Glisoprenin A, an inhibitor of the signal transduction pathway leading to appressorium formation in germinating conidia of Magnaporthe grisea on hydrophobic surfaces

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-224

  Thines, Eckhard ^a   Eilbert, Frank ^a   Sterner, Olov ^b   Anke, Heidrun ^a  

^a University of Kaiserslautern ^*  (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Appressorium development; Glisoprenin A; Magnaporthe grisea; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GERMINATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

EID: 0030873328     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00163-8     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Jelitto, T.C., Page, H.A. and Read, N.D. (1994) Role of external signals in regulating the pre-penetration phase of infection by the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea. Planta 194, 471-477.
2. Dean, R.A., Blackmon, B.P., Brooks, J.C., Gilbert, R.D., Liu, S., Mitchell, T.K., Shieh, M.-T. and Zhu, H. (1996) Cell surface communication in appressorium development by Magnaporthe grisea. In: Molecular Aspects of Pathogenicity and Resistance: Requirement for Signal Transduction (Mills, D., Kunoh, H., Kean, N.T. and Mayama, S., Eds.), pp. 59-71. APS Press, St. Paul, MN.
3. Gilbert, R.D. and Dean, R.A. (1996) Chemical signals responsible for appressorium formation in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 48, 335-346.
4. Lee, Y.-H. and Dean, R.A. (1994) Hydrophobicity of contact surface induces appressorium formation in Magnaporthe grisea. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 115, 71-76.
5. Beckerman, J.L. and Ebbole, D.J. (1996) MPG1, a gene encoding a fungal hydrophobin of Magnaporthe grisea, is involved in surface recognition. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 9, 450-456.
6. Uchiyama, T. and Okuyama, K. (1990) Participation of Oryza sativa leaf wax in appressoria formation by Pyricularia oryzae. Phytochemistry 29, 91-92.
7. Palacios, J.M., Beleta, J. and Segarta, V. (1995) Second messenger systems as targets for new therapeutic agents: Focus on selective phosphodiesterase inhibitors. Farmaco 50, 819-827.
8. Lee, Y.-H. and Dean, R.A. (1993) cAMP regulates infection structure formation in the plant pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Plant Cell 5, 693-700.
9. Mitchell, T.K. and Dean, R.A. (1995) The cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit is required for appressorium formation and pathogenesis by the rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea. Plant Cell 7, 1869-1878.
10. Talbot, N.J., Ebbole, D.J. and Harmer, J.E. (1993): Identification and characterisation of MPG1, a gene involved in pathogenicity from the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Plant Cell 5, 1575-1590.
11. Talbot, N.J., Kershaw, M.J., Wakley, G.E., deVries, O.M.H., Wessels, J.G.H. and Harmer, J.E. (1996) MPG1 encodes a fungal hydrophobin involved in surface interactions during infection-related development of Magnaporthe grisea. Plant Cell 8, 985-999.
12. Erkel, G., Anke, T. and Sterner, O. (1996) Inhibition of NF-κB activation by panepoxydone. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 226, 214-221.
13. Nishida, H., Huang, X.-H., Tomoda, H. and Omura, S. (1992) Glisoprenins, new inhibitors of acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase produced by Gliocladium sp. FO-1513. II. Structure elucidation of glisoprenins A and B. J. Antibiot. 45, 1669-1676.
14. Tomoda, H., Huang, X.-H., Nishida, H., Masuma, R., Kim, Y.K. and Omura, S. (1992) Glisoprenins, new inhibitors of acyl-CoA: cholesterol acyltransferase produced by Gliocladium sp. FO-1513. I. Production, isolation and physico-chemical and biological properties. J. Antibiot. 45, 1202-1206.
15. Xu, J.R. and Harmer, J.E. (1996) The MAP kinase and cAMP signaling regulate infection structure formation and pathogenic growth in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Genes Dev. 10, 2696-2706.
16. Hoch, H.C. and Staples, R.C. (1991) Signaling for infection structure formation in fungi. In: The Fungal Spore and Disease Initiation in Plants and Animals (Cole, G.T. and Hoch, H.C., Eds.), pp. 25-46. Plenum, New York.