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Title: Contrasting transcriptional responses to Fusarium virguliforme colonization in symptomatic and asymptomatic hosts

Abstract

The broad host range of Fusarium virguliforme represents a unique comparative system to identify and define differentially induced responses between an asymptomatic monocot host, maize (Zea mays), and a symptomatic eudicot host, soybean (Glycine max). Using a temporal, comparative transcriptome-based approach, we observed that early gene expression profiles of root tissue from infected maize suggest that pathogen tolerance coincides with the rapid induction of senescence dampening transcriptional regulators, including ANACs (Arabidopsis thaliana NAM/ATAF/CUC protein) and Ethylene-Responsive Factors. In contrast, the expression of senescence-associated processes in soybean was coincident with the appearance of disease symptom development, suggesting pathogen-induced senescence as a key pathway driving pathogen susceptibility in soybean. Based on the analyses described herein, we posit that root senescence is a primary contributing factor underlying colonization and disease progression in symptomatic versus asymptomatic host–fungal interactions. This process also supports the lifestyle and virulence of F. virguliforme during biotrophy to necrotrophy transitions. Further support for this hypothesis lies in comprehensive co-expression and comparative transcriptome analyses, and in total, supports the emerging concept of necrotrophy-activated senescence. We propose that F. virguliforme conditions an environment within symptomatic hosts, which favors susceptibility through transcriptomic reprogramming, and as described herein, the induction of pathways associated withmore » senescence during the necrotrophic stage of fungal development.« less

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4]
  1. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Dept. of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
  2. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Plant Resilience Inst.; Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Graduate Program in Genetics and Genome Sciences; Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Graduate Program in Molecular Plant Sciences
  3. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Graduate Program in Genetics and Genome Sciences; Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Graduate Program in Molecular Plant Sciences; Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Dept. of Plant Biology; Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Dept. of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering
  4. Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Dept. of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences; Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Plant Resilience Inst.; Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Graduate Program in Genetics and Genome Sciences; Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States). Graduate Program in Molecular Plant Sciences
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Institutes of General Medical Sciences; National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1816799
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0018409; 1R01GM125743; ISO-1546617; DEB-1655386
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
The Plant Cell (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: The Plant Cell (Online); Journal Volume: 33; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1532-298X
Publisher:
American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Baetsen-Young, Amy, Chen, Huan, Shiu, Shin-Han, and Day, Brad. Contrasting transcriptional responses to Fusarium virguliforme colonization in symptomatic and asymptomatic hosts. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1093/plcell/koaa021.
Baetsen-Young, Amy, Chen, Huan, Shiu, Shin-Han, & Day, Brad. Contrasting transcriptional responses to Fusarium virguliforme colonization in symptomatic and asymptomatic hosts. United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koaa021
Baetsen-Young, Amy, Chen, Huan, Shiu, Shin-Han, and Day, Brad. Thu . "Contrasting transcriptional responses to Fusarium virguliforme colonization in symptomatic and asymptomatic hosts". United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koaa021. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1816799.
@article{osti_1816799,
title = {Contrasting transcriptional responses to Fusarium virguliforme colonization in symptomatic and asymptomatic hosts},
author = {Baetsen-Young, Amy and Chen, Huan and Shiu, Shin-Han and Day, Brad},
abstractNote = {The broad host range of Fusarium virguliforme represents a unique comparative system to identify and define differentially induced responses between an asymptomatic monocot host, maize (Zea mays), and a symptomatic eudicot host, soybean (Glycine max). Using a temporal, comparative transcriptome-based approach, we observed that early gene expression profiles of root tissue from infected maize suggest that pathogen tolerance coincides with the rapid induction of senescence dampening transcriptional regulators, including ANACs (Arabidopsis thaliana NAM/ATAF/CUC protein) and Ethylene-Responsive Factors. In contrast, the expression of senescence-associated processes in soybean was coincident with the appearance of disease symptom development, suggesting pathogen-induced senescence as a key pathway driving pathogen susceptibility in soybean. Based on the analyses described herein, we posit that root senescence is a primary contributing factor underlying colonization and disease progression in symptomatic versus asymptomatic host–fungal interactions. This process also supports the lifestyle and virulence of F. virguliforme during biotrophy to necrotrophy transitions. Further support for this hypothesis lies in comprehensive co-expression and comparative transcriptome analyses, and in total, supports the emerging concept of necrotrophy-activated senescence. We propose that F. virguliforme conditions an environment within symptomatic hosts, which favors susceptibility through transcriptomic reprogramming, and as described herein, the induction of pathways associated with senescence during the necrotrophic stage of fungal development.},
doi = {10.1093/plcell/koaa021},
journal = {The Plant Cell (Online)},
number = 2,
volume = 33,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Thu Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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