Project description:Investigation of whole genome gene expression level changes in Ashbya gossypii VTT D-101398 secreting recombinant endoglucanase I (EGI) from Trichoderma ressei (Ribeiro et al. 2010 - PMID: 20422178), compared to the its corresponding empty vector control strain and to conditions where VTT D-101398 EGI secreting cultures were treated with dithiothreitol (DTT). Background: Ashbya gossypii is a filamentous Saccharomycete used for the industrial production of riboflavin that has been recently explored as a host system for recombinant protein production. To gain insight into the protein secretory pathway of this biotechnologically relevant fungus, we undertook genome-wide analyses to explore its secretome and its transcriptional responses to protein secretion stress. Results: A computational pipeline was used to predict the inventory of proteins putatively secreted by A. gossypii via the general secretory pathway. The proteins actually secreted by this fungus into the supernatants of submerged cultures in minimal and rich medium were mapped by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, revealing that most of the A. gossypii secreted proteins have an isoelectric point between 4 and 6, and a molecular mass above 25 kDa. These analyses together indicated that 1-4% of A. gossypii proteins are likely to be secreted, of which less than 33% are putative hydrolases. Furthermore, transcriptomic analyses carried out in A. gossypii cells under recombinant protein secretion conditions and dithiothreitol-induced secretion stress unexpectedly revealed that a conventional unfolded protein response (UPR) was not activated in any of the conditions, as the expression levels of several well-known UPR target genes (e.g. IRE1, KAR2, HAC1 and PDI1 homologs) remained unaffected. However, several other genes involved in protein unfolding, endoplasmatic reticulum-associated degradation, proteolysis, vesicle trafficking, vacuolar protein sorting, secretion and mRNA degradation were up-regulated by dithiothreitol-induced secretion stress. Conversely, the transcription of several genes encoding secretory proteins, such as components of the glycosylation pathway, was severely repressed by dithiothreitol Conclusions: This study provides the first insights into the secretion stress response of A. gossypii, as well as a basic understanding of its protein secretion potential, which is more similar to that of yeast than to that of other filamentous fungi. Contrary to what has been widely described for yeast and fungi, a conventional UPR was not observed in A. gossypii, but alternative protein quality control mechanisms enabled it to cope with secretion stress. These data will help provide strategies for improving heterologous protein secretion in A. gossypii.
Project description:This study was designed to identify the sRNAs in Aphis gossypii (cotton-melon aphid) during Vat-mediated resistance in teraction with melon
Project description:Identification and characterization of genes and target-site mutations associated with beta-cypermethrin resistance in Aphis gossypii Glover collected from a Chinese wolfberry (Lycium barbarum L.) field. we collected a beta-cypermethrin resistant A. gossypii strain (HSP) from a Chinese wolf-berry orchard in a major growing area of Ningxia wolfberry (Wuzhong city). Subsequently, to elucidate the potential roles of P450s, CarEs and GSTs in beta-cypermethrin resistance in the A. gossypii strain, we performed synergistic bioassays, as well as enzyme activity assays, to confirm their effects. Further, we carried out a comparative transcriptome anal-ysis to identified the overexpression of detoxification enzyme genes associated with the beta-cypermethrin resistance. According to the transcriptome variations, we also meas-ured the expression levels of the upregulated P450s genes involved in beta-cypermethrin resistance in the A. gossypii resistant strain, using a quantitative real-time PCR assay. Moreover, the potential mutations in VGSC genes and their frequencies were detected to reveal the VGSC genotype of the resistant strain.