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Temporally-coordinated bivalent histone modifications of BCG1 enable fungal invasion and immune evasion

ABSTRACT: Bivalent histone modifications, including functionally opposite H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 marks simultaneously on the same nucleosome, control various cellular processes by fine-tuning the gene expression in eukaryotes. However, the role of bivalent histone modifications in fungal virulence remains elusive. Here, we report that bivalent chromatin modification of BCG1 (bivalent chromatin-marked gene1) is critical for Fusarium graminearum (Fg) successfully invading the host plant. By mapping the genome-wide landscape of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 dynamic modifications in Fg during invasion, we identified the infection-related bivalent chromatin-marked genes (BCGs). BCG1, which encodes a xylanase containing a novel G/Q-rich motif, possessed the highest bivalent modification. We showed that the G/Q-rich motif of BCG1 is required for its xylanase activity and is essential for the full virulence of Fg. Intriguingly, this G/Q-rich motif can be recognized by pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) to trigger plant immunity. Therefore, Fg tightly regulates BCG1 expression during different infection stages. During initial infection stages, Fg employs H3K4me3 modification to induce BCG1 expression required for host cell wall degradation. Upon breaching the cell wall barrier, this active chromatin state was reset to bivalency by co-modifying with H3K27me3, which enables epigenetic silencing of BCG1 to escape from host immune surveillance. Collectively, our study highlights how fungal pathogens deploy bivalent epigenetic modification to achieve temporally-coordinated activation and suppression of a critical fungal gene, thereby facilitating successful infection and host immunity evasion. This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.

ORGANISM(S): Fusarium graminearum PH-1 Triticum aestivum

PROVIDER: GSE213962 | GEO | 2023/12/04

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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