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Synchronization of Circadian Clock Gene Expression in Arabidopsis and Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis and its Impact on Host-Pathogen Interactions

Telli, Osman, Göl, Deniz, Weibo, Jin, Cevher-Keskin, B., Hong, Yiguo, McDowell, J., Studholme, D. and Tör, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-5048 (2024) Synchronization of Circadian Clock Gene Expression in Arabidopsis and Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis and its Impact on Host-Pathogen Interactions. bioRxiv. pp. 1-37. ISSN 2692-8205

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Abstract

Organisms across all kingdoms have an internal circadian clock running in 24h cycles. This clock affects a variety of processes, including innate immunity in plants. However, the role of pathogen circadian clocks had not been extensively explored. We previously showed that light can influence infection of the oomycete Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis (Hpa, downy mildew disease) on its natural host Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, we identified Hpa orthologs of known circadian clock genes (CCGs) Drosophila TIMELESS (TIM) and Arabidopsis Sensitive to Red Light Reduced 1 (AtSRR1) genes. Expression of both HpaTIM and HpaSRR1 showed a circadian rhythm when Hpa was exposed to constant light. Contrastingly, these two genes were negatively regulated by constant dark exposure. Furthermore, the expression patterns of HpaTIM and HpaSRR1 correlate with those of AtCCA1 and AtLHY, indicating a synchronisation of biological clock genes between the host and the pathogen. In addition, screening mutants of Arabidopsis Clock Regulated Genes (AtCRGs) with three virulent Hpa isolates revealed that mutations in AtCRGs influenced HpaTIM and HpaSRR1 expression and Hpa development, indicating a functional link between the plant biological clock and virulence. Moreover, sporulation of Hpa was reduced by targeting HpaTIM and HpaSRR1 with short synthesized small interfering RNAs, indicating that the pathogen clock is also relevant to virulence. We propose that plant and pathogen clocks are synchronized during infection and that proper regulation of both clocks are genetically necessary for pathogen virulence.

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