bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Dec. 19, 2023
Abstract
Filamentous
fungi
display
allorecognition
genes
that
trigger
regulated
cell
death
(RCD)
when
strains
of
unlike
genotype
fuse.
Podospora
anserina
is
one
several
model
species
for
the
study
this
process
termed
heterokaryon
or
vegetative
incompatibility.
Incompatibility
restricts
transmission
mycoviruses
between
isolates.
In
P.
,
genetic
analyses
have
identified
nine
incompatibility
loci,
het
loci.
Here
we
set
out
to
clone
controlling
het-B
displays
two
incompatible
alleles,
het-B1
and
het-B2
.
We
find
locus
encompasses
adjacent
genes,
Bh
Bp
exist
as
highly
divergent
allelic
variants
(
Bh1/Bh2
Bp1/Bp2
)
in
haplotypes.
encodes
a
protein
with
an
N-terminal
HET
domain,
inducing
domain
bearing
homology
Toll/interleukin-1
receptor
(TIR)
domains
C-terminal
predicted
lectin
fold.
The
product
homologous
PII-like
proteins,
family
small
trimeric
proteins
acting
sensors
adenine
nucleotides
bacteria.
show
although
system
appears
genetically
allelic,
fact
determined
by
non-allelic
Bh1/Bp2
interaction
while
reciprocal
Bh2/Bp1
plays
no
role
fold
BH
determines
recognition
specificity.
Population
studies
genome
indicate
under
balancing
selection
trans-species
polymorphism,
highlighting
evolutionary
significance
addition
emphasizing
anew
central
TIR-like
fungal
RCD,
identifies
novel
players
completes
characterization
entire
gene
species.
Author
summary
Many
cellular
life
forms
systems
protect
individuality
discriminate
conspecific
self
from
non-self.
filamentous
fungi,
fusion
events
are
check
specific
upon
detection
restrict
mycovirus
parasitism.
good
form
allorecognition,
harbors
Previous
revealed
these
can
be
immune
functions
other
phyla
including
bacteria,
plants
animals.
cloned
het-B,
last
remained
found
it
complex
comprising
(related
TIR
domains)
BP
known
bacterial
metabolite
sensors.
Intriguingly,
despite
apparent
allelism,
dictated
Bh/Bp
interaction.
This
stresses
reoccurring
involvement
RCD
signs
completion
loci
species,
enabling
comparative
analysis
different
architectures
underlying
allorecognition.
Immunity,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
57(4), P. 613 - 631
Published: April 1, 2024
SummaryWhile
largely
neglected
over
decades
during
which
adaptive
immunity
captured
most
of
the
attention,
innate
immune
mechanisms
have
now
become
central
to
our
understanding
immunology.
Innate
provides
first
barrier
infection
in
vertebrates,
and
it
is
sole
mechanism
host
defense
invertebrates
plants.
also
plays
a
critical
role
maintaining
homeostasis,
shaping
microbiota,
disease
contexts
such
as
cancer,
neurodegeneration,
metabolic
syndromes,
aging.
The
emergence
field
has
led
an
expanded
view
system,
no
longer
restricted
vertebrates
instead
concerns
all
metazoans,
plants,
even
prokaryotes.
study
given
rise
new
concepts
language.
Here,
we
review
history
definition
core
immunity,
discussing
their
value
fruitfulness
long
run.
Science,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
387(6733), P. 510 - 516
Published: Jan. 30, 2025
Caspase
family
proteases
and
Toll/interleukin-1
receptor
(TIR)-domain
proteins
have
central
roles
in
innate
immunity
regulated
cell
death
humans.
We
describe
a
bacterial
immune
system
comprising
both
caspase-like
protease
TIR-domain
protein.
found
that
the
TIR
protein,
once
it
recognizes
phage
invasion,
produces
previously
unknown
signaling
molecule
adenosine
5′-diphosphate-cyclo[N7:1′′]-ribose
(N7-cADPR).
This
specifically
activates
protease,
which
then
indiscriminately
degrades
cellular
to
halt
replication.
The
TIR-caspase
defense
system,
we
denote
as
type
IV
Thoeris,
is
abundant
bacteria
efficiently
protects
against
propagation.
Our
study
highlights
diversity
of
TIR-produced
molecules
demonstrates
by
caspase
an
ancient
mechanism
immunity.
Communications Biology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
8(1)
Published: Jan. 25, 2025
In
vertebrates
and
plants,
dsRNA
plays
crucial
roles
as
PAMP
a
mediator
of
RNAi.
How
higher
fungi
respond
to
is
not
known.
We
demonstrate
that
Magnaporthe
oryzae
(Mo),
globally
significant
crop
pathogen,
internalizes
across
broad
size
range
21
about
3000
bp.
Incubation
fungal
conidia
with
10
ng/µL
dsRNA,
regardless
or
sequence,
induced
aberrant
germ
tube
elongation,
revealing
strong
sequence-unspecific
effect
in
this
fungus.
Accordingly,
the
synthetic
analogue
poly(I:C)
various
sizes
sequences
elicited
canonical
stress
pathways,
including
nuclear
accumulation
marker
mitogen-activated
protein
kinase
Hog1p
production
ROS.
Leaf
application
cereal
model
species
Brachypodium
distachyon
suppressed
progression
leaf
blast
disease.
Notably,
depends
on
doses,
while
pure
sequence-specific
effects
were
observed
at
low
concentrations
(
<
0.03
ng/µL).
The
protective
further
enhanced
by
maintaining
gap
least
seven
days
between
inoculation,
stabilising
alginate-chitosan
nanoparticles.
Overall,
our
study
opens
up
additional
possibilities
for
development
use
pesticides
agriculture.
Cell Host & Microbe,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
32(4), P. 453 - 465.e6
Published: March 20, 2024
The
plant
homolog
of
vertebrate
necroptosis
inducer
mixed-lineage
kinase
domain-like
(MLKL)
contributes
to
downstream
steps
in
Toll-interleukin-1
receptor
domain
NLR
(TNL)-receptor-triggered
immunity.
Here,
we
show
that
Arabidopsis
MLKL1
(AtMLKL1)
clusters
into
puncta
at
the
plasma
membrane
upon
TNL
activation
and
this
sub-cellular
reorganization
is
dependent
on
signal
transducer,
EDS1.
We
find
AtMLKLs
confer
TNL-triggered
immunity
parallel
with
RPW8-type
HeLo-domain-containing
NLRs
(RNLs)
AtMLKL
N-terminal
HeLo
indispensable
for
both
clustering.
mediates
cytoplasmic
Ca
Current Opinion in Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
80, P. 102496 - 102496
Published: June 13, 2024
Symbiotic
interactions
between
fungi
and
bacteria
range
from
positive
to
negative.
They
are
ubiquitous
in
free-living
as
well
host-associated
microbial
communities
worldwide.
Yet,
the
impact
of
fungal-bacterial
symbioses
on
organization
dynamics
is
uncertain.
There
two
reasons
for
this
uncertainty:
(1)
knowledge
gaps
understanding
genetic
mechanisms
underpinning
(2)
prevailing
interpretations
ecological
theory
that
favor
antagonistic
drivers
stabilizing
biological
despite
existence
models
emphasizing
contributions
interactions.
This
review
synthesizes
information
common
soil
polymicrobial
biofilms.
The
interdomain
partnerships
considered
context
relevant
community
ecology
models,
which
discussed
critically.
iScience,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
27(6), P. 109893 - 109893
Published: May 3, 2024
Recent
advances
in
cancer
research
have
unveiled
a
significant
yet
previously
underappreciated
aspect
of
oncology:
the
presence
and
role
intratumoral
microbiota.
These
microbial
residents,
encompassing
bacteria,
fungi,
viruses
within
tumor
tissues,
been
found
to
exert
considerable
influence
on
development,
progression,
efficacy
therapeutic
interventions.
This
review
aims
synthesize
these
groundbreaking
discoveries,
providing
an
integrated
overview
identification,
characterization,
functional
roles
microbiota
biology.
We
focus
elucidating
complex
interactions
between
microorganisms
microenvironment,
highlighting
their
potential
as
novel
biomarkers
targets.
The
purpose
this
is
offer
comprehensive
understanding
dimension
cancer,
paving
way
for
innovative
approaches
diagnosis
treatment.
PLoS Biology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
22(7), P. e3002717 - e3002717
Published: July 15, 2024
Immune
defence
mechanisms
exist
across
the
tree
of
life
in
such
diversity
that
prokaryotic
antiviral
responses
have
historically
been
considered
unrelated
to
eukaryotic
immunity.
Mechanisms
divergent
eukaryotes
were
similarly
believed
be
largely
clade
specific.
However,
recent
data
indicate
a
subset
modules
(domains
and
proteins)
from
prokaryote
systems
are
conserved
populate
many
stages
innate
immune
pathways.
In
this
Essay,
we
propose
notion
ancestral
immunity,
which
corresponds
set
between
prokaryotes
eukaryotes.
After
offering
typology
speculate
on
selective
pressures
could
led
differential
conservation
specific
domains
life.
The
exploration
immunity
is
its
infancy
appears
full
promises
illuminate
evolution,
also
identify
decipher
economic,
ecological,
therapeutic
importance.