EP4312515A1 - Verfahren zur veränderung des durch wurzeln einer pflanze beeinflussten mikrobioms anhand von mikropeptiden - Google Patents
Verfahren zur veränderung des durch wurzeln einer pflanze beeinflussten mikrobioms anhand von mikropeptidenInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention concerns a method for altering the microbiome influenced by a plant’s root.
- Plant-associated microorganisms are essential for the well-being of plants. It is believed that plants and their associated microorganisms communicate in both directions, that is to say from the plants to microorganisms and from the microorganisms to the plants. Plants particularly interact with their associated microorganisms via rhizodeposits, which are compounds released by the roots into their environment.
- RNA small RNA
- Rhizosphere engineering thus represents in interesting approach to favor the development of plants by modulating their rhizomicrobiome.
- Rhizosphere engineering is currently carried out by (i) adding molecules of the primary or secondary metabolism, to favor the development of the microbiome or (ii) inoculating bacterial or fungal strains selected on the basis of their positive effect on the plant.
- both approaches have shown drawbacks.
- inoculating bacterial or fungal strains present two majors issues: either the strain becomes invasive and destabilizes the whole microbiome, either the strain is not capable to maintain itself at a sufficient level in a microbiome showing high competition.
- the Inventors have found that some miRNAs expressed by a plant cell are secreted in the rhizosphere, wherein they directly acts on specific bacteria or fungi present by gene silencing or activation.
- a plant is thus capable of modifying the microbiome of its rhizosphere by secreting specific miRNAs, which for example result in an increased or decreased population of specific microorganisms.
- These miRNAs are referred to as secreted miRNAs in the following.
- the Inventors have then unexpectedly shown that it is possible to alter the rhizomicrobiome of a plant, by directly watering said plant with a composition comprising a micropeptide able to induce the transcription of a specific secreted miRNA.
- rhizomicrobiome the microbiome of a rhizosphere.
- the claimed method for altering the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant thus advantageously allows specifically targeting one or several strains of microorganisms, to activate or inhibit their development, without using a GMO approach.
- the claimed method for altering the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant is easy of use, since it only required watering the plant with a composition comprising a suitable micropeptide.
- micropeptide can be produced easily, in high quantity and at low costs, by recombinant technology.
- the method for altering the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant can be used to induce a phenotype of interest of the plant.
- the micropeptide mil 59c of sequence SEQ ID NO: 3 allows conferring drought resistance to Arabidopsis thaliana.
- a first object of the invention is a method for selecting at least one micropeptide able to alter the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant, wherein said method comprises: a) identifying (i) at least one miRNA secreted by said plant in a sample of the roots and/or rhizosphere of said plant or (ii) at least one miRNA secreted by said plant which is identical to a secreted miRNA of a control plant, wherein the secreted miRNA of the control plant is able to alter the microbiome influenced by roots of said control plant, b) identifying at least one ORF associated to at least one miRNA identified in step a) and coding for a micropeptide, c) providing at least one micropeptide encoded by one ORF identified in step b) and applying said micropeptide onto said plant, d) comparing the microbiome influenced by roots of the plant in the presence or absence of said micropeptide, and e) selecting at least one micropeptide able to alter the microbiome influenced
- Step d) preferably comprises determining the genus and/or species of microorganisms and, optionally, their proportion, quantity and/or concentration, in a sample of the roots and/or rhizosphere of the plant in the presence of said micropeptide and in a sample of the roots and/or rhizosphere of the plant absence of said micropeptide.
- Another object of the invention is a micropeptide, wherein said micropeptide is able to alter the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant.
- Said micropeptide is preferably selected by the method as defined above.
- Said micropeptide preferably comprises a sequence selected from the group consisting of sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 , SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 3.
- Another object of the invention is a composition comprising at least one micropeptide as defined above.
- Another object of the invention is a device suitable for spraying or watering, wherein said device comprising at least one micropeptide as defined above or a composition as defined above.
- Another object of the invention is a method for altering the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant, comprising administering to said plant at least one micropeptide as defined above.
- Said micropeptide is preferably provided in the form of a composition as defined above or in a device as defined above.
- altering the microbiome of the plant preferably induces a phenotype of interest in the plant.
- Another object of the invention is the use of a micropeptide as defined above as a plant microbiome modulating agent, in particular to induce a phenotype of interest in a plant.
- Said phenotype of interest is preferably selected from the group consisting of a resistance to at least one plant pathogen, a resistance to at least one stress, or a resistance to at least one pollutant and their combinations.
- Said micropeptide is preferably provided in the form of a composition as defined above or in a device as defined above.
- the plant is any plant having roots and being able to grow in a soil or substrate.
- the plant as defined above is preferably a flowering plant.
- the plant as defined above is preferably a monocotyledon or a dicotyledon.
- the plant as defined above may be a plant grown in a greenhouse or in crop.
- the plant as defined above is preferably an agronomic plant.
- agronomic plant By the term “agronomic plant”, it is herein meant a plant, which is produced on a large scale, in particular for human and animal food or for industrial purposes, such as biofuel.
- the agronomic plant as defined above may for example be:
- a cereal such as wheat, rice, corn, barley, rye, oat, sorghum or millet,
- a legume such as beans, broad beans, peas, chickpeas, cow peas, lentils or lupin,
- oilseed such as soybean, sunflower or canola
- a sugar crop such as sugar beet or sugar cane, or
- a starchy root or tuber crop such as potato, sweet potato, yam or taro.
- the present invention particularly relates to a micropeptide able to alter the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant, preferably able to alter the rhizomicrobiome.
- micropeptide as defined above indeed induces the transcription of a secreted miRNA, i.e. a miRNA which is secreted by the plant cells in the rhizosphere. Said secreted miRNA is then able to alter the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant.
- the micropeptide of the invention is thus able to alter the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant, via the induced transcription of a specific secreted miRNA.
- microbiome influenced by roots of a plant it is herein meant microorganisms living in the rhizosphere and/or the phyllosphere and/or the endosphere of said plant and which receives molecules from said plant.
- the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant is preferably the rhizomicrobiome, i.e. the microorganisms living in the rhizosphere.
- the micropeptide is able to induce at least one change in the microbiome influenced by roots, such as for example an increase or decrease in the proportion, quantity and/or concentration of at least one microorganism.
- Said microorganism may for example be a bacterium or a fungus.
- the bacterium may for example be known for its capacity to increase plant growth, resistance to pathogens, tolerance to environmental stress and/or tolerance to pollutants.
- the fungus may for example be known for its capacity to increase plant growth, resistance to pathogens, tolerance to environmental stress and/or tolerance to pollutants.
- the skilled person can easily determine whether a given micropeptide is able to alter the microbiome influenced by roots of a given plant.
- plants at 6-leaves stage are treated with a solution comprising the micropeptide to be assessed or with water (control condition), three times a week, during three weeks.
- 500 mI_ of the solution comprising the micropeptide at a concentration of 20 mM in water and 500 mI of water (for the control condition) are for example used.
- the plant is carefully watered on the soil, at the base of the stem, i.e. on the root crown.
- the microbiome influenced by roots in the presence of the micropeptide is assessed and compared to the microbiome influenced by roots in the absence of said micropeptide.
- the microbiome influenced by roots may be assessed by measuring an alpha- diversity index, such as Observed Species, Shannon or Simpson index and/or by quantifying bacteria and fungi, for example by qPCR using 16S rRNA for bacteria and/or using ITS2 for fungi.
- an alpha- diversity index such as Observed Species, Shannon or Simpson index
- quantifying bacteria and fungi for example by qPCR using 16S rRNA for bacteria and/or using ITS2 for fungi.
- a change in the alpha-diversity index or in the proportion, quantity and/or concentration of at least one microorganism in the presence versus in the absence of the micropeptide indicates an alteration of the microbiome and thus that the assessed peptide is able to alter the microbiome influenced by roots of the plant.
- the micropeptide as defined above preferably has a length of at most 100 amino acids, preferably at most 75 amino acids, more preferably at most 50 amino acids.
- micropeptide as defined above preferably has a length of at least 3 amino acids.
- micropeptide as defined above preferably does not comprise any chemical modification and/or non-natural amino acid, in particular for increasing its stability.
- the micropeptide has a short remanence when used in nature.
- micropeptide as defined above may be obtained by the method of selection as defined below.
- the micropeptide may for example comprise a sequence selected from the group consisting of sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 , SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 3.
- composition comprising a micropeptide
- the present invention also relates to a composition comprising at least one micropeptide as defined above.
- the composition may for example comprise one micropeptide as defined above, two different micropeptides as defined above or at least two different micropeptides as defined above.
- micropeptides When at least two micropeptides are used, they may induce transcription of the same miRNA in the plant or of different miRNAs.
- composition as defined above may for example comprise at least 1 mM of the or each micropeptide, preferably at least 5 mM of the or each micropeptide and/or at most 20 mM of the or each micropeptide, preferably at most 15 mM of the or each micropeptide.
- composition as defined above preferably comprises an aqueous solution and at least one micropeptide as defined above.
- composition as defined above preferably comprises an aqueous solution and at least two micropeptides as defined above.
- the aqueous solution is preferably water.
- an organic solvent may be used to dilute the micropeptide, before adding water.
- the composition may thus comprise an organic solvent, a micropeptide and water.
- the present invention also relates to a device suitable for spraying or watering, wherein said device comprises a micropeptide as defined above or a composition as defined above.
- the device may for example be a device comprising a container and means for spraying or watering, a watering can or a sprayer.
- the device may be suitable for a use in a greenhouse or in crop.
- the present invention also relates to a method for selecting at least one micropeptide able to alter the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant, preferably able to alter the rhizomicrobiome of a plant.
- the method as defined above particularly comprises: a) identifying (i) at least one miRNA secreted by said plant in a sample of the roots and/or rhizosphere of said plant and/or (ii) at least one miRNA secreted by said plant which is identical to a secreted miRNA of a control plant, wherein the secreted miRNA of the control plant is able to alter the microbiome influenced by roots of said control plant, b) identifying at least one ORF associated to at least one miRNA identified in step a) and coding for a micropeptide, c) providing at least one micropeptide encoded by one ORF identified in step b) and applying said micropeptide onto said plant, d) comparing the microbiome influenced by roots of the plant in the presence or absence of said micropeptide, and e) selecting at least one micropeptide able to alter the microbiome influenced by roots of the plant.
- the plant is particularly as defined above.
- the Inventors have surprisingly found that a plant secrete some miRNAs, which are then found in rhizosphere. These miRNAs can then act on specific microorganisms present in the rhizosphere and/or the phyllosphere and/or the endosphere by gene silencing or activation, thereby specifically promoting, inhibiting their growth or changing the interaction between microorganisms.
- Step a) comprises identifying (i) at least one miRNA secreted by said plant in a sample of the roots and/or rhizosphere of said plant and/or (ii) at least one miRNA secreted by said plant which is identical to a secreted miRNA of a control plant, wherein the secreted miRNA of the control plant is able to alter the microbiome influenced by roots of said control plant.
- step a) comprises identifying at least one miRNA secreted by said plant in a sample of the roots and/or rhizosphere of said plant.
- the plant may be grown in normal conditions and/or in specific conditions.
- Specific conditions may comprise at least one condition selected from the group consisting of a specific cycle of light / darkness, a specific temperature, a specific soil or substrate, a specific watering and the presence of at least one specific plant pathogen.
- the sample is preferably removed once the plant has reached full growth of the rosette before flowering, for example, preferably after 4 weeks of growth.
- the sample is a sample of the rhizosphere.
- the sample is a sample of the rhizosphere.
- rhizosphere it is herein meant a portion of soil or substrate surrounding the root system.
- the rhizosphere comprises microorganisms, which for example differ from those living on the root surface (phyllosphere) or inside plant tissues (endosphere).
- a sample of the rhizosphere is thus a sample of the soil or substrate in contact with the roots of the plant and/or close to the roots of the plant.
- roots are harvested and the soil or substrate located at the vicinity of roots is recovered and constitutes the sample of rhizosphere.
- a sample of rhizosphere comprise 1 mm of the soil in contact with the roots of the plant.
- Identifying at least one secreted miRNA preferably comprises purifying the miRNAs present in the sample and sequencing said miRNAs.
- Purifying the miRNAs present in the sample of roots and/or rhizosphere may comprise freezing the sample at -80°C, for example in liquid nitrogen and, optionally, storing the sample at -80°C until miRNA extraction.
- RNA, including miRNA may then be extracted by any suitable method, such as QIAgen Power RNA soil kit.
- Sequencing the miRNA may be carried out by any method well known by the skilled person, such as with a NextSeq 500 sequencer (lllumina) in single read (1 c 50 bp, 20 million reads).
- Identifying at least one secreted miRNA preferably further comprises confirming that said miRNA originates from the plant, for example by performing sequence alignments using miRNA databases of said plant.
- Identifying at least one miRNA secreted by said plant in a sample of roots and/or the rhizosphere of said plant may further comprise comparing the identified miRNA with miRNA isolated in a sample of the same soil or substrate used for growing the plant, but without any plant, to confirm that the secreted miRNA originates from the plant and not from the soil and/or from the substrate used for growth.
- step a) comprises identifying at least one miRNA secreted by said plant which is identical to a secreted miRNA of a control plant, wherein the secreted miRNA of the control plant is able to alter the microbiome influenced by the roots of said control plant.
- the secreted miRNA of the control plant is able to alter the rhizomicrobiome of said control plant.
- the secreted miRNA of the control plant is able to alter the rhizomicrobiome of said control plant.
- a secreted miRNA able to alter the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant has already been identified and this plant is referred to as the control plant.
- the aim of alternative (ii) is then to identify a micropeptide able to induce transcription of said secreted miRNA in another plant.
- miRNA159 is common to at least Arabidopsis and Brachipodium, but its transcription is not induced by the same micropeptide in Arabidopsis and Brachipodium.
- another plant it is meant a plant of a different species and/or genus.
- Alternative (ii) may thus comprise analyzing the miRNA of the plant to detect the presence of at least one miRNA identical to a secreted miRNA of the control plant.
- the secreted miRNA of the control plant has preferably been identified using the alternative (i) of the method as defined above.
- Step b) comprises identifying at least one ORF associated to at least one miRNA identified in step a) and coding for a micropeptide. miRNA transcription is indeed induced by a micropeptide, which is specific to said miRNA.
- the ORF encoding a micropeptide is located in 5’ of the pre-miRNA whose transcription is induced by said micropeptide.
- ORFs encoding different micropeptides are usually identified using the sequence of the secreted miRNA identified in step a).
- the ORFs associated to at least one miRNA may be identified by performing sequence alignments using miRNA databases of the plant.
- the micropeptide preferably has a length of at most 100 amino acids, preferably at most 75 amino acids, more preferably at most 50 amino acids.
- the micropeptide preferably has a length of at least 3 amino acids.
- Step c) comprises providing at least one micropeptide encoded by one ORF identified in step b) and applying said micropeptide onto said plant.
- the aim of claim c) is to assess the effects of at least one ORF identified in step b) on the microbiome influenced by roots of said plant, preferably on the rhizomicrobiome of said plant.
- micropeptide provided in step c) may be obtained by chemical synthesis or by recombinant technology.
- the micropeptide is preferably provided in the form of a composition comprising said micropeptide.
- the micropeptide may be applied on the plant by spraying or watering a composition comprising said micropeptide.
- said composition is applied on the root crown. Applying the composition on the root crown is indeed more efficient than spraying the composition on the whole plant.
- root crown refers to the part of the plant between the root system and the stem. Since roots and stems have quite different anatomies, major vascular changes take place in this part of the plant.
- a plant treated in the same manner and with the same composition, except the presence of the micropeptide, is also used, in order to compare the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant in the presence or absence of said micropeptide.
- the micropeptide is preferably applied once the plant has reached 6 leaves, for example after at least two weeks of growth.
- the micropeptide may be applied once to seven times a week and/or during one to 6 weeks.
- the micropeptide may be applied twice to four times a week, for example three times a week, and/or during two to four weeks, for example during three weeks.
- the micropeptide is preferably applied three times a week, during three weeks.
- composition comprising the micropeptide may be sprayed on the leaves and/or on the root crown.
- composition comprising the micropeptide is preferably carefully watered or sprayed on the soil, at the base of the stem, i.e. on the root crown.
- composition may for example comprise at least 1 mM of the micropeptide, preferably at least 5 mM.
- composition comprising said micropeptide preferably comprises an aqueous solution and the micropeptide.
- the aqueous solution is preferably water.
- composition preferably comprises the micropeptide and water.
- 500 mI_ of the solution comprising the micropeptide at a concentration of 20 mM in water are for example used.
- an organic solvent may be used to dilute the micropeptide, before adding water.
- the composition may thus comprise an organic solvent, a micropeptide and water.
- step c the plant is obviously not the plant of step a), but is a plant of the same genus and species as the plant used in step a).
- the plant may be grown in normal conditions and/or in specific conditions. Normal conditions and specific conditions are as defined above.
- the plant is preferably grown in the same conditions as those used in step a), in the case of alternative (i).
- each micropeptide is assessed on a different plant.
- a combination of at least two micropeptides may be assessed on the same plant.
- Step d) comprises comparing the microbiome influenced by roots of the plant in the presence or absence of said micropeptide.
- step d) comprises comparing the rhizomicrobiome of the plant in the presence or absence of said micropeptide.
- Step d) may be carried out at least two weeks after the first application of the micropeptide onto the plant, preferably at least three weeks after the first application of the micropeptide onto the plant, for example three weeks after the first application of the micropeptide onto the plant.
- Step d) may comprise determining the genus and/or species of microorganisms and, optionally, their proportion, quantity and/or concentration, in a sample of the roots and/or rhizosphere of the plant in the presence of said micropeptide and in a sample of the roots and/or rhizosphere of the plant in absence of said micropeptide.
- Step d) may thus for example comprise measuring an alpha-diversity index, such as Observed Species, Shannon or Simpson index and/or by quantifying bacteria and fungi, for example by qPCR using 16S rRNA for bacteria and/or using ITS2 for fungi.
- an alpha-diversity index such as Observed Species, Shannon or Simpson index
- a change in the alpha-diversity index or in the proportion, quantity and/or concentration of at least one microorganism in the presence versus in the absence of the micropeptide indicates an alteration of the microbiome influenced by roots of the plant.
- a change in the alpha-diversity index or in the proportion, quantity and/or concentration of at least one microorganism of the rhizosphere in the presence versus in the absence of the micropeptide indicates an alteration of the rhizomicrobiome of the plant.
- Step e) comprises selecting at least one micropeptide able to alter the microbiome influenced by roots of the plant.
- step e) comprises selecting at least one micropeptide able to alter the rhizomicrobiome of the plant.
- the method may further comprise applying the micropeptide selected in step e) onto the plant, in the presence of at least one pathogen and/or at least one pollutant and/or in a stress condition, such as a drought stress, to assess if the alteration of the microbiome influenced by roots of the plant induces a phenotype of interest.
- a stress condition such as a drought stress
- the phenotype of interest may for example be selected from the group consisting of a resistance to at least one plant pathogen, a resistance to at least one stress, a resistance to at least one pollutant and their combinations.
- the resistance to at least one stress may for example be resistance to drought stress or resistance to excess of water.
- the present invention also relates to a method for altering the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant, wherein said method comprises administering to said plant at least one micropeptide as defined above.
- the present invention also relates to a method for altering the rhizomicrobiome of a plant, wherein said method comprises administering to said plant at least one micropeptide as defined above.
- the micropeptide as defined above induces the transcription of the corresponding miRNA in the plant cells. Said miRNA is then secreted by the plant cells and alters the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant, by acting on at least one microorganism by gene silencing or activation.
- An alteration of the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant is particularly as defined above.
- micropeptide may be provided in the form of a composition as defined above or in a container as defined above.
- said micropeptide is applied on the root crown.
- Administering at least one micropeptide to a plant may comprise spraying or watering said micropeptide on the soil, at the base of the stem of the plant, i.e. on the root crown.
- micropeptide may also be sprayed on the leaves and/or on the root crown.
- the micropeptide is preferably applied once the plant has reached 6 leaves, for example after at least two weeks of growth.
- the micropeptide may be applied once to seven times a week and/or during one to 6 weeks.
- the micropeptide may be applied twice to four times a week.
- Altering the microbiome influenced by roots of the plant preferably induces a phenotype of interest in the plant.
- the phenotype of interest may selected from the group consisting of a resistance to at least one plant pathogen, a resistance to at least one stress, a resistance to at least one pollutant and their combinations.
- the resistance to at least one stress may for example be resistance to drought stress or resistance to excess of water.
- plants treated with micropeptide miPEP159c of sequence SEQ ID NO: 3 show a better tolerance to water stress.
- micropeptide as a plant microbiome modulating agent
- the present invention also relates to the use of a micropeptide as defined above as an plant microbiome modulating agent , in particular to induce a phenotype of interest in a plant.
- plant microbiome modulating agent it is herein meant a compound able to alter the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant.
- the plant microbiome modulating agent is preferably a rhizomicrobiome modulating agent.
- rhizomicrobiome modulating agent it is herein meant a compound able to alter the rhizomicrobiome of a plant.
- the phenotype of interest may be as defined above in the section “Method for altering the microbiome influenced by roots of a plant”.
- Said micropeptide may be provided in the form of a composition as defined above or in a container as defined above.
- Sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 corresponds to the amino acid sequence of micropeptide 159a (miPEP 159a) of Arabidopsis.
- Sequence SEQ ID NO: 2 corresponds to the amino acid sequence of micropeptide159b (miPEP 159b) of Arabidopsis.
- Sequence SEQ ID NO: 3 corresponds to the amino acid sequence of micropeptide159c (miPEP 159c) of Arabidopsis.
- Sequence SEQ ID NO: 4 corresponds to a scrumbled amino acid sequence of micropeptide miPEP 159c (AtSC159c).
- Sequences SEQ ID NO: 6 to SEQ ID NO: 10 correspond to primers used in the Example. Figures
- FIG. 1 Analytical flowchart for the identification of rhizospheric microRNAs
- Figure 2 Average number of microRNAs reads for Arabidopsis thaliana and Brachypodium distachyon rhizospheres and unplanted soils
- Figure 3 (A) Venn diagram showing microRNAs sequenced in the associated rhizosphere of Arabidopsis and Brachypodium, and in unplanted soil x, y and z are the occurrences of microRNAs annotated as neither of these plants. (B) Core microRNAs identity found in Arabidopsis and Brachypodium rhizopheres
- FIG. 4 Phenotype of Arabidopsis small RNA mutants.
- Ago1-27, dcl1.2, hen1-4, RTL1 and RTUmyc are mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana which have an impaired production of small RNAs, including microRNAs. They can be compared to « WT6.5 » which is the wild-type of A. thaliana.
- Figure 5 Alpha-diversity indices (Observed species, Shannon and Simpson) of bacteria present in (i) root and close rhizosphere samples, (ii) distant rhizosphere of mutants, wild-types and control soils.
- Figure 6 Alpha-diversity indices (Observed species, Shannon and Simpson) of fungi present in (i) root and close rhizosphere samples, (ii) distant rhizosphere of mutants, wild- types and control soils.
- Figure 7 Bray-Curtis distances-based ordination of bacterial communities in roots and rhizosphere of mutants, WT and Control soil.
- Figure 8 Weighted UniFrac distances-based ordination of bacterial communities in roots and rhizosphere of mutants, WT and Control soil.
- Figure 9 Bray-Curtis distances-based ordination of fungal communities in roots and rhizosphere of mutants, WT and Control soil.
- Figure 10 Weighted UniFrac distances-based ordination of fungal communities in roots and rhizosphere of mutants, WT and Control soil.
- FIG 11 Hairpin structure of the pri-miRNA 159c. This pri-miRNA encodes miPEP159c located at the 5’ end, and the mature miRNA159c and miRNA159c*.
- Figure 13 Alpha-diversity indices (Observed species, Shannon and Simpson) of bacteria and archaea present in (i) root and close rhizosphere samples, (ii) distant rhizosphere and (iii) unplanted soils, treated with miPEP-A, miPEP-B, miPEP-C or water (Control-mi-PEP).
- Figure 14 Alpha-diversity indices (Observed species, Shannon and Simpson) of fungi present in (i) root and close rhizosphere samples, (ii) distant rhizosphere and (iii) unplanted soils, treated with miPEP-A, miPEP-B, miPEP-C or water (Control-mi-PEP).
- Figure 15 Principal Coordinate Analysis of Bray-Curtis distances of bacterial communities in i) root and close rhizosphere, ii) distant rhizosphere and iii) unplanted soil samples.
- Figure 16 Principal Coordinate Analysis of Bray-Curtis distances of fungal communities in i) root and close rhizosphere, ii) distant rhizosphere and iii) unplanted soil samples.
- Figure 17 Principal Coordinate Analysis of Weighted UniFrac distances of bacterial communities in i) root and close rhizosphere, ii) distant rhizosphere and iii) unplanted soil samples.
- Figure 18 Principal Coordinate Analysis of Weighted UniFrac distances of fungal communities in i) root and close rhizosphere, ii) distant rhizosphere and iii) unplanted soil samples.
- FIG 19 Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of A. thaliana roots grown in petri dishes and a chemically fixed sample of rhizodermis cells (A and B) showing high vesicle synthesis activity.
- An enlargement of the frame (E) shows the colocalization of a rhizospheric bacterium and an extracellular vesicle (F).
- Figure 20 Microscopy of cryo-fixed root samples showing a high concentration of bacteria in contact with rhizodermis cells (A). Enlargement of the frame (A) shows bacteria grouped together embedded in a biofilm (dark grey arrow), nearby a high accumulation of vesicles (black arrows) (B).
- Figure 21 Workflow of differential centrifugations and density gradient for exosome isolation from the rhizosphere, followed by RNA extraction
- Figure 22 Average size of exosomes measured by Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) (A).
- Figure 23 RNA extracted from samples taken at each exosomal purification step: the first one from the filtrate after filtration on gauze (P1 ), the second after concentration on an Amicon® column (P2) and the third on the pellet obtained at 120,000 g (P3).
- P1 gauze
- P2 the second after concentration on an Amicon® column
- P3 the third on the pellet obtained at 120,000 g
- rhizosphere engineering is carried out either (i) by addition of molecules of primary or secondary metabolism to promote the development of the microbiome, or (ii) by inoculation of bacterial or fungal strains selected for their beneficial impact on the plant.
- the first technique is non-specific and allows the development of both beneficial and potentially negative microorganisms.
- the second technique has two major problems, either the strain is invasive and destabilizes the beneficial balance of the whole microbiome, or it is unable to maintain itself in a highly competitive ecological system.
- the invention based on the manipulation of microRNAs, can target in a very specific way one or several strains to activate or inhibit their development, without going the need of genetic modification.
- This method is an interesting ecological solution for an environmental application because it will allow a very targeted manipulation of the microbiome associated with the plant, by inhibiting strains with a negative effect and/or by favoring strains with a beneficial effect.
- Arabidopsis thaliana Columbia plants (Col-0) were used as the dicotyledonous model, whereas Brachypodium dystachion 21-3 plants (Wild Type) were used as the monocotyledonous model. Plants were grown in a greenhouse maintained at 20°C in a mixture of 3 ⁇ 4 horticultural soil and 1 ⁇ 4 sand, sifted to 2.2 mm. The plants were exposed to 16 hours of light per day and 8 hours of darkness. Both plant species were grown for 4 weeks before their rhizospheres were harvested and RNA extracted. Unplanted soils, prepared similarly as to those used for Arabidopsis and Brachypodium, were placed in the same conditions and used as control soil.
- miPEP design and synthesis microRNA-encoded peptides were designed with the following amino acid sequences: MTWPLLSLSFLLSKYV (miPEP 159a, SEQ ID NO: 1),
- miPEP 159b SEQ ID NO: 2
- MQNLRVHVFLIESARC miPEP 159c, SEQ ID NO: 3
- IHSQEMLRVCRALFNV AtSC159c, SEQ ID NO: 4
- These peptide sequences are encoded in pri-miRNA from Arabidopsis thaliana and were identified using PACBio iso-seq sequencing. The first ORF-encoded peptide was chosen to synthesize miPEPs. miPEP treatment
- Rhizosphe ic soil sampling miRNAs extraction and sequencing Roots of one-month old plants were harvested, the excess of soil was discarded, and the soil located at the vicinity of roots was recovered and considered as the rhizospheric soil. Roots were then washed in PBS solution. The soil samples from the unplanted pots were also harvested. These samples were flash-frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80°C until RNA extraction. RNA extraction was performed with TRIzol® reagent (Sigma-Aldrich). Small RNA-Seq and data preprocessing were performed as previously described in Cave- Radet et al.
- Bioinformatic analyses were conducted on the Gengeneouest, University of Rennesl ) (see analytical flowchart in Figure 1). Small-RNA raw reads were first trimmed by Cutadapt to remove 3’ sequencing adapters (2 mismatches allowed). Only reads between 16 to 28 nucleotides with less than 2 unknown bases were retained as clean reads. Remaining clean reads were mapped by Bowtie2 on a custom database containing Rfam non-coding RNA families’ sequences (nc-RNA: tRNA, rRNA, snRNA and snoRNA).
- Mapped reads (allowing for 0 or 1 mismatch) were discarded (Samtools 0.1.19) to remove other nc-RNAs and construct putative small-RNA datasets. Finally, identical reads were collapsed among libraries to get non-redundant putative small-RNA datasets (process_reads-fasta.py script from mirPREFeR). For downstream analyses, only reads representing at least 0.5 RPM (Reads Per Million; e.g. 10 reads minimum from 20 million reads sequencing depth) were kept to remove low coverage small RNA reads. Non-redundant putative small-RNA reads were then aligned by BLAST+, using short-BLASTn on mirBase (version 21). Alignments were filtered to retain the best blast hit with perfect match (full length, no gap, and 100% identity and query coverage) and identify miRNAs candidates.
- A.thaliana and B.distachyon plants were grown in a mixture of 3 ⁇ 4 horticultural soil 1 ⁇ 4 sand sifted to 2.2 mm in seedling plates containing 160 cells (cell: 30mm in diameter and 50mm deep)
- the roots with their rhizosphere (20 g with about 1 mm of soil still on the roots) are harvested and are placed in PPCO Nalgene TM centrifuge flasks (ThermoScientific TM) with 100ml of autoclaved 1X PBS and the whole stirred for 1 hour, in the presence of sterile glass beads.
- the extract was then filtered through a gauze before being centrifuged at 2000g at 4°C for 20 min, the supernatant is then transferred to a new flask to be centrifuged at 4000g at 4°C for 30 min. The supernatant is once again transferred to Oak Ridge Tubes Polycarbonate 35 ml.
- Conical Nalgene TM (Thermo Scientific TM) then centrifuged at 10,000g for 1 hour at 4°C.
- the supernatant (approximately 85mL) was concentrated on Amicon® Ultra-15 Centrifugal Column Filters Ultracel® 10OkD, with successive centrifugations of 10OOg for 15 minutes until a volume of about 8.9mL was obtained.
- the extract thus concentrated is transferred to an Optiseal® Polypropylene Centrifuge tube (16x60 mm) and was ultracentrifuged on a 90 Ti Fixed-Angle Titanium Rotor for 1 hour at 120,000g at 4°C.
- the supernatant is discarded and the pellet was diluted in 500mI_ of 1X PBS. 100 mI_ were used to check the quality of the vesicles by NTA, and the remainder sample was used for RNA extraction.
- NTA Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis
- the mutant plants were sampled in the following manner, resulting in two types of samples: the roots were quickly rinsed with sterile PBS 1 X, the roots and closely attached rhizosphere were dried with paper towel and directly frozen in liquid nitrogen, whereas the leftover, more distant, rhizospheric soil was frozen with the rinse solution.
- plants were sampled in a similar manner, however each sample corresponds to the pooling of two plants/soils. Unplanted soils were also analyzed after treatment.
- plant samples were first ground in liquid nitrogen with a sterile mortar and pestle, then processed with the Nucleospin Plant II kit. DNA from soil samples was extracted. First, to each sample, 500mI_ of a lysis buffer were added.
- This buffer being composed of 50% potassium solution (86% K2HP04, 14% KH2P04, pH 8.0) and 50% of a solution of 10% Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and - 0,7 M NaCI.
- CTCAB Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide
- An additional 500mI_ of phenol- chloroform-isoamyl alcohol (25:24:1 , pH 8.0) was added and then samples were ground by bead beating at 30 m.s-1 for 3 min, using Lysing Matrix E tubes (MP Biomedicals, California, USA).
- the lysed samples were then centrifuged at 14000g for 10min at 4°C, the aqueous phase was retrieved and 500pL chloroform-isoamyl alcohol (24:1 ) were added, before repeating centrifugation.
- T o the aqueous phase 1 mL of 30% PEG 6000 - 1 .6 M NaCI was added and left overnight at 4°C to precipitate.
- the samples were then centrifuged again for 30min in order to pellet the nucleic acids. The pellet was then washed with cold 70% ethanol and centrifuged for 10min. The supernatant was discarded and the pellet left to dry for 10min, before adding 50pL of molecular biology graded water.
- DNA quantity and quality were analysed using Nanodrop spectrophotometer (ND-1000) and by running 1% agarose gels. For each sample, 10pL of DNA were sent off for PCR amplification, library construction and MiSeq lllumina sequencing (2 * 300 bp). Bacteria and archaea were sequenced by amplifying the V4-V5 region 16S rRNA gene with the following primers F-(5’- GT G YCAGCMGCCGCGGT AA-3’) (SEQ ID NO: 5) and R-(5’-
- DNA reads have to pass a quality control and be filtered.
- reads which are 100% similar are clustered together and are assigned taxonomy by using the RDP classifier and the Greengenes database.
- the abundance of each cluster and their assigned taxonomy result in an ASV (Amplicon Sequence Variants) table, which is used in the following microbial analyses.
- the initial filtrations resulted in 3,547,108 sequences, which passed the quality control and 545 classified clusters, for fungi, and 3,776,292 sequences and 4,023 classified clusters, for bacteria and archaea.
- ASVs that were present in less than 2 samples were removed.
- alpha-diversity indexes were measured (e.g. Observed Species, Shannon, Simpson) on rarefied data.
- Fungal sequences were normalized at 814 sequences, eliminating 3 samples, and bacterial/archaeal sequences were normalized at 6538 sequences.
- a linear model was used to test for statistical differences. If data was not normal, a general linear model from Gamma family, with a “log” link was the best suited test to perform.
- beta-diversity was measured, on non-rarefied data, through 3 types of analysis: Bray-Curtis (based on ASV abundance, no phylogeny); Weighted Unifrac (based on ASV abundance and phylogeny) and Unweighted Unifrac (based on presence/absence of ASV and phylogeny). These measurements were represented as PCoAs (Principal Coordinate Analysis) and were statistically tested through the Adonis function (Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance Using Distance Matrices). A permutation test was then performed to evaluate the multivariate homogeneity of group dispersions, with the betadisper function.
- bacteria/archaea (16S rRNA) and fungi (ITS2) were quantified in order to create a more comprehensive microbial analysis.
- These genes were quantified by qPCR, in triplicates, on the Roche LightCycler 480 system.
- Each reaction was composed of 1 ,8mI_ of molecular biology graded water, 0,1 mI_ of each primer (1 OmM) and 4mI_ of SYBR Green I Master mix, in addition to the 2mI_ of DNA (diluted to 25ng/pL), resulting in a final volume of 8mI_ per well.
- 0,67mg/mL of BSA i.e. 0,268pL/well
- the primers used for fungal quantification were the same as those used for sequencing. Those used for bacteria and archaea are the following: 341 F (5’- CCTACGGGNGGCWGCAG- 3’) (SEQ ID NO: 9) and 534R (5’-
- the qPCR program for fungi started with a pre-incubation phase (95°C- 4min), followed by amplification (95°C - 30s ; 49°C - 1 min ; 72°C - 1 min), repeated over 40 cycles, finished with an extension phase (72°C - 10min) and a melting curve from 49°C to 97°C, with an increase of 0.5°C/5s.
- the program for bacteria started with a pre-incubation phase (95°C- 5min), followed by amplification (95°C - 15s ; 60°C - 30s ; 72°C - 30s; 80°C - 5s), repeated over 34 cycles, finished with a melting curve from 65°C to 95°C, with an increase of 0.5°C/5s.
- Ct values were converted to copies/pL, dilution factors were considered and the number of fungal copies was corrected with a ratio equal to the fungal ASV/non-fungal ASV, for each sample, found during sequencing, as ITS9-4 primers were discovered to not be specific to fungi.
- abundances were converted in proportion to the quantity of 16S/ITS found in each sample (i.e. in 50ng of DNA).
- the samples were dipped in PAF fixative solution (Paraformaldehyde 2%, glutaraldehyde 2%, phosphate buffer 0.05M pH 6.8) for 24 hours in a desiccator connected to a vacuum pump. The vacuum is applied for 2 minutes then slowly the air is reintroduced. The operation is repeated until the samples fall to the bottom of the container. After 24 hours, a quick wash followed by two 5-minute washes with phosphate buffer were performed, which will then be stirred for 1 hour in a 0.02g / ml solution of tannic acid (diluted in phosphate buffer).
- the same step is carried out with 90% EtOFI with one quick wash and two 15 minutes washes. Then a quick wash and three 15-minutes washes are performed with 100% EtOFI.
- the samples were then impregnated in the resin in three baths: the first bath composed of 50% FIPMA and 50% Resin for 1 hour 30 minutes, the second bath of 1/3 FIPMA and 2/3 of resin for 1 h30 then in the resin alone for a full night. Additional Impregnation was carried out the next day in the resin alone for 2 to 3 hours. Then the samples were included in a new resin, which was cured for 36 h at 60 ° C.
- the resin sections were made with a microtome or with a glass knife and the observations were carried out with a GEOL - JEM 1400 electron microscope at the MRic platform (Microscopy Rennes Imaging Center).
- Root section samples were cryo-fixed by EMPACT2 HPF (Leica Microsystems), fixed at - 90°C with 0.25% uranyl, 2% osmium and 0.25% glutaraldehyde in acetone. The samples were then impregnated in EPON resin baths of successive increasing concentrations (25%, 50%, 75% and 100%) at -30°C, 2 hours each time. Once the samples have returned to room temperature, they are polymerized for 24 hours at 60°C.
- Roots exporting microRNAs in the rhizosphere is a common feature in plants
- miRNAs that were not shared between the two plants might represent species-specific interaction pathways and could partly explain the differences observed in the microbiota composition and activities between different plant species.
- some of the miRNAs that were shared between Arabidopsis and Brachypodium were previously reported having important roles in the roots or in plant- pathogen interactions.
- the accumulation of miR165 was previously shown to result in the elongation of Arabidopsis roots, which could indirectly affect the rhizosphere microbiota.
- miR166 and miR159 were produced by cotton plants in response to fungal infection and were then exported to the fungal hyphae to silence specific genes resulting in a reduced virulence of the fungus.
- mutants used in this experiment were the following: (i) ago1-27 mutant which has partially impaired AG01 function, rendering post- transcriptional gene silencing completely deficient (affects both siRNA and miRNA pathways); (ii) dcH-2 is a DCL1 loss-of-function mutant, which means that the miRNA pathway is disturbed causing low miRNA levels and developmental problems; (iii) hen1-4 mutant is affected in both siRNA and miRNA accumulation; (iv) RTL1 mutant over expresses RTL1 RNAse III preventing siRNA production, but not miRNA; (v) RTUmyc mutant over-expresses RTL1 , but the protein is flagged with Myc, which renders RTL1 less active, thus the decrease in siRNA levels is less serious than with RTL1 mutant.
- This experiment purpose is to explore the effects of diverse siRNA and miRNA disruptions on the rhizospheric communities of A. thaliana.
- mutations have multiple effects on the plant’s organism, such as developmental issues or other phenotypic modifications (e.g. curled leaves, discoloration).
- the effects of these mutations on the microbiota have to be carefully interpreted as they could be indirect effects, due to the pleiotropic nature of these mutations.
- these results can still give preliminary insights regarding the importance of small RNAs in regulating rhizospheric microbial communities, directly or indirectly.
- ROOTS refers to the roots and closely attached rhizosphere, these samples include microbes from inside the roots (endophytes), on the rhizoplane and in the close rhizosphere.
- SOIL refers to the more distant rhizosphere, which results from the rinsing of roots, forming a “soil solution”.
- WT refers to A. thaliana Col-0 wild type plants
- Control refers to unplanted soils. The following results originate from the combination of 16S and ITS sequencing and quantification by qPCR.
- the 10 most abundant bacterial phyla were, in descending order, Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobia, Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, Gemmatimonadetes and Armatimonadetes.
- the 4 major fungal phyla in our samples were Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Chytridiomycota and Zygomycota. Many sequences were classified under an unknown phylum. It is surprising to not find any ASVs related to the Glomeromycota phylum, especially in root samples, as these fungi are essential to plants and found in over 80% of plant roots world-wide. Perhaps, if the sequences were confronted to an AMF (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi) database, like MaarjAM, more ASVs would be identified as such.
- AMF arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
- Basidiomycota phylum was the most present: more than 50% of fungal ITS copies in dcH-2, hen1-4 mutants, WT and Control. Mutants ago1-27 and FITUmyc had a majority of copies from “unknown” phylum. In RTL1 mutants, 70% of copies in root and close rhizosphere samples and 42% in the distant rhizosphere were of the Chytridiomycota phylum. In comparison, in roots and close rhizosphere, WT, hen1-4 and FITUmyc plants have only 0,4-2, 8% of sequences corresponding to Chytridiomycota phylum, whereas mutants ago1-27 and dcH-2 have around 28%.
- This phylum seems specifically enriched in FITL 1 mutants. This specificity reflects in the top 10 genera found in our samples: the genus Olpidium (phylum: Chytridiomycota), which is moderately abundant in other samples, is significantly enriched in RTL1 in distant rhizosphere and even more so in roots and close rhizosphere.
- This fungal genus comprises many intercellular parasitic species, which can be pathogenic to plants, animals, fungi and oomycetes. While plants infected by Olpidium species do not show much damage, some species are well known for being phytovirus vectors, which can cause more harm.
- bacterial communities are significantly more diverse and even than WT, especially RTUmyc, whereas fungal communities do not show any differences in diversity.
- bacterial communities are similar in diversity to WT, except for RTL1 and dcH-2, which have a higher number of species, but non-even.
- the fungal communities in the distant rhizosphere are, however, significantly more diverse than WT, especially RTL1.
- the general tendency seems to show that diversity in bacterial communities is more affected by the siRNA and miRNA mutations in roots and close rhizosphere, whereas fungal communities are more affected in the distant rhizosphere.
- the RTL1 mutant stands out as it seems to have the most differences in diversity indices compared to WT.
- beta- diversity was estimated throughout our samples, using both Bray-Curtis and Weighted UniFrac distances.
- the Bray-Curtis distance ordination which is based solely on ASV abundance but not phylogeny, shows a clear distinction between mutant bacterial communities, as Type explained between 55% (p ⁇ 0.001 ) and 44% of variance (p ⁇ 0.01), for distant rhizosphere and for roots and close rhizosphere, respectively.
- RTL1 and dcH-2 have similar bacterial communities and are close to WT communities, in both sample types ( Figure 7). This is interesting, knowing that these mutants were slightly more diverse than WT, but not evenly, suggesting a few dominant bacterial taxa. Aside from these putative dominant taxa, their bacterial communities could be quite similar to WT.
- ago1-27 and RTUmyc have very similar bacterial communities to Control unplanted soils, as ago1-27 is completely deficient in siRNA and miRNA production: this could suggest that without these small RNAs bacterial communities in the rhizosphere are more similar to soils without a plant, than to a WT rhizosphere. Obviously, suppressing the whole small RNA pathway will have incidents on many biological reactions, not just the pure excretion of RNA into the rhizosphere, however it is interesting to note the direct or indirect effect of such a mutation and the impact on bacterial communities.
- ago1-27 mutants do not form functional RISCs (RNA Induced Silencing Complex), so their miRNAs are not trimmed nor uridylated: they are not active, but they still could be potentially exported into the rhizosphere, for example. It is also noteworthy that some families of miRNAs are not affected by the lack of methylation in hen1-4 mutants and show no noticeable modification at all. Maybe the miRNAs not affected suffice to create a “normal” enough environment for fungi.
- Indicator species are ASVs that when present in a sample can give great information on the sample’s nature, it is a species that is indicative of its environment.
- WT roots and rhizosphere can both be indicated by ASV 166 (p ⁇ 0.01), which is related to the Massilia genus, a very commonly selected genus by Arabidopsis plants, as discussed previously.
- the Massilia ASV enriched in roots of dcl1-2 and hen1-4 must be different to ASV 166, indicator of WT: however, these mutants have succeeded in strongly selecting a species from an important genus, more than WT, maybe showing that these mutants could still select essential bacteria, but not specifically the same species.
- ASVs were indicative of RTL1 mutants in the distant rhizosphere: an ASV of the Olpidium genus (phylum: Chytridiomycota), an ASV from the Rhizopus genus (phylum: Zygomycota), one from the Clitopilus genus and one from the Solicoccozyma genus (both, phylum: Basidiomycota).
- the ASV “48”, a Basidiomycota was the only indicator species in root samples, indicative of WT samples.
- WT plants have a great number of bacterial indicator species: these ASVs could be representative of a “normal” microbiota, species that have not been able to settle in the rhizosphere of mutants, which are maybe more similar between them.
- WT samples have beneficial indicator species such as ASVs from the Herbaspirillum genus (endophyte, nitrogen-fixing) and the Pseudomonas genus (plant growth and health promoter): no other mutant has indicator species from these important genera.
- hen1-4 has a great number of significant bacterial indicator species, suggesting that these bacteria are near specific to this mutant. This can be verified on the Bray-Curtis ordination (Figure 7) as hen1-4 bacterial communities are clustered alone, in distant rhizosphere samples.
- Rhizospheric microbial communities are not unaffected by the disruption of plant miRNA and/or siRNA production
- miRNA 159 is one of the most important miRNA families in plants: they are very well conserved and abundant in many plant species, making them a nice study model. Moreover, four out of six miRNAs found in common in the rhizosphere of B. dystachion and A. thaliana were from the miRNA 159 family. To study the effect of these miRNAs, miRNA encoded peptides (miPEPs, see Figure 11) were used to specifically enhance the transcription of certain members of the miRNA family.
- miRNA encoded peptides miRNA encoded peptides
- Rhizospheric microbial communities of miPEP-treated plants Rhizospheric microbial communities of miPEP-treated plants
- the aim of this experiment was to see if the miPEP treatment, i.e. the manipulation of a specific miRNA, affected the rhizospheric microbial communities.
- DNA from roots and rhizosphere of treated plants, but also treated unplanted soils was extracted and sent for sequencing.
- the Control-mi-PEP samples correspond to plants and soils treated with only water, with no solubilized miPEP.
- the nature of the samples roots and close rhizosphere; distant rhizosphere and unplanted soils are as described for the mutant experiment.
- the following results originate from the combination of 16S and ITS sequencing and quantification by qPCR.
- Distant rhizosphere and unplanted soils are quantitatively similar. DNA from root samples and soils was not extracted using the same method, but the same quantity of DNA was used for all samples during qPCRs. Aside from the expected differences in phylum composition between sample types (roots VS soils), no great differences are observed between miPEP treatments. As for the main bacterial genera, root samples are dominated by the Rhizobacterium genus (Proteobacteria) and Opitutus genus (Verrucomicrobia), and in smaller portions: Devosia, Dongia, Rhodanobacter, uncultured- Chitinophagaceae, Planctomyces, Pseudolabrys and Blrii41 FA genera.
- Distant rhizospheres and unplanted soils were also dominated by Rhizomicrobium, followed by Planctomyces and Pseudolabrys.
- the Luteimonas genus (Proteobacteria) was in the soil samples’ top phyla.
- the Opitutus genus was not in the top phyla in unplanted soils, compared to other sample types.
- the general information in these compositional analyses show that no important microbiota changes are seen between miPEP treatments.
- Root samples are mainly composed of Basidiomycota and Ascomycota, followed by Zygomycota and Chytridiomycota, and in smaller proportions Glomeromycota and Neocallimastigomycota.
- the Glomeromycota phylum is essential to plants, as members form arbuscular mycorrhiza with over 80% of plants world-wide: these symbionts help with plant nutrition and health.
- Neocallimastigomycota phylum is composed of one family of which members are anaerobic and found in the gut of herbivores, in which they degrade plant materials. These fungi could have originated from the potted soil used in the experiment. The same phyla were found in soil samples, with higher proportions of Chytridiomycota, especially in distant rhizospheres. No great difference of fungal phyla composition between treatments is shown, for more precisions, the top genera were analysed. Root samples were dominated by Solicoccozyma and Cladosporium genera: it is interesting to note that plants treated with miPEP159c had a greater proportion of Cladosporium and T riparticalcar generea.
- Cladosporium are fungi generally nonpathogenic, found in soils and plants: some species can be phytopathogens, but some are also considered endophytes or phylloplane fungi.
- Cladosporium cladosporioides was abundantly found in halophytes of the Red Sea, however, they were described as “common non-specific saprobes”, unrelated to the salty environment.
- Triparticalcar is a small genus (2 species) of soil-inhabiting coprophilous fungi. Compared with roots, soil samples have a higher proportion of Triparticalcar, especially in distant rhizosphere, in which they are the dominating genus.
- One noticeable difference between soil samples is the higher quantity of Candida genus in unplanted soils. Otherwise, there are no striking differences between treatments.
- roots samples, distant rhizosphere and unplanted soil samples were rarefied at, respectively, 4 614 100 copies, 588 824 copies and 323 104 copies.
- plants treated with miPEP-B or miPEP-C had slightly more observed bacterial species than Control (p ⁇ 0.1) ( Figure 13).
- miPEP-C treated plants also had a slightly higher Shannon index (p ⁇ 0.1).
- distant rhizospheres from miPEP-A treated plants were very significantly less diverse than Control (observed species p ⁇ 0.01 ; Shannon p ⁇ 0.001 ; Simpson p ⁇ 0.001). This was also the case in unplanted soils (observed species p ⁇ 0.01 ; Shannon p ⁇ 0.01 ). This may suggest that miRNA159a, when overexpressed, has a negative impact on bacterial soil diversity.
- roots samples, distant rhizosphere and unplanted soil samples were rarefied at, respectively, 31 281 copies, 1 254 140 copies and 502 744 copies.
- plants treated with miPEPs had significantly higher Shannon and Simpson indices than Control, but not of observed species ( Figure 14). This may be due to the nutritive aspect of the miPEP solution, as a source of carbon and nitrogen, allowing a larger group of fungi to survive. In both soil sample types, no significant difference in alpha-diversity between treatments was observed.
- beta- diversity was estimated throughout our samples, using both Bray-Curtis and Weighted UniFrac distances.
- Weighted UniFrac ordination shows subtle clusters for fungal root samples (14% variation, p ⁇ 0.05), but not in distant rhizosphere samples (12% variation, non-significant), nor unplanted samples (14%, p ⁇ 0.05) (Figure 18).
- the DESeq2 package was used to evaluate the presence of significantly enriched/depleted ASVs, compared to Control, in our conditions. Very stringent parameters were applied to analyse the differentially abundant ASVs: only top 50, highly significant (p ⁇ 0.001), ASVs were regarded. Root samples treated with miPEP-B or miPEP-C were highly enriched in a species of Bryobacter, a genus found in Sphagnum mosses in acidic wetlands, and in species of Burkholderia-Paraburkholderia and Streptomyces, which of some species are plant beneficial bacteria.
- miPEP-treated samples all were enriched, in comparison with Control, in 2-3 species of Rhizobium, a well-known plant growth promoting bacteria genus and known for their symbiotic relationship with Fabaceae plants.
- P30-42FA is a genus within the Myxococcales order, also known as “slime bacteria”, often found in soils and decomposing plants, are significantly enriched in miPEP-C treated plants.
- miPEP-C treated plants are most enriched in a species from the Acidothermus genus, however it only contains a unique species, found in extreme environments, with an optimal growth temperature at 55°C.
- Indicator species are specific ASVs that are indicative of a certain type of environment, or in our case: miPEP-treatment.
- the most significant indicator species in Control root samples was ASV 116, from the Phenylobacterium genus (p ⁇ 0.001), followed by ASV 1083 from the Opitutus genus and ASV 614 from the Burkholderia-Paraburkholderia (both, p ⁇ 0.01).
- P. immobile is the only species of Phenylobacterium genus, which only grows on very limited nutritive sources, such as specific herbicides.
- ASVs 1677 HTA40R, Proteobacteria
- 439 uncultured-Chitinophagaceae, Bacteroidetes
- 1958 TepidisphaeraceaeFA, Planctomycetes
- 652 Pirellula, Planctomycetes
- ASV 417 uncultured- Chitinophagaceae, Bacteroidetes
- ASV 323 Rhodopseudomonas, Proteobacteria
- ASV 1702 Rhizomicrobium, Proteobacteria
- ASV 1642 Felavobacterium, Bacteroidetes
- ASVs 889 Variibacter, Proteobacteria
- 327 Haliangium, Proteobacteria
- 406 Steroidobacter, Proteobacteria
- ASV 325 was very significantly indicative of miPEP-C treated plants’ distant rhizosphere (Caenimonas, Proteobacteria) (p ⁇ 0.001), species from the genus are often isolated from soils and are related to the Burkholderiales order, which contains many plant growth promoting bacteria.
- Root samples from miPEP-treated plants were all enriched with species from Solicoccozyma (basidiomycetous yeasts), Hyaloscypha (saprobic, lives on dead wood) and Candida (common yeast), compared with Control plants.
- Root samples treated with miPEP- B or miPEP-C are enriched with a fungus from the Pandora genus, which is the most common fungal insect pathogen, often found in aphids.
- the distant rhizospheres of miPEP-B or miPEP-C treated plants were enriched with Aspergillus species: some of which are known for being pathogens such as A. flavus, but also beneficial species such as A.
- japonicus which improved plant biomass and growth under heat conditions and other plant growth promoting species, such as A. ustus and A. terreus.
- samples treated with miPEP-A or miPEP-C were enriched with an ASV from the Paraconiothyrium genus, which is very common in soils.
- One treated with miPEP- B or miPEP-C were enriched with Pseudogymnoascus genus, which are found in soils and some species are capable of mycorrhiza with certain plants (Ericaceae family).
- root samples from plants treated with miPEP-C had the most significant (p ⁇ 0.001 ) differentially abundant ASVs, both bacterial and fungal, compared with Control.
- Triparticalacar fungi are part of the Spizellomycetales family and can be both beneficial or harmful to plants, as they can parasite a number of organisms: some damageable, like nematodes, but also beneficial organisms, like AMFs.
- ASVs were indicative of Control in root samples: two non-assigned, a Solicoccozyma species and a Hyaloscypha species.
- ASV 72 Aspergillus, Ascomycota
- miPEP-C treated plants p ⁇ 0.001
- Extracellular vesicle production is highly active in rhizodermis root cells
- TEM Transmission Electron Microscopy
- NTA allowed us to determine the quantity of extracted vesicles: the results obtained indicate high concentrations of vesicles, between 1011 and 1012 particles per ml_, as well as a distribution of their sizes in agreement with our predictions since the average size is around 100 -200 nm ( Figure 22).
- the Bradford assay is a classic approach used to estimate vesicle concentrations, by measuring protein concentrations, which become higher with purification (see table 2).
- samples from three steps were used: the first one from the filtrate after filtration on gauze (P1 ), the second after concentration on an Amicon® column (P2) and the third on the pellet obtained at 120,000 g (P3).
- the results of the RNA profile show the evolution of the RNA content at different stages of the protocol.
- This exosome extraction protocol gradually allows the elimination of large RNAs greater than 100 bp ( Figure 23). This progressive enrichment in RNA of small sizes, would indicate that the exosomes mainly contain small RNA.
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