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Jindřichová B, Rubil N, Rezek J, Ourry M, Hauser TP, Burketová L. Does fungal infection increase the palatability of oilseed rape to insects? Pest Manag Sci 2024; 80:2480-2494. [PMID: 38436531 DOI: 10.1002/ps.7998] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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BACKGROUND Multiple and simultaneous attacks by pathogens and insect pests frequently occur in nature. Plants respond to biotic stresses by activating distinct defense mechanisms, but little is known about how plants cope with multiple stresses. The focus of this study was the combined interaction of fungal infection caused by Leptosphaeria maculans (synonym Plenodomus lingam) and arthropod infestation by the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) in oilseed rape (Brassica napus). We hypothesized that infection by the fungal pathogen L. maculans could alter oilseed rape palatability to P. xylostella-chewing caterpillars. Feeding preference tests were complemented with analyses of defense gene transcription, and levels of glucosinolates (GLSs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in L. maculans-inoculated and non-inoculated (control) leaves to determine possible causes of larval choice. RESULTS Caterpillars preferred true leaves to cotyledons, hence true leaves were used for further experiments. True leaves inoculated with L. maculans were more palatable to caterpillars over control leaves during the early stage of infection at 3 days post inoculation (dpi), but this preference disappeared in the later stages of infection at 7 dpi. In parallel, genes involved in the salicylic acid and ethylene pathways were up-regulated in L. maculans-inoculated leaves at 3 and 7 dpi; L. maculans increased the level of total aliphatic GLSs, specifically glucobrassicanapin, and decreased the level of glucoiberin at 3 dpi and altered the content of specific VOCs. A group of 55 VOCs with the highest variability between treatments was identified. CONCLUSION We suggest that the P. xylostella preference for L. maculans-inoculated leaves in the early stage of disease development could be caused by the underlying mechanisms leading to changes in metabolic composition. Further research should pinpoint the compounds responsible for driving larval preference and evaluate whether the behavior of the adult moths, i.e. the stage that makes the first choice regarding host plant selection in field conditions, correlates with our results on larval host acceptance. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Barbora Jindřichová
- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Plant Protection, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Experimental Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Clairet C, Gay EJ, Porquier A, Blaise F, Marais CL, Balesdent MH, Rouxel T, Soyer JL, Fudal I. Regulation of effector gene expression as concerted waves in Leptosphaeria maculans: a two-player game. New Phytol 2024; 242:247-261. [PMID: 38358035 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19581] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Effector genes, encoding molecules involved in disease establishment, are concertedly expressed throughout the lifecycle of plant-pathogenic fungi. However, little is known about how effector gene expression is regulated. Since many effector genes are located in repeat-rich regions, the role of chromatin remodeling in their regulation was recently investigated, notably establishing that the repressive histone modification H3K9me3, deposited by KMT1, was involved in several fungal species including Leptosphaeria maculans. Nevertheless, previous data suggest that a second regulatory layer, probably involving a specific transcription factor (TF), might be required. In L. maculans, a Dothideomycete causing stem canker of oilseed rape, we identified the ortholog of Pf2, a TF belonging to the Zn2Cys6 fungal-specific family, and described as essential for pathogenicity and effector gene expression. We investigated its role together with KMT1, by inactivating and over-expressing LmPf2 in a wild-type strain and a ∆kmt1 mutant. Functional analyses of the corresponding transformants highlighted an essential role of LmPf2 in the establishment of pathogenesis and we found a major effect of LmPf2 on the induction of effector gene expression once KMT1 repression is lifted. Our results show, for the first time, a dual control of effector gene expression.
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- Colin Clairet
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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Gay EJ, Jacques N, Lapalu N, Cruaud C, Laval V, Balesdent MH, Rouxel T. Location and timing govern tripartite interactions of fungal phytopathogens and host in the stem canker species complex. BMC Biol 2023; 21:247. [PMID: 37936151 PMCID: PMC10631019 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-023-01726-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Leptosphaeria maculans "brassicae" (Lmb) and Leptosphaeria biglobosa "brassicae" (Lbb) make up a species complex involved in the stem canker (blackleg) disease of rapeseed (Brassica napus). They coinfect rapeseed together, from the early stage of infection on leaves to the final necrotic stage at the stem base, and both perform sexual crossings on plant residues. L. biglobosa is suggested to be a potential biocontrol agent against Lmb, but there has been no mechanistic investigation of the different types of interactions that may occur between the plant and the two fungal species. RESULTS We investigated the bi- or tripartite interaction mechanisms by (i) confronting Lmb and Lbb in culture conditions or during cotyledon infection, with different timing and/or spore concentration regimes, (ii) performing RNA-Seq experiments in vitro or on the kinetics of infection of cotyledons infected by Lmb and/or Lbb to evaluate the transcriptomic activity and the plant response when both fungal species are inoculated together. Lbb infection of B. napus cotyledons was typical of a necrotrophic behavior, with a very early setup of one pathogenicity program and very limited colonization of tissues. This contrasted with the complex succession of pathogenicity programs of the hemibiotroph Lmb. During simultaneous co-infection by both species, Lmb was strongly impacted in its growth and transcriptomic dynamics both in vitro and in planta, while Lbb was unaffected by the presence of Lmb. However, the drastic inhibition of Lmb growth by Lbb was ineffective in the case of delayed inoculation with Lbb or a lower amount of spores of Lbb compared to Lmb. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that Lmb growth inhibition by Lbb is the result of a combination of factors that may include competition for trophic resources, the generation by Lbb of an environment unsuitable for the lifecycle of Lmb or/and the effect on Lmb of plant defense responses induced by Lbb. It indicates that growth inhibition occurs in very specific conditions (i.e., co-inoculation at the same place of an equal amount of inoculum) that are unlikely to occur in the field where their coexistence does not prevent any species from completing their life cycle.
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- Elise J Gay
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120, Palaiseau, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 91120, Palaiseau, France.
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Talbi N, Fokkens L, Audran C, Petit‐Houdenot Y, Pouzet C, Blaise F, Gay EJ, Rouxel T, Balesdent M, Rep M, Fudal I. The neighbouring genes AvrLm10A and AvrLm10B are part of a large multigene family of cooperating effector genes conserved in Dothideomycetes and Sordariomycetes. Mol Plant Pathol 2023; 24:914-931. [PMID: 37128172 PMCID: PMC10346447 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Fungal effectors (small-secreted proteins) have long been considered as species or even subpopulation-specific. The increasing availability of high-quality fungal genomes and annotations has allowed the identification of trans-species or trans-genera families of effectors. Two avirulence effectors, AvrLm10A and AvrLm10B, of Leptosphaeria maculans, the fungus causing stem canker of oilseed rape, are members of such a large family of effectors. AvrLm10A and AvrLm10B are neighbouring genes, organized in divergent transcriptional orientation. Sequence searches within the L. maculans genome showed that AvrLm10A/AvrLm10B belong to a multigene family comprising five pairs of genes with a similar tail-to-tail organization. The two genes, in a pair, always had the same expression pattern and two expression profiles were distinguished, associated with the biotrophic colonization of cotyledons and/or petioles and stems. Of the two protein pairs further investigated, AvrLm10A_like1/AvrLm10B_like1 and AvrLm10A_like2/AvrLm10B_like2, the second one had the ability to physically interact, similarly to what was previously described for the AvrLm10A/AvrLm10B pair, and cross-interactions were also detected for two pairs. AvrLm10A homologues were identified in more than 30 Dothideomycete and Sordariomycete plant-pathogenic fungi. One of them, SIX5, is an effector from Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici physically interacting with the avirulence effector Avr2. We found that AvrLm10A/SIX5 homologues were associated with at least eight distinct putative effector families, suggesting that AvrLm10A/SIX5 is able to cooperate with different effectors. These results point to a general role of the AvrLm10A/SIX5 proteins as "cooperating proteins", able to interact with diverse families of effectors whose encoding gene is co-regulated with the neighbouring AvrLm10A homologue.
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- Nacera Talbi
- BIOGER, INRAEUniversité Paris‐SaclayPalaiseauFrance
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- Molecular Plant PathologyUniversity of AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
- Present address:
Laboratory of PhytopathologyWageningen University and ResearchWageningenNetherlands
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- UMR LIPMEUniversité de Toulouse, INRAE, CNRSCastanet‐TolosanFrance
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- FRAIB‐TRI Imaging Platform Facilities, FR AIBUniversité de Toulouse, CNRSCastanet‐TolosanFrance
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- BIOGER, INRAEUniversité Paris‐SaclayPalaiseauFrance
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- Molecular Plant PathologyUniversity of AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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Gautier A, Laval V, Faure S, Rouxel T, Balesdent MH. Polymorphism of Avirulence Genes and Adaptation to Brassica Resistance Genes Is Gene-Dependent in the Phytopathogenic Fungus Leptosphaeria maculans. Phytopathology 2023; 113:1222-1232. [PMID: 36802873 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-12-22-0466-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The fungal phytopathogen Leptosphaeria maculans, which causes stem canker (blackleg) of rapeseed (Brassica napus), is mainly controlled worldwide by genetic resistance, which includes major resistance genes (Rlm). This model is one of those for which the highest number of avirulence genes (AvrLm) has been cloned. In many systems, including the L. maculans-B. napus interaction, intense use of resistance genes exerts strong selection pressure on the corresponding avirulent isolates, and the fungi may rapidly escape resistance through various molecular events which modify the avirulence genes. In the literature, the study of polymorphism at avirulence loci is often focused on single genes under selection pressure. In this study, we investigate allelic polymorphism at 11 avirulence loci in a French population of 89 L. maculans isolates collected on a trap cultivar in four geographic locations in the 2017-2018 cropping season. The corresponding Rlm genes have been (i) used for a long time, (ii) recently used, or (iii) unused in agricultural practice. The sequence data generated indicate an extreme diversity of situations. For example, genes submitted to an ancient selection may have either been deleted in populations (AvrLm1) or replaced by a single-nucleotide mutated virulent version (AvrLm2, AvrLm5-9). Genes that have never been under selection may either be nearly invariant (AvrLm6, AvrLm10A, AvrLm10B), exhibit rare deletions (AvrLm11, AvrLm14), or display a high diversity of alleles and isoforms (AvrLmS-Lep2). These data suggest that the evolutionary trajectory of avirulence/virulence alleles is gene-dependent and independent of selection pressure in L. maculans. [Formula: see text] Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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- Angélique Gautier
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, Bâtiment F, 22 Place de l'Agronomie, CS 80022, 91120 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, Bâtiment F, 22 Place de l'Agronomie, CS 80022, 91120 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, Bâtiment F, 22 Place de l'Agronomie, CS 80022, 91120 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, Bâtiment F, 22 Place de l'Agronomie, CS 80022, 91120 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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Chen H, Fang Y, Song W, Shu H, Li X, Ye W, Wang Y, Dong S. The SET domain protein PsKMT3 regulates histone H3K36 trimethylation and modulates effector gene expression in the soybean pathogen Phytophthora sojae. Mol Plant Pathol 2023; 24:346-358. [PMID: 36748674 PMCID: PMC10013772 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13301] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Plant pathogens secrete effector proteins to overcome host immunity and promote colonization. In oomycete plant pathogens, the expression of many effector genes is altered upon infection; however, the regulatory mechanisms are unclear. In this study, we identified a su(var)3-9, enhancer of zeste, and trithorax (SET) domain protein-encoding gene, PsKMT3, that was highly induced at early infection stages in Phytophthora sojae. Deletion of PsKMT3 led to asexual development and pathogenicity defects. Chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) and western blot analyses demonstrated that histone H3K36 trimethylation (H3K36me3) was significantly reduced genome-wide in mutants. RNA-seq analysis identified 374 genes encoding secreted proteins that were differentially expressed in pskmt3 at the mycelium stage. The significantly altered genes encompassed the RxLR (Arg-x-Lys-Arg) effector gene family, including the essential effector genes Avh23, Avh181, Avh240, and Avh241. Transcriptome analysis at early infection stages showed misregulation of effector gene expression waves in pskmt3. H3K36me3 was directly and indirectly associated with RxLR effector gene activation. Our results reveal a role of a SET domain protein in regulating effector gene expression and modulating histone methylation in P. sojae.
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- Han Chen
- Department of Plant Pathology, the Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, the Key Laboratory of Plant ImmunityNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of Plant Pathology, the Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, the Key Laboratory of Plant ImmunityNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of Plant Pathology, the Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, the Key Laboratory of Plant ImmunityNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of Plant Pathology, the Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, the Key Laboratory of Plant ImmunityNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of Plant Pathology, the Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, the Key Laboratory of Plant ImmunityNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of Plant Pathology, the Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, the Key Laboratory of Plant ImmunityNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of Plant Pathology, the Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, the Key Laboratory of Plant ImmunityNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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- Department of Plant Pathology, the Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Ministry of Education, the Key Laboratory of Plant ImmunityNanjing Agricultural UniversityNanjingChina
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Oliveira L, Chevrollier N, Dallery JF, O'Connell RJ, Lebrun MH, Viaud M, Lespinet O. CusProSe: a customizable protein annotation software with an application to the prediction of fungal secondary metabolism genes. Sci Rep 2023; 13:1417. [PMID: 36697464 PMCID: PMC9876896 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-27813-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We report here a new application, CustomProteinSearch (CusProSe), whose purpose is to help users to search for proteins of interest based on their domain composition. The application is customizable. It consists of two independent tools, IterHMMBuild and ProSeCDA. IterHMMBuild allows the iterative construction of Hidden Markov Model (HMM) profiles for conserved domains of selected protein sequences, while ProSeCDA scans a proteome of interest against an HMM profile database, and annotates identified proteins using user-defined rules. CusProSe was successfully used to identify, in fungal genomes, genes encoding key enzyme families involved in secondary metabolism, such as polyketide synthases (PKS), non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS), hybrid PKS-NRPS and dimethylallyl tryptophan synthases (DMATS), as well as to characterize distinct terpene synthases (TS) sub-families. The highly configurable characteristics of this application makes it a generic tool, which allows the user to refine the function of predicted proteins, to extend detection to new enzymes families, and may also be applied to biological systems other than fungi and to other proteins than those involved in secondary metabolism.
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- Leonor Oliveira
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.,Orphanet-INSERM, US14, Plateforme des Maladies Rares, Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Borhan MH, Van de Wouw AP, Larkan NJ. Molecular Interactions Between Leptosphaeria maculans and Brassica Species. Annu Rev Phytopathol 2022; 60:237-257. [PMID: 35576591 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-021621-120602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Canola is an important oilseed crop, providing food, feed, and fuel around the world. However, blackleg disease, caused by the ascomycete Leptosphaeria maculans, causes significant yield losses annually. With the recent advances in genomic technologies, the understanding of the Brassica napus-L. maculans interaction has rapidly increased, with numerous Avr and R genes cloned, setting this system up as a model organism for studying plant-pathogen associations. Although the B. napus-L. maculans interaction follows Flor's gene-for-gene hypothesis for qualitative resistance, it also puts some unique spins on the interaction. This review discusses the current status of the host-pathogen interaction and highlights some of the future gaps that need addressing moving forward.
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- M Hossein Borhan
- Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;
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- Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;
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Jiquel A, Gay EJ, Mas J, George P, Wagner A, Fior A, Faure S, Balesdent M, Rouxel T. "Late" effectors from Leptosphaeria maculans as tools for identifying novel sources of resistance in Brassica napus. Plant Direct 2022; 6:e435. [PMID: 35949954 PMCID: PMC9356234 DOI: 10.1002/pld3.435] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The Dothideomycete Leptosphaeria maculans, causing stem canker (blackleg) of Brassica napus, secretes different cocktails of effectors at specific infection stages. Some effectors ("Late" effectors) are specifically produced during the long asymptomatic phase of stem colonization. By manipulating their expression so that they are overexpressed during cotyledon infection (OEC transformants of the fungus), we previously postulated that resistance genes operating in the stem may be involved in gene-for-gene relationship and thus contribute to quantitative disease resistance (QDR). Here, we selected 10 relevant new effector genes, and we generated OEC transformants to screen a collection of 130 B. napus genotypes, representative of the available diversity in the species. Five B. napus accessions showed a typical hypersensitive response when challenged with effectors LmSTEE98 or LmSTEE6826 at the cotyledon stage, and all belong to the semi-winter type of the diversity panel. In addition, five winter-type genotypes displayed an intermediate response to another late effector, LmSTEE7919. These new interactions now have to be genetically validated to check that they also correspond to gene-for-gene interactions. In all cases, they potentially provide novel resources, easy to breed for, and accounting for part of the quantitative resistance in a species for which we are currently facing limited resistance sources.
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- Audren Jiquel
- INRAE, AgroParisTech, UR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayThiverval‐GrignonFrance
- Lidea SemencesMondonvilleFrance
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- INRAE, AgroParisTech, UR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayThiverval‐GrignonFrance
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- INRAE, AgroParisTech, UR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayThiverval‐GrignonFrance
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Lazar N, Mesarich CH, Petit-Houdenot Y, Talbi N, Li de la Sierra-Gallay I, Zélie E, Blondeau K, Gracy J, Ollivier B, Blaise F, Rouxel T, Balesdent MH, Idnurm A, van Tilbeurgh H, Fudal I. A new family of structurally conserved fungal effectors displays epistatic interactions with plant resistance proteins. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1010664. [PMID: 35793393 PMCID: PMC9292093 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Recognition of a pathogen avirulence (AVR) effector protein by a cognate plant resistance (R) protein triggers a set of immune responses that render the plant resistant. Pathogens can escape this so-called Effector-Triggered Immunity (ETI) by different mechanisms including the deletion or loss-of-function mutation of the AVR gene, the incorporation of point mutations that allow recognition to be evaded while maintaining virulence function, and the acquisition of new effectors that suppress AVR recognition. The Dothideomycete Leptosphaeria maculans, causal agent of oilseed rape stem canker, is one of the few fungal pathogens where suppression of ETI by an AVR effector has been demonstrated. Indeed, AvrLm4-7 suppresses Rlm3- and Rlm9-mediated resistance triggered by AvrLm3 and AvrLm5-9, respectively. The presence of AvrLm4-7 does not impede AvrLm3 and AvrLm5-9 expression, and the three AVR proteins do not appear to physically interact. To decipher the epistatic interaction between these L. maculans AVR effectors, we determined the crystal structure of AvrLm5-9 and obtained a 3D model of AvrLm3, based on the crystal structure of Ecp11-1, a homologous AVR effector candidate from Fulvia fulva. Despite a lack of sequence similarity, AvrLm5-9 and AvrLm3 are structural analogues of AvrLm4-7 (structure previously characterized). Structure-informed sequence database searches identified a larger number of putative structural analogues among L. maculans effector candidates, including the AVR effector AvrLmS-Lep2, all produced during the early stages of oilseed rape infection, as well as among effector candidates from other phytopathogenic fungi. These structural analogues are named LARS (for Leptosphaeria AviRulence and Suppressing) effectors. Remarkably, transformants of L. maculans expressing one of these structural analogues, Ecp11-1, triggered oilseed rape immunity in several genotypes carrying Rlm3. Furthermore, this resistance could be suppressed by AvrLm4-7. These results suggest that Ecp11-1 shares a common activity with AvrLm3 within the host plant which is detected by Rlm3, or that the Ecp11-1 structure is sufficiently close to that of AvrLm3 to be recognized by Rlm3. An efficient strategy to control fungal diseases in the field is genetic control using resistant crop cultivars. Crop resistance mainly relies on gene-for-gene relationships between plant resistance (R) genes and pathogen avirulence (AVR) genes, as defined by Flor in the 1940s. However, such gene-for-gene relationships can increase in complexity over the course of plant-pathogen co-evolution. Resistance against the plant-pathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria maculans by Brassica napus and other Brassica species relies on the recognition of effector (AVR) proteins by R proteins; however, L. maculans produces an effector that suppresses a subset of these specific resistances. Using a protein structure approach, we revealed structural analogy between several of the resistance-triggering effectors, the resistance-suppressing effector, and effectors from other plant-pathogenic species in the Dothideomycetes and Sordariomycetes classes, defining a new family of effectors called LARS. Notably, cross-species expression of one LARS effector from Fulvia fulva, a pathogen of tomato, in L. maculans resulted in recognition by resistant cultivars of oilseed rape. These results highlight the need to integrate knowledge on effector structures to improve resistance management and to develop broad-spectrum resistances for multi-pathogen control of diseases.
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Affiliation(s)
- Noureddine Lazar
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CNRS UMR 5048, INSERM U1054, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- * E-mail: (HVT); (IF)
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, Thiverval-Grignon, France
- * E-mail: (HVT); (IF)
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Lazar N, Mesarich CH, Petit-Houdenot Y, Talbi N, Li de la Sierra-Gallay I, Zélie E, Blondeau K, Gracy J, Ollivier B, Blaise F, Rouxel T, Balesdent MH, Idnurm A, van Tilbeurgh H, Fudal I. A new family of structurally conserved fungal effectors displays epistatic interactions with plant resistance proteins. PLoS Pathog 2022. [PMID: 35793393 DOI: 10.1101/2020.12.17.423041v1.full] [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] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Recognition of a pathogen avirulence (AVR) effector protein by a cognate plant resistance (R) protein triggers a set of immune responses that render the plant resistant. Pathogens can escape this so-called Effector-Triggered Immunity (ETI) by different mechanisms including the deletion or loss-of-function mutation of the AVR gene, the incorporation of point mutations that allow recognition to be evaded while maintaining virulence function, and the acquisition of new effectors that suppress AVR recognition. The Dothideomycete Leptosphaeria maculans, causal agent of oilseed rape stem canker, is one of the few fungal pathogens where suppression of ETI by an AVR effector has been demonstrated. Indeed, AvrLm4-7 suppresses Rlm3- and Rlm9-mediated resistance triggered by AvrLm3 and AvrLm5-9, respectively. The presence of AvrLm4-7 does not impede AvrLm3 and AvrLm5-9 expression, and the three AVR proteins do not appear to physically interact. To decipher the epistatic interaction between these L. maculans AVR effectors, we determined the crystal structure of AvrLm5-9 and obtained a 3D model of AvrLm3, based on the crystal structure of Ecp11-1, a homologous AVR effector candidate from Fulvia fulva. Despite a lack of sequence similarity, AvrLm5-9 and AvrLm3 are structural analogues of AvrLm4-7 (structure previously characterized). Structure-informed sequence database searches identified a larger number of putative structural analogues among L. maculans effector candidates, including the AVR effector AvrLmS-Lep2, all produced during the early stages of oilseed rape infection, as well as among effector candidates from other phytopathogenic fungi. These structural analogues are named LARS (for Leptosphaeria AviRulence and Suppressing) effectors. Remarkably, transformants of L. maculans expressing one of these structural analogues, Ecp11-1, triggered oilseed rape immunity in several genotypes carrying Rlm3. Furthermore, this resistance could be suppressed by AvrLm4-7. These results suggest that Ecp11-1 shares a common activity with AvrLm3 within the host plant which is detected by Rlm3, or that the Ecp11-1 structure is sufficiently close to that of AvrLm3 to be recognized by Rlm3.
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- Noureddine Lazar
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CNRS UMR 5048, INSERM U1054, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, UR BIOGER, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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Xiang Neik T, Ghanbarnia K, Ollivier B, Scheben A, Severn‐Ellis A, Larkan NJ, Haddadi P, Fernando DWG, Rouxel T, Batley J, Borhan HM, Balesdent M. Two independent approaches converge to the cloning of a new Leptosphaeria maculans avirulence effector gene, AvrLmS-Lep2. Mol Plant Pathol 2022; 23:733-748. [PMID: 35239989 PMCID: PMC8995059 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
Abstract
Brassica napus (oilseed rape, canola) seedling resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans, the causal agent of blackleg (stem canker) disease, follows a gene-for-gene relationship. The avirulence genes AvrLmS and AvrLep2 were described to be perceived by the resistance genes RlmS and LepR2, respectively, present in B. napus 'Surpass 400'. Here we report cloning of AvrLmS and AvrLep2 using two independent methods. AvrLmS was cloned using combined in vitro crossing between avirulent and virulent isolates with sequencing of DNA bulks from avirulent or virulent progeny (bulked segregant sequencing). AvrLep2 was cloned using a biparental cross of avirulent and virulent L. maculans isolates and a classical map-based cloning approach. Taking these two approaches independently, we found that AvrLmS and AvrLep2 are the same gene. Complementation of virulent isolates with this gene confirmed its role in inducing resistance on Surpass 400, Topas-LepR2, and an RlmS-line. The gene, renamed AvrLmS-Lep2, encodes a small cysteine-rich protein of unknown function with an N-terminal secretory signal peptide, which is a common feature of the majority of effectors from extracellular fungal plant pathogens. The AvrLmS-Lep2/LepR2 interaction phenotype was found to vary from a typical hypersensitive response through intermediate resistance sometimes towards susceptibility, depending on the inoculation conditions. AvrLmS-Lep2 was nevertheless sufficient to significantly slow the systemic growth of the pathogen and reduce the stem lesion size on plant genotypes with LepR2, indicating the potential efficiency of this resistance to control the disease in the field.
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- Ting Xiang Neik
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Agriculture and Agri‐Food CanadaSaskatoon Research CenterSaskatoonSaskatchewanCanada
- Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of ManitobaWinnipegManitobaCanada
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
- Simons Center for Quantitative Biology, Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryCold Spring HarborNew YorkUSA
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Agriculture and Agri‐Food CanadaSaskatoon Research CenterSaskatoonSaskatchewanCanada
- Armatus Genetics Inc.SaskatoonSaskatchewanCanada
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- Agriculture and Agri‐Food CanadaSaskatoon Research CenterSaskatoonSaskatchewanCanada
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- Université Paris‐SaclayINRAEUR BIOGERThiverval‐GrignonFrance
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Western AustraliaPerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Agriculture and Agri‐Food CanadaSaskatoon Research CenterSaskatoonSaskatchewanCanada
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Degrave A, Wagner M, George P, Coudard L, Pinochet X, Ermel M, Gay EJ, Fudal I, Moreno‐Rico O, Rouxel T, Balesdent M. A new avirulence gene of Leptosphaeria maculans, AvrLm14, identifies a resistance source in American broccoli (Brassica oleracea) genotypes. Mol Plant Pathol 2021; 22:1599-1612. [PMID: 34467616 PMCID: PMC8578820 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 01/12/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
In many cultivated crops, sources of resistance to diseases are sparse and rely on introgression from wild relatives. Agricultural crops often are allopolyploids resulting from interspecific crosses between related species, which are sources of diversity for resistance genes. This is the case for Brassica napus (oilseed rape, canola), an interspecific hybrid between Brassica rapa (turnip) and Brassica oleracea (cabbage). B. napus has a narrow genetic basis and few effective resistance genes against stem canker (blackleg) disease, caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans, are currently available. B. rapa diversity has proven to be a valuable source of resistance (Rlm, LepR) genes, while B. oleracea genotypes were mostly considered susceptible. Here we identified a new resistance source in B. oleracea genotypes from America, potentially effective against French L. maculans isolates under both controlled and field conditions. Genetic analysis of fungal avirulence and subsequent cloning and validation identified a new avirulence gene termed AvrLm14 and suggested a typical gene-for-gene interaction between AvrLm14 and the postulated Rlm14 gene. AvrLm14 shares all the usual characteristics of L. maculans avirulence genes: it is hosted in a genomic region enriched in transposable elements and heterochromatin marks H3K9me3, its expression is repressed during vegetative growth but shows a strong overexpression 5-9 days following cotyledon infection, and it encodes a small secreted protein enriched in cysteine residues with few matches in databases. Similar to the previously cloned AvrLm10-A, AvrLm14 contributes to reduce lesion size on susceptible cotyledons, pointing to a complex interplay between effectors promoting or reducing lesion development.
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- Université Paris‐SaclayINRAE, UMR BIOGERThiverval‐GrignonFrance
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- Université Paris‐SaclayINRAE, UMR BIOGERThiverval‐GrignonFrance
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- TERRES INOVIA, campus INRA Agro ParisTechThiverval‐GrignonFrance
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- INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ Rennes, IGEPPLe RheuFrance
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- Université Paris‐SaclayINRAE, UMR BIOGERThiverval‐GrignonFrance
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- Université Paris‐SaclayINRAE, UMR BIOGERThiverval‐GrignonFrance
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- Université Paris‐SaclayINRAE, UMR BIOGERThiverval‐GrignonFrance
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Chen Q, Peng G, Kutcher R, Yu F. Genetic diversity and population structure of Leptosphaeria maculans isolates in Western Canada. J Genet Genomics 2021; 48:994-1006. [PMID: 34702671 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2021.06.019] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Leptosphaeria maculans is a serious concern for canola production worldwide. For effective disease management, knowledge of the pathogen's genetic variability and population structure is a prerequisite. In this study, whole-genome sequencing was performed for 162 of 1590 L. maculans isolates collected in the years 2007-2008 and 2012-2014 in Western Canada. DNA variants in genome-wide and specific regions including avirulence (Avr) genes were characterized. A total of 31,870 high-quality polymorphic DNA variants were used to study L. maculans genetic diversity and population structure. Cluster analysis showed that 150 isolates were clustered into 2 main groups and 4 subgroups by DNA variants located in either Avr or small secreted protein-encoding genes and into 2 main groups and 6 subgroups by genome-wide variants. The analysis of nucleotide diversity and differentiation also confirmed genetic variation within a population and among populations. Principal component analysis with genome-wide variants showed that the isolates collected in 2012-2014 were more genetically diverse than those collected in 2007-2008. Population structure analysis discovered three distinct sub-populations. Although isolates from Saskatchewan and Alberta were of similar genetic composition, Manitoba isolates were highly diverse. Genome-wide association study detected DNA variants in genes AvrLm4-7, Lema_T86300, and Lema_T86310 associated with the years of collection.
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- Qilin Chen
- Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Canada
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- Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Canada
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- Department of Plant Sciences, Crop Development Centre, University of SK, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Canada.
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Jiquel A, Gervais J, Geistodt‐Kiener A, Delourme R, Gay EJ, Ollivier B, Fudal I, Faure S, Balesdent M, Rouxel T. A gene-for-gene interaction involving a 'late' effector contributes to quantitative resistance to the stem canker disease in Brassica napus. New Phytol 2021; 231:1510-1524. [PMID: 33621369 PMCID: PMC8360019 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The control of stem canker disease of Brassica napus (rapeseed), caused by the fungus Leptosphaeria maculans is based largely on plant genetic resistance: single-gene specific resistance (Rlm genes) or quantitative, polygenic, adult-stage resistance. Our working hypothesis was that quantitative resistance partly obeys the gene-for-gene model, with resistance genes 'recognizing' fungal effectors expressed during late systemic colonization. Five LmSTEE (stem-expressed effector) genes were selected and placed under the control of the AvrLm4-7 promoter, an effector gene highly expressed at the cotyledon stage of infection, for miniaturized cotyledon inoculation test screening of a gene pool of 204 rapeseed genotypes. We identified a rapeseed genotype, 'Yudal', expressing hypersensitive response to LmSTEE98. The LmSTEE98-RlmSTEE98 interaction was further validated by inactivation of the LmSTEE98 gene with a CRISPR-Cas9 approach. Isolates with mutated versions of LmSTEE98 induced more severe stem symptoms than the wild-type isolate in 'Yudal'. This single-gene resistance was mapped in a 0.6 cM interval of the 'Darmor_bzh' × 'Yudal' genetic map. One typical gene-for-gene interaction contributes partly to quantitative resistance when L. maculans colonizes the stems of rapeseed. With numerous other effectors specific to stem colonization, our study provides a new route for resistance gene discovery, elucidation of quantitative resistance mechanisms and selection for durable resistance.
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- Audren Jiquel
- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
- Euralis Semences6 Chemin des PanedautesMondonville31700France
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- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
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- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
- Université Paris‐SaclayRoute de l'Orme aux MerisiersSaint‐Aubin91190France
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- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
- Université Paris‐SaclayRoute de l'Orme aux MerisiersSaint‐Aubin91190France
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- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
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- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
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- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
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- INRAEAgroParisTechUMR BIOGERUniversité Paris‐SaclayAvenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01Thiverval‐GrignonF‐78850France
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Urquhart AS, Elliott CE, Zeng W, Idnurm A. Constitutive expression of transcription factor SirZ blocks pathogenicity in Leptosphaeria maculans independently of sirodesmin production. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0252333. [PMID: 34111151 PMCID: PMC8191991 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Sirodesmin, the major secondary metabolite produced by the plant pathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria maculans in vitro, has been linked to disease on Brassica species since the 1970s, and yet its role has remained ambiguous. Re-examination of gene expression data revealed that all previously described genes and two newly identified genes within the sir gene cluster in the genome are down-regulated during the crucial early establishment stages of blackleg disease on Brassica napus. To test if this is a strategy employed by the fungus to avoid damage to and then detection by the host plant during the L. maculans asymptomatic biotrophic phase, sirodesmin was produced constitutively by overexpressing the sirZ gene encoding the transcription factor that coordinates the regulation of the other genes in the sir cluster. The sirZ over-expression strains had a major reduction in pathogenicity. Mutation of the over-expression construct restored pathogenicity. However, mutation of two genes, sirP and sirG, required for specific steps in the sirodesmin biosynthesis pathway, in the sirZ over-expression background resulted in strains that were unable to synthesize sirodesmin, yet were still non-pathogenic. Elucidating the basis for this pathogenicity defect or finding ways to overexpress sirZ during disease may provide new strategies for the control of blackleg disease.
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- Andrew S. Urquhart
- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Applied BioSciences, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Biosecurity Operations Division, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Post Entry Quarantine, Mickleham, Victoria, Australia
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Sino-Australia Plant Cell Wall Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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