scholarly journals Possibility of novel hexose conjugation of a d-type trichothecene by trichodiene synthase gene-disrupted mutants of Fusarium species

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-29
Author(s):  
Kosuke Matsui ◽  
Koki Shinkai ◽  
Kentaro Adachi ◽  
Naoko Takahashi-Ando
Keyword(s):  
2019 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 73-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marike J. Boenisch ◽  
Ailisa Blum ◽  
Karen L. Broz ◽  
Donald M. Gardiner ◽  
H. Corby Kistler

Biochemistry ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 29 (23) ◽  
pp. 5476-5490 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Cane ◽  
John L. Pawlak ◽  
R. Marthinus Horak ◽  
Thomas M. Hohn

Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (20) ◽  
pp. 3811
Author(s):  
Javier E. Barúa ◽  
Mercedes de la Cruz ◽  
Nuria de Pedro ◽  
Bastien Cautain ◽  
Rosa Hermosa ◽  
...  

Trichothecene mycotoxins are recognized as highly bioactive compounds that can be used in the design of new useful bioactive molecules. In Trichoderma brevicompactum, the first specific step in trichothecene biosynthesis is carried out by a terpene cyclase, trichodiene synthase, that catalyzes the conversion of farnesyl diphosphate to trichodiene and is encoded by the tri5 gene. Overexpression of tri5 resulted in increased levels of trichodermin, a trichothecene-type toxin, which is a valuable tool in preparing new molecules with a trichothecene skeleton. In this work, we developed the hemisynthesis of trichodermin and trichodermol derivatives in order to evaluate their antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities and to study the chemo-modulation of their bioactivity. Some derivatives with a short chain at the C-4 position displayed selective antimicrobial activity against Candida albicans and they showed MIC values similar to those displayed by trichodermin. It is important to highlight the cytotoxic selectivity observed for compounds 9, 13, and 15, which presented average IC50 values of 2 μg/mL and were cytotoxic against tumorigenic cell line MCF-7 (breast carcinoma) and not against Fa2N4 (non-tumoral immortalized human hepatocytes).


Biochemistry ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1732-1741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Rynkiewicz ◽  
David E. Cane ◽  
David W. Christianson

2005 ◽  
Vol 102 (46) ◽  
pp. 16892-16897 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Jansen ◽  
D. von Wettstein ◽  
W. Schafer ◽  
K.-H. Kogel ◽  
A. Felk ◽  
...  

1992 ◽  
Vol 57 (12) ◽  
pp. 3454-3462 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Cane ◽  
Guohan Yang ◽  
Robert M. Coates ◽  
Hyung Jung Pyun ◽  
Thomas M. Hohn

Plant Disease ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 83 (10) ◽  
pp. 954-960 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. J. Harris ◽  
A. E. Desjardins ◽  
R. D. Plattner ◽  
P. Nicholson ◽  
G. Butler ◽  
...  

Trichothecene-producing and -nonproducing Fusarium graminearum strains were tested for their ability to cause Gibberella ear rot in field trials at two locations—Ottawa, Ontario, and Peoria, Illinois—in 1996. Maize ears were inoculated with wild-type or transgenic F. graminearum strains in which the trichothecene biosynthetic pathway had been disabled by the specific disruption of the trichodiene synthase gene and with a derivative revertant strain in which trichothecene production had been restored through recombination. A silk channel inoculation method was employed at both locations. In addition, a kernel puncture inoculation method was used at the Ontario location. Harvested maize ears were analyzed for visual disease severity, grain yield, deoxynivalenol (DON) concentration, and fungal biomass by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and/or ergosterol quantitation. There was a significant correlation (r= 0.86) between data obtained from the two different methods of quantifying fungal biomass. The trichothecene-nonproducing strains were still pathogenic but appeared less virulent on maize than the trichothecene-producing progenitor and revertant strains, as assayed by most parameters. This suggests that the trichothecenes may act as virulence factors to enhance the spread of F. graminearum on maize.


2007 ◽  
Vol 97 (7) ◽  
pp. 835-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rishi R. Burlakoti ◽  
Rolando Estrada ◽  
Viviana V. Rivera ◽  
Anuradha Boddeda ◽  
Gary A. Secor ◽  
...  

Fusarium graminearum causes Fusarium head blight (FHB) in small grains worldwide. Although primarily a pathogen of cereals, it also can infect noncereal crops such as potato and sugar beet in the United States. We used a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method based on intergenic sequences specific to the trichodiene synthase gene (Tri5) from F. graminearum. TaqMan probe and primers were designed and used to estimate DNA content of the pathogen (FgDNA) in the susceptible wheat cv. Grandin after inoculation with the 21 isolates of F. graminearum collected from potato, sugar beet, and wheat. The presence of nine mycotoxins was analyzed in the inoculated wheat heads by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. All isolates contained the Tri5 gene and were virulent to cv. Grandin. Isolates of F. graminearum differed significantly in virulence (expressed as disease severity), FgDNA content, and mycotoxin accumulation. Potato isolates showed greater variability in producing different mycotoxins than sugar beet and wheat isolates. Correlation analysis showed a significant (P < 0.001) positive relationship between FgDNA content and FHB severity or deoxynivalenol (DON) production. Moreover, a significant (P < 0.001) positive correlation between FHB severity and DON content was observed. Our findings revealed that F. graminearum causing potato dry rot and sugar beet decay could be potential sources of inoculum for FHB epidemics in wheat. Real-time PCR assay provides sensitive and accurate quantification of F. graminearum in wheat and can be useful for monitoring the colonization of wheat grains by F. graminearum in controlled environments, and evaluating wheat germplasms for resistance to FHB.


2002 ◽  
Vol 68 (11) ◽  
pp. 5472-5479 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Bakan ◽  
C. Giraud-Delville ◽  
L. Pinson ◽  
D. Richard-Molard ◽  
E. Fournier ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Thirty deoxynivalenol-producing F. culmorum strains, isolated from wheat grains, were incubated in vitro and analyzed for trichothecene production. Seventeen strains produced more than 1 ppm of deoxynivalenol and acetyldeoxynivalenol and were considered high-deoxynivalenol-producing strains, whereas 13 F. culmorum strains produced less than 0.07 ppm of trichothecenes and were considered low-deoxynivalenol-producing strains. For all strains, a 550-base portion of the trichodiene synthase gene (tri5) was amplified and sequenced. According to the tri5 data, the F. culmorum strains tested clustered into two groups that correlated with in vitro deoxynivalenol production. For three high-producing and three low-producing F. culmorum strains, the tri5-tri6 intergenic region was then sequenced, which confirmed the two separate clusters within the F. culmorum strains. According to the tri5-tri6 sequence data, specific PCR primers were designed to allow differentiation of high-producing from low-producing F. culmorum strains.


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