PMID- 34749811 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240404 IS - 2210-6340 (Print) IS - 2210-6359 (Electronic) IS - 2210-6340 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Nov 9 TI - Melanin production and laccase mediated oxidative stress alleviation during fungal-fungal interaction among basidiomycete fungi. PG - 33 LID - 10.1186/s43008-021-00082-y [doi] LID - 33 AB - Fungal-fungal interaction often leads to the change in metabolite profile of both the interacting fungus which may have potential implication in industry or agriculture. In the present study, we performed two sets of fungal-fungal interaction-Trametes coccinea (F3) with Leiotrametes lactinea (F9) and T. coccinea (F3) with T. versicolor (F1) to understand the changes in the metabolite profile during the interaction process and how this process impacts the hyphal/mycelial morphology of the participating fungi. The metabolites produced during interaction of T. coccinea (F3) with L. lactinea (F9) and T. coccinea (F3) with T. versicolor (F1) was analysed through liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectroscopy (LC-MS). Most of the metabolites secreted or produced during interaction are associated with defensive response. Further, visualization with scanning electron microscopy revealed that interaction between the tested fungi led to the changes in the hyphal morphology. The bipartite fungal interaction resulted in the production of a dark brown colour pigment-melanin as confirmed by the LC-MS, FTIR and NMR analysis. Moreover, the fungal-fungal interaction also led to increase in the production of laccase, a group of multicopper oxidases involved in detoxification of toxic compounds. Further, increased activity of superoxide dismutase, an enzyme that catalyzes the dismutation of the superoxide anion to hydrogen peroxide was also recorded during fungal-fungal interaction. Quantitative real-time PCR revealed upregulation of lcc1 (encoding a laccase enzyme) and few other stress related genes of T. versicolor during its hyphal interaction with T. coccinea, suggesting a direct correlation between laccase production and melanin production. CI - (c) 2021. The Author(s). FAU - Dullah, Samim AU - Dullah S AD - Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, 785013, India. FAU - Hazarika, Dibya Jyoti AU - Hazarika DJ AD - Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, 785013, India. AD - DBT-North East Centre for Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, 785013, India. FAU - Goswami, Gunajit AU - Goswami G AD - DBT-North East Centre for Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, 785013, India. FAU - Borgohain, Tanushree AU - Borgohain T AD - Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, 785013, India. FAU - Ghosh, Alokesh AU - Ghosh A AD - Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, 785013, India. FAU - Barooah, Madhumita AU - Barooah M AD - Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, 785013, India. FAU - Bhattacharyya, Ashok AU - Bhattacharyya A AD - Department of Plant Pathology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, 785013, India. FAU - Boro, Robin Chandra AU - Boro RC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0866-3357 AD - Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, 785013, India. robinboro@gmail.com. LA - eng GR - EEQ/2016/000631/Science and Engineering Research Board/ GR - 201718-MANF-2017-18-ASS-83553/Ministry of Minority Affairs/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20211109 PL - England TA - IMA Fungus JT - IMA fungus JID - 101557546 PMC - PMC8576908 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Hyphal interactions OT - Laccase OT - Melanin OT - NMR spectroscopy OT - ROS OT - Superoxide dismutase OT - qRT-PCR COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2021/11/10 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/10 06:01 PMCR- 2021/11/09 CRDT- 2021/11/09 05:44 PHST- 2021/01/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/10/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/11/09 05:44 [entrez] PHST- 2021/11/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/10 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/11/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s43008-021-00082-y [pii] AID - 82 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s43008-021-00082-y [doi] PST - epublish SO - IMA Fungus. 2021 Nov 9;12(1):33. doi: 10.1186/s43008-021-00082-y.