A Network of Sporogenesis-Responsive Genes Regulates the Growth, Asexual Sporogenesis, Pathogenesis and Fusaric Acid Production of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Fungal Strain and Media
2.2. Gene Identification
2.3. Mutant Generation
2.4. Vegetative Growth and Hydrophobicity Assays
2.5. In Vitro and in Planta Sporulation Assay
2.6. Microscopy
2.7. Quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT-PCR)
2.8. Yeast One-Hybrid (Y1H) Assay
2.9. Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-qPCR Assay
2.10. Pathogenicity Assays in Banana Plants
2.11. Cellophane Membrane Penetration Assays
2.12. Fusaric Acid Production Assays
2.13. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Putative Sporulation-Responsive Gene Identification and Expression
3.2. FocstuA, FocveA and FocvelB Are Required for Vegetative Growth in Foc
3.3. abaA-L Is Essential for Microconidia and Phialides Production in Foc
3.4. FocflbA, FocflbD, abaA-L, wetA-L, FocstuA, FocveA, Foclae1 and FocmedA(a) Are Required for Macroconidia Production and Conidiophores Formation in Foc
3.5. FocflbB, FocflbC, FocflbD, abaA-L, wetA-L, FocvelB and Foclae1 Control Chlamydosporulation In Vitro and in Planta in Foc
3.6. Functional Relationship of the Sporulation-Responsive Genes Regulating Microconidia Production in Foc
3.7. Functional Relationship of the Sporulation-Responsive Genes Regulating Macroconidia and Chlamydospores Production in Foc
3.8. FocfluG, FocflbA, FocflbC, FocflbD, FocstuA, FocveA, FocvelB and Foclae1 Are Required for the Pathogenicity of Foc
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Aspergillus nidulans | Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense | |||||||
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Gene | Protein Accession Number a | Domain b | Number of Homologs c | Homologs c | Max Score (e-Value) c | Query Coverage c | Percent Identity c | Function |
fluG | P38094 | Glutamine synthetase, catalytic domain; amidohydrolase | 2 | FOIG_07155 | 612 (0.0) | 99% | 41% | Present work (FocfluG) |
FOIG_11529 | 182 (6 × 10 −50) | 50% | 29% | Unknown | ||||
flbA | P38093 | Regulator of G protein signaling domain; domain found in Dishevelled, Egl-10 and Pleckstrin (DEP) | 3 | FOIG_08170 | 607 (0.0) | 72% | 60% | Present work (FocflbA) |
FOIG_16270 | 454 (2 × 10 −153) | 67% | 49% | Unknown | ||||
FOIG_13410 | 309 (3 × 10 −112) | 65% | 44% | Unknown | ||||
flbB | C8VBM8 | bZIP transcription factor | 1 | FOIG_00530 | 205 (2 × 10 −62) | 90% | 36% | Present work (FocflbB) |
flbC | G5EAS8 | Zinc finger, C2H2 type | 1 | FOIG_03036 | 217 (5 × 10 −68) | 66% | 56% | Present work (FocflbC) |
flbD | G5EAY5 | Myb-like DNA-binding domain | 1 | FOIG_06682 | 142 (9 × 10 −41) | 33% | 65% | Present work (FocflbD) |
flbE | Q5BFF9 | No | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
brlA | P10069 | Zinc-finger double domain | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
abaA | P20945 | TEA/ATTS domain | 1 | FOIG_01396 | 67.4 (2 × 10 −11) | 10% | 41% | Present work (abaA-L) |
wetA | P22022 | ESC1/WetA-related domain | 1 | FOIG_07289 | 61.6 (3 × 10 −10) | 10% | 68% | Present work (wetA-L) |
stuA | P36011 | KilA-N domain | 1 | FOIG_07247 | 249 (7 × 10 −75) | 33% | 61% | Present work (FocstuA) |
veA | C8VTV4 | Velvet factor | 1 | FOIG_00370 | 221 (1 × 10 −76) | 49% | 48% | Present work (FocveA) |
velB | C8VTS4 | Velvet factor | 1 | FOIG_00471 | 170 (2 × 10 −89) | 83% | 50% | Present work (FocvelB) |
velC | Q5BBM1 | Velvet factor | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
vosA | Q5BBX1 | Velvet factor | 1 | FOIG_05756 | 111 (8 × 10 −27) | 38% | 37% | Unknown |
laeA | C8VQG9 | Methyltransferase domain | 6 | FOIG_01530 | 180 (3 × 10 −53) | 75% | 35% | Present work (Foclae1) |
FOIG_10149 | 188 (8 × 10 −57) | 77% | 37% | Unknown | ||||
FOIG_15419 | 191 (9 × 10 −58) | 81% | 36% | Unknown | ||||
FOIG_16515 | 181 (4 × 10 −54) | 77% | 36% | Unknown | ||||
FOIG_10023 | 181 (1 × 10 −53) | 76% | 33% | Unknown | ||||
FOIG_11569 | 179 (2 × 10 −53) | 77% | 34% | Unknown | ||||
medA | O74251 | No | 2 | FOIG_10811 | 292 (2 × 10 −91) | 72% | 41% | Present work (FocmedA(a)) |
FOIG_16330 | 254 (2 × 10 −80) | 58% | 42% | Present work (FocmedA(b)) |
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Lu, S.; Deng, H.; Lin, Y.; Huang, M.; You, H.; Zhang, Y.; Zhuang, W.; Lu, G.; Yun, Y. A Network of Sporogenesis-Responsive Genes Regulates the Growth, Asexual Sporogenesis, Pathogenesis and Fusaric Acid Production of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense. J. Fungi 2024, 10, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10010001
Lu S, Deng H, Lin Y, Huang M, You H, Zhang Y, Zhuang W, Lu G, Yun Y. A Network of Sporogenesis-Responsive Genes Regulates the Growth, Asexual Sporogenesis, Pathogenesis and Fusaric Acid Production of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense. Journal of Fungi. 2024; 10(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleLu, Songmao, Huobing Deng, Yaqi Lin, Meimei Huang, Haixia You, Yan Zhang, Weijian Zhuang, Guodong Lu, and Yingzi Yun. 2024. "A Network of Sporogenesis-Responsive Genes Regulates the Growth, Asexual Sporogenesis, Pathogenesis and Fusaric Acid Production of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense" Journal of Fungi 10, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10010001