Autor(es)

Licona-Juarez, Karla Cecilia ; Bezerra, Ana Victoria S. ; Oliveira, Ilkilene T. C. ; Massingue, Cleyde Delitos ; Medina, Humberto R. ; Rangel, Drauzio E. N.

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: FUNGAL BIOLOGY; v. 127, n. 12, p. 7-pg., 2023-12-13.

Resumo

Metarhizium spp. is used as a biocontrol agent but is limited because of low tolerance to abiotic stress. Metarhizium robertsii is an excellent study model of fungal pathogenesis in insects, and its tolerance to different stress conditions has been extensively investigated. Priming is the time-limited pre-exposure of an organism to specific stress conditions that increases adaptive response to subsequent exposures. Congo red is a water-soluble azo dye extensively used in stress assays in fungi. It induces morphological changes and weakens the cell wall at sublethal concentrations. Therefore, this chemical agent has been proposed as a stressor to induce priming against other stress conditions in entomopathogenic fungi. This study aimed to evaluate the capacity of Congo red to induce priming in M. robertsii. Conidia were grown on potato dextrose agar with or without Congo red.The tolerance of conidia produced from mycelia grown in these three conditions was evaluated against stress conditions, including osmotic, oxidative, heat, and UV-B radiation. Conidia produced on medium supplemented with Congo red were significantly more tolerant to UV-B radiation but not to the other stress conditions assayed. Our results suggest that Congo red confers trans-priming to UV-B radiation but not for heat, oxidative, or osmotic stress.(c) 2023 British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 21/13614-3 - IV International Symposium on Fungal Stress - ISFUS & XIII International Fungal Biology Conference - IFBC
• Beneficiário: Drauzio Eduardo Naretto Rangel
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio Organização - Reunião Científica
• Processo FAPESP: 13/50518-6 - Genes relacionados com estresse são induzidos pela luz visível durante o crescimento micelial, resultando em aumento da tolerância de conídios a condições de estresse
• Beneficiário: Drauzio Eduardo Naretto Rangel
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 10/06374-1 - Luz visível durante o crescimento induz aumento de tolerância de conídios a diferentes condições de estresse em fungos
• Beneficiário: Drauzio Eduardo Naretto Rangel
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Jovens Pesquisadores