The Plant Homeodomain Protein Clp1 Regulates Fungal Development, Virulence, and Autophagy Homeostasis in Magnaporthe oryzae

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第一作者： Wang, Jing

作者： Wang, Jing;Huang, Zhicheng;Huang, Pengyun;Wang, Qing;Li, Yan;Lu, Jianping;Wang, Jing;Lin, Fu-Cheng;Liu, Xiao-Hong;Lin, Fu-Cheng

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关键词： Cti6; hyperbranch; Pyricularia oryzae; autophagosome; pathogenicity; rice blast fungus; Atg5; PAS; appressorium; asexual development; gene transcription; plant homeodomain

期刊名称：MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM （ 影响因子：9.043； 五年影响因子：8.113 ）

ISSN： 2165-0497

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摘要： Rice blast disease caused by Magnaporthe oryzae is a serious threat to global grain yield and food security. Cti6 is a nuclear protein containing a plant homeodomain (PHD) that is involved in transcriptional regulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The biological function of its homologous protein in M. oryzae has been elusive. Here, we report Clp1 with a PHD domain in M. oryzae, a homologous protein of the yeast Cti6. Clp1 was mainly located in the nucleus and partly in the vesicles. Clp1 colocalized and interacted with the autophagy-related proteins Atg5, Atg7, Atg16, Atg24, and Atg28 at preautophagosomal structures (PAS) and autophagosomes, and the loss of Clp1 increased the fungal background autophagy level. Delta clp1 displayed reduced hyphal growth and hyperbranching, abnormal fungal morphology (including colony, spore, and appressorium), hindered appressorial glycogen metabolism and turgor production, weakened plant infection, and decreased virulence. The PHD is indispensable for the function of Clp1. Therefore, this study revealed that Clp1 regulates development and pathogenicity by maintaining autophagy homeostasis and affecting gene transcription in M. oryzae. IMPORTANCE The fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae causes serious diseases of grasses such as rice and wheat. Autophagy plays an indispensable role in the pathogenic process of M. oryzae. Here, we report a Cti6-like protein, Clp1, that is involved in fungal development and infection of plants through controlling autophagy homeostasis in the cytoplasm and gene transcription in the nucleus in M. oryzae. This study will help us to understand an elaborated molecular mechanism of autophagy, gene transcription, and virulence in the rice blast fungus. The fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae causes serious diseases of grasses such as rice and wheat. Autophagy plays an indispensable role in the pathogenic process of M. oryzae.

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