Comparative small RNA and degradome sequencing of Clonostachys Rosea

Necrotrophic mycoparasitism is an intricate process involving recognition, physical mycelial contact and killing of host fungi (mycohosts). During such interactions, mycoparasites undergo a complex developmental process involving massive regulatory changes of gene expression to produce a range of chemical compounds and proteins that contribute to the parasitism of the mycohosts. Small-RNAs (sRNAs) are vital components of post-transcriptional gene regulation, although their role in gene expression regulation during mycoparasitism remain understudied. Here, we investigated the role of sRNA-mediated gene regulation in mycoparasitism by performing sRNA and degradome tags sequencing of the mycoparasitic fungus Clonostachys rosea interacting with the plant pathogenic mycohosts Botrytis cinerea and Fusarium graminearum at two time points. The majority of differentially expressed sRNAs were down-regulated during the interactions with the mycohosts compared to a C. rosea self-interaction control, thus allowing de-suppression (up-regulation) of mycohost-responsive genes. Degradome analysis showed a positive correlation between high degradome counts and antisense sRNA mapping and led to the identification of 201 sRNA-mediated potential gene targets for 282 differentially expressed sRNAs. Analysis of sRNA potential gene targets revealed that the regulation of genes coding for membrane proteins was a common response against both mycohosts. While the regulation of genes involved in oxidative stress tolerance and cellular metabolic and biosynthetic processes was exclusive against F. graminearum highlighting common and mycohosts-specific gene regulation of C. rosea.

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Instrument Illumina NovaSeq 6000; NextSeq 500; ILLUMINA
Publisher Blue-Cloud Data Discovery & Access service; ELIXIR-ENA
Contributor Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences;SLU
Publication Year 2024
OpenAccess true
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Discipline Marine Science
Temporal Coverage Begin 2022-03-04T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2022-03-25T00:00:00Z