scholarly journals STRIPAK, a Key Regulator of Fungal Development, Operates as a Multifunctional Signaling Hub

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 443
Author(s):  
Ulrich Kück ◽  
Valentina Stein
Keyword(s):  
Signaling Pathways ◽  
Secondary Metabolism ◽  
Fruiting Body ◽  
Fruiting Body Formation ◽  
Vegetative Development ◽  
Fungal Development ◽  
Developmental Processes ◽  
Structural Investigations ◽  
Body Formation ◽  
Signaling Complex

The striatin-interacting phosphatases and kinases (STRIPAK) multi subunit complex is a highly conserved signaling complex that controls diverse developmental processes in higher and lower eukaryotes. In this perspective article, we summarize how STRIPAK controls diverse developmental processes in euascomycetes, such as fruiting body formation, cell fusion, sexual and vegetative development, pathogenicity, symbiosis, as well as secondary metabolism. Recent structural investigations revealed information about the assembly and stoichiometry of the complex enabling it to act as a signaling hub. Multiple organellar targeting of STRIPAK subunits suggests how this complex connects several signaling transduction pathways involved in diverse cellular developmental processes. Furthermore, recent phosphoproteomic analysis shows that STRIPAK controls the dephosphorylation of subunits from several signaling complexes. We also refer to recent findings in yeast, where the STRIPAK homologue connects conserved signaling pathways, and based on this we suggest how so far non-characterized proteins may functions as receptors connecting mitophagy with the STRIPAK signaling complex. Such lines of investigation should contribute to the overall mechanistic understanding of how STRIPAK controls development in euascomycetes and beyond.

Functional characterization of the developmental genes asm2, asm3, and spt3 required for fruiting body formation in the filamentous ascomycete Sordaria macrospora

Genetics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramona Lütkenhaus ◽  
Jan Breuer ◽  
Minou Nowrousian
Keyword(s):  
Fruiting Body ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Functional Characterization ◽  
Fruiting Bodies ◽  
Saga Complex ◽  
Fruiting Body Formation ◽  
Developmental Processes ◽  
Body Formation ◽  
Sordaria Macrospora ◽  
Stage Of Development

Abstract The formation of fruiting bodies is one of the most complex developmental processes in filamentous ascomycetes. It requires the development of sexual structures that give rise to meiosporangia (asci) and meiotic spores (ascospores) as well as surrounding structures for protection and dispersal of the spores. Previous studies have shown that these developmental processes are accompanied by significant changes of the transcriptome, and comparative transcriptomics of different fungi as well as the analysis of transcriptome changes in developmental mutants have aided in the identification of differentially regulated genes that are themselves involved in regulating fruiting body development. In previous analyses, we used transcriptomics to identify the genes asm2 and spt3, which result in developmental phenotypes when deleted in Sordaria macrospora. In this study, we identified another gene, asm3, required for fruiting body formation, and performed transcriptomics analyses of Δasm2, Δasm3, and Δspt3. Deletion of spt3, which encodes a subunit of the SAGA complex, results in a block at an early stage of development and drastic changes in the transcriptome. Deletion mutants of asm2 and asm3 are able to form fruiting bodies, but have defects in ascospore maturation. Transcriptomics analysis of fruiting bodies revealed a large overlap in differentially regulated genes in Δasm2 and Δasm3 compared to the wild type. Analysis of nuclear distribution during ascus development showed that both mutants undergo meiosis and postmeiotic divisions, suggesting that the transcriptomic and morphological changes might be related to defects in the morphogenesis of structural features of the developing asci and ascospores.

scholarly journals FibA and PilA act cooperatively during fruiting body formation of Myxococcus xanthus

2006 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 1283-1293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela J. Bonner ◽  
Wesley P. Black ◽  
Zhaomin Yang ◽  
Lawrence J. Shimkets
Keyword(s):  
Fruiting Body ◽  
Myxococcus Xanthus ◽  
Fruiting Body Formation ◽  
Body Formation

Fruiting-Body Formation of Tricholoma giganteum on Artificial Medium.

1995 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazunari INABA ◽  
Yoshinori TAKANO ◽  
Yoshikazu MAYUZUMI ◽  
Toshirou MITSUNAGA
Keyword(s):  
Fruiting Body ◽  
Fruiting Body Formation ◽  
Artificial Medium ◽  
Body Formation

Culmination in the slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum studied with a scanning electron microscope

Development ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-333
Author(s):  
D. J. Watts ◽  
T. E. Treffry
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Dictyostelium Discoideum ◽  
Fruiting Body ◽  
Maximum Height ◽  
Slow Process ◽  
Fruiting Body Formation ◽  
Basal Disc ◽  
Body Formation ◽  
Scanning Electron

Myxamoebae of Dictyostelium discoideum were allowed to develop on cellulose acetate filters, and specimens taken at various stages of fruiting body formation were prepared for study by scanning electron microscopy. In the immature fruiting body where the mass of pre-spore cells has just been lifted off the substratum by the developing stalk, the pre-spore cells are irregular in shape and are similar in appearance to cells in aggregates at earlier stages of development. As the stalk lengthens, the pre-spore cells gradually separate from one another and become rounded and elongate, but mature spores are not visible until the fruiting body reaches its maximum height. It is concluded that, contrary to previous reports, spore maturation is a slow process and is not completed until the sorus becomes pigmented. The mature stalk is surrounded by a smooth cellulose sheath but this does not envelop the cells of the basal disc, which remain discrete. The fruiting body is enclosed in a slime sheath and this may be important in holding together the mass of spores.

scholarly journals Multicellular Development in Myxococcus xanthus Is Stimulated by Predator-Prey Interactions

2007 ◽  
Vol 189 (15) ◽  
pp. 5675-5682 ◽  
Author(s):  
James E. Berleman ◽  
John R. Kirby
Keyword(s):  
Fruiting Body ◽  
Prey Availability ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Myxococcus Xanthus ◽  
Stringent Response ◽  
Fruiting Bodies ◽  
Fruiting Body Formation ◽  
Multicellular Development ◽  
Body Formation ◽  
Body Development

ABSTRACT Myxococcus xanthus is a predatory bacterium that exhibits complex social behavior. The most pronounced behavior is the aggregation of cells into raised fruiting body structures in which cells differentiate into stress-resistant spores. In the laboratory, monocultures of M. xanthus at a very high density will reproducibly induce hundreds of randomly localized fruiting bodies when exposed to low nutrient availability and a solid surface. In this report, we analyze how M. xanthus fruiting body development proceeds in a coculture with suitable prey. Our analysis indicates that when prey bacteria are provided as a nutrient source, fruiting body aggregation is more organized, such that fruiting bodies form specifically after a step-down or loss of prey availability, whereas a step-up in prey availability inhibits fruiting body formation. This localization of aggregates occurs independently of the basal nutrient levels tested, indicating that starvation is not required for this process. Analysis of early developmental signaling relA and asgD mutants indicates that they are capable of forming fruiting body aggregates in the presence of prey, demonstrating that the stringent response and A-signal production are surprisingly not required for the initiation of fruiting behavior. However, these strains are still defective in differentiating to spores. We conclude that fruiting body formation does not occur exclusively in response to starvation and propose an alternative model in which multicellular development is driven by the interactions between M. xanthus cells and their cognate prey.

scholarly journals Optimum Conditions for Artificial Fruiting Body Formation ofCordyceps cardinalis

Mycobiology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soo-Young Kim ◽  
Bhushan Shrestha ◽  
Gi-Ho Sung ◽  
Sang-Kuk Han ◽  
Jae-Mo Sung
Keyword(s):  
Fruiting Body ◽  
Optimum Conditions ◽  
Fruiting Body Formation ◽  
Body Formation
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