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Mississippi State University Scholars Junction Theses and Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 1-1-2016 Gene Expression Profiling of oodW Decay Fungus Fibroporia Radiculosa Grown on Different Organic and Copper Based Preservatives Ayfer Akgul Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td Recommended Citation Akgul, Ayfer, "Gene Expression Profiling of oodW Decay Fungus Fibroporia Radiculosa Grown on Different Organic and Copper Based Preservatives" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 2381. https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/2381 This Dissertation - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Scholars Junction. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholars Junction. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Template B v3.0 (beta): Created by J. Nail 06/2015 Gene expression profiling of wood decay fungus Fibroporia radiculosa grown on different organic and copper based preservatives By TITLE PAGE Ayfer Akgul A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Mississippi State University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Resources in the Department of Sustainable Bioproducts Mississippi State, Mississippi December 2016 Copyright by COPYRIGHT PAGE Ayfer Akgul 2016 Gene expression profiling of wood decay fungus Fibroporia radiculosa grown on different organic and copper based preservatives By APPROVAL PAGE Ayfer Akgul Approved: ____________________________________ Susan V. Diehl (Director of Dissertation) ____________________________________ Darrel D. Nicholas (Committee Member) ____________________________________ Dragica Jeremic Nikolic (Committee Member) ____________________________________ Juliet D. Tang (Committee Member) ____________________________________ Abdolhamid Borazjani (Committee Member / Graduate Coordinator) ____________________________________ George M. Hopper Dean College of Forest Resources Name: Ayfer Akgul ABSTRACT Date of Degree: December 9, 2016 Institution: Mississippi State University Major Field: Forest Resources Major Professor: Dr. Susan V. Diehl Title of Study: Gene expression profiling of wood decay fungus Fibroporia radiculosa grown on different organic and copper based preservatives Pages in Study 224 Candidate for Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Copper tolerant brown rot fungi are able to depolymerize the structure of wood treated with copper or organic wood preservatives. This research used quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) combined with RNA-seq to explore what genes of the brown-rot fungus, Fibroporia radiculosa, are expressed when the fungus is overcoming the wood preservatives and decaying the wood. The preliminary study of ACQ-treated wood indicated that the hydrogen peroxide needed for wood decay to proceed may come from AAOX (aryl alcohol oxidase), with oxalate regulation by ODC2 (oxalate decarboxylase), and copper regulation by COP (copper resistance P-type ATPase pump). The principal study measured the expression of ten genes at early, mid, and late stages of decay in wood treated with azole, copper, quat, ACQ, CA, plus untreated. Both AAOX and LCC (laccase) were often expressed at their highest levels early in the decay stages, thus either one or both could be involved in early Fenton chemistry. Expression levels of ICL (isocitrate lyase) and GLOXDH (glyoxylate dehydrogenase) were also highest in early decay stages. Of great interest was the complete lack of expression of the COP gene on copper-treated wood at any decay stage. The most surprising and significant result is the impact the quat-treatment had on the metabolism of the fungus, and lack of impact of the azole-treatment. This research indicates that it is the quat that provides the greatest inhibition of F. radiculosa, more so than the copper. Based on RNA Seq, the total number of genes that were up- or down-regulated on the copper- treatment was 473, with 293 on the quat-treatment, and 185 on the azole-treatment. There were a number of genes with unknown protein functions highly expressed. These data distinctly show that gene expression profiles of F. radiculosa are altered by different wood preservative compositions and the duration of wood decay. These genes and this data needs further analysis and study in order to meet the long term goal of understanding the mechanism of copper-tolerance in Fibroporia radiculosa. DEDICATION I am dedicating this research to my husband, Ali Akgul, and my sons, Salih Yigit Akgul and Melih Said Akgul. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am grateful to my graduate advisor Dr. Susan Diehl for mentorship, understanding, support, and generous guidance during my research. I am also thankful to my committee members Dr. Darrel D. Nicholas, Dr. Dragica Jeremic Nikolic, Dr. Abdolhamid Borazjani, and Dr. Juliet D. Tang for guidance. Also, I would like to thank Dr. Trey Skrobot for his friendly supports. I extend my thanks to researcher Dr. Seval Ozkan for helping in my first research at MSU. Finally, I am grateful to my husband Ali for helping me in my research and classes during my PhD. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION .................................................................................................................... ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................... iii LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................ vii LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................ x CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................1 Wood Structure ......................................................................................................1 Wood Preservatives ...............................................................................................6 Wood Biodegradation ............................................................................................8 Overview of White-rot Decay ...............................................................................9 Brown-rot decay ..................................................................................................12 Copper Tolerance ................................................................................................19 Objectives of Research ........................................................................................24 References Cited ..................................................................................................26 II. GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF WOOD DECAY FUNGUS FIBROPORIA RADICULOSA GROWN IN ACQ-TREATED WOOD ....................................................................................................33 Introduction .........................................................................................................33 Materials and Methods ........................................................................................38 Fungus Isolate ................................................................................................38 Preservative Treatments and Wafer Preparation ...........................................38 Fungal Growth on Copper Treated Wood Blocks .........................................38 Wood Compression Testing ..........................................................................39 RNA Isolation ................................................................................................39 cDNA Synthesis ............................................................................................40 Real-Time qPCR ...........................................................................................41 Results .................................................................................................................42 Wood Compression Strength Loss ................................................................42 RNA Quality ..................................................................................................43 Gene expression Analysis (qRT-PCR) ..........................................................45 Discussion ............................................................................................................54 iv References Cited ..................................................................................................61 III. TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS OF WOOD DECAY FUNGUS FIBROPORIA RADICULOSA IN COPPER AND ORGANIC BASED WOOD PRESERVATIVES ....................................................64 Introduction .........................................................................................................64 Materials and Methods ........................................................................................70 Fungus Isolate ................................................................................................70 Preservative Treatments and Ground Wood Preparation ..............................70 Fungal Growth on Ground Wood ..................................................................71 Sample Counting ...........................................................................................73 RNA Isolation ................................................................................................74 cDNA Synthesis ............................................................................................75