title: Necrotrophic effector epistasis in the Pyrenophora tritici-repentis-wheat interaction.
abstract: Pyrenophora tritici-repentis, the causal agent of tan spot disease of wheat, mediates disease by the production of host-selective toxins (HST). The known toxins are recognized in an 'inverse' gene-for-gene manner, where each is perceived by the product of a unique locus in the host and recognition leads to disease susceptibility. Given the importance of HSTs in disease development, we would predict that the loss of any of these major pathogenicity factors would result in reduced virulence and disease development. However, after either deletion of the gene encoding the HST ToxA or, reciprocally, heterologous expression of ToxA in a race that does not normally produce the toxin followed by inoculation of ToxA-sensitive and insensitive wheat cultivars, we demonstrate that ToxA symptom development can be epistatic to other HST-induced symptoms. ToxA epistasis on certain ToxA-sensitive wheat cultivars leads to genotype-specific increases in total leaf area affected by disease. These data indicate a complex interplay between host responses to HSTs in some genotypes and underscore the challenge of identifying additional HSTs whose activity may be masked by other toxins. Also, through mycelial staining, we acquire preliminary evidence that ToxA may provide additional benefits to fungal growth in planta in the absence of its cognate recognition partner in the host.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America.
authors.forename: Viola A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America; Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America.
authors.forename: Lynda M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ciuffetti
mesh_terms: D001203:Ascomycota / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D004843:Epistasis, Genetic; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017353:Gene Deletion; D055786:Gene Knockout Techniques; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D009183:Mycotoxins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000382:microbiology; D014908:Triticum / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009183:Mycotoxins; C105776:TOXA protein, Pyrenophora tritici-repentis
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