Journal
FUNGAL BIOLOGY
Volume 120, Issue 6-7, Pages 819-826Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.02.003
Keywords
Chinese caterpillar fungus; Differentially expressed genes; Infection response; RNA sequencing; Traditional Chinese medicine
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31300427]
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China [2014A030313121]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [151GPY39]
- Public Welfare Research and Capacity Establish of Guangdong Province [2015A0200210047]
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Ophiocordyceps sinensis, also referred to as the Chinese caterpillar fungus, is a rare entomopathogenic fungus found in the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau that is used as a traditional Chinese medicine. O. sinensis parasitizes the larvae of the ghost moth Thitarodes. Characterization of the transcriptome of O. sinensis before and after host infection may provide novel insight into the process by which the fungus interacts with Thitarodes and may help researchers understand how to sustain this valuable resource. In this study, we performed RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) using Illumina HiSeqTM 2000 technology to generate gene expression profiles of two developmental stages of O. sinensis. Thread-like hyphae before infection and yeast-like hyphal bodies after infection of host larvae were collected for transcriptome analysis. We found that 1640 genes were differentially expressed (q-value < 0.05), of which 818 were upregulated (49.878 %) and 822 were downregulated (50.122 %). Gene ontology (GO) analysis revealed that the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were especially enriched in terms associated with Biological Process and Molecular Function. Several genes encoding transporter and permease proteins, three glycoside hydrolases, two mycotoxin-related proteins, an antigen protein, and an allergen were identified as being significantly up-or downregulated. Collectively, our findings provide a novel resource for understanding O. sinensis during two critical developmental stages, and offer the opportunity to further investigate the functional mechanisms underlying these stage-specific molecular differences. (C) 2016 British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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