MrCreC, a carbon catabolite repression gene, is required for the growth, conidiation, stress tolerance and virulence of Metarhizium robertsii

[Display omitted] •MrCreC is required for the normal growth and C-sources utilization in M. robertsii.•Deletion of MrCreC significant decrease the fungal sporulation.•MrCreC plays key roles in appressorium formation and virulence. As a key component of carbon source metabolism in fungi, CreC WD40 re...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of invertebrate pathology 2023-11, Vol.201, p.108009-108009, Article 108009
Hauptverfasser: Xie, Xiangyun, Wang, Yulong, Jin, Shaoxia, He, Lili, Jia, Zefeng, Huang, Bo
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Zusammenfassung:[Display omitted] •MrCreC is required for the normal growth and C-sources utilization in M. robertsii.•Deletion of MrCreC significant decrease the fungal sporulation.•MrCreC plays key roles in appressorium formation and virulence. As a key component of carbon source metabolism in fungi, CreC WD40 repeat protein is regulated by carbon catabolite repression (CCR). However, the understanding of the functions of CreC in entomopathogenic fungi is currently limited. Here, CreC in Metarhizium robertsii (MrCreC) was identified, and its roles in fungal development, conidiation, environmental stress response, and insecticidal virulence were explored. MrCreC is localized to cytoplasm, and MrCreC deletion affects fungal growth on various nutrients. Compared to the wild type, the sporulation of ΔMrCreC strain was significantly decreased by 60.3%. Further qPCR analysis found that deletion of MrCreC resulted in repression of sporulation-related genes such as AbaA, FlbA, Flbc, MedA, FlbD, FluG, and wetA. In addition, MrCreC loss did not alter heat stress tolerance but resulted in enhanced tolerance to UV-B. Interestingly, bioassays showed that the virulence following exposures to topical applications or injection of conidial suspensions of both infection and injection was impaired compared with that of the wild type. Further analysis showed that the adhesion and cuticle penetration genes in ΔMrCreC was down-regulated during infection, and the appressorial formation rate was significantly reduced. A deletion of MrCreC significantly also reduced immune escape and nutrient utilization genes in insect hemocoel. In conclusion, MrCreC is involved in the growth, development and virulence of M. robertsii. These findings advance our understanding of the function of CCR pathway-related genes.
ISSN:0022-2011
1096-0805
DOI:10.1016/j.jip.2023.108009