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Extracellular vesicles from Aureobasidium pullulans

ABSTRACT: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are increasingly recognized as an important mechanism for cell-cell interactions. Their role in fungi is still poorly understood and they have been isolated from only a handful of species. Here, we isolated and characterized EVs from Aureobasidium pullulans, a biotechnologically important black yeast-like fungus that is increasingly used for biocontrol of phytopathogenic fungi and bacteria. After optimization of the isolation protocol, characterization of EVs from A. pullulans by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed a typical cup-shaped morphology and different subpopulations of EVs. These results were confirmed by nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA), which revealed that A. pullulans produced 6.1 × 10^8 nanoparticles per milliliter of culture medium. Proteomic analysis of EVs detected 642 proteins. A small fraction of them had signal peptides for secretion and transmembrane domains. Proteins characteristic of different synthesis pathways were found, suggesting that EVs are synthesized by multiple pathways in A. pullulans. Enrichment analysis using Gene Ontology showed that most of the proteins found in the EVs were associated with primary metabolism. When sequencing the small RNA fraction of A. pullulans EVs, we found two hypothetical novel mil-RNAs. Finally, we tested the biocontrol potential of EVs from A. pullulans. The EVs did not inhibit the germination of spores of three important phytopathogenic fungi – Botrytis cinerea, Colletotrichum acutatum, and Penicillium expansum. However, exposure of grown cultures of C. acutatum and P. expansum to A. pullulans EVs resulted in visible changes in morphology of colonies. These preliminary results suggest that EVs may be part of the antagonistic activity of A. pullulans, which is so far only partially understood. Thus, the first isolation and characterization of EVs from A. pullulans provides a starting point for further studies of EVs in the biotechnologically important traits of the biocontrol black fungus A. pullulans in particular and in the biological role of fungal EVs in general.

INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive HF

ORGANISM(S): Aureobasidium Pullulans Exf-150

SUBMITTER: Anja Černoša

LAB HEAD: Nina Gunde-Cimerman

PROVIDER: PXD037103 | Pride | 2022-11-09

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles from biotechnologically important fungus Aureobasidium pullulans.

Černoša Anja A Gostinčar Cene C Lavrin Teja T Kostanjšek Rok R Lenassi Metka M Gunde-Cimerman Nina N

Fungal biology and biotechnology 20221101 1

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are increasingly recognized as an important mechanism for cell-cell interactions. Their role in fungi is still poorly understood and they have been isolated from only a handful of species. Here, we isolated and characterized EVs from Aureobasidium pullulans, a biotechnologically important black yeast-like fungus that is increasingly used for biocontrol of phytopathogenic fungi and bacteria. After optimization of the isolation protocol, characterization of EVs from A. ...[more]

PMID: 36320088

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Project description:Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membranous particles released by different organisms. EVs carry several kinds of macromolecules implicated in cell communication. EVs have become an important topic in the study of pathogenic fungi, due to their relation with the fungal-host interactions. One of the essential research areas in this field is the characterization protein profile of EV cargo, because of plant fungal pathogens rely heavily on secreted proteins to invade their hosts. However, little is known about EVs of Botrytis cinerea, which is one of the most devastating phytopathogenic fungi. The present study has two main objectives: the first isolation and characterization of B. cinerea EVs; and the description of their potential role during the infective process. All the experimental process was conducted in B. cinerea growing in mimimal salt medium supplemented with glucose as a constitutive stage, and deproteinized tomato cell walls (TCW) as virulence inductor. The isolation of EV was performed by differential centrifugation, filtration, ultrafiltration, and sucrose cushion ultracentrifugation. EV fractions were visualised by TEM using negative staining. Proteomic analysis of EV cargo was addressed by LC-MS/MS. The used methodology had allowed, for the first time, the correct isolation of B. cinerea EVs, and the identification of a high number of EV proteins, including potential EV markers. The isolated EVs displayed differences in the morphology under both assayed conditions. GO analysis of EV proteins showed an enrichment in cell wall metabolism and proteolysis under TCW. KEGG analysis also showed difference in EV function under both conditions, highlighting the presence of potential virulence/pathogenic factors implicated in cell wall metabolism, between others. This is the first evidence and characterization of B. cinerea EVs production, showing that EVs are essential in the infection process of B. cinerea and share crucial functions with the conventional secretion pathway.

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Extracellular vesicles from Aureobasidium pullulans

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Isolation and characterization of extracellular vesicles from biotechnologically important fungus Aureobasidium pullulans.

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