Qin Hu, Xueying Li, Weijie Xi, Junjie Xu, Chao Xu, Israel Ausin, Yafei Wang
{"title":"Arabidopsis F‐box proteins D5BF1 and D5BF2 negatively regulate Agrobacterium‐mediated transformation and tumorigenesis","authors":"Qin Hu, Xueying Li, Weijie Xi, Junjie Xu, Chao Xu, Israel Ausin, Yafei Wang","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.70006","url":null,"abstract":"The pathogen <jats:italic>Agrobacterium tumefaciens</jats:italic> is known for causing crown gall tumours in plants. However, it has also been harnessed as a valuable tool for plant genetic transformation. Apart from the T‐DNA, <jats:italic>Agrobacterium</jats:italic> also delivers at least five virulence proteins into the host plant cells, which are required for an efficient infection. One of these virulence proteins is VirD5. F‐box proteins, encoded in the host plant genome or the Ti plasmid, and the ubiquitin/26S proteasome system (UPS) also play an important role in facilitating <jats:italic>Agrobacterium</jats:italic> infection. Our study identified two <jats:italic>Arabidopsis</jats:italic> F‐box proteins, D5BF1 and D5BF2, that bind VirD5 and facilitate its degradation via the UPS. Additionally, we found that <jats:italic>Agrobacterium</jats:italic> partially suppresses the expression of <jats:italic>D5BF1</jats:italic> and <jats:italic>D5BF2</jats:italic>. Lastly, stable transformation and tumorigenesis efficiency assays revealed that D5BF1 and D5BF2 negatively regulate the <jats:italic>Agrobacterium</jats:italic> infection process, showing that the plant F‐box proteins and UPS play a role in defending against <jats:italic>Agrobacterium</jats:italic> infection.","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142258977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Root‐knot nematodes exploit the catalase‐like effector to manipulate plant reactive oxygen species levels by directly degrading H2O2","authors":"Zhaolu Zhu, Dadong Dai, Mengzhuo Zheng, Yiling Shi, Shahid Siddique, Feifan Wang, Shurong Zhang, Chuanshuai Xie, Dexin Bo, Boyan Hu, Yangyang Chen, Donghai Peng, Ming Sun, Jinshui Zheng","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.70000","url":null,"abstract":"Plants produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon infection, which typically trigger defence mechanisms and impede pathogen proliferation. Root‐knot nematodes (RKNs, <jats:italic>Meloidogyne</jats:italic> spp.) represent highly detrimental pathogens capable of parasitizing a broad spectrum of crops, resulting in substantial annual agricultural losses. The involvement of ROS in RKN parasitism is well acknowledged. In this study, we identified a novel effector from <jats:italic>Meloidogyne incognita</jats:italic>, named CATLe, that contains a conserved catalase domain, exhibiting potential functions in regulating host ROS levels. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that CATLe is conserved across RKNs. Temporal and spatial expression assays showed that the <jats:italic>CATLe</jats:italic> gene was specifically up‐regulated at the early infection stages and accumulated in the subventral oesophageal gland cells of <jats:italic>M. incognita</jats:italic>. Immunolocalization demonstrated that CATLe was secreted into the giant cells of the host plant during <jats:italic>M. incognita</jats:italic> parasitism. Transient expression of CATLe significantly dampened the flg22‐induced ROS production in <jats:italic>Nicotiana benthamiana</jats:italic>. In planta assays confirmed that <jats:italic>M. incognita</jats:italic> can exploit CATLe to manipulate host ROS levels by directly degrading H<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>O<jats:sub>2</jats:sub>. Additionally, interfering with expression of the <jats:italic>CATLe</jats:italic> gene through double‐stranded RNA soaking and host‐induced gene silencing significantly attenuated <jats:italic>M. incognita</jats:italic> parasitism, highlighting the important role of CATLe. Taken together, our results suggest that RKNs can directly degrade ROS products using a functional catalase, thereby manipulating host ROS levels and facilitating parasitism.","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142200520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kai Yin, Zhijian Hu, Meiting Yuan, Weidong Chen, Xinping Bi, Guobing Cui, Zhibin Liang, Yi Zhen Deng
{"title":"Polyamine oxidation enzymes regulate sexual mating/filamentation and pathogenicity in Sporisorium scitamineum.","authors":"Kai Yin, Zhijian Hu, Meiting Yuan, Weidong Chen, Xinping Bi, Guobing Cui, Zhibin Liang, Yi Zhen Deng","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70003","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.70003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sugarcane smut fungus Sporisorium scitamineum produces polyamines putrescine (PUT), spermidine (SPD), and spermine (SPM) to regulate sexual mating/filamentous growth critical for pathogenicity. Besides de novo biosynthesis, intracellular levels of polyamines could also be modulated by oxidation. In this study, we identified two annotated polyamine oxidation enzymes (SsPAO and SsCuAO1) in S. scitamineum. Compared to the wild type (MAT-1), the ss1paoΔ and ss1cuao1Δ mutants were defective in sporidia growth, sexual mating/filamentation, and pathogenicity. The addition of a low concentration of cAMP (0.1 mM) could partially or fully restore filamentation of ss1paoΔ × ss2paoΔ or ss1cuao1Δ × ss2cuao1Δ. cAMP biosynthesis and hydrolysis genes were differentially expressed in the ss1paoΔ × ss2paoΔ or ss1cuao1Δ × ss2cuao1Δ cultures, further supporting that SsPAO- or SsCuAO1-based polyamine homeostasis regulates S. scitamineum filamentation by affecting the cAMP/PKA signalling pathway. During early infection, PUT promotes, while SPD inhibits, the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in sugarcane, therefore modulating redox homeostasis at the smut fungus-sugarcane interface. Autophagy induction was found to be enhanced in the ss1paoΔ mutant and reduced in the ss1cuao1Δ mutant. Exogenous addition of cAMP, PUT, SPD, or SPM at low concentration promoted autophagy activity under a non-inductive condition (rich medium), suggesting a cross-talk between polyamines and cAMP signalling in regulating autophagy in S. scitamineum. Overall, our work proves that SsPAO- and SsCuAO1-mediated intracellular polyamines affect intracellular redox balance and thus play a role in growth, sexual mating/filamentation, and pathogenicity of S. scitamineum.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11375735/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142133213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meilin Li, Liya Xiong, Wenhan Chen, YiSha Li, Abdullah Khan, Charles A Powell, Baoshan Chen, Muqing Zhang
{"title":"VirB11, a traffic ATPase, mediated flagella assembly and type IV pilus morphogenesis to control the motility and virulence of Xanthomonas albilineans.","authors":"Meilin Li, Liya Xiong, Wenhan Chen, YiSha Li, Abdullah Khan, Charles A Powell, Baoshan Chen, Muqing Zhang","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70001","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.70001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Xanthomonas albilineans (Xal) is a gram-negative bacterial pathogen responsible for developing sugarcane leaf scald disease, which engenders significant economic losses within the sugarcane industry. In the current study, homologous recombination exchange was carried out to induce mutations within the virB/D4-like type IV secretion system (T4SS) genes of Xal. The results revealed that the virB11-deletion mutant (ΔvirB11) exhibited a loss in swimming and twitching motility. Application of transmission electron microscopy analysis further demonstrated that the ΔvirB11 failed to develop flagella formation and type IV pilus morphology and exhibited reduced swarming behaviour and virulence. However, these alterations had no discernible impact on bacterial growth. Comparative transcriptome analysis between the wild-type Xal JG43 and the deletion-mutant ΔvirB11 revealed 123 differentially expressed genes (DEGs), of which 28 and 10 DEGs were notably associated with flagellar assembly and chemotaxis, respectively. In light of these findings, we postulate that virB11 plays an indispensable role in regulating the processes related to motility and chemotaxis in Xal.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11369208/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142120228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effector CLas0185 targets methionine sulphoxide reductase B1 of Citrus sinensis to promote multiplication of 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' via enhancing enzymatic activity of ascorbate peroxidase 1.","authors":"Shushe Zhang, Xuefeng Wang, Tingchang Zhao, Changyong Zhou","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70002","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.70002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Citrus huanglongbing (HLB) has been causing enormous damage to the global citrus industry. As the main causal agent, 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' (CLas) delivers a set of effectors to modulate host responses, while the modes of action adopted remain largely unclear. Here, we demonstrated that CLIBASIA_00185 (CLas0185) could attenuate reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana. Transgenic expression of CLas0185 in Citrus sinensis 'Wanjincheng' enhanced plant susceptibility to CLas. We found that methionine sulphoxide reductase B1 (CsMsrB1) was targeted by the effector, and its abundance was elevated in CLas0185-transgenic citrus plants. Their interaction promoted CLas proliferation. We then determined that CsMsrB1 sustained redox state and enzymatic activity of ascorbate peroxidase 1 (CsAPX1) under oxidative stress. The latter reduced H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> accumulation and was associated with host susceptibility to CLas infection. Consistently, citrus plants expressing CLas0185 and CsMsrB1 conferred enhanced APX activity and decreased H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> content. Taken together, these findings revealed how CLas0185 benefits CLas colonization by targeting CsMsrB1, which facilitated the antioxidant activity and depressed ROS during pathogen infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11365454/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142109589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Corinne J Arnold, Emily A Meyers Hahn, Rebecca Whetten, Laetitia Chartrain, Jitender Cheema, James K M Brown, Christina Cowger
{"title":"Multiple routes to fungicide resistance: Interaction of Cyp51 gene sequences, copy number and expression.","authors":"Corinne J Arnold, Emily A Meyers Hahn, Rebecca Whetten, Laetitia Chartrain, Jitender Cheema, James K M Brown, Christina Cowger","doi":"10.1111/mpp.13498","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.13498","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We examined the molecular basis of triazole resistance in Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici (wheat mildew, Bgt), a model organism among powdery mildews. Four genetic models for responses to triazole fungicides were identified among US and UK isolates, involving multiple genetic mechanisms. Firstly, only two amino acid substitutions in CYP51B lanosterol demethylase, the target of triazoles, were associated with resistance, Y136F and S509T (homologous to Y137F and S524T in the reference fungus Zymoseptoria tritici). As sequence variation did not explain the wide range of resistance, we also investigated Cyp51B copy number and expression, the latter using both reverse transcription-quantitative PCR and RNA-seq. The second model for resistance involved higher copy number and expression in isolates with a resistance allele; thirdly, however, moderate resistance was associated with higher copy number of wild-type Cyp51B in some US isolates. A fourth mechanism was heteroallelism with multiple alleles of Cyp51B. UK isolates, with significantly higher mean resistance than their US counterparts, had higher mean copy number, a high frequency of the S509T substitution, which was absent from the United States, and in the most resistant isolates, heteroallelism involving both sensitivity residues Y136+S509 and resistance residues F136+T509. Some US isolates were heteroallelic for Y136+S509 and F136+S509, but this was not associated with higher resistance. The obligate biotrophy of Bgt may constrain the tertiary structure and thus the sequence of CYP51B, so other variation that increases resistance may have a selective advantage. We describe a process by which heteroallelism may be adaptive when Bgt is intermittently exposed to triazoles.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11415427/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142291397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Georgios Sofianos, Edoardo Piombo, Mukesh Dubey, Magnus Karlsson, George Karaoglanidis, Georgios Tzelepis
{"title":"Transcriptomic and functional analyses on a Botrytis cinerea multidrug-resistant (MDR) strain provides new insights into the potential molecular mechanisms of MDR and fitness.","authors":"Georgios Sofianos, Edoardo Piombo, Mukesh Dubey, Magnus Karlsson, George Karaoglanidis, Georgios Tzelepis","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70004","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.70004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Botrytis cinerea is a notorious pathogen causing pre- and post-harvest spoilage in many economically important crops. Excessive application of site-specific fungicides to control the pathogen has led to the selection of strains possessing target site alterations associated with resistance to these fungicides and/or strains overexpressing efflux transporters associated with multidrug resistance (MDR). MDR in B. cinerea has been correlated with the overexpression of atrB and mfsM2, encoding an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) and a major facilitator superfamily (MFS) transporter, respectively. However, it remains unknown whether other transporters may also contribute to the MDR phenotype. In the current study, the transcriptome of a B. cinerea multidrug-resistant (MDR) field strain was analysed upon exposure to the fungicide fludioxonil, and compared to the B05.10 reference strain. The transcriptome of this field strain displayed significant differences as compared to B05.10, including genes involved in sugar membrane transport, toxin production and virulence. Among the induced genes in the field strain, even before exposure to fludioxonil, were several putatively encoding ABC and MFS transmembrane transporters. Overexpression of a highly induced MFS transporter gene in the B05.10 strain led to an increased tolerance to the fungicides fluopyram and boscalid, indicating an involvement in efflux transport of these compounds. Overall, the data from this study give insights towards better understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in MDR and fitness cost, contributing to the development of more efficient control strategies against this pathogen.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11380696/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142154584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sabine Eschrig, Parvinderdeep S Kahlon, Carlos Agius, Andrea Holzer, Ralph Hückelhoven, Claus Schwechheimer, Stefanie Ranf
{"title":"Cross-family transfer of the Arabidopsis cell-surface immune receptor LORE to tomato confers sensing of 3-hydroxylated fatty acids and enhanced disease resistance.","authors":"Sabine Eschrig, Parvinderdeep S Kahlon, Carlos Agius, Andrea Holzer, Ralph Hückelhoven, Claus Schwechheimer, Stefanie Ranf","doi":"10.1111/mpp.70005","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.70005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plant pathogens pose a high risk of yield losses and threaten food security. Technological and scientific advances have improved our understanding of the molecular processes underlying host-pathogen interactions, which paves the way for new strategies in crop disease management beyond the limits of conventional breeding. Cross-family transfer of immune receptor genes is one such strategy that takes advantage of common plant immune signalling pathways to improve disease resistance in crops. Sensing of microbe- or host damage-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs/DAMPs) by plasma membrane-resident pattern recognition receptors (PRR) activates pattern-triggered immunity (PTI) and restricts the spread of a broad spectrum of pathogens in the host plant. In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, the S-domain receptor-like kinase LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE-SPECIFIC REDUCED ELICITATION (AtLORE, SD1-29) functions as a PRR, which senses medium-chain-length 3-hydroxylated fatty acids (mc-3-OH-FAs), such as 3-OH-C10:0, and 3-hydroxyalkanoates (HAAs) of microbial origin to activate PTI. In this study, we show that ectopic expression of the Brassicaceae-specific PRR AtLORE in the solanaceous crop species Solanum lycopersicum leads to the gain of 3-OH-C10:0 immune sensing without altering plant development. AtLORE-transgenic tomato shows enhanced resistance against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 and Alternaria solani NL03003. Applying 3-OH-C10:0 to the soil before infection induces resistance against the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans Pi100 and further enhances resistance to A. solani NL03003. Our study proposes a potential application of AtLORE-transgenic crop plants and mc-3-OH-FAs as resistance-inducing biostimulants in disease management.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11375736/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142133212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"N-acyl homoserine lactone cell-cell diffusible signalling in the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex.","authors":"Peng Li, Cristina Bez, Yong Zhang, Yinyue Deng, Vittorio Venturi","doi":"10.1111/mpp.13467","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.13467","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RSSC) includes soilborne bacterial plant pathogens with worldwide distribution and wide host ranges. Virulence factors are regulated via four hierarchically organized cell-cell contact independent quorum-sensing (QS) signalling systems: the Phc, which uses as signals (R)-methyl 3-hydroxypalmitate [(R)-3-OH PAME] or (R)-methyl 3-hydroxymyristate [(R)-3-OH MAME], the N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL)-dependent RasI/R and SolI/R systems, and the recently identified anthranilic acid-dependent system. The unique Phc QS system has been extensively studied; however, the role of the two AHL QS systems has only recently been addressed. In this microreview, we present and discuss current data of the SolI/R and RasI/R QS systems in the RSSC. We also present the distribution and frequency of these AHL QS systems in the RSSC, discuss possible ecological roles and evolutive implications. The complex QS hierarchical networks emphasizes the crucial role of cell-cell signalling in the virulence of the RSSC.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11298618/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141889702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yanqiu He, Pengfei Li, Xiaoshu Zhou, Shaukat Ali, Jie Zhu, Yini Ma, Jieling Li, Nan Zhang, Huaping Li, Yunfeng Li, Yanfang Nie
{"title":"A ribonuclease T2 protein FocRnt2 contributes to the virulence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4.","authors":"Yanqiu He, Pengfei Li, Xiaoshu Zhou, Shaukat Ali, Jie Zhu, Yini Ma, Jieling Li, Nan Zhang, Huaping Li, Yunfeng Li, Yanfang Nie","doi":"10.1111/mpp.13502","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mpp.13502","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Banana Fusarium wilt, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (Foc TR4), is a major disease of banana plants worldwide. Effector proteins play critical roles in banana-Foc TR4 interaction. Our previous studies highlighted a ribonuclease protein belonging to the T2 family (named as FocRnt2) in the Foc TR4 secretome, which was predicted to be an effector. However, its biological function in Foc TR4 infection is still unclear. Herein, we observed significant expression of FocRnt2 during the early stage of fungal infection in planta. A yeast signal sequence trap assay showed that FocRnt2 contained a functional signal peptide for secretion. FocRnt2 possessed ribonuclease activity that could degrade the banana total RNA in vitro. Subcellular localization showed that FocRnt2 was localized in the nucleus and cytoplasm of Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. Transient expression of FocRnt2 suppressed the expression of salicylic acid- and jasmonic acid-signalling marker genes, reactive oxygen species accumulation, and BAX-mediated cell death in N. benthamiana. FocRnt2 deletion limited fungal penetration, reduced fusaric acid biosynthesis in Foc TR4, and attenuated fungal virulence against banana plants, but had little effect on Foc TR4 growth and sensitivity to various stresses. Furthermore, FocRnt2 deletion mutants induced higher expression of the defence-related genes in banana plants. These results suggest that FocRnt2 plays an important role in full virulence of Foc TR4, further improving our understanding of effector-mediated Foc TR4 pathogenesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":18763,"journal":{"name":"Molecular plant pathology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11310096/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141907064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}