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ArticleMolecular plant pathology2021

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Thioredoxin1 (SsTrx1) is required for pathogenicity and oxidative stress tolerance.

Kusum Rana, Yijuan Ding, Surinder S Banga, Hongmei Liao, Siqi Zhao, Yang Yu, Wei Qian

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Article in Molecular plant pathology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Kusum RanaCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4061-224X
Yijuan DingCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7961-984X
Surinder S BangaDepartment of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India.
Hongmei LiaoCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Siqi ZhaoCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Yang YuCollege of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3027-0461
Wei QianCollege of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Southwest University · CNPunjab Agricultural University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum infects host plant tissues by inducing necrosis to source nutrients needed for its establishment. Tissue necrosis results from an enhanced generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) at the site of infection and apoptosis. Pathogens have evolved ROS scavenging mechanisms to withstand host-induced oxidative damage. However, the genes associated with ROS scavenging pathways are yet to be fully investigated in S. sclerotiorum. We selected the S. sclerotiorum Thioredoxin1 gene (SsTrx1) for our investigations as its expression is significantly induced during S. sclerotiorum infection. RNA interference-induced silencing of SsTrx1 in S. sclerotiorum affected the hyphal growth rate, mycelial morphology, and sclerotial development under in vitro conditions. These outcomes confirmed the involvement of SsTrx1 in promoting pathogenicity and oxidative stress tolerance of S. sclerotiorum. We next constructed an SsTrx1-based host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) vector and mobilized it into Arabidopsis thaliana (HIGS-A) and Nicotiana benthamiana (HIGS-N). The disease resistance analysis revealed significantly reduced pathogenicity and disease progression in the transformed genotypes as compared to the nontransformed and empty vector controls. The relative gene expression of SsTrx1 increased under oxidative stress. Taken together, our results show that normal expression of SsTrx1 is crucial for pathogenicity and oxidative stress tolerance of S. sclerotiorum.

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AscomycotaDisease ResistanceOxidative StressPlant DiseasesVirulencehost-induced gene silencingoxidative stressreactive oxygen speciesRNAiSclerotinia sclerotiorumthioredoxin

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