scholarly journals Transcriptome Profiles of Sporisorium reilianum during the Early Infection of Resistant and Susceptible Maize Isogenic Lines

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 150
Author(s):  
Boqi Zhang ◽  
Nan Zhang ◽  
Qianqian Zhang ◽  
Qianya Xu ◽  
Tao Zhong ◽  
...  

The biotrophic fungus Sporisorium reilianum causes destructive head smut disease in maize (Zea mays L.). To explore the pathogenicity arsenal of this fungus, we tracked its transcriptome changes during infection of the maize seedling mesocotyls of two near-isogenic lines, HZ4 and HZ4R, differing solely in the disease resistance gene ZmWAK. Parasitic growth of S. reilianum resulted in thousands of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) compared with growth in axenic culture. The protein synthesis and energy metabolism of S. reilianum were predominantly enriched with down-regulated DEGs, consistent with the arrested hyphal growth observed following colonization. Nutrition-related metabolic processes were enriched with both up- and down-regulated DEGs, which, together with activated transmembrane transport, reflected a potential transition in nutrition uptake of S. reilianum once it invaded maize. Notably, genes encoding secreted proteins of S. reilianum were mostly up-regulated during biotrophy. ZmWAK-mediated resistance to head smut disease reduced the number of DEGs of S. reilianum, particularly those related to the secretome. These observations deepen our understanding of the mechanisms underlying S. reilianum pathogenicity and ZmWAK-induced innate immunity.








BMC Genomics ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgio Pea ◽  
Htay Htay Aung ◽  
Elisabetta Frascaroli ◽  
Pierangelo Landi ◽  
Mario Enrico Pè




2011 ◽  
Vol 123 (5) ◽  
pp. 729-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark W. Jones ◽  
Emily C. Boyd ◽  
Margaret G. Redinbaugh


Genes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 944
Author(s):  
Chai ◽  
Guo ◽  
Shi ◽  
Li ◽  
Tang ◽  
...  

Leaf premature senescence largely determines maize (Zea mays L.) grain yield and quality. A natural recessive premature-senescence mutant was selected from the breeding population, and near-isogenic lines were constructed using Jing24 as the recurrent parent. In the near-isogenic lines, the dominant homozygous material was wild-type (WT), and the recessive material of early leaf senescence was the premature-senescence-type ZmELS5. To identify major genes and regulatory mechanisms involved in leaf senescence, a transcriptome analysis of the ZmELS5 and WT near-isogenic lines (NILs) was performed. A total of 8,796 differentially expressed transcripts were identified between ZmELS5 and WT, including 3,811 up-regulated and 4,985 down-regulated transcripts. By combining gene ontology, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes, gene set, and transcription factor enrichment analyses, key differentially expressed genes were screened. The senescence regulatory network was predicted based on these key differentially expressed genes, which indicated that the senescence process is mainly regulated by bHLH, WRKY, and AP2/EREBP family transcription factors, leading to the accumulations of jasmonic acid and ethylene. This causes stress responses and reductions in the chlorophyll a/b-binding protein activity level. Then, decreased ATP synthase activity leads to increased photosystem II photodamage, ultimately leading to leaf senescence.



2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 1059-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Wang ◽  
X. M. Zhong ◽  
X. L. Lv ◽  
Z. S. Shi ◽  
F. H. Li




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