chitosan resistance and root-knot nematode (RKN) parasitism, using transcriptomics. Chitosan and RKN modify the expression of Pc genes, mainly those involved in oxidation-reduction processes. Both agents significantly modify the expression of genes associated to 113 GO terms and 180 Pc genes. Genes encoding putative glycoproteins (Pc adhesives) to nematode eggshell, as well as genes involved in redox, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism trigger the response to chitosan. We identify genes expressed in both the parasitic and endophytic phases of the Pc lifecycle; these include proteases, chitosanases and transcription factors. Using the Pathogen-Host Interaction database (PHI-base), our previous RNA-seq data and RT-PCR of Pc colonizing banana we have investigated genes expressed both in the parasitic and endophytic phases of Pc lifecycle.
气候变化使植物寄生线虫(PPN)成为商业作物日益严重的威胁。生物防治真菌蕈状拟青霉(Pc)可以可持续地管理 PPN。壳聚糖脱乙酰作用产生的壳聚糖增强了 Pc 对线虫的寄生能力。在这项工作中,我们使用转录组学研究 Pc 对线虫抗壳聚糖和根结线虫寄生的分子机制。壳聚糖和根结线虫改变 Pc 基因的表达,主要是那些涉及氧化还原过程的基因。这两种因子都显著改变了与 113 个 GO 术语和 180 个 Pc 基因相关的基因的表达。编码对线虫卵壳具有潜在黏附作用的 Pc 基因(Pc 黏附蛋白),以及参与氧化还原、碳水化合物和脂质代谢的基因,触发了对壳聚糖的反应。我们鉴定了在 Pc 生活史的寄生和内生阶段都表达的基因;这些基因包括蛋白酶、壳聚糖酶和转录因子。利用病原体-宿主相互作用数据库(PHI-base)、我们以前的 RNA-seq 数据和 Pc 定殖香蕉的 RT-PCR,我们研究了在 Pc 生活史的寄生和内生阶段都表达的基因。