Determination of cAMP and protein content in dormant chlamydospore and
non-dormant chlamydospore of Duddingtonia flagrans
Abstract
Duddingtonia flagrans, a nematode-eating fungus, is an effective
component of animal parasitic nematode biocontrol agents. In the dried
formulation, the majority of spores are in an endogenous dormant state.
This study focuses on dormant chlamydospore and non-dormant
chlamydospore of D. flagrans to investigate the differences in cAMP and
protein content between the two types of spores. In this study, cAMP and
soluble proteins were extracted from the non-dormant chlamydospore and
dormant chlamydospore of D. flagrans isolates SDH035 and DH055,
respectively. The cAMP Direct Immunoassay Kit and Bradford protein
concentration assay kit (Coomassie brilliant blue method) were used to
detect the cAMP and protein content in two types of spores. Results
showed that the content of cAMP in dormant spores of both isolates was
significantly higher than that in non-dormant spores (p<0.05).
The protein content of dormant spores in DH055 bacteria was
significantly higher than that of non-dormant spores (p<0.05).
In addition, the protein content of dormant spores of the SDH035 strain
was slightly higher than that of non-dormant spores, but the difference
was not significant (p>0.05). The results obtained in this
study provide evidence for the biochemical mechanism of chlamydospore
dormancy or the germination of the nematophagous fungus D. flagrans.