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Fungal oxylipins direct programmed developmental switches in filamentous fungi
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Can Zhao,
Erwin Berthier,
Ernst Oliw,
David Beebe ,
Michael Bromley ,
Nancy P. Keller
Nature Communications, Volume: 11, Issue: 1
Swansea University Author:
Claudio Greco
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DOI (Published version): 10.1038/s41467-020-18999-0
Abstract
Filamentous fungi differentiate along complex developmental programs directed by abiotic and biotic signals. Currently, intrinsic signals that govern fungal development remain largely unknown. Here we show that an endogenously produced and secreted fungal oxylipin, 5,8-diHODE, induces fungal cellula...
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| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
2020
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61518 |
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Filamentous fungi differentiate along complex developmental programs directed by abiotic and biotic signals. Currently, intrinsic signals that govern fungal development remain largely unknown. Here we show that an endogenously produced and secreted fungal oxylipin, 5,8-diHODE, induces fungal cellular differentiation, including lateral branching in pathogenic Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus flavus, and appressorium formation in the rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea. The Aspergillus branching response is specific to a subset of oxylipins and is signaled through G-protein coupled receptors. RNA-Seq profiling shows differential expression of many transcription factors in response to 5,8-diHODE. Screening of null mutants of 33 of those transcription factors identifies three transcriptional regulators that appear to mediate the Aspergillus branching response; one of the mutants is locked in a hypo-branching phenotype, while the other two mutants display a hyper-branching phenotype. Our work reveals an endogenous signal that triggers crucial developmental processes in filamentous fungi, and opens new avenues for research on the morphogenesis of filamentous fungi. |
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This study was funded in part by the National Institutes of Health R01 AI065728-01 and GM112739-02 to N.P.K., a Predoctoral Training Program in Genetics award for GF (5T32GM07133), NIH T32 ES007015 to B.N.S., and a Wellcome Trust grant 208396/Z/17/Z to M.B. |
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