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| Author(s): |
Luciana Pereira Dias
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Lorena. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de Lorena (EEL/ASDI) |
| Defense date: | 2018-04-12 |
| Examining board members: |
Drauzio Eduardo Naretto Rangel;
Morun Bernardino Neto;
Claudia Barbosa Ladeira de Campos;
André Luis Ferraz
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| Advisor: | Drauzio Eduardo Naretto Rangel |
| Abstract | |
The effect of exposure of visible light and oxygen limitation during mycelial growth was investigated in the tolerance of conidia of ten entomopathogenic fungi to: (A) UV radiation; (B) osmotic stress caused by potassium chloride (KCl) and (C) genotoxic stress caused by 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4NQO). In the first experiment, the photoactivation threshold of Metarhizium robertsii was evaluated. Four light intensities with 1, 3, 4 and 5 lumens were studied, where germination and increased tolerance to osmotic stress were evaluated. In the second experiment, the influence of white light without increasing the tolerance to UV, KCl, and 4-NQO in ten species of entomopathogenic fungi was analyzed. In the third experiment, the influence of white, blue, green and red light on the increase of tolerance to UV radiation and osmotic stress in M. robertsii was evaluated. In the fourth experiment, the influence of oxygen limitation on the increase of tolerance to UV, KCl, and 4-NQO in tem entomopathogenic fungi species were evaluated. In the fifth experiment, the M. robertsii isolate (ARSEF 2575) was used; an expression of the genes involved in the induction of stress tolerance was analyzed when conidia are produced under visible light and oxygen limitation. In the first experiment, conidia produced under white light presented greater tolerance to osmotic aesthetics in comparative eaters. There were no major differences in tolerance between tested light intensities. In the second experiment, white light induced increased stress tolerance in B. bassiana (KCl e 4NQO), M. brunneum (KCl e 4NQO), M. robertsii (UV e KCl), T. cylindrosporum (KCl), I. fumosorosea (UV), L. aphanocladii (KCl) e A. aleyrodis (KCl e 4NQO). In the third experiment, conidia produced under white and blue light were more tolerant to UV radiation and osmotic stress, conidia grown under the red light so tolerant. In the fourth experiment, hypoxia induced increased stress tolerance in B. bassiana (for UV, KCl e 4NQO), M. brunneum (UV, KCl e 4NQO), M. robertsii (UV, KCl), M. anisopliae (UV e KCl), T. inflatum (KCl) e A. aleyrodis (KCl e 4NQO). Anoxia induced higher tolerance in B. bassiana (for UV e 4NQO), M. brunneum (KCl), M. anisopliae (KCl e 4NQO), M. robertsii (UV e KCl), T. inflatum (KCl), A. aleyrodis (4NQO). The nutritive stress (MM) induced increased stress tolerance in B. bassiana (UV, KCl e 4NQO), M. brunneum (UV e KCl), M. robertsii (UV e KCl) e M. anisopliae (UV e KCl), T. cylindrosporum (UV), I. fumosorosea (KCl), T. inflatum (UV) e S. lanosoniveum (KCl). In the fifth experiment, the over-expressed genes were Mrhsp30 (MM, white light, blue light, red, green light, anoxia), Mrhsp101 (red light, green light and hypoxia), Mr6-4 phr (MM, white light, blue light), Mrsod2 (MM, red light), Mrtps (blue, red, green and hypoxia light), Mrpr1 (green light). In this study, white light and oxygen limitation were determinants of increased stress tolerance. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/25964-2 - Visible light during mycelial growth alters gene expression and improves stress tolerance in entomopathogenic fungi |
| Grantee: | Luciana Pereira Dias |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |