Significance of ABC transporters in fungicide sensitivity and resistance

ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are members of a protein superfamily which can be responsible for efflux of drugs from cells of target organisms. In this way, the transporters may provide a mechanism of protection against cytotoxic drugs. In laboratory-generated mutants of fungi, overproduction of ABC transporters can cause multi-drug resistance to azoles and other non-related toxicants. The impact of this mechanism of resistance in field populations with decreased sensitivity to azoles remains to be established. Inhibitors of ABC transporter activity may synergize activity of azoles to populations of both sensitive and azole-resistant pathogens. The natural function of ABC transporters in plant pathogenic fungi may relate to transport of plant-defence compounds or fungal pathogenicity factors. Therefore, inhibitors of ABC transporter activity may act as disease control agents with an indirect mode of action. ©1997 SCI     

Secretion of Natural and Synthetic Toxic Compounds from Filamentous Fungi by Membrane Transporters of the ATP-binding Cassette and Major Facilitator Superfamily

This review provides an overview of members of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) and major facilitator superfamily (MFS) of transporters identified in filamentous fungi. The most common function of these membrane proteins is to provide protection against natural toxic compounds present in the environment of fungi, such as antibiotics produced by other microorganisms. In plant pathogenic fungi, these transporters can also be an important determinant of virulence on host plants by providing protection against plant defence compounds or mediating the secretion of host-specific toxins. Furthermore, they play a critical role in determining base-line sensitivity to fungicides and other antimycotic agents. Overexpression of some of these transporters can lead to the development of resistance to chemically-unrelated compounds, a phenomenon described as multidrug resistance (MDR). This has been observed in a variety of organisms and can impose a serious threat to the effective control of pathogenic fungi.     

Activity of fungicides and modulators of membrane drug transporters in field strains of Botrytis cinerea displaying multidrug resistance

In Botrytis cinerea, multidrug resistant (MDR) strains collected in French and German vineyards were tested in vitro, at the germ-tube elongation stage, towards a wide range of fungicides. Whatever the MDR phenotype, resistance was recorded to anilinopyrimidines, diethofencarb, iprodione, fludioxonil, tolnaftate and several respiratory inhibitors (e.g., penthiopyrad, pyraclostrobin). In MDR1 strains, overproducing the ABC transporter BcatrB, resistance extended to carbendazim and the uncouplers fluazinam and malonoben. In MDR2 strains, overproducing the MFS transporter BcmfsM2, resistance extended to cycloheximide, fenhexamid and sterol 14α-demethylation inhibitors (DMIs). MDR3 strains combined the overexpression of both transporters and exhibited the widest spectrum of cross resistance and the highest resistance levels. The four transport modulators, amitriptyline, chlorpromazine, diethylstilbestrol, and verapamil, known to affect some ABC transporters, were tested in B. cinerea. In our experimental conditions, the activity of several fungicides was only enhanced by verapamil. Interestingly, synergism was only recorded in MDR2 and/or MDR3 isolates treated with tolnaftate, fenhexamid, fludioxonil or pyrimethanil, suggesting that verapamil may inhibit the MFS transporter BcmfsM2. This is the first report indicating that a known modulator of ABC transporters could also block MFS transporters.     

植物病原菌对杀菌剂多药抗性的发生现状

近年来, 随着杀菌剂在农作物病害田间防治中的大量使用, 植物病原菌的多药抗性(multidrug resistance, MDR)现象发生越来越普遍。本文综述了在草坪币斑病、灰霉病、小麦叶枯病和苹果青霉病等病害防治中, 病原菌对杀菌剂多药抗性发生的情况。以及在紫外诱导和杀菌剂离体驯化下, 致病疫霉Phytophthora infestans、立枯丝核菌Rhizoctonia solani、指状青霉Penicillium digitatum的多药抗性发生情况。分析了导致植物病原菌多药抗性产生的外排转运蛋白过表达、解毒酶代谢和靶标位点变化等相关机制, 并在此基础上提出了多药抗性预防和治理的策略, 以期为田间杀菌剂的高效利用, 延缓药剂的抗性风险提供科学参考。     

A reassessment of the risk of rust fungi developing resistance to fungicides

Rust fungi are major pathogens of many annual and perennial crops. Crop protection is largely based on genetic and chemical control. Fungicide resistance is a significant issue that has affected many crop pathogens. Some pathogens have rapidly developed resistance and hence are regarded as high‐risk species. Rust fungi have been classified as being low risk, in spite of sharing many relevant features with high‐risk pathogens. An examination of the evidence suggests that rust fungi may be wrongly classified as low risk. Of the nine classes of fungicide to which resistance has developed, six are inactive against rusts. The three remaining classes are quinone outside inhibitors (QoIs), demethylation inhibitors (DMIs) and succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHIs). QoIs have been protected by a recently discovered intron that renders resistant mutants unviable. Low levels of resistance have developed to DMIs, but with limited field significance. Older SDHI fungicides were inactive against rusts. Some of the SDHIs introduced since 2003 are active against rusts, so it may be that insufficient time has elapsed for resistance to develop, especially as SDHIs are generally sold in mixtures with other actives. It would therefore seem prudent to increase the level of vigilance for possible cases of resistance to established and new fungicides in rusts. © 2014 Society of Chemical Industry     

Biochemical Mechanisms Involved in Selective Fungitoxicity of Two Sterol 14α-Demethylation Inhibitors,Prochloraz and Quinconazole: Accumulation and Metabolism Studies

The selective fungitoxic actions of prochloraz (an imidazole) and a triazole fungicide, quinconazole (3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-(1 H- 1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)- 4(3H)-quinazolinone: II ), were studied with selected phytopathogenic fungi. With the exception of Ustilago maydis, all the fungi tested were more sensitive to prochloraz than to II. A number of DMI-resistant mutants of Penicillium digitatum and P. italicum showed positive cross-resistance to both DMIs, but except for P. italicum isolate H17, the levels of resistance to II were much higher than to prochloraz. The generally higher toxicity of prochloraz to the fungi investigated, as compared to II , could not be ascribed to the slightly higher accumulation of prochloraz. With regard to prochloraz, there was no general correlation between the sensitivity of the fungi tested and the amount of fungicide accumulated. A similar situation was evident for II. However, the DMI-resistant mutants of P. italicum did show a reduced accumulation of both azoles, which may account for a low level of acquired DMI-resistance in this fungus. Since accumulation levels of the test compounds in the isolates with different degrees of resistance were the same, additional mechanisms of resistance may be involved in isolates with relatively high degrees of DMI-resistance. No detectable amounts of fungicide metabolites were found in most fungi tested over a 16-hour incubation period. Therefore, fungal metabolism is not generally responsible for the differences in sensitivity between fungi to each azole tested. It also does not generally explain the differential toxicities of prochloraz and II to each individual species. The exception to this was Rhizoctonia solani which metabolized prochloraz to a non-fungitoxic compound. This correlated with its low prochloraz sensitivity.     

植物病原真菌对杀菌剂抗性的研究进展

科学施用杀菌剂是植物病害综合治理的重要措施之一, 然而由于杀菌剂的长期使用, 病菌抗药性问题逐渐加重, 严重影响药剂的防治效果和使用寿命。近年来, 随着分子生物学技术的快速发展, 人们对杀菌剂抗性机制有了更深入的理解, 并开发出了病菌抗药基因型快速检测的方法。本文总结了植物病原真菌对苯并咪唑类杀菌剂(BZD)、肌球蛋白合成抑制剂、甾醇脱甲基抑制剂(DMI)、QoI类抑制剂、琥珀酸脱氢酶抑制剂（SDHI）和二甲酰亚胺类杀菌剂(DC)的抗药性现状与抗性机制。在此基础上, 介绍了聚合酶链反应(PCR)、限制性片段长度多态性(RFLP)、等位基因特异性PCR和环介导等温扩增(LAMP)技术在杀菌剂抗性快速检测方面的研究进展。此外, 对抗药性治理对策进行了讨论和展望。     

Target and non-target site mechanisms of fungicide resistance and their implications for the management of crop pathogens

Fungicides are indispensable for high-quality crops, but the rapid emergence and evolution of fungicide resistance have become the most important issues in modern agriculture. Hence, the sustainability and profitability of agricultural production have been challenged due to the limited number of fungicide chemical classes. Resistance to site-specific fungicides has principally been linked to target and non-target site mechanisms. These mechanisms change the structure or expression level, affecting fungicide efficacy and resulting in different and varying resistance levels. This review provides background information about fungicide resistance mechanisms and their implications for developing anti-resistance strategies in plant pathogens. Here, our purpose was to review changes at the target and non-target sites of quinone outside inhibitor (QoI) fungicides, methyl-benzimidazole carbamate (MBC) fungicides, demethylation inhibitor (DMI) fungicides, and succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) fungicides and to evaluate if they may also be associated with a fitness cost on crop pathogen populations. The current knowledge suggests that understanding fungicide resistance mechanisms can facilitate resistance monitoring and assist in developing anti-resistance strategies and new fungicide molecules to help solve this issue. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.     

植物病原菌抗药性及其抗性治理策略

随着现代高活性的选择性杀菌剂的研发和广泛使用,病原菌的抗药性问题日趋严重,这已成为植物病害化学保护领域最受关注的问题之一。本文阐释了抗药性相关术语的定义,概述了病原菌的抗药性现状,并从自然选择和诱导突变两种学说的角度分析了抗药性产生的原因。进一步分析了抗药性群体流行与病原菌自身特点、杀菌剂类型和作用机制等影响因子密切相关,综述了抗药性风险评估、抗药性机制、抗药性进化以及抗药性常规和分子检测方法等内容。最后,提出了抗药性治理的目标和策略,即根据抗药病原群体形成的主要影响因素,针对性地设计抗药性治理短期和长期策略,特别是需进一步加强对新药剂和新防治对象开展抗药性风险评估、制定抗药性管理策略、建立再评价机制等。综上,明确植物病原菌抗药性发生发展特点并制定科学合理的抗性治理策略,对进一步开展植物病害的科学防控具有重要的参考价值。     

植物病原菌对杀菌剂抗性风险评估

植物病原菌对杀菌剂的抗性风险由基本风险和治理风险组成。杀菌剂使用之前或之初可根据 人工诱变、药剂选择或驯化实验、田间野生敏感菌株敏感性变异、抗药菌株的生物及遗传特 征、杀菌剂作用方式等进行基本抗药风险预测；杀菌剂使用数年之后可根据人工诱变、药剂 选择或驯化、田间药效与抗药性发生、抗药菌株的生物及遗传特征、杀菌剂作用方式与使用 对策等已有资料进行抗药风险评估。目前已有4种方法用于抗药风险评估。由杀菌剂与病害 共同决定的基本抗药风险可分成低、中和高度。基本抗性风险高的药剂合理使用可延缓田间 抗药性发生，中度基本抗性风险药剂不合理使用也可引发田间抗药性发生和药效明显降低。     

Cloning and expression analysis of the ATP-binding cassette transporter gene MFABC1 and the alternative oxidase gene MfAOX1 from Monilinia fructicola

Brown rot, caused by Moniliniafructicola (G Wint) Honey, is a serious disease of peach in all commercial peach production areas in the USA, including South Carolina where it has been primarily controlled by pre-harvest application of 14-alpha demethylation (DMI) fungicides for more than 15 years. Recently, the Qo fungicide azoxystrobin was registered for brown rot control and is currently being investigated for its potential as a DMI fungicide rotation partner because of its different mode of action. In an effort to investigate molecular mechanisms of DMI and Qo fungicide resistance in M fructicola, the ABC transporter gene MfABC1 and the alternative oxidase gene MfAOX1 were cloned to study their potential role in conferring fungicide resistance. The MfABC1 gene was 4380 bp in length and contained one intron of 71 bp. The gene revealed high amino acid homologies with atrB from Aspergillus nidulans (Eidam) Winter, an ABC transporter conferring resistance to many fungicides, including DMI fungicides. MfABC1 gene expression was induced after myclobutanil and propiconazole treatment in isolates with low sensitivity to the same fungicides, and in an isolate with high sensitivity to propiconazole. The results suggest that the MfABC1 gene may be a DMI fungicide resistance determinant in M fructicola. The alternative oxidase gene MfAOX1 from M fructicola was cloned and gene expression was analyzed. The MfAOX1 gene was 1077 bp in length and contained two introns of 54 and 67 bp. The amino acid sequence was 63.8, 63.8 and 57.7% identical to alternative oxidases from Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) Winter, Aspergillus niger van Teighem and A nidulans, respectively. MfAOX1 expression in some but not all M fructicola isolates was induced in mycelia treated with azoxystrobin. Azoxystrobin at 2 microg ml(-1) significantly induced MfAOX1 expression in isolates with low MfAOX1 constitutive expression levels.     

ABC转运蛋白及其相关的多药抗性研究现状

ABC(ATP-binding cassette)转运蛋白是一类家族庞大、功能多样的跨膜转运蛋白,其广泛存在于原核和真核生物的各类细胞器中,负责多种物质的跨膜转运,从而调节生物体的一系列生命活动。近年来,越来越多ABC转运蛋白的种类及功能被报道,但是ABC蛋白家族的潜在成员以及功能仍然值得进一步探究和挖掘。该文对不同物种中ABC转运蛋白数量、结构域、功能、研究方法以及其参与调控病原菌多药抗性的研究现状进行综述,并对植物病原菌多药抗性的治理等进行展望。     

植物病原菌抗药性遗传研究

 植物病原菌对杀菌剂的抗药性是由遗传基因控制的,抗药基因位于细胞质遗传因子或细胞核染色体基因上,细菌对许多药剂如铜制剂、链霉素等的抗药性和真菌对少数药剂如甲氧丙烯酸酯类药剂的抗性属于前一种情况,而真菌对大多数药剂的抗性则属于后一种情况。核基因控制的抗药性又可分为主效基因(major-gene)抗性和微效多基因(poly-gene)抗性,分别使病菌对药剂的抗性表现质量性状和数量性状。病原菌对苯并咪唑类药剂、春日霉素、羧基酰胺类药剂、苯酰胺类药剂、芳烃类药剂、二甲酰亚胺类药剂等的抗性通常为主效基因控制;使病菌表现微效多基因抗性的杀菌剂主要有多果定、羟基嘧啶类药剂、甾醇合成抑制剂(SBIs)等     

中国华北地区瓜类尖孢镰刀菌对咪鲜胺的敏感性及抗药突变株生物学性状研究

为明确中国华北地区瓜类尖孢镰刀菌Fusarium oxysporum Schl.对咪鲜胺的抗药性现状及抗药突变株的生物学性状,采用菌丝生长速率法,分别测定了采自北京、山东、河北等地未使用过咪鲜胺的112株瓜类尖孢镰刀菌对咪鲜胺的敏感性,并通过药剂驯化的方法获得尖孢镰刀菌抗咪鲜胺突变株。结果表明:咪鲜胺对112株瓜类尖孢镰刀菌的平均EC50值为（0.030 1±0.030 4）μg/mL,菌株频率呈连续单峰曲线分布,未发现敏感性明显下降的亚群体,因此,可将该EC50值作为瓜类尖孢镰刀菌对咪鲜胺的敏感基线。药剂驯化共获得7株抗咪鲜胺突变株,其抗性倍数介于6.2~26.8之间;突变株在菌丝生长速率、菌丝干重和致病力等方面均明显低于亲本菌株,差异显著;仅突变株HG13052701-R1的抗药性可以稳定遗传,其他6株抗咪鲜胺突变株的抗药性均不能稳定遗传。室内交互抗性测定结果表明,咪鲜胺仅与戊唑醇之间有交互抗性,与多菌灵和齅霉灵之间均无交互抗性关系。研究表明,瓜类尖孢镰刀菌在药剂选择压下可以形成抗咪鲜胺群体,具有低等抗药性风险。     

Chemical control of plant diseases

As the world population increases, we also need to increase food production. Chemical control has been critical in preventing losses due to plant diseases, especially with the development of numerous specific-action fungicides since the 1960s. In Japan, a host-defense inducer has been used to control rice blast since the 1970s without any problems with resistance development in the pathogen. Leaf blast has been controlled using a labor-saving method such as the one-shot application of a granular mixture of fungicide and insecticide to nursery boxes, which became mainstream in the 2000s. However, the need for many choices of fungicides that have several modes of action was demonstrated by the development of resistance to cytalone dehydratase inhibitors. In Europe, many pathogens have threatened cereals since the great increase in cereal production in 1970s, creating a large market for broad-spectrum fungicides. In Brazil, Phakopsora pachyrhizi was distributed to large soybean acreages during 2000s, and the outbreak of soybean rust resulted in a large increase in fungicide use. While the importance of chemical control is recognized, fungicide resistance is an avoidable problem; published guidelines on countermeasure and manuals on testing sensitivity to fungicides are available. Since chemical regulations have become stricter, new fungicides are less likely to be developed. Our task is to maintain the effectiveness and diversity of the present modes of action for fungicides and implement countermeasures against the development of fungicide resistance.     

杀菌剂氟苯醚酰胺的创制

琥珀酸脱氢酶(succinate dehydrogenase, SDH)是重要的杀菌剂靶标之一,而很多植物病原菌对靶向SDH的杀菌剂已经产生了较为严重的抗药性,因此新型靶向SDH的杀菌剂设计显得尤为重要。基于药效团连接碎片的虚拟筛选(PFVS)是一种独立于生物物理技术的高通量药物发现方法,采用PFVS方法成功获得了靶向SDH的新型杀菌剂候选化合物—氟苯醚酰胺。本文主要从PFVS原理、先导化合物的发现、取代基的修饰以及杀菌活性研究等方面对氟苯醚酰胺的创制进行系统分析。氟苯醚酰胺创制的案例分析可为农药研究工作者提供新思路和新方法。     

杀菌剂抗性分子检测技术的研究进展

靶标病菌基因突变是许多内吸性杀菌剂出现抗性的根本原因,检测与抗药性相关的靶标病菌基因突变对阐明抗药性发生的分子生物学机制及进行早期诊断具有重要意义。目前已成功用于检测靶标病菌抗药性菌株的分子检测技术有6种:等位基因特异性扩增、限制性片段长度多态性、等位基因特异性寡核苷酸杂交、单链构象多态性、实时定量PCR、变性高效液相色谱分析。这些技术能够快速、灵敏地检测田间早期出现的抗药性或抗药性种群的发展动态,在病害的可持续管理系统中科学使用杀菌剂方面发挥着重要作用。