title: Differential gene expression in Pycnoporus coccineus during interspecific mycelial interactions with different competitors.
abstract: Fungi compete against each other for environmental resources. These interspecific combative interactions encompass a wide range of mechanisms. In this study, we highlight the ability of the white-rot fungus Pycnoporus coccineus to quickly overgrow or replace a wide range of competitor fungi, including the gray-mold fungus Botrytis cinerea and the brown-rot fungus Coniophora puteana. To gain a better understanding of the mechanisms deployed by P. coccineus to compete against other fungi and to assess whether common pathways are used to interact with different competitors, differential gene expression in P. coccineus during cocultivation was assessed by transcriptome sequencing and confirmed by quantitative reverse transcription-PCR analysis of a set of 15 representative genes. Compared with the pure culture, 1,343 transcripts were differentially expressed in the interaction with C. puteana and 4,253 were differentially expressed in the interaction with B. cinerea, but only 197 transcripts were overexpressed in both interactions. Overall, the results suggest that a broad array of functions is necessary for P. coccineus to replace its competitors and that different responses are elicited by the two competitors, although a portion of the mechanism is common to both. However, the functions elicited by the expression of specific transcripts appear to converge toward a limited set of roles, including detoxification of secondary metabolites.
authors: INRA.
authors: Yonathan
authors: Y
authors: Arfi
authors: Anthony
authors: A
authors: Levasseur
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Record
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D020171:Botrytis / Q000254:growth & development; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D025282:Mycelium / Q000502:physiology*; D055494:Pycnoporus / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins
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