β-Carboline Alkaloids from Peganum harmala Inhibit Fusarium oxysporum from Codonopsis radix through Damaging the Cell Membrane and Inducing ROS Accumulation

Author:

Zhu Zihao,Zhao Shujuan,Wang ChanghongORCID

Abstract

Fusarium oxysporum is a widely distributed soil-borne pathogenic fungus that can cause medicinal herbs and crops to wither or die, resulting in great losses and threat to public health. Due to the emergence of drug-resistance and the decline of the efficacy of antifungal pesticides, there is an urgent need for safe, environmentally friendly, and effective fungicides to control this fungus. Plant-derived natural products are such potential pesticides. Extracts from seeds of Peganum harmala have shown antifungal effects on F. oxysporum but their antifungal mechanism is unclear. In vitro antifungal experiments showed that the total alkaloids extract and all five β-carboline alkaloids (βCs), harmine, harmaline, harmane, harmalol, and harmol, from P. harmala seeds inhibited the growth of F. oxysporum. Among these βCs, harmane had the best antifungal activity with IC50 of 0.050 mg/mL and MIC of 40 μg/mL. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results revealed that the mycelia and spores of F. oxysporum were morphologically deformed and the integrity of cell membranes was disrupted after exposure to harmane. In addition, fluorescence microscopy results suggested that harmane induced the accumulation of ROS and increased the cell death rate. Transcriptomic analysis showed that the most differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of F. oxysporum treated with harmane were enriched in catalytic activity, integral component of membrane, intrinsic component of membrane, and peroxisome, indicating that harmane inhibits F. oxysporum growth possibly through damaging cell membrane and ROS accumulation via regulating steroid biosynthesis and the peroxisome pathway. The findings provide useful insights into the molecular mechanisms of βCs of P. harmala seeds against F. oxysporum and a reference for understanding the application of βCs against F. oxysporum in medicinal herbs and crops.

Funder

National Key Research and Development Program of China

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Project of Shanghai Science and Technology

Three-year Action Plan for the Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shanghai

Graduate Student Innovation Ability Project of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),General Immunology and Microbiology,Molecular Biology,Immunology and Allergy

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