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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 860-873 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | MYCOLOGIA |
| Volume | 109 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Nov 2017 |
Abstract
Drought is a stressor for many soil-inhabiting organisms. Although plants have been extensively investigated for drought-adaptive mechanisms, little information is available for fungi. Antioxidants are especially relevant, since desiccation is accompanied by an excessive intracellular production of reactive oxygen species. Riboflavin (vitamin B 2) is one antioxidant regulating drought tolerance in plants. A similar function may exist in fungi. Here, we examined the respiratory and transcriptional responses of Agaricus bisporus to drought and the impact of riboflavin. Mesocosm experiments with four groups were established: hyphae were treated with or without 50 μM riboflavin under drought or no drought conditions. Drought increased riboflavin content in hyphae about 5 times with, but also without, addition of riboflavin. Without addition of riboflavin, fungal respiration decreased by more than 50% at water potentials of about −20 MPa. With addition of riboflavin, respiration remained about 2–3 times higher. The transcriptional responses to only drought or only riboflavin strongly overlapped and were mainly based on factors regulating transcription and translation. This was even stronger in combined treatments. Riboflavin induced protective mechanisms in drought-stressed hyphae. Most pronounced was the methylglyoxal (cytotoxic by-product of glycolysis) detoxifying of lactoylglutathione lyase. Thus, our data suggest a stress-priming function and a role of riboflavin in drought responses of A. bisporus.
Keywords
- Differential gene expression, Drought stress, Microarray, Riboflavin, Saprotrophic filamentous fungi
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Physiology
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Molecular Biology
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Genetics
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Cell Biology
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In: MYCOLOGIA, Vol. 109, No. 6, 02.11.2017, p. 860-873.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) increases drought tolerance of Agaricus bisporus
AU - Guhr, Alexander
AU - Horn, Marcus A.
AU - Weig, Alfons R.
N1 - Funding information: This work was supported by a Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft grant (23-1/23-1).
PY - 2017/11/2
Y1 - 2017/11/2
N2 - Drought is a stressor for many soil-inhabiting organisms. Although plants have been extensively investigated for drought-adaptive mechanisms, little information is available for fungi. Antioxidants are especially relevant, since desiccation is accompanied by an excessive intracellular production of reactive oxygen species. Riboflavin (vitamin B 2) is one antioxidant regulating drought tolerance in plants. A similar function may exist in fungi. Here, we examined the respiratory and transcriptional responses of Agaricus bisporus to drought and the impact of riboflavin. Mesocosm experiments with four groups were established: hyphae were treated with or without 50 μM riboflavin under drought or no drought conditions. Drought increased riboflavin content in hyphae about 5 times with, but also without, addition of riboflavin. Without addition of riboflavin, fungal respiration decreased by more than 50% at water potentials of about −20 MPa. With addition of riboflavin, respiration remained about 2–3 times higher. The transcriptional responses to only drought or only riboflavin strongly overlapped and were mainly based on factors regulating transcription and translation. This was even stronger in combined treatments. Riboflavin induced protective mechanisms in drought-stressed hyphae. Most pronounced was the methylglyoxal (cytotoxic by-product of glycolysis) detoxifying of lactoylglutathione lyase. Thus, our data suggest a stress-priming function and a role of riboflavin in drought responses of A. bisporus.
AB - Drought is a stressor for many soil-inhabiting organisms. Although plants have been extensively investigated for drought-adaptive mechanisms, little information is available for fungi. Antioxidants are especially relevant, since desiccation is accompanied by an excessive intracellular production of reactive oxygen species. Riboflavin (vitamin B 2) is one antioxidant regulating drought tolerance in plants. A similar function may exist in fungi. Here, we examined the respiratory and transcriptional responses of Agaricus bisporus to drought and the impact of riboflavin. Mesocosm experiments with four groups were established: hyphae were treated with or without 50 μM riboflavin under drought or no drought conditions. Drought increased riboflavin content in hyphae about 5 times with, but also without, addition of riboflavin. Without addition of riboflavin, fungal respiration decreased by more than 50% at water potentials of about −20 MPa. With addition of riboflavin, respiration remained about 2–3 times higher. The transcriptional responses to only drought or only riboflavin strongly overlapped and were mainly based on factors regulating transcription and translation. This was even stronger in combined treatments. Riboflavin induced protective mechanisms in drought-stressed hyphae. Most pronounced was the methylglyoxal (cytotoxic by-product of glycolysis) detoxifying of lactoylglutathione lyase. Thus, our data suggest a stress-priming function and a role of riboflavin in drought responses of A. bisporus.
KW - Differential gene expression
KW - Drought stress
KW - Microarray
KW - Riboflavin
KW - Saprotrophic filamentous fungi
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U2 - 10.1080/00275514.2017.1414544
DO - 10.1080/00275514.2017.1414544
M3 - Article
VL - 109
SP - 860
EP - 873
JO - MYCOLOGIA
JF - MYCOLOGIA
SN - 0027-5514
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