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Phagocytosis underpins the biotrophic lifestyle of intracellular parasites in the class Phytomyxea (Rhizaria)
Garvetto, A.; Murua, P.; Kirchmair, M.; Salvenmoser, W.; Hittorf, M.; Ciaghi, S.; Harikrishnan, S.L.; Gachon, C.M.M.; Burns, J.A.; Neuhauser, S. (2023). Phagocytosis underpins the biotrophic lifestyle of intracellular parasites in the class Phytomyxea (Rhizaria). New Phytol. 238(5): 2130-2143. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.18828
In: New Phytologist. Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford. ISSN 0028-646X; e-ISSN 1469-8137
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Trefwoorden
    Eukaryotes > Fungi > Myxomycota > Plasmodiophorales > Plasmodiophora > Plasmodiophora brassicae
    Brassicaceae [WoRMS]; Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye, 1819 [WoRMS]
Author keywords
    algal pathogen; Brassicaceae; Ectocarpus siliculosus; Maullinia ectocarpii; phagotrophy; plant pathogen; Plasmodiophora brassicae; trophic mode
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  • Garvetto, A.
  • Murua, P.
  • Kirchmair, M.
  • Salvenmoser, W.
  • Hittorf, M.
  • Ciaghi, S.
  • Harikrishnan, S.L.
  • Gachon, C.M.M.
  • Burns, J.A.
  • Neuhauser, S.
Abstract
    • Phytomyxea are intracellular biotrophic parasites infecting plants and stramenopiles, including the agriculturally impactful Plasmodiophora brassicae and the brown seaweed pathogen Maullinia ectocarpii. They belong to the clade Rhizaria, where phagotrophy is the main mode of nutrition. Phagocytosis is a complex trait of eukaryotes, well documented for free-living unicellular eukaryotes and specific cellular types of animals. Data on phagocytosis in intracellular, biotrophic parasites are scant. Phagocytosis, where parts of the host cell are consumed at once, is seemingly at odds with intracellular biotrophy.
    • Here we provide evidence that phagotrophy is part of the nutritional strategy of Phytomyxea, using morphological and genetic data (including a novel transcriptome of M. ectocarpii). We document intracellular phagocytosis in P. brassicae and M. ectocarpii by transmission electron microscopy and fluorescent in situ hybridization.
    • Our investigations confirm molecular signatures of phagocytosis in Phytomyxea and hint at a small specialized subset of genes used for intracellular phagocytosis. Microscopic evidence confirms the existence of intracellular phagocytosis, which in Phytomyxea targets primarily host organelles.
    • Phagocytosis seems to coexist with the manipulation of host physiology typical of biotrophic interactions. Our findings resolve long debated questions on the feeding behaviour of Phytomyxea, suggesting an unrecognized role for phagocytosis in biotrophic interactions.
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