Hypocrellins are major bioactive perylenequinones from Shiraia fruiting bodies and have been developed as efficient photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy.Pseudomonas is the second dominant genus inside Shiraia fru...Hypocrellins are major bioactive perylenequinones from Shiraia fruiting bodies and have been developed as efficient photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy.Pseudomonas is the second dominant genus inside Shiraia fruiting bodies,but with less known actions on the host fungus.In this work,the effects of bacterial volatiles from the Shiraia-associated Pseudomonas on fungal hypocrellin production were investigated.Pseudomonas putida No.24 was the most active to promote significantly accumulation of Shiraia perylenequinones including hypocrellin A(HA),HC,elsinochrome A(EA)and EC.Headspace analysis of the emitted volatiles revealed dimethyl disulfide as one of active compounds to promote fungal hypocrellin production.The bacterial volatiles induced an apoptosis in Shiraia hyphal cell,which was associated with the generation of reactive oxygen species(ROS).ROS generation was proved to mediate the volatile-induced membrane permeability and up-regulation of gene expressions for hypocrellin biosynthesis.In the submerged volatile co-culture,the bacterial volatiles stimulated not only HA content in mycelia,but also HA secretion into the medium,leading to the enhanced HA production to 249.85 mg/L,about 2.07-fold over the control.This is the first report on the regulation of Pseudomonas volatiles on fungal perylenequinone production.These findings could be helpful to understand the roles of bacterial volatiles in fruiting bodies and also provide new elicitation method using bacterial volatiles to stimulate fungal secondary metabolite production.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82073955 and 81773696)the Priority Academic Program Development of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutes(PAPD).
文摘Hypocrellins are major bioactive perylenequinones from Shiraia fruiting bodies and have been developed as efficient photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy.Pseudomonas is the second dominant genus inside Shiraia fruiting bodies,but with less known actions on the host fungus.In this work,the effects of bacterial volatiles from the Shiraia-associated Pseudomonas on fungal hypocrellin production were investigated.Pseudomonas putida No.24 was the most active to promote significantly accumulation of Shiraia perylenequinones including hypocrellin A(HA),HC,elsinochrome A(EA)and EC.Headspace analysis of the emitted volatiles revealed dimethyl disulfide as one of active compounds to promote fungal hypocrellin production.The bacterial volatiles induced an apoptosis in Shiraia hyphal cell,which was associated with the generation of reactive oxygen species(ROS).ROS generation was proved to mediate the volatile-induced membrane permeability and up-regulation of gene expressions for hypocrellin biosynthesis.In the submerged volatile co-culture,the bacterial volatiles stimulated not only HA content in mycelia,but also HA secretion into the medium,leading to the enhanced HA production to 249.85 mg/L,about 2.07-fold over the control.This is the first report on the regulation of Pseudomonas volatiles on fungal perylenequinone production.These findings could be helpful to understand the roles of bacterial volatiles in fruiting bodies and also provide new elicitation method using bacterial volatiles to stimulate fungal secondary metabolite production.
