ABSTRACT: Transcription profiling by high throughput sequencing of resistant and susceptible maize genotypes after inoculation with Fusarium verticillioides
Project description:A next-generation RNA-sequencing approach was used for the first time to study transcriptional changes associated with Fusarium verticillioides inoculation in resistant CO441 and susceptible CO354 maize genotypes at 72 hours post inoculation.
Project description:Fusarium verticillioides is a detrimental fungus that can contaminate maize grains with mycotoxins that are harmful to human and animal health. Breeding and growing resistant genotypes is one alternative to reduce contamination and subsequent production of mycotoxins by this fungus. However, little is known about the resistant mechanism relevant to breeding in this pathosystem. Therefore, our aim was to identify genes and metabolites that may be related to Fusarium ear rot resistance using resistant and susceptible maize inbreds. Kernels of the resistant inbred showed significantly reduced disease severity, and reduced levels of total fumonisin and ergosterol content compared with the susceptible one. Gene expression data were obtained from microarray hybridizations using F. verticillioides inoculated and non inoculated maize kernels. Differentially expressed sequences were identified and classified into 36 functional categories. Most of the differentially expressed genes were assigned to the categories “protein, RNA, DNA, stress, transport, signaling and cell metabolism”. These genes encode for PR proteins, detoxification and primary metabolism enzymes. Fungal inoculation did not produce considerable changes in gene expression and metabolites in the resistant L4637 inbred, probably due to a preformed or constitutive resistance mechanism. Defense-related genes were induced or repressed in kernels of the susceptible inbred L4674, responding specifically to the pathogen infection. The qRT-PCR in infected silks showed that glucanase, lipid transfer, xylanase inhibitor, PR1 and 26S proteosome transcripts had higher expression ratios in the susceptible line compared to the resistant one in response to fungal infection. Through this study, a global view of differential genes expressed and metabolites concentration during resistance and susceptibility to F. verticillioides inoculation has been obtained, giving additional information about the mechanisms and pathways conferring resistance to this important disease in maize. Global view of differential genes expressed during resistance and susceptibility to F. verticillioides inoculation. Two maize inbred lines : one resistant (L4637) and one susceptible (L4674) to F. verticillioides infection. Two-condition experiment, Inoculated (I) vs. non-inoculated (NI) lines. Biological replicates: 3 . One replicate per array.
Project description:Fusarium verticillioides is a detrimental fungus that can contaminate maize grains with mycotoxins that are harmful to human and animal health. Breeding and growing resistant genotypes is one alternative to reduce contamination and subsequent production of mycotoxins by this fungus. However, little is known about the resistant mechanism relevant to breeding in this pathosystem. Therefore, our aim was to identify genes and metabolites that may be related to Fusarium ear rot resistance using resistant and susceptible maize inbreds. Kernels of the resistant inbred showed significantly reduced disease severity, and reduced levels of total fumonisin and ergosterol content compared with the susceptible one. Gene expression data were obtained from microarray hybridizations using F. verticillioides inoculated and non inoculated maize kernels. Differentially expressed sequences were identified and classified into 36 functional categories. Most of the differentially expressed genes were assigned to the categories “protein, RNA, DNA, stress, transport, signaling and cell metabolism”. These genes encode for PR proteins, detoxification and primary metabolism enzymes. Fungal inoculation did not produce considerable changes in gene expression and metabolites in the resistant L4637 inbred, probably due to a preformed or constitutive resistance mechanism. Defense-related genes were induced or repressed in kernels of the susceptible inbred L4674, responding specifically to the pathogen infection. The qRT-PCR in infected silks showed that glucanase, lipid transfer, xylanase inhibitor, PR1 and 26S proteosome transcripts had higher expression ratios in the susceptible line compared to the resistant one in response to fungal infection. Through this study, a global view of differential genes expressed and metabolites concentration during resistance and susceptibility to F. verticillioides inoculation has been obtained, giving additional information about the mechanisms and pathways conferring resistance to this important disease in maize.
Project description:Fungal resistant and susceptible maize genotypes were subjected to Aspergillus flavus spore inoculation and kernels around the infected area were collected 4 days after inoculation. Uninoculated kernels were also collected at 4 days. Microarray experiment was performed to compare the transcriptional profiles of the different genotypes and interpret the genes involved in the associated resistance of the individual genotype to further characterize them as potential molecular markers for resistance.
Project description:Head smut of maize, which is caused by the Sporisorium reilianum f. sp. Zeae (Kühn), has been a serious disease in maize. In order to find head smut resistant candidate genes, microarrays were used to monitor the gene expression profiles between disease resistant near isogenic lines (NIL) L282 and L43, highly resistant inbred line Q319 and highly susceptible inbred line Huangzao4 after 0 to7 days post inoculation of S.reiliana by artificial inoculation method.
Project description:Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) is a disease of wheat and other cereal crops, where, among other species, Fusarium graminearum infects the wheat inflorescence. Microarrays were used to observe differential gene expression in FHB-challenged spikes of the two European winter wheat genotypes Dream (moderately resistant) and Lynx (susceptible). Plants were either inoculated with the Fusarium graminearum strain IFA 65 (IFA Tulln) (500 macroconidia/floret) or were as control plants mock treated with desalted water. The inocula were injected into four spikelets at early anthesis and spikelets were later on collected at 32 and 72 h after inoculation. Four plants were sampled per genotype/treatment/sampling date. Total RNA was extracted from collected spikelets, and microarray analysis was performed using the Affymetrix Wheat GeneChip.
Project description:In this study, we used dual RNA-sequencing to profile FHB-resistant AC Emerson, FHB-moderately AC Morley, and FHB-susceptible CDC Falcon winter wheat cultivars prior to and in response to Fusarium graminearum at 7 days post inoculation. Differential expression analyses revealed distinct defense responses between resistant and susceptible wheat cultivars including increased mechanical defense through lignin biosynthesis and increased deoxynivalenol (DON) detoxification through UDP-glycosyltransferase activity in resistant cultivars. Further, differential expression analysis in F. graminearum challenging these distinct cultivars revealed changes genes involved in trichothecene mycotoxin biosynthesis.
Project description:Resistance mechanisms of wheat to Fusarium graminearum are still poorly understood. Multiple reports have investigated transcriptomic differences between resistant and susceptible genotypes. To investigate the genetic determinants underlying the two major contributor QTL Fhb1 and Qfhs.ifa-5A, we generated a set of near-isogenic lines, that we have used for transcriptomic studies using the Affymetrix wheat GeneChip®: 4 near-isogenic lines (BC5F2) derived from a cross of CM82036 and cv Remus (susceptible recurrent parent) and the resistant parent CM82036 have been inoculated with Fusarium spore suspension or water as control at anthesis. Samples have been taken at 3 timepoints 8, 24 and 72 hours after inoculation. Five wheat heads per condition were pooled into one sample, that has been used for RNA preparation. Including 3 replicates a total of 90 microarrays have been hybridized. Our results identify a wide variety of genes (631 transcripts) that are differentially regulated for Fusarium graminearum in all genotypes after 72 h and 339 genes that are upregulated only in lines without Qfhs.ifa.5A. Few genes were found differentially regulated for Fusarium and QTL. Many interesting candidates emerge from the set of QTL-specific genes that are constitutively expressed when comparing water-treated samples. ****[PLEXdb(http://www.plexdb.org) has submitted this series at GEO on behalf of the original contributor, Wolfgang Schweiger. The equivalent experiment is TA41 at PLEXdb.]
Project description:Compare gene expression between maize genotype resistant (Pa405) and susceptible (Oh28) to maize dwarf mosaic virus (MDMV) infection 4 days post-inoculation using microarrays.
Project description:A comparative study to determine the pepper leaf curl virus resistance machanism between resistant and susceptible genotypes at three leaf stage. To study the molecular mechanism of pepper leaf curl virus (PepLCV) resistance, pepper plants were exposed to PepLCV through artificial inoculation and hybridization on Agilent tomato microarrays. The expression analysis of PepLCV resistant and susceptible genotypes after artificial inoculation at three leaf stage showed that the resistance against PepLCV is due to sum of expression of hundreds of genes at a particular stage.