Article Dans Une Revue eLife Année : 2017

Lipid transfer from plants to arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi

Mathias Brands
Peter Dörmann

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Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbioses contribute to global carbon cycles as plant hosts divert up to 20% of photosynthate to the obligate biotrophic fungi. Previous studies suggested carbohydrates as the only form of carbon transferred to the fungi. However, de novo fatty acid (FA) synthesis has not been observed in AM fungi in absence of the plant. In a forward genetic approach, we identified two Lotus japonicus mutants defective in AM-specific paralogs of lipid biosynthesis genes (KASI and GPAT6). These mutants perturb fungal development and accumulation of emblematic fungal 16:1ω5 FAs. Using isotopolog profiling we demonstrate that 13C patterns of fungal FAs recapitulate those of wild-type hosts, indicating cross-kingdom lipid transfer from plants to fungi. This transfer of labelled FAs was not observed for the AM-specific lipid biosynthesis mutants. Thus, growth and development of beneficial AM fungi is not only fueled by sugars but depends on lipid transfer from plant hosts.
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hal-03733420 , version 1 (21-07-2022)

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Andreas Keymer, Priya Pimprikar, Vera Wewer, Claudia Huber, Mathias Brands, et al.. Lipid transfer from plants to arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi. eLife, 2017, 6, pp.e29107. ⟨10.7554/eLife.29107⟩. ⟨hal-03733420⟩
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