The membrane mucin Msb2 regulates aflatoxin biosynthesis and pathogenicity in fungus Aspergillus flavus

Msb2 is important for growth, conidia and sclerotia formation in Aspergillus flavus. Msb2 play negative roles in regulation of aflatoxins biosynthesis. Summary As a pathogenic fungus, Aspergillus flavus can produce carcinogenic aflatoxins (AFs), which poses a great threat to crops and animals. Msb2,...

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Published in:Microbial biotechnology 2021-03, Vol.14 (2), p.628-642
Main Authors: Qin, Ling, Li, Ding, Zhao, Jiaru, Yang, Guang, Wang, Yinchun, Yang, Kunlong, Tumukunde, Elisabeth, Wang, Shihua, Yuan, Jun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aflatoxin B1
Aflatoxins
Algorithms
Amino acid sequence
Animals
Asexuality
Aspergillus flavus - genetics
Bioinformatics
Biosynthesis
Fungal Proteins - genetics
Fungi
Fusarium oxysporum
Gene expression
Homology
Kinases
MAP kinase
Membranes
Mucin
Mucins
Pathogenicity
Pathogens
Phylogenetics
Proteins
PyrG gene
Rice blast
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Signal transduction
Virulence
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Summary:Msb2 is important for growth, conidia and sclerotia formation in Aspergillus flavus. Msb2 play negative roles in regulation of aflatoxins biosynthesis. Summary As a pathogenic fungus, Aspergillus flavus can produce carcinogenic aflatoxins (AFs), which poses a great threat to crops and animals. Msb2, the signalling mucin protein, is a part of mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway which contributes to a range of physiological processes. In this study, the roles of membrane mucin Msb2 were explored in A. flavus by the application of gene disruption. The deletion of msb2 gene (Δmsb2) caused defects in vegetative growth, sporulation and sclerotia formation when compared to WT and complement strain (Δmsb2C) in A. flavus. Using thin‐layer chromatography (TLC) and high‐performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis, it was found that deletion of msb2 down‐regulated aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) synthesis and decreased the infection capacity of A. flavus. Consistently, Msb2 responds to cell wall stress and osmotic stress by positively regulating the phosphorylation of MAP kinase. Notably, Δmsb2 mutant exhibited cell wall defect, and it was more sensitive to inhibitor caspofungin when compared to WT and Δmsb2C. Taking together, these results revealed that Msb2 plays key roles in morphological development process, stresses adaptation, secondary metabolism and pathogenicity in fungus A. flavus.
ISSN:1751-7915
1751-7915
DOI:10.1111/1751-7915.13701