ABSTRACT
Although Morchella esculenta (L.) Pers. is an edible and nutritious mushroom with significant selenium (Se)-enriched potential, its biological response to selenium stimuli remains unclear. This study explored the effect of selenium on mushroom growth and the global gene expression profiles of M. esculenta. While 5 µg mL-1selenite treatment slightly promoted mycelia growth and mushroom yield, 10 µg mL-1significantly inhibited growth. Based on comparative transcriptome analysis, samples treated with 5 µg mL-1 and 10 µg mL-1 of Se contained 16,061 (452 upregulated and 15,609 downregulated) and 14,155 differentially expressed genes (DEGs; 800 upregulated and 13,355 downregulated), respectively. Moreover, DEGs were mainly enriched in the cell cycle, meiosis, aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis, spliceosome, protein processing in endoplasmic reticulum pathway, and mRNA surveillance pathway in both selenium-treated groups. Among these, MFS substrate transporter and aspartate aminotransferase genes potentially involved in Se metabolism and those linked to redox homeostasis were significantly upregulated, while genes involved in isoflavone biosynthesis and flavonoid metabolism were significantly downregulated. Gene expression levels increased alongside selenite treatment concentration, suggesting that high Se concentrations promoted M. esculenta detoxification. These results can be used to thoroughly explain the potential detoxification and Se enrichment processes in M. esculenta and edible fungi.
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Selenium , Transcriptome , Selenium/pharmacology , Selenium/administration & dosage , Selenium/metabolism , Transcriptome/drug effects , Ascomycota/drug effects , Ascomycota/growth & development , Gene Expression Profiling , Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal/drug effectsABSTRACT
Los microARNs (miARNs) son moléculas pequeñas de ARN utilizadas por los eucariotas como un mecanismo de control de la expresión génica. En plantas los miRNAs están implicados en la regulación de distintos aspectos del crecimiento y desarrollo, así como en la tolerancia a estrés biótico y abiótico. Muchos miARNs de plantas se encuentran conservados en todos los grupos de embriófitos, sin embargo aún existen muchas plantas para las que no se conoce el reportorio de miARNs. Asimismo se desconoce el papel que algunos miARNs pueden tener en procesos como defensa contra patógenos. En este trabajo se construyó una librería de ARNs pequeños a partir de muestras de tejidos de Manihot esculenta (yuca) inoculados con la bacteria fitopatógena Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis (Xam), y se secuenciaron utilizando técnicas de secuenciación de nueva generación (Solexa/Illumina). Se identificaron en la librería 47 familias de miARNs de yuca conservados en otras plantas. Se cuantificó la expresión de estos miARNs, encontrándose similitudes con perfiles de expresión en otras plantas. Se encontró la secuencia de los precursores para algunos miARNs en secuencias de ESTs y GSSs de yuca. Asimismo se predijeron los blancos de estos miARNs en el set de ESTs encontrándose que muchos miARNs están dirigidos contra factores de transcripción, y que existe un gran porcentaje de posibles blancos con función desconocida. Este trabajo es el primer paso hacia entender cómo la vía de miARNs puede estar implicada en la interacción planta-patógeno en el sistema M. esculenta-Xam.
microRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNA molecules used by eukaryotes as a control mechanism for gene expression. In plants, miRNAs play a regulatory role in the expression of various genes involved in growth and development, as well in biotic and abiotic stress tolerance. Many plant miRNAs are conserved in all land plants; however the repertoire of miRNAs is still unknown for many plant species. Likewise, the role for some plant miRNAs in pathogen defense is also unknown. In this work we constructed a library of small RNA from tissues of Manihot esculenta (Cassava) infected with the pathogenic bacteria Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. manihotis (Xam). The small RNAs were sequenced using next-generation sequencing (Solexa/Illumina). We identified 47 conserved miRNAs families in Cassava and quantified their expression, finding similarities with expression profiles from other plants. We found sequences for the precursors of some of these families in sets of ESTs and GSSs. We also predicted targets for these miRNAs in a set of ESTs, finding many miRNAs targeting transcription factors, and regions with unknown function. This work constitutes a first step towards understanding the role of the miRNA pathway in plant-pathogen interaction in the M. esculenta-Xam pathosystem.
