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. 2023 Jul 20;14:4383. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40093-4

Fig. 1. B. cinerea secretes BcPLS1-positive EVs during infection.

Fig. 1

a The size distributions of the B. cinerea EVs isolated by sucrose gradients in fractions 4 and 5 were measured using nanoparticle tracking analysis. The data of 4 measurements in one replicate are presented here. Similar data were obtained in three biological replicates. The red area represents the standard error. b Transmission electron microscopy images of B. cinerea EVs from fractions 4 and 5. Scale bar, 100 nm. c Western blot analysis of BcPLS1 and BcTSP3 in sucrose gradient fractions purified B. cinerea EVs from liquid culture. d B. cinerea EVs isolated from BcPLS1-YFP and BcTSP3-YFP liquid culture were examined by confocal microscopy. Scale bar, 10 μm. e BcPLS1-YFP labeled B. cinerea EVs were observed outside the fungal cells at the site of infection on Arabidopsis leaves. Samples were pretreated with 0.75 M sorbitol for 30 min to induce plasmolysis before imaging. Scale bars 10μm. f BcPLS1-YFP and BcTSP3-YFP were examined in sucrose gradient fractionated EVs that were isolated from BcPLS1-YFP or BcTSP3-YFP B. cinerea strains infected wild-type Arabidopsis using western blot. Arabidopsis TET8 was used as plant exosome control. g EVs isolated from BcPLS1-YFP or BcTSP3-YFP B. cinerea strains infected Arabidopsis TET8-CFP plants were purified using sucrose gradients, and the EVs from fraction four were examined using confocal microscopy. Scale bars, 10μm. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.