What the Genomics of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis Teaches Us about Root Development

Formey, Damien; Jourda, Cyril; Roux, Christophe; Delaux, Pierre‐Marc

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“…DNA-binding WRKY, AP2-domain and ERF TFs are generally involved during pathogen-related stress responses [ 48 , 61 ]. The co-regulated TFs may also be involved in root developmental process, as are MYB family, ERF and NAC family [ 72 ].…”

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“…Two putative ARF transcripts were also identified to be up- regulated in orchid mycorrhizal roots. The induction of putative ARFs has also been found during AM symbiosis in maize, rice and M. truncatula , but not in L. japonicus [ 72 ]. And in AM interaction, mycorrhizal roots exhibit morphological characteristics such as an increase in the number of lateral/fine roots during early growth phases, similar to auxin-treated roots [ 49 ].…”

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Deep sequencing–based comparative transcriptional profiles of Cymbidium hybridum roots in response to mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal beneficial fungi

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BackgroundThe Orchidaceae is one of the largest families in the plant kingdom and orchid mycorrhizae (OM) are indispensable in the life cycle of all orchids under natural conditions. In spite of this, little is known concerning the mechanisms underlying orchid- mycorrhizal fungi interactions. Our previous work demonstrated that the non-mycorrhizal fungus Umbelopsis nana ZH3A-3 could improve the symbiotic effects of orchid mycorrhizal fungus Epulorhiza repens ML01 by co-cultivation with Cymbidium hybridum plantlets. Thus, we investigated the C. hybridum transcript profile associated with different beneficial fungi.ResultsMore than 54,993,972 clean reads were obtained from un-normalized cDNA library prepared from fungal- and mock- treated Cymbidium roots at four time points using RNA-seq technology. These reads were assembled into 16,798 unique transcripts, with a mean length of 1127 bp. A total of 10,971 (65.31%) sequences were annotated based on BLASTX results and over ninety percent of which were assigned to plant origin. The digital gene expression profiles in Cymbidium root at 15 days post inoculation revealed that 1674, 845 and 1743 genes were sigificantly regulated in response to ML01, ZH3A-3 and ML01+ ZH3A-3 treatments, respectively. Twenty-six genes in different regulation patterns were validated using quantitative RT-PCR. Our analysis showed that general defense responses were co- induced by three treatments, including cell wall modification, reactive oxygen species detoxification, secondary biosynthesis and hormone balance. Genes involved in phosphate transport and root morphogenesis were also detected to be up-regulated collectively. Among the OM specifically induced transcripts, genes related to signaling, protein metabolism and processing, defense, transport and auxin response were identifed. Aside from these orchid transcripts, some putative fungal genes were also identified in symbiotic roots related to plant cell wall degradation, remodeling the fungal cell wall and nutrient transport.ConclusionThe orchid root transcriptome will facilitate our understanding of orchid - associated biological mechanism. The comparative expression profiling revealed that the transcriptional reprogramming by OM symbiosis generally overlapped that of arbuscular mycorrhizas and ectomycorrhizas. The molecular basis of OM formation and function will improve our knowledge of plant- mycorrhzial fungi interactions, and their effects on plant and fungal growth, development and differentiation.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-747) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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confidence: 99%