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    Cross-kingdom global proteomics reveals specific modulation of disease signaling in multi-host fungal pathogen infection in chickpea and worm
    (American Chemical Society, 2026) Narula, Kanika; Ghosh, Shobha; Khan, Iqra Nafees; Sengupta, Atreyee; Chakraborty, Niranjan; Chakraborty, Subhra
    An interconnected loop of messages and counter-messages determine the outcome of host-pathogen interactions. Multihost pathogenicity across plants and animals, particularly nematode, is a major source of new infectious diseases. Fusarium oxysporum, a multihost pathogen, causes vascular wilt in chickpea and fusariosis in worm and humans. To comprehend Fusarium-responsive multihost pathogenicity, we temporally profiled cross-kingdom species, chickpea and worm using SWATH-mass spectrometry. Morphological analyses revealed that increased wilting and intestinal disintegration elicits a disease response in chickpea and worm. Peptide-spectrum library consisted of 5629 and 3138 proteins from Fusarium infected chickpea and worm, respectively. SWATH analysis identified 1573 and 2249 disease-responsive chickpea (CaDRPs) and worm proteins (CeDRPs) linked to diverse organs, organelles, and functionality. Pairwise comparisons; over-representation analysis between time, treatment, and organism; wilt, and fusariosis diseasome revealed common and unique modules. CaDRPs involved in preformed defense, biomolecule synthesis, phytohormone regulation, ser/thr kinase, and ATP signaling have perturbed interactions and functions, majorly in chloroplast. CeDRPs linked to the cuticular support, muscle organization, neuronal information, intestinal metabolism, G-protein, and notch signaling showed a deregulated function, especially in the cytoplasm. Common biological processes, included primary metabolism, ribosome biogenesis, calcium signaling, and proteostasis. Our data provide first evidence of translational plasticity in the Fusarium diseasome providing novel insights into multihost pathogenesis.
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    Chitosan-triggered immunity to Fusarium in chickpea is associated with changes in the plant extracellular matrix architecture, stomatal closure and remodelling of the plant metabolome and proteome
    (John Wiley & Sons, 2020) Narula, Kanika; Elagamey, Eman; Abdellatef, Magdi A.E.; Sinha, Arunima; Ghosh, Sudip; Chakraborty, Niranjan; Chakraborty, Subhra
    Pathogen/microbe associated molecular patterns (PAMPs/MAMPs) initiate complex defense responses by reorganizing the biomolecular dynamics of the host cellular machinery. The extracellular matrix (ECM) acts as a physical scaffold that prevents recognition and entry of phyto‐pathogens, while guard cells perceive and integrate signals metabolically. Although chitosan is known MAMP implicated in plant defense, the precise mechanism of chitosan‐triggered immunity (CTI) remains unknown. Here, we show how chitosan imparts immunity against fungal disease. Morpho‐histological examination revealed stomatal closure accompanied by reductions in stomatal conductance and transpiration rate as early responses in chitosan‐treated seedlings upon vascular fusariosis. Electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy showed ECM fortification leading to oligosaccharide signaling, as documented by increased galactose, pectin and associated secondary metabolites. Multiomics approach using quantitative ECM proteomics and metabolomics identified 325 chitosan‐triggered immune‐responsive proteins (CTIRPs) notably novel ECM structural proteins, LYM2 and receptor‐like kinases, and 65 chitosan‐triggered immune‐responsive metabolites (CTIRMs), including sugars, sugar alcohols, fatty alcohols, organic and amino acids. Identified proteins and metabolites are linked to ROS production, stomatal movement, root nodule development and root architecture coupled with oligosaccharide signaling that leads to Fusarium resistance. The cumulative data demonstrate that ROS, NO and eATP govern CTI, in addition to induction of PR proteins, CAZymes and PAL activities, besides accumulation of phenolic compounds downstream of CTI. The immune‐related correlation network identified functional hubs in the CTI pathway. Altogether, these shifts led to the discovery of chitosan‐responsive networks that cause significant ECM and guard cell remodeling and translate ECM cues into cell fate decisions during fusariosis.
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    Integrative network analyses of wilt transcriptome in chickpea reveal genotype dependent regulatory hubs in immunity and susceptibility
    (Springer Nature, 2018) Ashraf, Nasheeman; Basu, Swaraj; Narula, Kanika; Ghosh, Sudip; Tayal, Rajul; Gangisetty, Nagaraju; Biswas, Sushmita; Aggarwal, Pooja R.; Chakraborty, Niranjan; Chakraborty, Subhra
    Host specific resistance and non-host resistance are two plant immune responses to counter pathogen invasion. Gene network organizing principles leading to quantitative differences in resistant and susceptible host during host specific resistance are poorly understood. Vascular wilt caused by root pathogen Fusarium species is complex and governed by host specific resistance in crop plants, including chickpea. Here, we temporally profiled two contrasting chickpea genotypes in disease and immune state to better understand gene expression switches in host specific resistance. Integrative gene-regulatory network elucidated tangible insight into interaction coordinators leading to pathway determination governing distinct (disease or immune) phenotypes. Global network analysis identified five major hubs with 389 co-regulated genes. Functional enrichment revealed immunome containing three subnetworks involving CTI, PTI and ETI and wilt diseasome encompassing four subnetworks highlighting pathogen perception, penetration, colonization and disease establishment. These subnetworks likely represent key components that coordinate various biological processes favouring defence or disease. Furthermore, we identified core 76 disease/immunity related genes through subcellular analysis. Our regularized network with robust statistical assessment captured known and unexpected gene interaction, candidate novel regulators as future biomarkers and first time showed system-wide quantitative architecture corresponding to genotypic characteristics in wilt landscape.
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    Dehydration-responsive reversible and irreversible changes in the extracellular matrix: comparative proteomics of chickpea genotypes with contrasting tolerance
    (American Chemical Society, 2011) Bhushan, Deepti; Jaiswal, Dinesh Kumar; Ray, Doel; Basu, Debarati; Datta, Asis; Chakraborty, Subhra; Chakraborty, Niranjan
    Dehydration is the most crucial environmental factor that limits plant growth, development, and productivity affecting agriculture throughout the world. Studies on genetic variations for dehydration tolerance in plants is crucial because divergent cultivars with contrasting traits aid the identification of key cellular components that confer better adaptability. The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a dynamic structure that serves as the repository for important signaling components and acts as a front-line defense. To better understand dehydration adaptation, a proteomic study was performed on the extracellular matrix of ICCV-2, a dehydration-susceptible genotype of chickpea. The proteome was generated with ECM-enriched fractions using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. The LC-ESI-MS/MS analysis led to the identification of 81 dehydration-responsive proteins. The proteome was then compared with that of JG-62, a tolerant genotype. Comparative proteomics revealed genotype-specific expression of many proteins involved in a variety of cellular functions. Further, the reversible and irreversible changes in the proteomes revealed their differing ability to recover from dehydration-induced damage. We propose that cell wall restructuring and superior homeostasis, particularly the management of reactive oxygen species, may render better dehydration-adaptation. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the comprehensive comparison of dehydration-responsive organellar proteome of two genotypes with contrasting tolerance.
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    Comparative analyses of genotype dependent expressed sequence tags and stress-responsive transcriptome of chickpea wilt illustrate predicted and unexpected genes and novel regulators of plant immunity
    (BioMed Central, 2009) Ashraf, Nasheeman; Ghai, Deepali; Barman, Pranjan; Basu, Swaraj; Gangisetty, Nagaraju; Mandal, Mihir K; Chakraborty, Niranjan; Datta, Asis; Chakraborty, Subhra
    Background: The ultimate phenome of any organism is modulated by regulated transcription of many genes. Characterization of genetic makeup is thus crucial for understanding the molecular basis of phenotypic diversity, evolution and response to intra- and extra-cellular stimuli. Chickpea is the world's third most important food legume grown in over 40 countries representing all the continents. Despite its importance in plant evolution, role in human nutrition and stress adaptation, very little ESTs and differential transcriptome data is available, let alone genotype-specific gene signatures. Present study focuses on Fusarium wilt responsive gene expression in chickpea. Results: We report 6272 gene sequences of immune-response pathway that would provide genotype- dependent spatial information on the presence and relative abundance of each gene. The sequence assembly led to the identification of a CaUnigene set of 2013 transcripts comprising of 973 contigs and 1040 singletons, two-third of which represent new chickpea genes hitherto undiscovered. We identified 209 gene families and 262 genotype-specific SNPs. Further, several novel transcription regulators were identified indicating their possible role in immune response. The transcriptomic analysis revealed 649 non- cannonical genes besides many unexpected candidates with known biochemical functions, which have never been associated with pathostress-responsive transcriptome. Conclusion: Our study establishes a comprehensive catalogue of the immune-responsive root transcriptome with insight into their identity and function. The development, detailed analysis of CaEST datasets and global gene expression by microarray provide new insight into the commonality and diversity of organ-specific immune-responsive transcript signatures and their regulated expression shaping the species specificity at genotype level. This is the first report on differential transcriptome of an unsequenced genome during vascular wilt.
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    Proteomics approach to identify dehydration responsive nuclear proteins from chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
    (The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc., 2008) Pandey, Aarti; Chakraborty, Subhra; Datta, Asis; Chakraborty, Niranjan
    Dehydration or water-deficit is one of the most important environmental stress factors that greatly influences plant growth and development and limits crop productivity. Plants respond and adapt to such stress by altering their cellular metabolism and activating various defense machineries. Mechanisms that operate signal perception, transduction, and downstream regulatory events provide valuable information about the underlying pathways involved in environmental stress responses. The nuclear proteins constitute a highly organized, complex network that plays diverse roles during cellular development and other physiological processes. To gain a better understanding of dehydration response in plants, we have developed a comparative nuclear proteome in a food legume, chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Three-week-old chickpea seedlings were subjected to progressive dehydration by withdrawing water and the changes in the nuclear proteome were examined using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Approximately 205 protein spots were found to be differentially regulated under dehydration. Mass spectrometry analysis allowed the identification of 147 differentially expressed proteins, presumably involved in a variety of functions including gene transcription and replication, molecular chaperones, cell signaling, and chromatin remodeling. The dehydration responsive nuclear proteome of chickpea revealed a coordinated response, which involves both the regulatory as well as the functional proteins. This study, for the first time, provides an insight into the complex metabolic network operating in the nucleus during dehydration.
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    The nuclear proteome of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) reveals predicted and unexpected proteins
    (American Chemical Society, 2006) Pandey, Aarti; Choudhary, Mani Kant; Bhushan, Deepti; Chattopadhyay, Arnab; Chakraborty, Subhra; Datta, Asis; Chakraborty, Niranjan
    Nuclear proteins constitute a highly organized, complex network that plays diverse roles during cellular development and other physiological processes. The yeast nuclear proteome corresponds to about one-fourth of the total cellular proteins, suggesting the involvement of the nucleus in a number of diverse functions. In an attempt to understand the complexity of plant nuclear proteins, we have developed a proteome reference map of a legume, chickpea, using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE). Approximately, 600 protein spots were detected, and LC-ESI-MS/MS analyses led to the identification of 150 proteins that have been implicated in a variety of cellular functions. The largest percentage of the identified proteins was involved in signaling and gene regulation (36%), while 17% were involved in DNA replication and transcription. The chickpea nuclear proteome indicates the presence of few new nuclear proteins of unknown functions vis-a-vis many known resident proteins. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a nuclear proteome of an unsequenced genome.