Journal
METABOLITES
Volume 10, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/metabo10030117
Keywords
nematode-trapping fungi; Arthrobotrys; Caenorhabditis elegans; predator-prey interaction; metabolomics; molecular networking; Arthrobotrys musiformis trap-associated peptide; desferriferrichrome; linoleyl alcohol; nonadecanamide; citicoline
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- Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), R.O.C. [MOST 106-2113-M-002-013-MY2, 107-2321-B-001-038, 108-2636-M-002-008-]
- Center for Emerging Materials and Advanced Devices, National Taiwan University (NTU) [NTU-ERP-108L880116]
- MOST [106-2311-B-001-039-MY3]
- The Program of Research Performance Enhancement via Students Entering PhD Programs Straight from an Undergraduate/Master's Program from National Taiwan University
- Yi-Fang Scholarship for Encouraging Outstanding PhD Students in Chemistry from National Taiwan University
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Nematode-trapping fungi are natural antagonists of nematodes. These predatory fungi are capable of switching their lifestyle from a saprophytic to predatory stage in the presence of nematodes by developing specialized trapping devices to capture and consume nematodes. The biochemical mechanisms of such predator-prey interaction have become increasingly studied given the potential application of nematode-trapping fungi as biocontrol agents, but the involved fungal metabolites remain underexplored. Here, we report a comprehensive liquid-chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS) metabolomics study on one hundred wild isolates of nematode-trapping fungi in three different species, Arthrobotrys oligospora, Arthrobotrys thaumasia, and Arthrobotrys musiformis. Molecular networking analysis revealed that the fungi were capable of producing thousands of metabolites, and such chemical diversity of metabolites was notably increased as the fungi switched lifestyle to the predatory stage. Structural annotations by tandem mass spectrometry revealed that those fungal metabolites belonged to various structural families, such as peptide, siderophore, fatty alcohol, and fatty acid amide, and their production exhibited species specificity. Several small peptides (<1.5 kDa) produced by A. musiformis in the predatory stage were found, with their partial amino acid sequences resolved by the tandem mass spectra. Four fungal metabolites (desferriferrichrome, linoleyl alcohol, nonadecanamide, and citicoline) that were significantly enriched in the predatory stage were identified and validated by chemical standards, and their bioactivities against nematode prey were assessed. The availability of the metabolomics datasets will facilitate comparative studies on the metabolites of nematode-trapping fungi in the future.
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