Multiple translocation of the AVR-Pita effector gene among chromosomes of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae and related species.
Multiple translocation of the AVR-Pita effector gene among chromosomes of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae and related species.
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1002147
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2011-07
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Tosa Y
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作者:
Chuma I;Isobe C;Hotta Y;Ibaragi K;Futamata N;Kusaba M;Yoshida K;Terauchi R;Fujita Y;Nakayashiki H;Valent B;Tosa Y
Magnaporthe oryzae is the causal agent of rice blast disease, a devastating problem worldwide. This fungus has caused breakdown of resistance conferred by newly developed commercial cultivars. To address how the rice blast fungus adapts itself to new resistance genes so quickly, we examined chromosomal locations of AVR-Pita, a subtelomeric gene family corresponding to the Pita resistance gene, in various isolates of M. oryzae (including wheat and millet pathogens) and its related species. We found that AVR-Pita (AVR-Pita1 and AVR-Pita2) is highly variable in its genome location, occurring in chromosomes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and supernumerary chromosomes, particularly in rice-infecting isolates. When expressed in M. oryzae, most of the AVR-Pita homologs could elicit Pita-mediated resistance, even those from non-rice isolates. AVR-Pita was flanked by a retrotransposon, which presumably contributed to its multiple translocation across the genome. On the other hand, family member AVR-Pita3, which lacks avirulence activity, was stably located on chromosome 7 in a vast majority of isolates. These results suggest that the diversification in genome location of AVR-Pita in the rice isolates is a consequence of recognition by Pita in rice. We propose a model that the multiple translocation of AVR-Pita may be associated with its frequent loss and recovery mediated by its transfer among individuals in asexual populations. This model implies that the high mobility of AVR-Pita is a key mechanism accounting for the rapid adaptation toward Pita. Dynamic adaptation of some fungal plant pathogens may be achieved by deletion and recovery of avirulence genes using a population as a unit of adaptation. Rice blast disease, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae, is a serious threat to global rice production. Dozens of resistance genes are available for disease control, but the fungus rapidly evolves to overcome a resistance gene within 2 or 3 years in the field. Resistance requires recognition of corresponding pathogen “avirulence effectors”, proteins or small molecules secreted by the fungus in the host plant. Resistance gene breakdown involves mutation of the avirulence effector so that it is no longer recognized by the resistance gene product. We describe evolutionary processes associated with the subtelomeric avirulence effector AVR-Pita corresponding to rice resistance gene Pita. Comparing individuals in the asexual fungal population infecting rice, AVR-Pita has frequently been translocated to different chromosomes, including unstable supernumerary chromosomes. AVR-Pita occurs at different chromosomal localizations in populations from weeds and millet crops lacking Pita, but this location is stable in individuals of each population. Family member AVR-Pita3, which lacks a corresponding rice resistance gene, shows extremely stable localization on a single chromosome throughout all host-adapted populations of the pathogen. Translocation of AVR-Pita might be associated with the frequent transfer of this gene between individuals in the asexual pathogen population responding to selection by sporadic deployment of Pita.
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