Trehalose metabolism is related to the sclerotial development of Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA,the causal agent of rice sheath blight(RSB).Here,we further elucidated the functions of three genes Rstre,Rstps1 and Rstpp th...Trehalose metabolism is related to the sclerotial development of Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA,the causal agent of rice sheath blight(RSB).Here,we further elucidated the functions of three genes Rstre,Rstps1 and Rstpp that encode three key enzymes trehalase(TRE),alpha,alpha-trehalosephosphate synthase(TPS1)and trehalose 6-phosphate phosphatase(TPP)in the sclerotial development of R.solani AG-1 IA.Due to the lack of a stable genetic transformation system for R.solani,the heterologous expression of these three genes in Pichia pastoris GS115 was performed.The results showed that reactive oxygen species(ROS)contents and enzyme activities in R.solani decreased significantly in the treatments of the fermentation broths of Rstps1 and Rstpp transformants,and that in the treatment of the fermentation broth of Rstre transformant visibly increased.Furthermore,the fermentation broths of the transformants of all the three genes were added to potato dextrose agar(PDA)medium for the cultivation of R.solani,as a result,the dry weight of sclerotia in each PDA plate containing the fermentation broths of Rstps1 and Rstpp transformants significantly increased compared with the control,and that of Rstre transformant obviously decreased.Finally,178 proteins were found to interact with RSTPS1,and 16 of them were associated with ROS.Taken together,the findings suggest that all these three genes related to trehalose metabolism play important roles in the sclerotial development of R.solani AG-1 IA,and can be used as new targets for the development of novel high-efficiency fungicides for the controlling of RSB.展开更多
基金supported by the Major Program of Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research(Grant No.2019B030302006)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31801677)。
文摘Trehalose metabolism is related to the sclerotial development of Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA,the causal agent of rice sheath blight(RSB).Here,we further elucidated the functions of three genes Rstre,Rstps1 and Rstpp that encode three key enzymes trehalase(TRE),alpha,alpha-trehalosephosphate synthase(TPS1)and trehalose 6-phosphate phosphatase(TPP)in the sclerotial development of R.solani AG-1 IA.Due to the lack of a stable genetic transformation system for R.solani,the heterologous expression of these three genes in Pichia pastoris GS115 was performed.The results showed that reactive oxygen species(ROS)contents and enzyme activities in R.solani decreased significantly in the treatments of the fermentation broths of Rstps1 and Rstpp transformants,and that in the treatment of the fermentation broth of Rstre transformant visibly increased.Furthermore,the fermentation broths of the transformants of all the three genes were added to potato dextrose agar(PDA)medium for the cultivation of R.solani,as a result,the dry weight of sclerotia in each PDA plate containing the fermentation broths of Rstps1 and Rstpp transformants significantly increased compared with the control,and that of Rstre transformant obviously decreased.Finally,178 proteins were found to interact with RSTPS1,and 16 of them were associated with ROS.Taken together,the findings suggest that all these three genes related to trehalose metabolism play important roles in the sclerotial development of R.solani AG-1 IA,and can be used as new targets for the development of novel high-efficiency fungicides for the controlling of RSB.
