Comparative Genomics Reveals the Core Gene Toolbox for the Fungus-Insect Symbiosis

Wang, Yan; Stata, Matt; Wang, Wei; Stajich, Jason E.; White, Merlin M.; Moncalvo, Jean-Marc

doi:10.1128/mbio.00636-18

Title: Comparative Genomics Reveals the Core Gene Toolbox for the Fungus-Insect Symbiosis

Journal Article · Tue May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · mBio (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00636-18· OSTI ID:1626115

^[1]; Stata, Matt ^[2]; Wang, Wei ^[2];

^[3]; White, Merlin M. ^[4]; Moncalvo, Jean-Marc ^[5]

Univ. of Toronto, ON (Canada); Royal Ontario Museum (Canada); Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
Univ. of Toronto, ON (Canada)
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA (United States)
Boise State Univ., ID (United States)
Univ. of Toronto, ON (Canada); Royal Ontario Museum (Canada)

Modern genomics has shed light on many entomopathogenic fungi and expanded our knowledge widely; however, little is known about the genomic features of the insect-commensal fungi. Harpellales are obligate commensals living in the digestive tracts of disease-bearing insects (black flies, midges, and mosquitoes). In this study, we produced and annotated whole-genome sequences of nine Harpellales taxa and conducted the first comparative analyses to infer the genomic diversity within the members of the Harpellales. The genomes of the insect gut fungi feature low (26% to 37%) GC content and large genome size variations (25 to 102 Mb). Further comparisons with insect-pathogenic fungi (from both Ascomycota and Zoopagomycota), as well as with free-living relatives (as negative controls), helped to identify a gene toolbox that is essential to the fungus-insect symbiosis. The results not only narrow the genomic scope of fungus-insect interactions from several thousands to eight core players but also distinguish host invasion strategies employed by insect pathogens and commensals. The genomic content suggests that insect commensal fungi rely mostly on adhesion protein anchors that target digestive system, while entomopathogenic fungi have higher numbers of transmembrane helices, signal peptides, and pathogen-host interaction (PHI) genes across the whole genome and enrich genes as well as functional domains to inactivate the host inflammation system and suppress the host defense. Phylogenomic analyses have revealed that genome sizes of Harpellales fungi vary among lineages with an integer-multiple pattern, which implies that ancient genome duplications may have occurred within the gut of insects. Insect guts harbor various microbes that are important for host digestion, immune response, and disease dispersal in certain cases. Bacteria, which are among the primary endosymbionts, have been studied extensively. However, fungi, which are also frequently encountered, are poorly known with respect to their biology within the insect guts. To understand the genomic features and related biology, we produced the whole-genome sequences of nine gut commensal fungi from disease-bearing insects (black flies, midges, and mosquitoes). The results show that insect gut fungi tend to have low GC content across their genomes. By comparing these commensals with entomopathogenic and free-living fungi that have available genome sequences, we found a universal core gene toolbox that is unique and thus potentially important for the insect-fungus symbiosis. This comparative work also uncovered different host invasion strategies employed by insect pathogens and commensals, as well as a model system to study ancient fungal genome duplication within the gut of insects.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

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