Mechanism of resistance to fenarimol in Aspergillus nidulans |
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| Authors: | MA de Waard JGM van Nistelrooy |
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| Institution: | Laboratory of Phytopathology, Binnenhaven 9, 6709 PD Wageningen, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Mycelial uptake of 14C]fenarimol (10 μg/ml) by 20 fenarimol-resistant mutants of Aspergillus nidulans was compared with uptake by wild-type strain 003. Uptake of the fungicide during the initial 10 min of incubation was significantly lower in all mutant strains than in the wild-type strain indicating that resistance is related with reduced uptake. Upon prolonged incubation a gradual decrease of accumulated radioactivity in the wild-type strain was observed. A few mutants displayed resistance to unrelated chemicals such as p-fluorophenylalanine or d-serine; this phenomenon appeared not to be due to a decreased uptake of the corresponding natural amino acids. Incorporation of 3H]adenine and 14C]leucine by mycelium of mutant M193 was hardly inhibited after 5 hr of incubation with the fungicide, whereas a distinct effect was found with the wild-type strain. At this time also fungitoxicity to the wild-type strain became apparent. Probably, this effect is indirectly caused by inhibition of ergosterol biosynthesis. Mycelium of mutant M193 incorporated 14C]acetate slightly less effectively than the wild-type strain. After 2 hr of incubation with this radiochemical leakage of 14C]acetate metabolites from mycelium of the mutant strain was observed. This indicates that resistance might be correlated with increased excretion of fungal metabolites, which in turn may be related with reduced fitness of fenarimol-resistant mutants. |
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