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- Title
Effects of Phospholipase C on Fusarium graminearum Growth and Development.
- Authors
Zhu, Qili; Zhou, Benguo; Gao, Zhengliang; Liang, Yuancun
- Abstract
Phospholipase C (PLC) plays important roles in regulating various biological processes in eukaryotes. Currently, little is known about the function of PLC in filamentous fungi, especially the plant pathogenic fungi. Fusarium graminearum is the causal agent of Fusarium head blight in many cereal crops. BLAST search revealed that Fusarium genome contains six FgPLC genes. Using quantitative RT-PCR, different FgPLC gene expressions in mycelia were analyzed. To investigate the role of FgPLC in F. graminearum biology, a pharmacological study using a known inhibitor of PLC (U73122) was conducted. Results showed that inhibition of FgPLC resulted in significant alterations of mycelial growth, conidiation, conidial germination, perithecium formation, and expressions of Tri5 and Tri6 genes. As expected, the treatment of F. graminearum with U73343, an inactive analog of U73122, showed no effect on F. graminearum biology. Our results suggested strongly that FgPLC plays important roles in F. graminearum growth and development.
- Subjects
PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE C genetics; PHYTOPATHOGENIC fungi; FUSARIUM diseases of plants; WHEAT fusarium culmorum head blight
- Publication
Current Microbiology, 2015, Vol 71, Issue 6, p632
- ISSN
0343-8651
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00284-015-0901-z