大丽轮枝菌黑色素合成相关基因与微菌核形成的关系

大丽轮枝菌是一种重要的土传植物病原真菌,以休眠结构微菌核作为初始接种体,可侵染660多种植物引致黄萎病。微菌核是致密的多细胞结构,表面附着大量的DHN黑色素。许多报道指出,在微菌核发育过程中,传统的DHN黑色素合成途径中有5种催化酶编码基因Vd PKS、Vd T4HR、Vd SCD、Vd T3HR和Vd LAC均被诱导表达,但这些基因与微菌核形成的关系目前尚无报道。本研究通过基因敲除技术,系统研究了传统DHN黑色素合成通路上这5种关键酶编码基因及一种缩链催化酶编码基因Vayg1在大丽轮枝菌黑色素合成及微菌核形成中的作用。结果表明,大丽轮枝菌DHN黑色素合成需要Vayg1基因的参与,且Vayg1和Vd T3HR基因还参与微菌核的形成过程。因此,Vayg1基因和Vd T3HR基因可作为黄萎病防治的新靶标。     

植物病原真菌黑色素与致病性关系的研究进展*

黑色素是一类生物聚合分子的总称,不同来源的黑色素种类不同,其中报道较多的是DOPA黑色素和DHN黑色素。DOPA黑色素和DHN黑色素具有相似的理化性质但其合成底物和途径不同。DHN黑色素在植物病原真菌中广泛存在,与病原菌致病能力密切相关。病原菌侵染寄主时黑色素沉积在附着胞细胞壁的内层,防止了形成膨压的溶质渗透到细胞外,产生很大的机械压力,保证病原菌侵入寄主。结合作者的研究结果综述了黑色素的种类、性质及黑色素与病原菌致病性关系等方面的研究进展。     

黑色素形成机理、生物学功能和应用开发的研究进展

黑色素（melanin）是一类化学结构极其复杂、非均质的酚类或吲哚类物质聚合体,是自然界中最为丰富的天然色素,广泛存在于各种动物、植物和微生物中。根据合成途径和中间代谢产物的不同,黑色素主要可分为为真黑素（eumelanin）、棕黑素（pheomelanin）、异黑色素（allomelanin）三大类。其中异黑色素又包括脓黑素（pyomelanin）、1,8-二羟基萘（dihydroxynaphalene, DHN）黑色素等。基于黑色素的生化功能,它们在工业、医药、农业中都有广泛用途,是重要的生物资源。本文主要介绍天然黑色素在动植物和微生物中的合成途径、生物学功能以及有潜力的获取方法和应用前景。     

植物病原真菌黑色素与致病性关系的研究进展

黑色素是一类生物聚合分子的总称,不同来源的黑色素种类不同,其中报道较多的是DOPA黑色素和DHN黑色素。DOPA黑色素和DHN黑色素具有相似的理化性质但其合成底物和途径不同。DHN黑色素在植物病原直菌中广泛存在,与病原菌致病能力密切相关。病原菌侵染寄主时黑色素沉积存附着胞细胞壁的内层,防止了形成膨压的溶质渗透到细胞外,产生很大的机械压力,保证病原菌侵入寄主。结合作者的研究结果综述了黑色素的种类、性质及黑色素与病原菌致病性关系等方面的研究进展。     

烟曲霉黑色素的研究进展

烟曲霉(Aspergillus fumigatus)是一种分布于世界各地的腐生真菌,属于人类临床常见的三大机会性致病真菌之一,是侵袭性曲霉菌病的主要病原菌。烟曲霉可以产生DHN-黑色素(dihydroxynaphthalene melanin)和脓黑素(pyomelanin)这2种类型黑色素。本综述介绍烟曲霉黑色素产生的遗传代谢途径、功能以及与宿主免疫系统相互作用的最新认识,有助于更好地理解烟曲霉的病理生理特征,为烟曲霉感染快速诊断技术和新型抗真菌药物的研发提供理论依据。     

真菌草酸的代谢和作用研究进展

草酸(oxalic acid)是一种重要的生物代谢产物,广泛分布于植物、动物和微生物中,在不同的生命体中发挥重要功能.本文回顾了国内外关于真菌草酸的相关研究进展.许多真菌能够分泌草酸,包括植物病原真菌、食药用真菌及工业真菌等.草酸作为一种简单的二元羧酸,在真菌中主要通过三羧酸循环途径、乙醛酸循环途径和草酰乙酸途径合成....     

玉米大斑病菌小柱孢酮脱水酶基因(scd)的克隆与功能分析

根据已知植物病原真菌黑色素生物合成相关基因scd(scytalone dehydratase)氨基酸序列保守区域设计简并引物,分别以玉米大斑病菌基因组DNA和cDNA为模板,通过PCR技术获得scd基因的同源片段,利用SMART-RACE技术和3′RACE技术获得了scd的cDNA全长序列。并根据scd基因cDNA全长序列设计基因特异性引物扩增玉米大斑病菌基因组DNA获得了该基因DNA全长。通过DNA序列和cDNA序列对比分析发现scd基因编码一个180个氨基酸的开放阅读框架,DNA序列含有两个分别为50bp和78bp的内含子。生物信息学分析表明其氨基酸序列与水稻胡麻叶斑病菌的scd基因的相似性很高。DHN黑色素生物合成途径特异性抑制剂—Carpropamid处理玉米大斑病菌,在12~24h之内可以抑制病菌分生孢子的萌发和附着胞的产生,但随着处理时间的延长抑制剂的抑制作用变弱,并且经过抑制剂处理的病菌不能侵入寄主组织或不能在寄主组织内扩展。初步明确了scd与玉米大斑病菌黑色合成途径及致病性的关系。     

灌喂氧化鱼油后黄颡鱼胃肠道黏膜黑色素细胞分化和黑色素合成途径基因的差异表达

以黄颡鱼(Pelteobagrus fulvidraco)为实验对象, 灌喂氧化鱼油、鱼油7d后, 提取胃肠道黏膜总RNA, 采用RNA-seq测序并做转录组分析, 分析了黑色素生物合成途径关键酶(酪氨酸酶)及其相关蛋白基因、黑素体运动的3个蛋白基因、α黑素细胞刺激激素途径和WNT/β-catenin、EDN3和EDNRB、KIT及其配体KITL3个信号通路的主要蛋白基因的差异表达活性。结果显示, 黄颡鱼胃肠道黏膜中存在黑色素细胞分化和发育过程、黑色素合成及其调控途径的代谢网络, 通过绘制代谢网络得到了关键性酶或蛋白质的基因信息。在灌喂氧化鱼油后, 控制黑色素合成途径主要基因的表达活性显著下调, 可能导致黑色素合成量的不足; α-MSH激素途径主要基因差异表达上调, 具备促进黑色素细胞分化和发育的调控基础; 而调控黑色素细胞分化和发育的3个信号通路主要基因也有差异表达。因此, 黄颡鱼受灌喂氧化鱼油的影响, 黑色素细胞分化和发育过程受到较大影响, 会影响到鱼体成熟的黑色素细胞的数量, 同时, 黑色素的生物合成量不足将导致引起黄颡鱼体色的变化。     

Fonsecaea monophora黑素的理化性质及其合成途径的分析研究

目的探讨Fonsecaea monophora黑素的理化性质及其合成途径。方法通过化学分析、紫外光谱、红外光谱和电子顺磁共振波谱等明确F.monophora黑素的理化性质;通过比对F.monophora菌株在基础培养基(马铃薯葡萄糖琼脂(PDA)培养基、L-DOPA PDA培养基)和含黑素抑制剂培养基(DOPA黑素抑制剂培养基、DHN黑素抑制剂培养基)的菌落生长情况,采用BioTek酶标仪EON定量分析其黑素合成,以明确F.monophora的黑素合成途径。结果 F.monophora黑素与合成L-DOPA黑素的理化性质相似;菌株在含L-DOPA培养基较PDA培养基产生更多的黑素,且在含DOPA黑素抑制剂叠氮化钠及DHN黑素抑制剂苯肽、三环唑培养基中其黑素合成均明显降低。结论 F.monophora黑素主要为LDOPA黑素,可能共同存在DOPA黑素和DHN黑素合成途径。     

Biosynthesis of fungal melanins and their importance for human pathogenic fungi

For more than 40 years fungi have been known to produce pigments known as melanins. Predominantly these have been dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA)-melanin and dihydroxynaphthalene (DHN)-melanin. The biochemical and genetical analysis of the biosynthesis pathways have led to the identification of the genes and corresponding enzymes of the pathways. Only recently have both these types of melanin been linked to virulence in some human pathogenic and phytopathogenic fungi. The absence of melanin in human pathogenic and phytopathogenic fungi often leads to a decrease in virulence. In phytopathogenic fungi such as Magnaporthe grisea and Colletotrichum lagenarium, besides other possible functions in pathogenicity, DHN-melanin plays an essential role in generating turgor for plant appressoria to penetrate plant leaves. While the function of melanin in human pathogenic fungi such as Cryptococcus neoformans, Wangiella dermatitidis, Sporothrix schenckii, and Aspergillus fumigatus is less well defined, its role in protecting fungal cells has clearly been shown. Specifically, the ability of both DOPA- and DHN-melanins to quench free radicals is thought to be an important factor in virulence. In addition, in several fungi the production of fungal virulence factors, such as melanin, has been linked to a cAMP-dependent signaling pathway. Many of the components involved in the signaling pathway have been identified.     

Evidence for 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene melanin in three halophilic black yeasts grown under saline and non-saline conditions

The ascomycetous black yeasts Hortaea werneckii, Phaeotheca triangularis, and Trimmatostroma salinum are halophilic fungi that inhabit hypersaline water of solar salterns. They are characterized by slow, meristematic growth and very thick, darkly pigmented cell walls. The dark pigment, generally thought to be melanin, is consistently present in their cell walls when they grow under saline and non-saline conditions. We used the inhibitor tricyclazole to test the fungi in this study for the presence of 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene (DHN)-melanin biosynthesis, since fungal melanins reportedly are derived either from DHN, tyrosine via 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine, gamma-glutaminyl-3,4-dihydroxybenzene, or catechol. Tricyclazole-treated cultures of the fungi were reddish-brown in color and contained typical intermediates of the DHN-melanin pathway, as demonstrated by high-performance liquid chromatography. This investigation showed that the three fungi synthesized DHN-melanin under saline and non-saline growth conditions.     

The role of melanin in the antagonistic interaction between the apple scab pathogen Venturia inaequalis and Microsphaeropsis ochracea

The objective of this study was to examine the role of melanin in the interaction between the mycoparasite Microsphaeropsis ochracea and the apple scab pathogen Venturia inaequalis. Melanin was extracted from the cell wall of the pathogen and its chemical and physical properties determined on the basis of biochemical tests and visible and infrared spectra. The physical and chemical characteristics of V inaequalis melanin were similar to the those of synthetic dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) melanin. Precursors of the four known melanin biosynthetic pathways were tested for their ability to restore the pigmentation of an albino strain of V inaequalis. Scytalone, an intermediate of the 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene (DHN) pathway, was the only precursor to restore the dark-brown pigmentation. Tricyclazole and pyroquilon, two antipenetrant fungicides, specific inhibitors of DHN melanin synthesis in Pyricularia oryzae, were used to confirm the melanin pathway in V. inaequalis wild type. A reddish-brown pigment was obtained due to the accumulation of shunt products of the DHN melanin pathway instead of a dark-brown pigment, suggesting that the melanin extracted from V inaequalis was a DHN melanin. Furthermore, growth of an albino mutant of V. inaequalis on scytalone-amended medium resulted in the formation of dark granules similar to those seen in wild-type isolates. Transmission electron microscopic observations of M. ochracea grown in the presence of melanin showed that the granules accumulated gradually along fungal cell walls to form a uniform dark coating.     

Fungal melanin detection by the use of copper sulfide-silver

Silver-staining procedures were investigated for their effectiveness in identifying cell wall-based fungal melanins in live and fixed plastic embedded samples, particularly 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene (DHN) based polyketide melanins. We developed a simple and reliable melanin-staining technique based on a silver accumulation method originally published for histological demonstration of heavy metal sulfides in mammalian tissues. Copper is bound to fungal melanin followed by formation of the copper sulfide at melanin sites in fungal cell walls, which then are amplified into vivid black stains using a silver enhancement step. The method demonstrates patterns of melanization in a range of fungal hyphae and is suitable for light and electron microscopy. Albino mutant fungi and normally nonmelanized fungi do not stain with the sulfide-silver technique. Mammalian melanocytes also were labeled by the technique, indicating its universality as a melanin probe.     

Synthesis and assembly of fungal melanin

Melanin is a unique pigment with myriad functions that is found in all biological kingdoms. It is multifunctional, providing defense against environmental stresses such as ultraviolet (UV) light, oxidizing agents and ionizing radiation. Melanin contributes to the ability of fungi to survive in harsh environments. In addition, it plays a role in fungal pathogenesis. Melanin is an amorphous polymer that is produced by one of two synthetic pathways. Fungi may synthesize melanin from endogenous substrate via a 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene (DHN) intermediate. Alternatively, some fungi produce melanin from l-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (l-dopa). The detailed chemical structure of melanin is not known. However, microscopic studies show that it has an overall granular structure. In fungi, melanin granules are localized to the cell wall where they are likely cross-linked to polysaccharides. Recent studies suggest the fungal melanin may be synthesized in internal vesicles akin to mammalian melanosomes and transported to the cell wall. Potential applications of melanin take advantage of melanin's radioprotective properties and propensity to bind to a variety of substances.