条形柄锈菌小麦专化型小种CYR29有性自交及毒性与无毒性基因的遗传分析

由条形柄锈菌小麦专化型（小麦条锈菌）Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici引起的条锈病是小麦上重大的生物灾害,严重威胁小麦安全生产。应用抗病品种是防治小麦条锈病最为经济有效的措施,但是条锈菌毒性的频繁变异,常常导致品种抗病性丧失,从而引发条锈病新的大流行。有性生殖是条锈菌毒性变异的重要途径,本文通过对小麦条锈菌流行小种CYR29在转主寄主小檗上的自交研究了有性生殖与病菌毒性变异之间的关系。通过诱导CYR29单夏孢子菌系形成冬孢子、萌发产生的担孢子接种转主寄主小檗,使其完成有性过程,由此共获得81个自交后代,对有性后代群体S1和亲本菌系在20个含单个抗病基因的近等基因系鉴别寄主上进行毒性鉴定。S1群体和亲本在Yr5、Yr8、Yr10、Yr15、Yr24、Yr32、YrSP、YrTr1和Yr26上均为无毒性,在Yr1、Yr31、Yr44和YrTye上均为毒性。S1群体在Yr6、Yr7、Yr9、Yr17、Yr27、Yr43和YrExp2这7个位点上出现了毒性分离,表明亲本在这些位点为杂合。81个自交后代可分为24种毒性表型,其中1种表型与亲本毒性一致,含22个菌系;其余23种毒性表型与亲本存在差异,含59个菌系,毒性变异率高达72.8%,且发生变异的子代均比亲本毒性谱更宽。结果表明该小种经过有性过程后产生了毒性增强的新菌系,进一步证实有性生殖是导致小麦条锈菌具有较高遗传多样性的原因之一。     

隐匿柄锈菌(小麦叶锈病菌)UP-PCR遗传多样性分析

小麦叶锈病是世界麦区普遍发生的病害。以2008年采集于河北省的29个隐匿柄锈菌(小麦叶锈病菌)单孢子堆分离菌系为试验材料,利用39个小麦抗叶锈近等(单)基因系和7个UP-PCR(Universally Primed PCR)引物对其进行毒性多态性和分子多态性分析。7个UP-PCR引物共检测出48条条带,其中多态性条带41条,多态性百分率为85.42%,表明UP-PCR在隐匿柄锈菌中扩增多态性较高;经聚类分析,遗传相似系数为0.69–0.90,在相似系数0.72处,29个叶锈菌株聚为6组,体现了隐匿柄锈菌菌株间的亲缘关系和差异性,表明UP-PCR技术可用于小麦叶锈病菌群体遗传多样性研究。在物种水平上,隐匿柄锈菌观察等位基因数(Na)为1.85,有效等位基因数(Ne)为1.29,Nei’s基因多样性指数(H)为0.19,Shannon信息指数(I)为0.31,多态位点百分率(P)为85.42%,表明隐匿柄锈菌遗传多样性丰富,其中沧州的群体遗传多样性水平最高,群体内多样性大于群体间多样性。聚类分析表明沧州和石家庄的病菌群体亲缘关系最近,邢台与石家庄的群体亲缘关系最远。隐匿柄锈菌UP-PCR多态性与毒性多态性间无明显相关性,且两者均与地理来源无相关性。     

条形柄锈菌小麦专化型葡萄糖-6-磷酸脱氢酶基因PsG6PDH1的表达特征及功能分析

葡萄糖-6-磷酸脱氢酶是磷酸戊糖途径中的关键限速酶。基于已测序的条形柄锈菌小麦专化型基因组序列,利用RT-PCR方法克隆了该病菌葡萄糖-6-磷酸脱氢酶PsG6PDH1的全长cDNA序列（1 497bp）,编码498个氨基酸的蛋白。编码蛋白含有葡萄糖-6-磷酸脱氢酶的保守功能域。系统进化分析发现,PsG6PDH1与禾柄锈菌小麦专化型的G6PDH聚为一簇。qRT-PCR分析表明,PsG6PDH1在病菌侵染早期的表达明显上调,其中侵染24h时表达量最高,为对照夏孢子的30倍。将PsG6PDH1导入酿酒酵母G6PDH缺失突变体中成功表达,并表现出较强的葡萄糖-6-磷酸脱氢酶活性,明显酵母增强了菌株对过氧化氢的耐受性。由此推测,PsG6PDH1可能参与了条形柄锈菌小麦专化型在侵染寄主时抵御寄主的氧化胁迫反应。研究结果为进一步研究该病菌基础代谢及侵染机理奠定一定的理论基础。     

陇南越夏区自生麦苗条形柄锈菌毒性表型及分子基因型分析

为了解陇南地区越夏自生麦苗上条形柄锈菌的毒性组成及群体遗传结构,将采自天水、陇南及定西的自生麦苗上的39个单孢子堆菌系采用中、美鉴别寄主毒性分析法和TP-M13-SSR荧光标记技术,进行毒性鉴定并对其基因组DNA进行SSR标记分析。结果显示：在中国鉴别寄主上供试菌系被区分为9个致病类型,在美国鉴别寄主上则得到24个毒性类型,在中美鉴别寄主上共得到30个毒性表型。通过中国鉴别寄主鉴定的CYR32、CYR33为优势小种,毒性比率分别达到35.9%和30.8%。SSR标记将这些菌系划分为36个基因型,毒性分析与     

条形柄锈菌吸器特异效应蛋白Hasp68抑制寄主免疫并与小麦组织蛋白酶B互作

作为活体营养专性寄生真菌,条形柄锈菌（小麦条锈病）在侵染过程中通过形成吸器向寄主细胞释放效应蛋白,干扰寄主的防卫反应,促进其侵染与致病。因此,条形柄锈菌效应蛋白的鉴定与功能研究对揭示其毒性机理具有重要意义。本实验室前期完成了条形柄锈菌CYR31生理小种吸器转录组分析,从中鉴定得到一个吸器特异诱导表达分泌蛋白Hasp68,利用农杆菌侵染在烟草细胞中瞬时表达该基因,能够抑制小鼠促细胞凋亡蛋白Bax诱导的细胞程序性死亡,鉴定为条形柄锈菌候选效应蛋白。Hasp68基因全长318bp,编码105_aa,N-端包含20_aa的信号肽,无保守结构域。BlastX分析表明Hasp68为条形柄锈菌特有效应蛋白,在其他真菌中无同源蛋白,且在条形柄锈菌16个菌系中呈较低的序列多态性,表明其在条形柄锈菌的进化过程中相对保守。借助荧光假单胞菌EtHAn的三型分泌系统,在小麦细胞中过表达Hasp68能够抑制由非致病细菌引起的PTI（PAMP-triggered immunity）相关胼胝质的积累;同时,也能抑制小麦与无毒条形柄锈菌互作中ETI（effector-triggered immunity）相关的活性氧爆发和过敏性坏死反应,表明效应蛋白Hasp68具有抑制寄主免疫反应的功能。利用酵母双杂交系统筛选Hasp68在小麦中的互作蛋白,发现其与组织蛋白酶B（cathepsin B）TaCTSB互作,双分子荧光技术进一步验证二者在烟草细胞中共表达存在互作,初步揭示了效应蛋白Hasp68的互作靶标。     

小麦锈菌碳水化合物酶类基因家族的鉴定与进化分析

本研究利用已测序的条形柄锈菌Puccinia striiformis f.sp.tritici基因组序列信息,结合已公布的隐匿柄锈菌Puccinia recondita f.sp.tritici和禾柄锈菌Puccinia graminis f.sp.tritici全基因组编码蛋白序列,运用生物信息数据库和分析软件对其碳水化合物酶类(CAZymes)基因家族进行了注释和比较分析。结果表明,3种小麦锈菌共包含1 232个CAZymes编码基因(含有1 279个模块)。其中,条形柄锈菌具有明显较大的CAZymes家族,3种锈菌的CAZymes具有136个同源基因;相对于隐匿柄锈菌和禾柄锈菌,条形柄锈菌的GH、GT和AA家族发生显著扩增,而3种锈菌的PL家族并无差异;CBM家族则表现为由禾柄锈菌、隐匿柄锈菌到条形柄锈菌的递增式扩增。通过CAZymes、细胞壁降解酶、分泌蛋白、PHI、保守基序等不同形式注释的比较分析表明,对该基因家族而言,条形柄锈菌相对于隐匿柄锈菌和禾柄锈菌呈扩增现象,隐匿柄锈菌和禾柄锈菌的家族缩减水平存在差异。小麦锈菌CAZymes家族整体呈现的不同形式扩增或缩减现象,可能反映了锈菌与寄主长期协同进化过程中的寄生适应性需求,进而反映了其致病性演化机理。本研究结果有助于进一步全面认识小麦锈菌CAZymes基因家族进化在锈菌致病性变异中的作用,为揭示锈菌致病分子机制提供理论基础。     

三裂叶豚草锈病发生和流行规律的研究

通过田间调查与定点系统观察,结合沈阳地区的气象条件,对三裂叶豚草锈病在沈阳地区的发生和流行规律进行了研究。结果表明：三裂叶豚草锈病属于喜高温、高湿型病害;该病于6月初在沈阳地区开始发病,可持续至9月,以7～8月发病最重。人工接种试验结果表明：在30℃和相对湿度96．9％条件下接种锈菌冬孢子,4d后三裂叶豚草即可发病;冷冻保藏（-20℃）可打破冬孢子休眠,在沈阳地区冬孢子是第二年锈病发生的初侵染菌源。苍耳柄锈菌三裂叶豚草专化型对三裂叶豚草表现出了显著的致病性、致死性及专一性,证明是防治三裂叶豚草的理想生防菌。     

苍耳柄锈菌三裂叶豚草专化型的超微结构观察(英文)

20 0 3年在沈阳的三裂叶豚草 (AmbrosiatrifidaL .)上发现了苍耳柄锈菌三裂叶豚草专化型 (PucciniaxanthiiSchwein .f.sp .ambrosia trifidaeS .W .T .Batra) ,这是在我国三裂叶豚草上发现的一种新病菌。试验采用扫描电镜和透射电镜对该锈菌的冬孢子和吸器的形态结构进行了观察。     

中国小麦条锈菌转主寄主小檗的鉴定

用萌发的小麦条锈菌冬孢子接种采自陕西省境内的陕西小檗、少齿小檗和长穗小檗,3种小檗均产生了性孢子器和锈孢子器。用人工接种小麦条锈菌冬孢子在陕西小檗上产生的锈孢子器接种小麦铭贤169产生了典型的条锈菌夏孢子堆症状。特异性PCR和DNA序列分析表明,人工接种产生于小檗上的锈孢子、接种锈孢子于小麦上产生的夏孢子堆与小麦条锈菌DNA的ITS区序列完全一致。更为重要的是,用采自田间受锈菌侵染的小檗叶片产生的锈孢子接种小麦铭贤169,经培养在小麦铭贤169叶片上产生了典型的条锈病症状。从而证实,在自然条件下,在中国,小檗不仅可作为小麦条锈菌的转主寄主,而且小麦条锈菌可在小檗上完成其有性繁殖过程。这一发现对进一步揭示我国小麦条锈菌高度的群体遗传多样性与毒性变异机理、完善小麦条锈病的防治策略具有十分重要的理论和实际意义。     

小麦秆锈菌生理小种21C3CPH和Ug99 SSR标记的筛选

小麦秆锈病是一种专化性很强的大区远距气传病害,曾造成多个小麦种植国家和地区的毁灭性损失,新的强毒力小种Ug99含有对Sr31等多个重要抗秆锈基因的联合毒性,对我国的小麦生产有巨大潜在威胁,因此,加强小麦秆锈菌生理小种的监测和鉴定是有效防治该病害的基础性研究工作和关键环节。现代分子生物学的迅猛发展,为许多研究提供了新的方法和手段,分子标记技术在区分小麦秆锈菌生理小种方面显示了充分的可行性。本研究利用25对SSR引物对7个小麦秆锈菌主要生理小种进行DNA多态性分析,结果显示,所有特异引物对秆锈菌的扩增结果均呈现出丰富的多态性,秆锈菌的不同生理小种之间存在遗传差异。其中引物SSR180在21C3CPH中扩增出205bp的特异性条带;引物SSR6在Ug99中扩增出170bp的特异性条带,经过多次的重复试验,这些特异性条带均能够比较稳定地重复出现,说明引物SSR180和SSR6可用于小种21C3CPH和Ug99的特异性检测。     

The Puccinia striiformis effector Hasp98 facilitates pathogenicity by blocking the kinase activity of wheat TaMAPK4

The obligate biotrophic fungus Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst) employs virulence effectors to disturb host immunity and causes devastating stripe rust disease. However, our understanding of how Pst effectors regulate host defense responses remains limited. In this study, we determined that the Pst effector Hasp98, which is highly expressed in Pst haustoria, inhibits plant immune responses triggered by flg22 or nonpathogenic bacteria. Overexpression of Hasp98 in wheat (Triticum aestivum) suppressed avirulent Pst-triggered immunity, leading to decreased H₂O₂ accumulation and promoting P. striiformis infection, whereas stable silencing of Hasp98 impaired P. striiformis pathogenicity. Hasp98 interacts with the wheat mitogen-activated protein kinase TaMAPK4, a positive regulator of plant resistance to stripe rust. The conserved TEY motif of TaMAPK4 is important for its kinase activity, which is required for the resistance function. We demonstrate that Hasp98 inhibits the kinase activity of TaMAPK4 and that the stable silencing of TaMAPK4 compromises wheat resistance against P. striiformis. These results suggest that Hasp98 acts as a virulence effector to interfere with the MAPK signaling pathway in wheat, thereby promoting P. striiformis infection.     

Comparative virulence phenotypes and molecular genotypes of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, the wheat stripe rust pathogen in China and the United States

Stripe rust (yellow rust) of wheat, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, is one of the most important diseases in both China and the United States. The Chinese and US populations of the stripe rust fungus were compared for their virulence phenotypes on wheat cultivars used to differentiate races of the pathogen in China and the US and molecular genotypes using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. From 86 Chinese isolates, 54 races were identified based on reactions on the 17 Chinese differentials and 52 races were identified based on the 20 US differentials. The selected 51 US isolates, representing 50 races based on the US differentials, were identified as 41 races using the Chinese differentials. A total of 132 virulence phenotypes were identified from the 137 isolates based on reactions on both Chinese and US differentials. None of the isolates from the two countries had identical virulence phenotypes on both sets of differentials. From the 137 isolates, SSR markers identified 102 genotypes, of which 71 from China and 31 from the US. The virulence data clustered the 137 isolates into 20 virulence groups (VGs) and the marker data clustered the isolates into seven molecular groups (MGs). Virulence and SSR data had a low (r = 0.34), but significant (P = 0.01) correlation. Principal component analyses using either the virulence data or the SSR data separated the isolates into three groups: group a consisting of only Chinese isolates, group b consisting of both Chinese and US isolates and group c consisting of mostly US isolates. A neighbour-joining tree generated using the molecular data suggested that the P. striiformis f. sp. tritici populations of China and the US in general evolved independently.     

Development and characterization of novel microsatellite markers in Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici and their transferability in Puccinia species

Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici (Pst) and P. striiformis f.sp. hordei (Psh) causing stripe rust disease in wheat and barley, respectively, are two devastating phytopathogens. Microsatellite/simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers are increasingly being utilized for analysis of genetic diversity, diagnosis, population structure and possible migratory routes of plant pathogens. In the current study, novel polymorphic SSR markers were designed for Pst using the genomic sequences of PST-78 isolate. A total of 1,191 SSR motifs, comprising 30% each of di- and tri-nucleotide type of repeats, 17% of penta-nucleotide, 15% of tetra-nucleotide and 8% of hexa-nucleotide repeats, were detected through in silico scanning of PST-78 genomic sequences. Polymorphism was detected by nine of the 50 designed SSRs (PsSSRs) in seven stripe rust pathotypes of wheat and barley. The mean number of alleles per SSR locus, mean polymorphism information content (PIC), mean heterozygosity, mean major allele frequency (MAF) and mean gene diversity were 2.33, 0.34, 0.33, 0.71 and 0.40, respectively. The dendrogram analysis suggested that newly developed PsSSR markers could distinguish stripe rust pathotypes based on their virulence phenotype. Further, the cross-genera and cross-species amplification test of these markers in 14 different rust pathotypes revealed that 9 PsSSRs are capable of amplification in Pst species infecting wild grass, followed by 6 PsSSRs in Pt, 3 PsSSRs in Pgt, 1 PsSSRs in Puccinia species on barberry and Melampsora lini. Thus, the transferability of PsSSRs to other species reduced with increasing genetic distance of target species. These newly designed SSR markers expand the available Pst SSR marker resources and allow better genetic studies.     

Early molecular diagnosis and detection of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici in China

Aims: Wheat stripe (yellow) rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is the most important foliar disease on wheat in China. Early molecular diagnosis and detection of stripe rust will provide a useful aid to the accurate forecast and seasonal control of this destructive disease. Our objective was to develop PCR assays for the rapid identification and detection of P. striiformis. Methods and Results: The genomic DNA of P. striiformis and P. triticina were amplified by a pair of primers derived from conserved β‐tubulin gene sequence. A 235‐bp specific DNA fragment of P. striiformis was isolated and purified. Based on its sequence, another two primer sets were designed successfully to obtain new sequence‐characterized amplified region (SCAR) markers of P. striiformis, which could be amplified in all test isolates of P. striiformis, whereas no DNA fragment was obtained in other nontarget wheat pathogens. The detection limit of the primer set YR (f)/YR (r1) was 2·20 pg μl^?1. The new SCAR markers of P. striiformis can also be detected in Pst‐infected wheat leaves postinoculated for 2 days. Conclusions: Our assays are significantly faster than the conventional methods used in the identification of P. striiformis. Significance and Impact of the Study: Development of a simple, high‐throughput assay kit for the rapid diagnosis and detection of wheat stripe rust would be anticipated in a further study.     

Genetic Analysis and Molecular Mapping of a Stripe Rust Resistance Gene in Chinese Wheat Differential Guinong 22

Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici (Pst), is one of the most damaging diseases of wheat worldwide, especially in China. Growing resistant cultivars is the most effective approach to control the disease, but few effective resistance genes are available. Guinong 22, one of the wheat cultivars used for differentiated Chinese race of the pathogen, has unknown resistance gene(s) to stripe rust. Genetic analysis, molecular mapping and allelic analysis were used in this study to determine the inheritance and chromosomal location of the gene(s) in Guinong 22 with the most prevalent Pst race CYR33. Genetic analysis indicated that a single recessive gene yrGn22 confers the resistance to CYR33. A total of 450 simple sequence repeat (SSR) primer pairs and 31 pairs of sequence‐tagged site (STS) or conserved primers were selected to screen the resistant bulk and susceptible bulk as well as the parents. Seven polymorphic SSR markers and two STS markers were then used to genotype 113 F₂ individual plants. Linkage analysis indicated that all nine markers were linked to yrGn22, with genetic distances ranging from 2.2 to 11.1 cM. Based on the chromosomal locations of the linked markers, yrGn22 was located on wheat chromosome 1B near the centromere. The pedigree, common markers, chromosome location, resistance and allelism tests indicated that yrGn22 is either linked to Yr26 or possibly the same gene.     

Microscopic Observation on the Development of Puccinia striiformis in the Spike and Stem of Wheat

The majority of germ tubes of the pathotype CYR32 of Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici formed on the surface of spike organs of the susceptible wheat cv. Suwon 11 penetrated through the stomatal pore, only a few germ tubes formed small appressoria over the stomata. In the lemma, palea and glume, the stripe rust fungus spread between the parenchyma cells close to the inner epidermal layer, but the fungus did not develop between the thick‐walled cells near the outer epidermal layer of these organs. In the awn and stem, spread of the stripe rust was confined to the intercellular spaces of the chlorophyll parenchyma, beneath the invaded stomatal pore of the epidermis and the urediniospores to be released disrupted the epidermis. In the caryopsis, the spread of hyphae was restricted to the intercellular spaces of the pericarp cells.     

SRAP Technique Efficiently Generates Polymorphisms in Puccinia striiformis Isolates

Wheat stripe rust, caused by the fungal pathogen Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici (PST), is a major disease of wheat in temperate‐cold climates. The identification of new markers would ease the procedure for evaluating the ongoing pathogen evolution. Twelve single pustule isolates were generated from samples of PST obtained in UK during 1987–2001. They were evaluated for their pathogenic behaviour on a set of differential cultivars and were analysed by sequence‐related amplified polymorphisms (SRAP) technique, to identify polymorphisms useful to evaluate variability among isolates. This is the first report of the application of SRAP technique to Uredinales order.