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The bZIP Transcription Factor Fgap1 Mediates Oxidative Stress Response and Trichothecene Biosynthesis But Not Virulence in Fusarium graminearum
Redox sensing is of primary importance for fungi to cope with oxidant compounds found in their environment. Plant pathogens are particularly subject to the oxidative burst during the primary steps of infection. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, it is the transcription factor Yap1 that m...
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author | Montibus, Mathilde Ducos, Christine Bonnin-Verdal, Marie-Noelle Bormann, Jorg Ponts, Nadia Richard-Forget, Florence Barreau, Christian |
author_facet | Montibus, Mathilde Ducos, Christine Bonnin-Verdal, Marie-Noelle Bormann, Jorg Ponts, Nadia Richard-Forget, Florence Barreau, Christian |
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description | Redox sensing is of primary importance for fungi to cope with oxidant compounds found in their environment. Plant pathogens are particularly subject to the oxidative burst during the primary steps of infection. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, it is the transcription factor Yap1 that mediates the response to oxidative stress via activation of genes coding for detoxification enzymes. In the cereal pathogen Fusarium graminearum, Fgap1 a homologue of Yap1 was identified and its role was investigated. During infection, this pathogen produces mycotoxins belonging to the trichothecenes family that accumulate in the grains. The global regulation of toxin biosynthesis is not completely understood. However, it is now clearly established that an oxidative stress activates the production of toxins by F. graminearum. The involvement of Fgap1 in this activation was investigated. A deleted mutant and a strain expressing a truncated constitutive form of Fgap1 were constructed. None of the mutants was affected in pathogenicity. The deleted mutant showed higher level of trichothecenes production associated with overexpression of Tri genes. Moreover activation of toxin accumulation in response to oxidative stress was no longer observed. Regarding the mutant with the truncated constitutive form of Fgap1, toxin production was strongly reduced. Expression of oxidative stress response genes was not activated in the deleted mutant and expression of the gene encoding the mitochondrial superoxide dismutase MnSOD1 was up-regulated in the mutant with the truncated constitutive form of Fgap1. Our results demonstrate that Fgap1 plays a key role in the link between oxidative stress response and F. graminearum secondary metabolism. |
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spelling | pubmed-38615022013-12-17 The bZIP Transcription Factor Fgap1 Mediates Oxidative Stress Response and Trichothecene Biosynthesis But Not Virulence in Fusarium graminearum Montibus, Mathilde Ducos, Christine Bonnin-Verdal, Marie-Noelle Bormann, Jorg Ponts, Nadia Richard-Forget, Florence Barreau, Christian PLoS One Research Article Redox sensing is of primary importance for fungi to cope with oxidant compounds found in their environment. Plant pathogens are particularly subject to the oxidative burst during the primary steps of infection. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, it is the transcription factor Yap1 that mediates the response to oxidative stress via activation of genes coding for detoxification enzymes. In the cereal pathogen Fusarium graminearum, Fgap1 a homologue of Yap1 was identified and its role was investigated. During infection, this pathogen produces mycotoxins belonging to the trichothecenes family that accumulate in the grains. The global regulation of toxin biosynthesis is not completely understood. However, it is now clearly established that an oxidative stress activates the production of toxins by F. graminearum. The involvement of Fgap1 in this activation was investigated. A deleted mutant and a strain expressing a truncated constitutive form of Fgap1 were constructed. None of the mutants was affected in pathogenicity. The deleted mutant showed higher level of trichothecenes production associated with overexpression of Tri genes. Moreover activation of toxin accumulation in response to oxidative stress was no longer observed. Regarding the mutant with the truncated constitutive form of Fgap1, toxin production was strongly reduced. Expression of oxidative stress response genes was not activated in the deleted mutant and expression of the gene encoding the mitochondrial superoxide dismutase MnSOD1 was up-regulated in the mutant with the truncated constitutive form of Fgap1. Our results demonstrate that Fgap1 plays a key role in the link between oxidative stress response and F. graminearum secondary metabolism. Public Library of Science 2013-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3861502/ /pubmed/24349499 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083377 Text en © 2013 Montibus et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Montibus, Mathilde Ducos, Christine Bonnin-Verdal, Marie-Noelle Bormann, Jorg Ponts, Nadia Richard-Forget, Florence Barreau, Christian The bZIP Transcription Factor Fgap1 Mediates Oxidative Stress Response and Trichothecene Biosynthesis But Not Virulence in Fusarium graminearum |
title | The bZIP Transcription Factor Fgap1 Mediates Oxidative Stress Response and Trichothecene Biosynthesis But Not Virulence in Fusarium graminearum
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title_full | The bZIP Transcription Factor Fgap1 Mediates Oxidative Stress Response and Trichothecene Biosynthesis But Not Virulence in Fusarium graminearum
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title_fullStr | The bZIP Transcription Factor Fgap1 Mediates Oxidative Stress Response and Trichothecene Biosynthesis But Not Virulence in Fusarium graminearum
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title_full_unstemmed | The bZIP Transcription Factor Fgap1 Mediates Oxidative Stress Response and Trichothecene Biosynthesis But Not Virulence in Fusarium graminearum
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title_short | The bZIP Transcription Factor Fgap1 Mediates Oxidative Stress Response and Trichothecene Biosynthesis But Not Virulence in Fusarium graminearum
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title_sort | bzip transcription factor fgap1 mediates oxidative stress response and trichothecene biosynthesis but not virulence in fusarium graminearum |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3861502/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349499 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083377 |
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