附着胞
膨胀压力
生物
表皮(毛发)
细胞生物学
角质
节肢动物角质层
微生物学
昆虫
植物
菌丝
解剖
作者
Lili Wang,Yi-Ling Lai,Jingjing Chen,Xuan Cao,Weilu Zheng,Ling Dong,Yitong Zheng,Fang Li,Gang Wei,Sibao Wang
标识
DOI:10.1073/pnas.2217145120
摘要
Entomopathogenic fungi infect insects by penetrating through the cuticle into the host body. To breach the host cuticle, some fungal pathogens produce specialized infection cells called appressoria, which develop enormous turgor pressure to allow cuticle penetration. However, regulatory mechanisms underlying appressorium turgor generation are poorly understood. Here, we show that the histone lysine methyltransferase ASH1 in the insecticidal fungus Metarhizium robertsii, which is strongly induced during infection of the mosquito cuticle, regulates appressorium turgor generation and cuticle penetration by activating the peroxin gene Mrpex16 via H3K36 dimethylation. MrPEX16 is required for the biogenesis of peroxisomes that participate in lipid catabolism and further promotes the hydrolysis of triacylglycerols stored in lipid droplets to produce glycerol for turgor generation, facilitating appressorium-mediated insect infection. Together, the ASH1-PEX16 pathway plays a pivotal role in regulating peroxisome biogenesis to promote lipolysis for appressorium turgor generation, providing insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying fungal pathogenesis.
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