生物技术通报 ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 286-297.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2022-1303

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西瓜食酸菌III型分泌效应物基因aop2功能分析

陈宝强(), 李莹莹, 马博雅, 肉扎古丽·马利克, 优丽图孜·乃比, 宋金迪, 刘君(), 王希东()   

  1. 新疆农业大学生命科学学院,乌鲁木齐 830052
  • 收稿日期:2022-10-25 出版日期:2023-06-26 发布日期:2023-07-07
  • 通讯作者: 刘君,女,博士,副教授,研究方向:植物病原细菌学;E-mail: liujem@126.com
  • 作者简介:陈宝强,男,硕士,研究方向:植物病原细菌与植物互作机制;E-mail: q1144757863@126.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(31260419)

Functional Analysis of the Type III Secreted Effector Gene aop2 in Acidovorax citrulli

CHEN Bao-qiang(), LI Ying-ying, MA Bo-ya, ROUZHAGULI Malike, YOULITUZI Naibi, SONG Jin-di, LIU Jun(), WANG Xi-dong()   

  1. College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052
  • Received:2022-10-25 Published:2023-06-26 Online:2023-07-07

摘要:

III型分泌效应物(type III secreted effectors, T3SEs)是细菌性果斑病(bacterial fruit blotch, BFB)的病原菌——西瓜食酸菌(Acidovorax citrulli)分泌的关键致病因子。鉴定西瓜食酸菌特异的、具有GNAT(Gcn5-related N-acetyltransferase)超家族结构域的T3SE基因aop2,分析其编码蛋白质影响植物免疫的方式,可为深入认识该基因在病菌致病机制中的作用奠定基础。利用生物信息学分析其序列特征;借助荧光定量PCR技术分析aop2的表达调控及其表达与抗病相关基因表达间的关系;利用基因突变及基因功能互补手段,通过分析致病性、寄主活性氧积累量等解析基因功能;使用瞬时表达技术了解Aop2抑制激发子诱导的细胞坏死能力及其亚细胞定位情况。aop2基因启动子区存在III型分泌系统(type III secretion system, T3SS)核心基因结合位点,其编码的蛋白不存在信号肽和跨膜螺旋区,含一个GNAT家族乙酰转移酶结构域但无同源蛋白;T3SS核心基因hrpG/hrpX突变体中aop2基因的表达量显著降低;缺失aop2基因的突变体对寄主黄瓜的致病力降低,但黄瓜子叶中活性氧积累量增加;Aop2可定位于烟草整个细胞,能够抑制由坏死因子NIP诱导的PCD(programmed cell death);Aop2的表达增强了烟草叶片中病原相关分子模式触发的免疫(PAMP-triggered immunity, PTI)信号通路,以及SA和JA信号通路相关基因的表达。结果表明,Aop2为西瓜食酸菌一个含有GNAT结构域的特异T3SE,其在与寄主黄瓜互作中发挥毒性因子功能,在与烟草互作中参与调控植物细胞死亡及PTI和植物激素相关抗病防卫反应。

关键词: III型分泌效应物, aop2, 毒性因子, 细胞死亡, 乙酰转移酶, PTI

Abstract:

Type III secreted effectors are the key pathogenic factors secreted by Acidovorax citrulli, the pathogen of bacterial fruit blotch(BFB). To identify the T3SE gene aop2 with GNAT(Gcn5-related N-acetyltransferase)superfamily domain, which is specific for Acidovorax citrulli, and to analyze the way that its encoded protein affects plant immunity, will lay a foundation for further understanding the role of this gene in pathogen pathogenesis. Bioinformatics was applied to analyze the sequence characteristics. Fluorescence quantitative PCR was used to analyze the expression regulation of aop2 and its relationship with the expression of disease-resistant genes. Gene mutation and gene function complementation was to analyze the gene function, including pathogenicity and host reactive oxygen species accumulation. Transient expression technique was used to investigate the ability of Aop2 inhibitory elicitor to induce necrosis and its subcellular localization. There was a core gene binding site of Type III secretion system(T3SS)in the promoter region of aop2 gene, and there was no signal peptide or transmembrane helical region in the encoded protein, and there was a GNAT family acetyltransferase domain but no homologous protein. The expression of aop2 gene in hrpG/hrpX mutant of T3SS significantly decreased. The mutant with aop2 gene deletion decreased the pathogenicity of host cucumber, but increased the accumulation of reactive oxygen species in cucumber cotyledon. Aop2 can be localized to whole tobacco cells and inhibited programmed cell death(PCD)induced by NIP. The expression of Aop2 enhanced the expression of genes involved in SA and JA signaling pathways triggered by pathogen-related molecular patterns in tobacco leaves. The results showed that Aop2 was a specific T3SE containing GNAT domain in A. citrulli. Aop2 played the function of virulence factor in the interaction with cucumber and was involved in the regulation of plant cell death and PTI and phytohormone-related disease resistance in the interaction with tobacco.

Key words: type III secreted effectors, aop2, virulence factor, cell death, acetyltransferase, PTI