Liu Shuyang ,Guoxiong Peng,Yuxian Xia
Background: The efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi in pest control is mainly affected by various adverse environmental factors, such as heat shock and UV-B radiation, and by responses of the host insect, such as oxidative stress, osmotic stress and fever. In this study, an adenylate cyclase gene (MaAC) was cloned from the locust-specific entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium acridum, which is homologous to various fungal adenylate cyclase genes. RNA silencing was adapted to analyze the role of MaAC in virulence and tolerance to adverse factors from environment and host insect. Results: Compared with the wild type, the vegetative growth of the RNAi mutant was decreased in PD (potato dextrose medium), Czapek-dox and PDA plates, respectively, the cAMP levels was also reduced in PD liquid culture. Knockdown of MaAC by RNAi led to a great reduction in fungal growth in the hemolymph of locusts after injection and topical inoculation, thus demonstrating that MaAC encodes an adenylate cyclase and is required for virulence of M. acridum. Virulence assay indicated that the effect of MaAC on the virulence was mainly inside the host locust. A plate assay indicated that the tolerances of the MaAC RNAi mutant under oxidative stress, osmotic stress, heat shock and UV-B radiation was decreased compared with the wild type. Conclusion: MaAC affects virulence, primarily by fungal growth inside the insect, and is required for tolerance to oxidative stress, osmotic stress, heat shock and UV-B radiation. MaAC affects the fungal virulence via vegetative growth and tolerance against oxidative stress, osmotic stress and locust fever.
2012-03-30
Natural Science Foundation of China （No.30971913）
Chongqing University Postgraduates’Innovative Team Building Project（Team No. 200909B1009）
Chongqing University, College of Bioengineering, ChongQing 400030,Chongqing University, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing 400030,Chongqing University, College of Bioengineering, Chongqing 400030
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The shortage of available genomic and transcriptomic data hampers the molecular study on the locust central nervous system (CNS). Here, locust CNS RNA was sequenced by deep sequencing; 41,179 unigenes were obtained with an average length of 570 bp, and 5,519 unigenes were longer than 1,000 bp. A total of 15,895 unigenes were identified, including 644 nervous system relevant unigenes. Among the 25,284 unknown unigenes, 9,482 were found to be specific to CNS by filtering out the previous ESTs acquired from locust organs without CNS. The locust CNS showed the most matches (18%) with Tribolium castaneum sequences. Comprehensive assessment reveals that the database generated in this study is broadly representative of the CNS of adult locust, providing comprehensive gene information at the transcriptional level that could facilitate our research of the locust CNS, including various physiological aspects and pesticide target finding.
2011-04-19
Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China （No. 20090191110031）
Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 30971913）
Chongqing University Postgraduates’Innovative Team Building Project（Team number: 200909B1009）
Genetic Engineering Research Center, School of Bioengineering, Chongqing University,Genetic Engineering Research Center, School of Bioengineering, Chongqing University
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