TY - JOUR
T1 - Survival trade-offs in plant roots during colonization by closely related beneficial and pathogenic fungi
AU - Hacquard, Stéphane
AU - Kracher, Barbara
AU - Hiruma, Kei
AU - Münch, Philipp C
AU - Garrido-Oter, Ruben
AU - Thon, Michael R
AU - Weimann, Aaron
AU - Damm, U.
AU - Dallery, Jean-Félix
AU - Hainaut, Matthieu
AU - Henrissat, Bernard
AU - Lespinet, Olivier
AU - Sacristán, Soledad
AU - Ver Loren van Themaat, Emiel
AU - Kemen, Eric
AU - McHardy, Alice C
AU - Schulze-Lefert, Paul
AU - O'Connell, Richard J
PY - 2016/5/6
Y1 - 2016/5/6
N2 - The sessile nature of plants forced them to evolve mechanisms to prioritize their responses to simultaneous stresses, including colonization by microbes or nutrient starvation. Here, we compare the genomes of a beneficial root endophyte, Colletotrichum tofieldiae and its pathogenic relative C. incanum, and examine the transcriptomes of both fungi and their plant host Arabidopsis during phosphate starvation. Although the two species diverged only 8.8 million years ago and have similar gene arsenals, we identify genomic signatures indicative of an evolutionary transition from pathogenic to beneficial lifestyles, including a narrowed repertoire of secreted effector proteins, expanded families of chitin-binding and secondary metabolism-related proteins, and limited activation of pathogenicity-related genes in planta. We show that beneficial responses are prioritized in C. tofieldiae-colonized roots under phosphate-deficient conditions, whereas defense responses are activated under phosphate-sufficient conditions. These immune responses are retained in phosphate-starved roots colonized by pathogenic C. incanum, illustrating the ability of plants to maximize survival in response to conflicting stresses.
AB - The sessile nature of plants forced them to evolve mechanisms to prioritize their responses to simultaneous stresses, including colonization by microbes or nutrient starvation. Here, we compare the genomes of a beneficial root endophyte, Colletotrichum tofieldiae and its pathogenic relative C. incanum, and examine the transcriptomes of both fungi and their plant host Arabidopsis during phosphate starvation. Although the two species diverged only 8.8 million years ago and have similar gene arsenals, we identify genomic signatures indicative of an evolutionary transition from pathogenic to beneficial lifestyles, including a narrowed repertoire of secreted effector proteins, expanded families of chitin-binding and secondary metabolism-related proteins, and limited activation of pathogenicity-related genes in planta. We show that beneficial responses are prioritized in C. tofieldiae-colonized roots under phosphate-deficient conditions, whereas defense responses are activated under phosphate-sufficient conditions. These immune responses are retained in phosphate-starved roots colonized by pathogenic C. incanum, illustrating the ability of plants to maximize survival in response to conflicting stresses.
U2 - 10.1038/ncomms11362
DO - 10.1038/ncomms11362
M3 - Article
VL - 7
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
M1 - 11362
ER -