Nous avons montré les performances et les limitations en électrochimie des deuxnouvelles BODs de Bacillus pumilus et de Magnaporthe oryzae. La BOD de M.oryzae commence à réduire l’O2 à un potentiel de + 0,50 V vs. Ag/AgCl et B. pumilusà + 0,44 V vs. Ag/AgCl. La BOD de M. oryzae est peu sensible à la concentration dephosphate de sodium dans l’hydrogel rédox mais est sensible au chlore, à l’urate etaux fortes température. La BOD de B. pumilus a une activité élevée en présence dechlore et à 50 °C mais est sensible à la concentration de phosphate dans l’hydrogel.Cette sensibilité est compensée par une meilleure stabilité en présence d’urate, ainsielle ne perd que 9 % d’activité après 3 heures dans le sérum de veau. La BOD de M.oryzae immobilisée sans médiateur est plus performante que B. pumilus. Sonutilisation dans des nouveaux carbones poreux contenant des nanoparticules d’or amis en évidence l’effet des conditions de séchage des enzymes et de la méthode desynthèse des nanoparticules. Les meilleures performances sont obtenues pour unséchage à 25 °C sous vide et une synthèse séquentielle des nanoparticules. Nousavons combiné ces deux BODs dans une nouvelle cathode bi-enzymatique. Au ratiooptimal de 50 %v de chaque BOD, elle opère à + 0,50 V vs. Ag/AgCl avec un courantde -0,86 ± 0,01 mA.cm-2 dans les conditions physiologiques. Elle a une forte activité àhaute température et en présence de chlore et une stabilité intermédiaire enprésence d’urate. Dans les mêmes conditions nous avons réalisé une cathode bienzymatiqueavec B. pumilus et la laccase de Podospora anserina. Elle estégalement plus performante que les cathodes mono-enzymatiques correspondantes. / Here we showed the performances and the limits in electrochemistry of the two newBODs from Bacillus pumilus and Magnaporthe oryzae. The onset potential for theoxygen reduction with the BOD from M. oryzae is + 0.50 V vs. Ag/AgCl and with B.pumilus is + 0.44 V vs. Ag/AgCl. The BOD from M. oryzae is not sensitive to theconcentration of sodium phosphate in redox hydrogel but is sensitive to chloride,urate and high temperatures. The BOD from B. pumilus has a high activity in thepresence of chloride and at 50 °C, but is sensitive to the concentration of phosphatein the hydrogel. This sensitivity is offset by an improved stability in the presence ofurate, so it loses only 9 % of activity after 3 hours in calf serum. The BOD from M.oryzae immobilized without mediator outperforms B. pumilus. Its use in new porouscarbon materials containing gold nanoparticles showed the effect of enzymes dryingconditions of the synthesis method of the nanoparticles. The best performance isobtained for a drying at 25 °C under vacuum and a sequential synthesis ofnanoparticles. We combined these two BODs in a new bi-enzymatic cathode. At theoptimal ratio of 50 %v of each BOD, it operates at + 0.50 V vs. Ag/AgCl with a currentdensity of -0.86 ± 0.01 mA.cm-2 under physiological conditions. It has a high activityat high temperatures and in the presence of chloride and an intermediate stability inthe presence of urate. Under the same conditions we conceived a bi-enzymaticcathode with B. pumilus and laccase Podospora anserina. It is also more efficientthan the single-enzymatic corresponding cathodes.

Doctor of Philosophy / Department of Plant Pathology / William W. Bockus / James P. Stack / Wheat blast, caused by the Triticum pathotype of Magnaporthe oryzae (MoT), is a serious disease of wheat causing yield failures and significant economic losses during epidemic years in Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia. Although outbreaks occur only sporadically, wheat blast is considered a major disease affecting wheat production in South America and may be a threat to the wheat crop in the United States. Wheat is a major crop in the U.S. and wheat exports from the U.S. are important to food security of several countries around the World. Thus, it is important to understand the potential for MoT entry and establishment into the U.S. and to test U.S. wheat cultivars for susceptibility to MoT. The hypotheses of this research project were a) importing wheat grain from Brazil does not pose a risk for MoT establishment in the U.S., and b) resistance to MoT head infection does not exist in U.S. hard red winter wheat elite cultivars. Quantitative pathway analysis models were used to estimate the risk of MoT entry and establishment, in the coterminous U.S. and in a more targeted area within southeast North Carolina, via the importation of wheat grain from Brazil. The pathway model predicted that significant risk for MoT entry and establishment exists in some areas of the U.S. However, in approximately 60% of the coterminous U.S. winter wheat production areas the risk of MoT establishment was estimated to be zero. With respect to winter wheat growing areas in the U.S., conditions for MoT establishment and wheat blast outbreak occur only in small, restricted geographic areas. A higher resolution pathway analysis based on a ground transportation corridor in North Carolina indicated that conditions for MoT establishment exist seven out of ten years. Among U.S. cultivars tested, a continuum in severity to head blast was observed; cultivars Everest and Karl 92 were highly susceptible with more than 90% disease severity, while cultivars PostRock, Jackpot, Overley, Jagalene, Jagger, and Santa Fe showed less than 3% infection.

Endocytosis is both an ancient and a diverse feature of the eukaryotic cell. Studying how it evolved can provide insight into the nature of the last common eukaryotic ancestor, and the diversification of eukaryotes into the known extant lineages. In this thesis, I present two studies on the evolution of endocytosis. In the first part of the thesis I report results from a large-scale, phylogenetic and comparative genomic study of clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME). The CME pathway has been studied to a great level of detail in yeast to mammal model organisms. Several protein families have now been identified as part of the complex set of protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions which mediate endocytosis. To investigate how such complexity evolved, first, I defined the modular nature of the CME interactome (CME-I) by literature review, and then I carried out a systematic phylogenetic and protein domain architecture analysis of the proteins involved. These data were used to construct a model of the evolution of the CME-I network, and to map the expansion of the network's complexity to the eukaryotic tree of life. In the second part of the thesis, I present results from evolutionary and functional studies of the eisosome, a protein complex which has been proposed to regulate the spatial distribution of endocytosis in S. cerevisiae. The phylogeny of eisosomes components Pil1 and Lsp1 reported here, suggests that eisosomes are likely to have originated at the base of the fungi, and then diversified significantly via multiple gene duplications. I thus studied the localisation and function of Pil1 and Lsp1 homologues in Magnaporthe oryzae to investigate the role of eisosomes in filamentous fungi. Results suggests that eisosomes are linked with septal formation and integrity in M. oryzae, and that the septal specific Pil2 paralogue was lost in budding yeasts. Together, the data presented in this thesis describe the evolutionary history of a complex biological system, but also highlights the problem of asymmetry in the understanding of endocytic diversity in the eukaryotes.

La pyriculariose, maladie causée par le champignon phytopathogène Magnaporthe oryzae, affecte gravement le riz qui constitue l'aliment de base de plus de la moitié de la population mondiale. La connaissance des mécanismes de résistance est nécessaire pour guider la sélection variétale. Au cours de ce travail, une synthèse de la littérature a permis de recenser plus de 60 gènes régulateurs du riz impliqués dans la résistance du riz à différents agents pathogènes. Nous avons complété ces données en étudiant le rôle in planta de huit de ces régulateurs. Un rôle central du facteur de transcription OsWRKY28 a pu être établi et le rôle du récepteur CEBiP a été démontré. Ce travail a aussi exploré l'éventuelle implication d'une nouvelle famille de récepteurs, les Wall-Associated Kinases (WAK) dans la résistance chez le riz. Ce travail montre l'implication des WAK dans la résistance à M. oryzae. Alors que la transcription de la plupart de ces gènes est induite au cours de l'infection, celle du gène WAK112d est réprimée. La régulation transcriptionnelle précoce observée pour certains gènes WAK est déclenchée par la chitine et sous contrôle partiel du récepteur CEBiP et d'OsWRKY28. L'étude de mutants d'insertion et de lignées de surexpression a permis de montrer le rôle positif de trois gènes WAK et le rôle négatif du gène WAK112d dans la résistance. Des approches biochimiques seront nécessaires pour comprendre le mode de fonctionnement de ces récepteurs et pour les relier aux autres systèmes de défense connus. / Rice blast disease, caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, is one of the most serious diseases on rice which is the staple food of more than the half of the world population. Improving our knowledge of resistance mechanisms is necessary to guide breeding programs. In this study, we reviewed over 60 rice gene regulators involved in resistance against various pathogens. We completed these data by analyzing the role of eight of these regulators. A pivotal role for the transcription factor OsWRKY28 has been established and the role of the CEBiP receptor in planta has been demonstrated. This work also shows the implication of some WAKs in rice blast resistance. Whereas the transcription of most of these genes is induced, transcription of the OsWAK112d gene is repressed upon infection. The early transcriptional regulation observed for some OsWAK genes is triggered by chitin and partially under CEBiP and OsWRKY28 regulation. Analysis of insertion mu tants and over-expressor lines revealed a positive role for three OsWAK genes and a negative role for OsWAK112d gene in rice blast resistance. Biochemical studies will be essential to understand how these receptors work and to connect them to other known defense systems.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T18:55:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5478.pdf: 1057989 bytes, checksum: fd5f9b601fb9dcd1e824044cd0b9b00b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-06-26 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / Blast disease, caused by Magnaporthe grisea (anamorph Pyricularia grisea), is one of the main diseases of wheat and is disseminated throughout main producing states of the Country. It has been causing significant yield loss and is a limiting factor for the crop s expansion in central Brazil where the weather is highly favorable. The use of resistant cultivars can be influenced by weather conditions and concentration of inoculum. Chapter 1 of the present dissertation describes the influence of period of foliar wetness on the occurrence of blast in wheat seedlings in two experiments. The first one employed cultivars BH1146 (resistant) and BR40 (susceptible) inoculated with the Pyricularia isolate PR06- 03. In the second assay, the cultivars were BR18 (resistant) and Anahuac (susceptible) inoculated with the fungal isolate PR01-23. Five treatments were the period of wetness (6, 10, 14, 18 and 24h) in ten replications. Analysis was performed using a completely randomized design with a factorial plan of the treatments (five foliar wetness periods and 2 cultivars). Results showed that the minimum period needed for the development of the disease was 10 hours when inoculated with the isolate PR06-03. The longer the foliar wetness period the higher the incidence and severity of the disease regardless the resistance of cultivars. Chapter 2 aimed to determine the influence of the weather and concentration of P. grisea on the incidence and severity of blast. The experiment used totally randomized design with a factorial plan of the treatments: four concentrations (10³, 104, 105, 106 spores/ml) and two cultivars, ten repetitions. The wheat cultivars were BR18 (resistant) and Anahuac (susceptible) which were inoculated with 50ml of P. grisea suspension (isolate PR06-03) at the concentrations 10³, 104, 105, 106 spores/ml. The seedlings were submitted to temperatures of 22ºC and 28ºC for 18 hours of foliar wetness. The results showed that at 22ºC higher disease severity occurred on susceptible cultivar whereas the disease was the same for both cultivars at 28ºC. The resistant cultivar reacted like a susceptible when submitted to high temperature and high concentration of pathogen. / A brusone é uma das principais doenças do trigo e está disseminada nos principais estados produtores do país, causando danos significativos e sendo fator limitante para a expansão da cultura no Brasil central, principalmente por ser uma doença altamente influenciada pelo clima. Seu controle através de cultivares resistentes pode ser influenciado pelas condições climáticas e pela concentração de inóculo na lavoura. O Capítulo 1 desta dissertação descreve a influência do período de molhamento foliar na ocorrência da brusone, em plântulas de trigo, em dois experimentos. O primeiro com o isolado do fungo Pyricularia grisea (PR01-23) e duas cultivares de trigo no estádio de plântula, com reação diferenciada ao isolado (Anahuac suscetível e BR18 resistente) e o segundo com o isolado do fungo (PR06-03) e duas cultivares de trigo no estádio de plântula (BR40 suscetível e BH1146 resistente). Foram empregadas dez repetições de cinco tratamentos com os diferentes períodos de molhamento foliar (6, 10, 14, 18 e 24h). Avaliou-se a incidência e a severidade da brusone em porcentagem. A análise foi feita através de um delineamento estatístico inteiramente casualizado, com um esquema fatorial dos tratamentos (cinco períodos de molhamento e duas cultivares). Os resultados mostraram que o tempo mínimo requerido para o aparecimento da doença nas plântulas foi de 10 horas, quando inoculadas com o isolado PR01-23 e de 14 horas, quando inoculadas com o isolado PR06-03. Quanto maior o período de molhamento foliar, maior a incidência e a severidade da doença, independente da resistência da cultivar. O Capítulo 2 teve como objetivo determinar a influência da temperatura e concentração de inóculo de Pyricularia grisea na incidência e na severidade da brusone. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi inteiramente casualizado, com um esquema fatorial dos tratamentos: quatro concentrações de inóculo (10³, 104, 105 e 106 esporos/mL) e duas cultivares, dez repetições. Utilizou-se duas cultivares de trigo no estádio de plântula (BR18 resistente e Anahuac suscetível) que foram inoculadas com 50 mL de suspensão de P. grisea (isolado PR06-03) nas concentrações 10³, 104, 105 e 106 esporos/mL. As plantas foram submetidas às temperaturas de 22ºC e 28ºC por 18 horas de molhamento foliar. Avaliou-se a incidência e a severidade da brusone em porcentagem. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que à 22ºC a severidade foi maior na cultivar suscetível e igual para as cultivares a 28ºC. A cultivar resistente se comportou de forma semelhante a suscetível, quando submetida à alta temperatura e altas concentrações de inóculo.

Orientador: Raquel Ghini / Banca: Wagner Bettiol / Banca: Alfredo Seiti Urashima / Resumo: O impacto da elevação da concentração de CO2 do ar sobre a brusone do arroz foi avaliado em estufas de topo aberto (OTCs) na Embrapa Meio Ambiente, Jaguariúna/SP, por dois anos. Foram realizados ensaios com cultivares de arroz em estufas com injeção de CO2, estufas sem injeção de CO2, e campo aberto, sem injeção de CO2 e sem estufa. Avaliaram-se as características de desenvolvimento das plantas, a incidência e a severidade da brusone do arroz, a caracterização química e microbiológica da rizosfera de plantas de arroz, e o teor de silício acumulado na parte aérea das plantas. No primeiro ensaio foi avaliada também a ocorrência de bactérias diazotróficas endofíticas nas raízes das plantas. A concentração média de CO2 atmosférico do tratamento em campo aberto foi 459,4 e 447,4 μmol mol-1 na safra 2007/08 e safra 2008/09, respectivamente. Por outro lado, as concentrações médias de CO2 foram 490,1 e 480,4 μmol mol-1 para o tratamento em estufa sem injeção de CO2 e 531,9 e 608,6 μmol mol-1 para o tratamento com estufa com injeção de CO2 na safra 2007/08 e safra 2008/09, respectivamente. Nos resultados obtidos, verificou-se o aumento significativo na altura de plantas das cultivares Agulha Precoce e Shao Tiao Tsao, na safra 2008/09, no tratamento com injeção do gás. Nas cultivares Caloro e Agulha Precoce, nas safras 2007/08 e 2008/09, respectivamente, o ambiente com a concentração de CO2 do ar elevada aumentou a severidade da brusone nas folhas das plantas. A análise química e microbiológica da rizosfera não apresentou diferenças entre os ambientes com e sem injeção do gás. A massa seca da parte aérea das plantas, a massa das panículas e a massa dos grãos não sofreram alteração devido à elevação do CO2 atmosférico. O aumento da concentração de CO2 do ar pode alterar o crescimento das plantas e a severidade da brusone, acarretando... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The impact of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration on rice blast disease was evaluated in open-top chambers (OTCs) in Embrapa Meio Ambiente, Jaguariúna /SP, for two years. Trials were developed under OTCs with injection of CO2, OTCs without injection of CO2, and field, without injection of CO2 and without OTC. The characteristics of rice plants growth, the incidence and severity of rice blast, chemical and microbial characterization of rizosphere of rice plants, and leaf silicon content were evaluated. On the first trial it was also examined the occurrence of diazotrophic bacteria in rice plant's root. Actual season-long average CO2 concentration in field without injection of CO2 and without OTC were 459,4 e 447,4 μmol mol-1 in 2007/08 and 2008/09, respectively. For the other hand, actual season-long average CO2 concentration were 490,1 and 480,4 μmol mol-1 in OTCs without injection of CO2 and 531,9 and 608,6 μmol mol-1 for the treatment under OTCs with CO2 enrichment in 2007/08 and 2008/09, respectively. As results, Agulha Precoce and Shao Tiao Tsao, in 2008/09, it was found a significant increase on rice growth, on treatment with CO2 injection. On Caloro and Agulha Precoce, in 2007/08 and 2008/09, respectively, the atmosphere with elevated CO2 increased the severity of leaf blast. No significant difference was detected on rizhosphere chemical and microbiological analysis in the atmosphere with injection of the gas. CO2 enrichment resulted in a non-significant increase in grain weight, plant dry weight and the panicles weight. The increase of CO2 atmospheric concentration may alter the rice plant's growth and the severity of rice blast, and consequently, the strategies of disease management. / Mestre

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No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Dissertação Karinna Bannach Reis.pdf: 3955087 bytes, checksum: fbfd1023491588a9a5495cd281d72a41 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-12-18 / Ruta graveolens has been successfully applied for many human diseases treatment and promises a well succeed alternative for plant diseases control because it has also phytoalexins in its composition. The aim of this study was to standardise the R. graveolens liquid extract and evaluate its potential for controlling rice (Oryza sativa) leaf blast (Magnaporthe oryzae). The drug has been characterized, the liquid extract obtained and the methodology for quantifying the standards components, furanocoumarins psoralen and bergapten, validated by high performance liquide chromatography. The components of essential oil obtained from standardized liquid extract were characterized by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. In a completely randomized design, conducted in artificial hydrophobic surface with three replications and eleven treatments composed of M. oryzae conidial suspension (105 con.ml-1) mixed with R. graveolens standardized extract (0.01 to 0.10 g.mL-1), or furocoumarins psoralen (0.18 to 1.82 μg. mL-1), or bergapten (0.29 to 2.91 μg. mL-1), or water (control). It was evaluated the inhibition of conidial germination and appressorium formation and the median lethal dose (LD50). A second assay, in a completely randomized design in three replications was conducted in greenhouse conditions. It was composed of 21 days old rice plants, which were sprayed with a mixture containing M. oryzae conidial suspension (3x105 con.ml-1) and R. graveolens extract, without dilution, or furocoumarins psoralen (18.26 μg. mL-1), or bergapten (29.14 μg. mL-1), or water (control). Nine days after inoculation, leaf blast severity was scored with a diagrammatic scale, the data were statistically analyzed and means compared. The standardized plant extract inhibited M. oryzae conidial germination (LD50=0.237mg) and appressorium formation (LD50=0.121 mg) up to 100% and reduced 80.84% of leaf blast. By fluorescence microscopy it was possible to observe that standardized plant extract did not damage M. oryzae cell wall and plasma membrane, indicating another type of interaction to inhibit conidia development. Isolated standards furanocoumarins psoralen and bergapten did not inhibit conidial germination and appressorium formation and reduce leaf blast severity proportionally, suggesting that synergistic interactions between extract and essential oil components were responsible for the success of R. graveolens in suppressing rice disease, making it an alternative to compose rice blast management. / Ruta graveolens é utilizada com sucesso no tratamento de diversas patologias humanas e possui potencial para o controle alternativo de fitopatógenos, pois também apresenta fitoalexinas em sua composição. O objetivo deste estudo foi padronizar o extrato vegetal líquido de R. graveolens e avaliar seu potencial para o controle da brusone foliar. O material vegetal foi caracterizado, o extrato líquido obtido e a metodologia para a quantificação dos padrões psoraleno e bergapteno foi validada por cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência. Os componentes do óleo essencial obtidos a partir do extrato líquido padronizado foram caracterizados por cromatografia gasosa acoplada à espectrometria de massas. No ensaio conduzido em superfície hidrofóbica artificial, com três repetições e onze tratamentos, 10 μL da suspensão de conídios de Magnaporthe oryzae (105 con/mL) foram misturadas com o extrato vegetal padronizado (0,01 a 0,10 g/mL), ou as furanocumarinas psoraleno (0,18 a 1,82 μg/mL) e bergapteno (0,29 a 2,91 μg/mL), ou água (controle). Avaliou-se a inibição da germinação conidial e da formação dos apressórios determinando-se a dose letal capaz de inibir 50% dos indivíduos (DL50). No experimento conduzido em casa de vegetação e com três repetições, plantas de arroz com 21 dias após plantio foram pulverizadas com uma suspensão de conídios de M. oryzae (3x105 com/mL) misturada com extrato vegetal padronizado sem diluição, ou psoraleno (18,26 μg/mL), ou bergapteno (29,14 μg/mL), ou água (controle). Após nove dias da inoculação, avaliou-se a severidade de brusone foliar com uma escala de 10 graus, os dados foram analisados estatisticamente e as médias comparadas. O extrato vegetal padronizado inibiu a formação de tubo germinativo (DL50= 0,237 mg) e a formação de apressório (DL50= 0,121 mg) de M. oryzae em até 100%, e reduziu a severidade de brusone nas folhas em 80,84%. Através de microscopia de fluorescência, não foi observada ação do extrato padronizado em membrana plasmática e parede celular de M. oryzae, o que indica outro tipo de interação para inibir o desenvolvimento do conídio. Os padrões psoraleno e bergapteno não inibiram proporcionalmente a germinação e a formação de apressório, como também não reduziram a severidade de brusone nas folhas em sua forma isolada, o que sugere que interações sinérgicas entre os diversos componentes do extrato e do óleo essencial de R. graveolens foram responsáveis pelo sucesso do extrato padronizado em suprimir a brusone foliar, tornando-o uma alternativa para compor o manejo de brusone em arroz.