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Title: Modulation of Plant and Fungal Gene Expression Upon Cd Exposure and Symbiosis in Ericoid Mycorrhizal Vaccinium myrtillus

Abstract

The success of Ericaceae in stressful habitats enriched in heavy metals has been ascribed to the distinctive abilities of their mycorrhizal fungal partners to withstand heavy metal stress and to enhance metal tolerance in the host plant. Whereas heavy metal tolerance has been extensively investigated in some ericoid mycorrhizal (ERM) fungi, the molecular and cellular mechanisms that extend tolerance to the host plant are currently unknown. Here, we show a reduced Cd content in Cd-exposed mycorrhizal roots of Vaccinium myrtillus colonized by a metal tolerant isolate of the fungus Oidiodendron maius as compared to non-mycorrhizal roots. To better understand this phenotype, we applied Next Generation Sequencing technologies to analyze gene expression in V. myrtillus and O. maius Zn grown under normal and Cd-stressed conditions, in the free living and in the mycorrhizal status. The results clearly showed that Cd had a stronger impact on plant gene expression than symbiosis, whereas fungal gene expression was mainly regulated by symbiosis. The higher abundance of transcripts coding for stress related proteins in non-mycorrhizal roots may be related to the higher Cd content. Regulated plant metal transporters have been identified that may play a role in reducing Cd content in mycorrhizal roots exposed tomore » this metal.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [5];  [6];  [3]
  1. Univ. of Turin (Italy). Dept. of Life Sciences and Systems Biology
  2. Univ. of Turin (Italy). Dept. of Life Sciences and Systems Biology; Université de Lorraine, INRAE, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Centre INRAE Grand Est Nancy, Champenoux (France)
  3. Univ. of Turin (Italy). Dept. of Life Sciences and Systems Biology
  4. Université de Lorraine, INRAE, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Centre INRAE Grand Est Nancy, Champenoux (France)
  5. USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Walnut Creek, CA (United States)
  6. Université de Lorraine, INRAE, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, Centre INRAE Grand Est Nancy, Champenoux (France); Beijing Forestry University, Beijing (China). Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1628186
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Frontiers in Microbiology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1664-302X
Publisher:
Frontiers Research Foundation
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
Microbiology; Cd tolerance, transcriptomics; ericoid mycorrhiza; Oidiodendron maius, Vaccinium myrtillus

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Casarrubia, Salvatore, Martino, Elena, Daghino, Stefania, Kohler, Annegret, Morin, Emmanuelle, Khouja, Hassine-Radhouane, Murat, Claude, Barry, Kerrie W., Lindquist, Erika A., Martin, Francis M., and Perotto, Silvia. Modulation of Plant and Fungal Gene Expression Upon Cd Exposure and Symbiosis in Ericoid Mycorrhizal Vaccinium myrtillus. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00341.
Casarrubia, Salvatore, Martino, Elena, Daghino, Stefania, Kohler, Annegret, Morin, Emmanuelle, Khouja, Hassine-Radhouane, Murat, Claude, Barry, Kerrie W., Lindquist, Erika A., Martin, Francis M., & Perotto, Silvia. Modulation of Plant and Fungal Gene Expression Upon Cd Exposure and Symbiosis in Ericoid Mycorrhizal Vaccinium myrtillus. United States. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00341
Casarrubia, Salvatore, Martino, Elena, Daghino, Stefania, Kohler, Annegret, Morin, Emmanuelle, Khouja, Hassine-Radhouane, Murat, Claude, Barry, Kerrie W., Lindquist, Erika A., Martin, Francis M., and Perotto, Silvia. Mon . "Modulation of Plant and Fungal Gene Expression Upon Cd Exposure and Symbiosis in Ericoid Mycorrhizal Vaccinium myrtillus". United States. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00341. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1628186.
@article{osti_1628186,
title = {Modulation of Plant and Fungal Gene Expression Upon Cd Exposure and Symbiosis in Ericoid Mycorrhizal Vaccinium myrtillus},
author = {Casarrubia, Salvatore and Martino, Elena and Daghino, Stefania and Kohler, Annegret and Morin, Emmanuelle and Khouja, Hassine-Radhouane and Murat, Claude and Barry, Kerrie W. and Lindquist, Erika A. and Martin, Francis M. and Perotto, Silvia},
abstractNote = {The success of Ericaceae in stressful habitats enriched in heavy metals has been ascribed to the distinctive abilities of their mycorrhizal fungal partners to withstand heavy metal stress and to enhance metal tolerance in the host plant. Whereas heavy metal tolerance has been extensively investigated in some ericoid mycorrhizal (ERM) fungi, the molecular and cellular mechanisms that extend tolerance to the host plant are currently unknown. Here, we show a reduced Cd content in Cd-exposed mycorrhizal roots of Vaccinium myrtillus colonized by a metal tolerant isolate of the fungus Oidiodendron maius as compared to non-mycorrhizal roots. To better understand this phenotype, we applied Next Generation Sequencing technologies to analyze gene expression in V. myrtillus and O. maius Zn grown under normal and Cd-stressed conditions, in the free living and in the mycorrhizal status. The results clearly showed that Cd had a stronger impact on plant gene expression than symbiosis, whereas fungal gene expression was mainly regulated by symbiosis. The higher abundance of transcripts coding for stress related proteins in non-mycorrhizal roots may be related to the higher Cd content. Regulated plant metal transporters have been identified that may play a role in reducing Cd content in mycorrhizal roots exposed to this metal.},
doi = {10.3389/fmicb.2020.00341},
journal = {Frontiers in Microbiology},
number = ,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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