Heterokaryon incompatibility function of barrage-associated vegetative incompatibility genes (vic) in Cryphonectria parasitica

Six vegetative incompatibility (vic) loci have been identified in Cryphonectria parasitica based on barrage formation during mycelial interactions. We used hygromycin B- and benomyl-resistance as forcing markers in C. parasitica strains to test whether heteroallelism at each vic locus prevents heterokaryon formation following mycelial interactions. Paired strains that had allelic differences at any of vic1, 2, 3, 6 or 7 but not vic4 displayed heterokaryon incompatibility function, as recognized by slow growth or aberrant morphology. While clearly forming barrages in mycelial interactions, paired strains with different alleles at vic4 formed stable heterokaryons. With examples from other fungi, this inconsistency at vic4 suggests that barrage formation and heterokaryon incompatibility are not different manifestations of the same process. Rather, the evidence indicates that heterokaryon incompatibility represents a component of a vegetative incompatibility system that may also use cell-surface or extracellular factors to trigger programmed cell death to modulate nonself recognition in fungi.     

Heterokaryon formation and parasexual recombination between vegetatively incompatible lineages in a population of the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica

Heterokaryosis was recently reported in the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, in which individuals contain nuclei that are isogenic except at the mating-type locus (MAT). MAT heterokaryons were found in several natural populations, including a putatively clonal population in West Salem, Wisconsin, providing an opportunity to address the question of how heterokaryons arise. We represented relationships among RFLP fingerprint haplotypes as networks in which loop formation is considered evidence of recombination. From 1990 to 1995, this population was clonal, as indicated by a simple haplotype network without loops, and the correlation of vegetative compatibility (vc) types and mating types with haplotype lineages. By 1999, we observed loops in the haplotype network involving isolates of two vc types (WS-2 and WS-3). Isolates with haplotypes in the loops were either MAT heterokaryons, carried the opposite mating type from other isolates of the same vc type, and/or had two alleles at two or more codominant SCAR (sequence-characterized amplified region) loci. Segregation of markers and recombination were evident among single-spore isolates from one heterokaryon; these single-spore isolates had novel fingerprint haplotypes, also within the loops. In contrast, vc type WS-1, which comprises 85% of the population, was represented by a simple network with no loops, indicating a clonal lineage varying only by mutation. Almost all isolates of WS-1 had the same mating type; the exceptions were five isolates that were MAT heterokaryons. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that heterokaryons formed between vegetatively incompatible individuals, and recombination occurred by a parasexual process.     

Mating-type heterokaryosis and selfing in Cryphonectria parasitica

Selfing in the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, occurs by two different genetic mechanisms. Most self-fertile isolates of C. parasitica are heterokaryotic for mating type, and the progeny from selfing segregate for mating type. Further, we resolved mating-type (MAT) heterokaryons into homokaryons of both mating types by isolating uninucleate asexual spores (conidia). However, because ascospore progeny, with rare exceptions, are not MAT heterokaryons, C. parasitica must lack a regular mechanism to maintain heterokaryosis by selfing. We hypothesize that heterokaryon formation may occur either because of recurrent biparental inbreeding, or by mating-type switching, possibly one involving some kind of parasexual process. The second mechanism found for selfing in C. parasitica occurred less frequently. Three single-conidial isolates (MAT-1 and MAT-2) selfed and produced progeny that did not segregate for mating type. It is currently not known if meiosis occurs during ascospore formation by this mechanism.     

Genetics of Vegetative Incompatibility in Cryphonectria parasitica

Vegetative incompatibility in the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, in Europe is controlled by six unlinked vic loci, each with two alleles. Four previously identified vic loci (vic1, vic2, vic3, and vic4) were polymorphic in European vegetative compatibility (vc) types. Two new loci, vic6 and vic7, also were identified among European vc types. In one cross, vic genes segregated independently at five loci, and 194 progeny were assigned to 32 vc types; none of these loci were linked. A total of 64 vc types were identified from all crosses. All 64 genotypes possible from six vic loci, each with two alleles (2⁶ = 64), were identified and assigned to vc types. Based on our model, vc types v-c 5 and v-c 10, which had been used in previous genetic studies, differ by only five vic genes. Future studies of vc types in C. parasitica can use knowledge of vic genotypes for analysis of population genetic structure based on vic allele frequencies and to determine the effect of each vic gene on virus transmission between vc types.     

低毒病毒及板栗疫病菌低毒力机制

低毒病毒是一类存在于板栗疫病菌细胞质中自主复制的无衣壳正链RNA病毒.感染低毒病毒后,板栗疫病菌的致病力显著降低,色素分泌减少,菌丝体由感染病毒前的桔黄色变为白色,产孢量降低或不产孢,漆酶表达水平明显下降.低毒病毒侵染性克隆的获得以及高效转化和转染体系的建立,使得低毒病毒成为目前唯一可以进行全面遗传操作的真菌病毒.利用低毒病毒作为探针来探测板栗疫病菌的致病力组成和毒力调节机制,已获得了一些很有意义的发现.本文介绍近几年低毒病毒及其与真菌相互作用的研究进展,包括低毒病毒的基因组和功能基因研究、低毒病毒和线粒体损害引起的板栗疫病菌低毒力机制、板栗疫病菌的RNA沉默系统以及低毒病毒抗RNA沉默的机制.低毒病毒/板栗疫病菌系统已经成为研究病毒与宿主相互作用以及病原真菌致病机理的很好的模式系统.     

板栗疫病菌cpnat基因的功能分析

赖氨酸乙酰化是一种重要的蛋白质翻译后修饰,广泛参与多种生命过程的调节.目前,赖氨酸乙酰化修饰在植物病原真菌——板栗疫病菌中的功能和调节机制尚无报道.本研究克隆了板栗疫病菌的编码乙酰转移酶的cpnat基因,成功构建了cpnat基因的缺失突变体Δcpnat,与野生型菌株相比,板栗疫病菌cpnat基因缺失株生长速率不变,气生...     

PCR amplification of the mating-type idiomorphs in Cryphonectria parasitica

In the laboratory, the ascomycete fungus Cryphonectria parasitica is rarely self-fertile, and has a self-incompatibility system that resolves into two intersterility groups, controlled by a single locus. In natural populations, however, self-fertilization occurs frequently. In this report, we show that the C. parasitica self-incompatibility locus (MAT) comprises two idiomorphs (alleles that are highly divergent in sequence), conforming to the paradigm of self-incompatibility as described for other ascomycetes. Starting with a fragment putatively from the MAT-2 idiomorph, we used a PCR-based cloning approach to identify 3.5- and 2-kb sequences unique to MAT-1 and MAT-2 isolates, respectively. These sequences were then used to design idiomorph-specific PCR primer pairs, allowing us to efficiently identify the mating types of isolates, a crucial component of our research on the environmental and genetic factors underlying this mixed mating system.     

Transmissible mitochondrial hypovirulence in a natural population of Cryphonectria parasitica

A cytoplasmically transmissible hypovirulence syndrome has been identified in virus-free strains of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica isolated from healing cankers on American chestnut trees in southwestern Michigan. The syndrome is associated with symptoms of fungal senescence, including a progressive decline in the growth potential and abundance of conidia, and elevated levels of respiration through the cyanide-insensitive alternative oxidase pathway. Conidia from senescing mycelia exhibited varying degrees of senescence ranging from normal growth to death soon after germination. Cytoplasmic transmission of hypovirulence between mycelia occurred by hyphal contact and coincided with the transfer of a specific restriction fragment length polymorphism from the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of the donor strains into the mtDNA of virulent recipients. The transmission of the senescence phenotype was observed not only among vegetatively compatible strains but also among incompatible strains. Hypovirulence was present in isolates from the same location with different nuclear genotypes as identified by DNA fingerprinting. This study confirms that mitochondrial hypovirulence can occur spontaneously and spread within a natural population of a phytopathogenic fungus.     

寄生隐丛赤壳菌致病毒素Cp-I的分离纯化和结构分析

寄生隐丛赤壳菌Cryphonectria parasitica菌株经液体培养,石油醚萃取其发酵液获得对板栗带叶嫩枝具有致萎活性的粗提物,以氯仿:石油醚:甲醇(6:2:2)作洗脱剂,粗提物经硅胶色谱分离,共得到3组纯组份,其中第1组份(Cp-I)对板栗幼苗致萎活性较高。质谱、核磁共振和红外光谱测定表明Cp-I分子量为278,化学式为C16H22O4。     

中国栗疫病菌群体遗传结构的空间自相关性分析

应用空间自相关分析方法对中国栗疫病菌17个居群RAPD遗传变异的空间结构进行研究,以探讨栗疫病菌居群遗传变异的分布特征及其形成机制。结果表明：中国栗疫病菌居群缺乏空间结构,绝大多数RAPD位点变异为随机分布的空间模式,但部分位点表现出渐变、斑块和双向渐变的非随机分布模式,又显示了一定的空间结构。推测其形成原因可能是长距离的基因流、人类活动、地理隔离以及栗疫病菌本身的繁殖特性综合作用的结果,并依据部分位点呈单向渐变的模式推测西南地区为中国栗疫病菌的起源中心。     

寄生隐丛赤壳菌Cryphonectria parasitica致病毒素Cp-I的分离纯化和结构分析

寄生隐丛赤壳菌Cryphonectria parasitica菌株经液体培养,石油醚萃取其发酵液获得对板栗带叶嫩枝具有致萎活性的粗提物,以氯仿:石油醚:甲醇(6:2:2)作洗脱剂,粗提物经硅胶色谱分离,共得到3组纯组份,其中第1组份(Cp-I)对板栗幼苗致萎活性较高.质谱、核磁共振和红外光谱测定表明Cp-I分子量为278,化学式为C<,16>H<,22>O<,4>.     

High diversity of vegetative compatibility types in Cryphonectria parasitica in Japan and China

We found high diversity of vegetative compatibility (vc) types in native populations of the chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, in Japan and China; almost every isolate was in a unique vc type. In Japan we found 71 vc types in a sample of 79 isolates pooled from six populations. Within two populations in China, all isolates (n=28 and 11) had unique vc types; we found 15 vc types among 25 isolates in a third Chinese population where multiple isolates were collected from some trees. None of the isolates from China and only three isolates in the 71 vc types from Japan were compatible with any of 64 vc type testers from Europe, which have known vegetative incompatibility genotypes. To our knowledge this is the first report of vc type diversity for C. parasitica in Japan or of any comparisons of vc types between Asia and Europe. The most significant result of this survey is the identification fungal isolates for expanding knowledge of the genetics of vegetative incompatibility.     

Cytological and electrophoretic karyotyping of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica

The karyotypes of nine strains including three transformants of the chestnut blight fungus Cryphonectria parasitica were analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and cytology using a fluorescence microscope. Cytology of the mitotic metaphase showed n = 9 for both standard strain EP155 and field strain GH2 infected by Cryphonectria hypovirus 3. Chromosomes were morphologically characterized by size, heterochromatic segment, and constriction. PFGE resolved 5 or 6 chromosomal DNA bands ranging from 3.3 Mbp to 9.7 Mbp, but accurate determination of the chromosome number was hampered by clumping of some bands. Banding profiles in PFGE were similar among the strains except for GH2, in which a chromosome translocation was detected by Southern blot analysis. By integrating the data from cytology and PFGE, the genome size of C. parasitica was estimated to be ca. 50 Mbp. This is the first report of a cytological karyotype in the order Diaporthales.     

受低毒病毒调控的板栗疫病菌总蛋白质组学

【目的】为解析低毒病毒调控板栗疫病菌生理性状和致病性的机制,在总蛋白质组水平上寻找受病毒侵染调控的宿主蛋白及其编码基因。【方法】使用双向电泳方法对野生型菌株EP155和受低毒病毒感染的菌株EP713进行差异蛋白质组分析,同时,对差异表达蛋白质编码基因的mRNA水平进行定量分析。【结果】共找到71个因病毒侵染而发生差异表达的蛋白质点,分别属于58种不同蛋白质。以EP155为对照,表现为上调的19个,下调的52个,主要涉及能量代谢,蛋白质、核酸和碳水化合物代谢,信号传导以及压力应激和氧化还原反应。对10个受病毒调控的蛋白的编码基因进行了mRNA水平定量,其中7个基因受病毒感染后的mRNA水平变化与蛋白水平变化趋势一致,3个基因的mRNA水平变化与蛋白水平变化趋势不相符,表明低毒病毒对板栗疫病菌不同基因的调控可以发生在不同的调控层面上。【结论】低毒病毒的侵染弱化了宿主TCA循环的能量流动,调控了宿主体内的甲基化过程及真菌致病因子的表达。     

亚欧美栗疫病菌群体的遗传多样性

从 12 0个随机引物中筛选出条带清晰、主带明显、重复性好的 9个引物 ,对来自不同地域和寄主的 7个群体的 14 2个栗疫病菌菌株进行 RAPD分析。 9个引物共扩增出条带 12 4条 ,其中多态性条带 111条 ,多态性比率为 89.5 2 %。利用 Popgen3.2软件对供试群体进行遗传多样性分析和 UPGMA聚类。结果表明 ,中国地区 4个群体间的遗传相似性较大 ,与美国、意大利和日本群体间的相似性较小 ;美国和意大利群体间的遗传相似性较大 ,且它们与日本群体间的相似性大于与中国群体间的相似性。病原菌群体的遗传变异率为 0 .2 35 1,其中在地区水平上 ,82 .34%由群体内的变异引起 ,17.6 6 %由群体间的差异引起 ,群体间的基因流动值为 2 .3311;而在寄主水平上 ,则 79.4 2 %由群体内的变异引起 ,2 0 .5 8%由群体间的差异引起 ,群体间的基因流动值为 1.92 97     

中国东部栗疫病菌dsRNA群体的多样性

采用生物学测定和凝胶电泳的方法,对中国东部栗疫病菌(Cryphonectria parasitica)的dsRNA病毒进行了研究。根据电泳图谱,中国东部栗疫病菌的dsRNA病毒可以分为5种类型,其中类型1只具有一个12．7kh的条带,占大多数;类型Ⅱ有两条带,一条12．7kh,另一条5．2kb左右,只有一个菌株354;类型Ⅲ则除了12．7kb的条带外,还有3条小于2kb的小片段,有238和250两个菌株;dsRNA属于类型Ⅳ的为269和344两个菌株,它只含有两个1．8—3．1kb的小片段;dsRNA类型Ⅴ只有一个菌株280,除了一条12．7kb分子外,还有4条2．6—3．3kb的小片段。含有dsRNA的菌株培养性状多样,根据菌落特征．栗疫病菌可以划分为5种培养类型,但菌株的培养类型与dsRNA的类型间没有对应的关系。毒力测定表明含有dsRNA病毒的供试菌株大多属于低毒力类型;     

有性生殖对栗疫病菌群体结构的影响

采用RAPD方法对来源于栗疫病菌8个不同子囊壳的子囊孢子后代和无性生殖的对照群体各23个菌株进行了群体结构的比较。从RAPD随机引物中筛选出扩增多态性丰富的4条引物,共扩增出条带73条,多态性检测率为100%。研究结果表明,在8个子囊壳和无性生殖群体中的基因多样性,64.27%由群体内部引起,只有35.73%的多样性由群体之间的基因差异引起。各子囊壳群体间存在的基因流动很小(Nm=0.8994)。有性群体和无性群体之间的遗传距离为0.1389,基因流动值为3.4212,说明子囊壳群体和无性生殖群体之间存在一定的系统关系。分析表明栗疫病菌子囊孢子后代在自然界的传播对自然界的病菌的多样性起重要的作用。     

Extra- and Intracellular Laccases of the Chestnut Blight Fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica

A double-stranded RNA virus of the chestnut blight pathogen, Cryphonectria parasitica, has been shown previously to reduce accumulation of mRNAs of extracellular laccase (laccase A) produced by this fungus. Both extra- and intracellular laccases have been detected after growth of the fungus in liquid culture. In addition to cellular localization, the two laccases are distinguishable by time of appearance during growth and electrophoretic mobility. Laccase A was purified from the culture filtrate by standard protein purification procedures. The enzyme was characterized as a glycoprotein with a molecular mass of approximately 77 kDa. Both laccase A and laccase B activities were significantly reduced in the hypovirulent (double-stranded RNA-infected) strain UEP1 compared with the isogenic virulent (double-stranded RNA-free) strain EP155/2.