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PLoS One ; 7(3): e32583, 2012.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22412891

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Pathogen entry through host blossoms is the predominant infection pathway of the gram-negative bacterium Erwinia amylovora leading to manifestation of the disease fire blight. Like in other economically important plant pathogens, E. amylovora pathogenicity depends on a type III secretion system encoded by hrp genes. However, timing and transcriptional order of hrp gene expression during flower infections are unknown. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Using quantitative real-time PCR analyses, we addressed the questions of how fast, strong and uniform key hrp virulence genes and the effector dspA/E are expressed when bacteria enter flowers provided with the full defense mechanism of the apple plant. In non-invasive bacterial inoculations of apple flowers still attached to the tree, E. amylovora activated expression of key type III secretion genes in a narrow time window, mounting in a single expression peak of all investigated hrp/dspA/E genes around 24-48 h post inoculation (hpi). This single expression peak coincided with a single depression in the plant PR-1 expression at 24 hpi indicating transient manipulation of the salicylic acid pathway as one target of E. amylovora type III effectors. Expression of hrp/dspA/E genes was highly correlated to expression of the regulator hrpL and relative transcript abundances followed the ratio: hrpA>hrpN>hrpL>dspA/E. Acidic conditions (pH 4) in flower infections led to reduced virulence/effector gene expression without the typical expression peak observed under natural conditions (pH 7). CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE: The simultaneous expression of hrpL, hrpA, hrpN, and the effector dspA/E during early floral infection indicates that speed and immediate effector transmission is important for successful plant invasion. When this delicate balance is disturbed, e.g., by acidic pH during infection, virulence gene expression is reduced, thus partly explaining the efficacy of acidification in fire blight control on a molecular level.


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Erwinia amylovora/genética , Erwinia amylovora/patogenicidade , Flores/microbiologia , Malus/microbiologia , Doenças das Plantas/microbiologia , Fatores de Virulência/genética , Expressão Gênica , Doenças das Plantas/genética , Doenças das Plantas/imunologia , Proteínas de Plantas/genética
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Science ; 330(6010): 1546-8, 2010 Dec 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21148393

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Biotrophic pathogens, such as the related maize pathogenic fungi Ustilago maydis and Sporisorium reilianum, establish an intimate relationship with their hosts by secreting protein effectors. Because secreted effectors interacting with plant proteins should rapidly evolve, we identified variable genomic regions by sequencing the genome of S. reilianum and comparing it with the U. maydis genome. We detected 43 regions of low sequence conservation in otherwise well-conserved syntenic genomes. These regions primarily encode secreted effectors and include previously identified virulence clusters. By deletion analysis in U. maydis, we demonstrate a role in virulence for four previously unknown diversity regions. This highlights the power of comparative genomics of closely related species for identification of virulence determinants.


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Evolução Molecular , Genoma Fúngico , Interações Hospedeiro-Patógeno/genética , Doenças das Plantas/microbiologia , Ustilaginales/patogenicidade , Fatores de Virulência/genética , Zea mays/microbiologia , Sequência Conservada , Proteínas Fúngicas/genética , Proteínas Fúngicas/metabolismo , Deleção de Genes , Anotação de Sequência Molecular , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Família Multigênica , Interferência de RNA , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Sintenia , Ustilaginales/genética , Ustilago/genética , Ustilago/patogenicidade , Virulência/genética
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