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ArticleNature communications2024

An effector essential for virulence of necrotrophic fungi targets plant HIRs to inhibit host immunity.

Xiaofan Liu, Huihui Zhao, Mingyun Yuan, Pengyue Li, Jiatao Xie, Yanping Fu, Bo Li, Xiao Yu, Tao Chen, Yang Lin and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Xiaofan Liu *State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1402-5965
Huihui Zhao *State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Mingyun YuanState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Pengyue LiState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4684-2265
Jiatao XieState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1961-0338
Yanping FuThe Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Bo LiState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7337-0112
Xiao YuState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Tao ChenState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Yang LinState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
Weidong ChenUnited States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, and Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
Daohong JiangState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3862-7461
Jiasen ChengState Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. jiasencheng@mail.hzau.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-0040-2360

Funding

Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU) 2021ZKPY014National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 3213008National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32172368, 32130087
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phytopathogens often secrete effectors to enhance their infection of plants. In the case of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, a necrotrophic phytopathogen, a secreted protein named SsPEIE1 (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Plant Early Immunosuppressive Effector 1) plays a crucial role in its virulence. During the early stages of infection, SsPEIE1 is significantly up-regulated. Additionally, transgenic plants expressing SsPEIE1 exhibit increased susceptibility to different phytopathogens. Further investigations revealed that SsPEIE1 interacts with a plasma membrane protein known as hypersensitive induced reaction (HIR) that dampens immune responses. SsPEIE1 is required for S. sclerotiorum virulence on wild-type Arabidopsis but not on Arabidopsis hir4 mutants. Moreover, Arabidopsis hir2 and hir4 mutants exhibit suppressed pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered reactive oxygen species (ROS) bursts and salicylic acid (SA)-associated immune gene induction, all of which are phenocopied by the SsPEIE1 transgenic plants. We find that the oligomerization of AtHIR4 is essential for its role in mediating immunity, and that SsPEIE1 inhibits its oligomerization through competitively binding to AtHIR4. Remarkably, both Arabidopsis and rapeseed plants overexpress AtHIR4 display significantly increased resistance to S. sclerotiorum. In summary, these results demonstrate that SsPEIE1 inhibits AtHIR4 oligomerization-mediated immune responses by interacting with the key immune factor AtHIR4, thereby promoting S. sclerotiorum infection.

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ArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsAscomycotaPlant DiseasesPlant ImmunityPlants, Genetically ModifiedFungal ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, PlantHost-Pathogen InteractionsMutationPathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern MoleculesReactive Oxygen SpeciesSalicylic AcidVirulenceArabidopsis ProteinsFungal ProteinsPathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern MoleculesReactive Oxygen SpeciesSalicylic Acid

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PMID39477937
PMCPMC11525884

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