Molecular and metabolic investigation into the fungal-fungal interaction between the soilborne plant pathogen «Rhizoctania solani» and the mycoparasite «Stachybotrys elegans»
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Mycoparasitism, the direct attack of one fungus on another, is a complex process that involves sequential events, including recognition, attack and subsequent penetration and killing of the host. The cellular interaction between Stachybotrys elegans a mycoparasite of the soilborne plant pathogen Rhizoctonia solani begins with molecular and chemical interactions that lead to expression of several genes or components of signaling pathways, and secretion of many metabolite biomarkers. Transcriptional changes of several mycoparasitism-induced genes (oxidoreductase, cytochrome P450 monooxygenase, carboxylesterase, and O-methyltransferase) during an extended period of interaction were associated with the formation of excessive coils and infection pegs which are required for limiting the growth of the pathogen. Hyphae and sclerotia of R. solani triggered different expression patterns of these genes, which is a clear indication that multiple regulatory mechanisms might be involved during the mycoparasitic process. In response to attack, hyphal and sclerotial cells of R. solani had elevated expression of pyridoxal reductase, a precursor of vitamin B6 or its derivatives which are known as antioxidants and quenchers of reactive oxygen species. The high elevated expression of some genes belonging to the mycoparasite and the host suggests that these genes play an important role during the mycoparasitic process and host defense, respectively. As a first step toward understanding the molecular basis of signal transduction during the cross talk between S. elegans and R. solani, the cloning and complete characterization of smkA, the first MAP kinase (MAPK/ERK1/2) gene from S. elegans was accomplished. At the transcriptional level, smkA was significantly induced in response to hyphal parasitism compared to parasitized sclerotia. However, under starvation condition, smkA levels were significantly induced at a later stage of growth. Western blot analysis against ERK1/2 showed an increase in their phosphorylated forms when S. elegans was grown under starvation condition compared to that detected in response to mycoparasitism. A higher abundance of phosphorylated ERK1/2 at the third day of interaction compared to that estimated under starvation condition was detected by applying LC–MS/MS. Direct Infusion Orbitrap MS (DI-MS) and robust bioinformatics tools highlighted a total of 486 metabolites as biomarkers in parasitized cells of R. solani, and in cells from monocultures of R. solani. Carboxylic acids and alkaloids were the predominant chemical groups in parasitized cells compared to those in R. solani monocultures indicating their role in the mycoparasitism. The increase in relative intensity of R. solani-derived indole biomarker, 11-hydroxycanthin-6-one, is indicative of a defense reaction against S. elegans. This study provides new knowledge that can be exploited for plant disease management strategies and for research dealing with biotechnology such as genetic engineering and/or biomarker-assisted plant breeding.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".