Beauveria bassiana rewires molecular mechanisms related to growth and defense in tomato
Proietti, Silvia; Falconieri, Gaia Salvatore; Laura, BERTINI; Pascale, Alberto; Bizzarri, Elisabetta; Morales-Sanfrutos, Julia; Sabidó, Eduard; Ruocco, Michelina; MAURILIA, MARIA MONTI; Russo, Assunta; Dziurka, Kinga; Ceci, Marcello; Loreto, Francesco; Caruso, Carla
(2023) Journal of Experimental Botany, volume 74, issue 14, pp. 4225 - 4243
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Abstract
Plant roots can exploit beneficial associations with soil-inhabiting microbes, promoting growth and expanding the immune capacity of the host plant. In this work, we aimed to provide new information on changes occurring in tomato interacting with the beneficial fungus Beauveria bassiana. The tomato leaf proteome revealed perturbed molecular pathways during
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the establishment of the plant–fungus relationship. In the early stages of colonization (5–7 d), proteins related to defense responses to the fungus were down-regulated and proteins related to calcium transport were up-regulated. At later time points (12–19 d after colonization), up-regulation of molecular pathways linked to protein/amino acid turnover and to biosynthesis of energy compounds suggests beneficial interaction enhancing plant growth and development. At the later stage, the profile of leaf hormones and related compounds was also investigated, highlighting up-regulation of those related to plant growth and defense. Finally, B. bassiana colonization was found to improve plant resistance to Botrytis cinerea, impacting plant oxidative damage. Overall, our findings further expand current knowledge on the possible mechanisms underlying the beneficial role of B. bassiana in tomato plants.
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Keywords: Beauveria bassiana, Botrytis cinerea, hormones, necrotrophic pathogen, oxidative stress, proteome, tomato, Physiology, Plant Science
ISSN: 0022-0957
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Note: Funding Information: This work was supported by Ministero dell' Università e della Ricerca (MUR) - [PRIN Project no. 2017JLN833_005]: “Plant multitROphic interactions for bioinspired Strategies of PEst ConTrol (PROSPECT)”. The work of Alberto Pascale was supported by Marie Skłodowska‐Curie Individual Fellowship MSCA-IF-2019 [MetaFun, grant agreement: 893366]. The CRG/UPF Proteomics Unit is part of the Spanish Infrastructure for Omics Technologies (ICTS OmicsTech). This project was supported by EPIC-XS, project number 823839, funded by the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Union. We also acknowledge support of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation to the EMBL partnership, the Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa, the CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya, and Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca del Departament d’Economia i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya (2017SGR595). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology.
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