Transcriptome analysis of perennial ryegrass reveals the regulatory role of Aspergillus aculeatus under salt stress.

Physiol Plant

Coastal Salinity Tolerant Grass Engineering and Technology Research Center, Ludong University, Yantai, Shandong, China.

Published: November 2022

Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) is an important turf grass and forage grass with moderately tolerant to salinity stress. Aspergillus aculeatus has been documented to involved in salt stress response of perennial ryegrass, while the A. aculeatus-mediated molecular mechanisms are unclear. Therefore, to investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying A. aculeatus-mediated salt tolerance, the comprehensive transcriptome analysis of the perennial ryegrass roots was performed. Twelve cDNA libraries from roots were constructed after 12 h of plant-fungus cocultivation under 300 mM salt stress concentrations. A total of 21,915 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified through pairwise comparisons. Enrichment analysis revealed that potentially important A. aculeatus-induced salt responsive genes belonging to specific categories, such as hormonal metabolism (auxin and salicylic acid metabolism related genes), secondary metabolism (flavonoid's metabolism related genes) and transcription factors (MYB, HSF and AP2/EREBP family). In addition, weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) showed that blue and black modules were significantly positively correlated with the peroxidase activity and proline content, then the hub genes within these two modules were further identified. Taken together, we found the categories of A. aculeatus-induced salt responsive genes, revealing underlying fungus-induced molecular mechanisms of salt stress response in perennial ryegrass roots. Besides, fungus-induced salt-tolerant hub genes represent a foundation for further exploring the molecular mechanisms.

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