Involvement of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from Verticillium dahliae in cell morphogenesis, stress responses, and host infection

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第一作者： Deng, Sheng

作者： Deng, Sheng;Yao, Chuanfei;Zhang, Xin;Jia, Zhaozhao;Shan, Chenyang;Luo, Xiaoyu;Lin, Ling;Yao, Chuanfei;Shan, Chenyang;Luo, Xiaoyu

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关键词： Carbohydrate metabolism; Plant pathogenic fungus; Soil-borne diseases; Virulence

期刊名称：FUNGAL BIOLOGY （ 影响因子：3.099； 五年影响因子：3.364 ）

ISSN： 1878-6146

年卷期： 2020 年 124 卷 7 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (UGP, EC 2.7.7.9) is an essential enzyme involved in carbohydrate metabolism. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other fungi, the UGP gene is indispensable for normal cell development, polysaccharide synthesis, and stress response. However, the function of the UGP homolog in plant pathogenic fungi has been rarely explored during pathogenesis. In this study, we characterize a UGP homolog named VdUGP from Verticillium dahliae, a soil-borne fungus that causes plant vascular wilt. In comparison with wild-type strain V07DF2 and complementation strains, the VdUGP knocked down mutant 24C9 exhibited sensitivity to sodium dodecyl sulfate (perturbing membrane integrity) and high sodium chloride concentration (high osmotic pressure stress). More than 25 % of the conidia of the mutant developed into short and swollen hypha and formed hyperbranching and compact colonies. The mutant exhibited decreased virulence on cotton and tobacco seedlings. Further investigation determined that the germination of the mutant spores was significantly delayed compared with the wild-type strain on the host roots. RNA-seq analysis revealed that a considerable number of genes encoding secreted proteins and carbohydrate-active enzymes were significantly downregulated in the mutant at an early stage of infection compared with those of the wild-type strain. RNA-seq data indicated that mutation affected many Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways both in the pathogen and in the inoculated plants at the infection stage. These alterations of the mutant in cultural phenotypes, virulence, and gene expression profiles clearly indicated that VdUGP played important roles in fungal cell morphogenesis, stress responses, and host infection. (C) 2020 British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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