文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Jia, Jiayu ¹ ; Chen, Long ¹ ; Yu, Wenjing ¹ ; Cai, Shouping ² ; Su, Shunde ² ; Xiao, Xiangxi ² ; Tang, Xinghao ² ; Jiang, Xiangqing ³ ; Chen, Daoshun ³ ; Fang, Yu ⁴ ; Wang, Jinjin ¹ ; Luo, Xiaohua ⁵ ; Li, Jian ¹ ; Huang, Yunpeng ² ; Su, Jun ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Fujian Agr & Forestry Univ, Coll Forestry, Basic Forestry & Prote Res Ctr, Fujian Prov Key Lab Haixia Appl Plant Syst Biol, Fuzhou, Peoples R China

2.Fujian Acad Forestry, Key Lab Natl Forestry & Grassland Adm Timber Fores, Fuzhou, Peoples R China

3.Shaxian Guanzhuang State Owned Forest Farm, Silviculture Dept, Sanming, Peoples R China

4.Fujian Acad Agr Sci, Inst Soil & Fertilizer, Fuzhou, Peoples R China

5.Forestry Bur Yuoxi Cty, Forest Fire Prevent Off, Sanming, Peoples R China

关键词： aspergillus; host performance; Monochamus alternatus; nematicide; pine wilt disease; pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus); sterigmatocystin

期刊名称：FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE （ 影响因子：5.6； 五年影响因子：6.8 ）

ISSN： 1664-462X

年卷期： 2023 年 14 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Introduction Pine wilt disease (PWD) is responsible for extensive economic and ecological damage to Pinus spp. forests and plantations worldwide. PWD is caused by the pine wood nematode (PWN, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) and transmitted into pine trees by a vector insect, the Japanese pine sawyer (JPS, Monochamus alternatus). Host infection by PWN will attract JPS to spawn, which leads to the co-existence of PWN and JPS within the host tree, an essential precondition for PWD outbreaks. Through the action of their metabolites, microbes can manipulate the co-existence of PWN and JPS, but our understanding on how key microorganisms engage in this process remains limited, which severely hinders the exploration and utilization of promising microbial resources in the prevention and control of PWD.Methods In this study we investigated how the PWN-associated fungus Aspergillus promotes the co-existence of PWN and JPS in the host trees (Pinus massoniana) via its secondary metabolite, sterigmatocystin (ST), by taking a multi-omics approach (phenomics, transcriptomics, microbiome, and metabolomics).Results We found that Aspergillus was able to promote PWN invasion and pathogenicity by increasing ST biosynthesis in the host plant, mainly by suppressing the accumulation of ROS (reactive oxygen species) in plant tissues that could counter PWN. Further, ST accumulation triggered the biosynthesis of VOC (volatile organic compounds) that attracts JPS and drives the coexistence of PWN and JPS in the host plant, thereby encouraging the local transmission of PWD. Meanwhile, we show that application of an Aspergillus inhibitor (chiricanine A treatment) results in the absence of Aspergillus and decreases the in vivo ST amount, thereby sharply restricting the PWN development in host. This further proved that Aspergillus is vital and sufficient for promoting PWD transmission.Discussion Altogether, these results document, for the first time, how the function of Aspergillus and its metabolite ST is involved in the entire PWD transmission chain, in addition to providing a novel and long-term effective nematicide for better PWD control in the field.