Presença e características de RNAs mensageiros nos basidiósporos de Pisolithus microcarpus

• Autor(a) principal: Vespoli, Luciano de Souza
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/5326
• topic: Ectomicorriza; Basidiósporos; Germinação; Pisolithus; mRNA; Ectomycorrhiza; Basidiospores; Germination; Pisolithus; mRNA; CNPQ::CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::MICROBIOLOGIA::MICROBIOLOGIA APLICADA

The low germination percentages of P. microcarpus basidiospores represents a major drawback for obtaining monokaryotic strains for quantitative genetic studies on the mycorrhizal associations, the use of spores in mutagenesis experiments aiming at the identification of genes important to the symbiosis, and the use of these propagules as inoculants in forest nurseries. The characterization of the mRNA present within the fungal basidiospores may provide information on the level of preparedness of the spores to germinate and sustain initial hyphal growth. The aim of this work was to characterize the mRNA present in the basidiospores of the ectomycorrhizal fungus P. microcarpus after basidiosporogenesis. Total RNA was extracted from the mature basidiospores and mycelium and mRNA was used for cDNA synthesis. An analysis of the presence of 14 gene transcripts involved in lipid metabolism, glycogen mobilization, trehalose mobilization, nitrogen assimilation, glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway and glucan degradation using cDNA from the fungal basidiospores and dikaryotic mycelium was done. qPCR analysis was performed to compare the amount of transcripts of the genes d15fa, ntrh, and ag13 which code respectively, for Δ15 fatty acid desaturase, neutral α-trehalase, and α-1,3-glucosidase in the dikaryotic mycelium and basidiospores. The 14 transcripts studied were present both in the dikaryotic mycelium and in the basidiospores, indicating a preparedness of these propagules to initiate and sustain germination. qPCR analysis indicated a higher amount of transcripts of genes the d15fa, ntrh, and ag13 inside the basidiospores when compared to the dikaryotic mycelium. These results suggest a higher need for enzymes involved in the synthesis of unsaturated fatty acids, trehalose mobilization, and glucan degradation during basidiospore germination. A cDNA library was constructed from basidiospore mRNAs and 288 clones were sequenced. One hundred and nineteen sequences were obtained, resulting in a total of 12 ESTs (expressed sequence tags). The amino acid sequence deduced from the EST corresponding to clone 277 showed significant similarity to a protein involved in respiratory metabolism and may be important during the germination process. Other ESTs showed significant identity to unknown ESTs deposited in the NCBI database. These ESTs may code for proteins that are specific of the basidiospores of P. microcarpus. However, to confirm this hypothesis, other clones must be sequenced to better characterize the cDNA library.