Project description:Myzus persicae (green peach aphid) feeding on Arabidopsis thaliana induces a defense response, quantified as reduced aphid progeny production, in infested leaves but not in other parts of the plant. Similarly, infiltration of aphid saliva into Arabidopsis leaves causes only a local increase in aphid resistance. Further characterization of the defense-eliciting salivary components indicates that Arabidopsis recognizes a proteinaceous elicitor with a size between 3 to 10 kD. Genetic analysis using well-characterized Arabidopsis mutant shows that saliva-induced resistance against M. persicae is independent of the known defense signaling pathways involving salicylic acid, jasmonate, and ethylene. Among 78 Arabidopsis genes that were induced by aphid saliva infiltration, 52 had been identified previously as aphid-induced, but few are responsive to the well-known plant defense signaling molecules salicylic acid and jasmonate. Quantitative PCR analysis confirms expression of saliva-induced genes. In particular, expression of a set of O-methyltransferases, which may be involved in the synthesis of aphid-repellent glucosinolates, was significantly up-regulated by both M. persicae feeding and treatment with aphid saliva. However, this did not correlate with increased production of 4-methoxyindol-3-ylmethylglucosinolate, suggesting that aphid salivary components trigger an Arabidopsis defense response that is independent of this aphid-deterrent glucosinolate.
Project description:Myzus persicae (green peach aphid) feeding on Arabidopsis thaliana induces a defense response, quantified as reduced aphid progeny production, in infested leaves but not in other parts of the plant. Similarly, infiltration of aphid saliva into Arabidopsis leaves causes only a local increase in aphid resistance. Further characterization of the defense-eliciting salivary components indicates that Arabidopsis recognizes a proteinaceous elicitor with a size between 3 to 10 kD. Genetic analysis using well-characterized Arabidopsis mutant shows that saliva-induced resistance against M. persicae is independent of the known defense signaling pathways involving salicylic acid, jasmonate, and ethylene. Among 78 Arabidopsis genes that were induced by aphid saliva infiltration, 52 had been identified previously as aphid-induced, but few are responsive to the well-known plant defense signaling molecules salicylic acid and jasmonate. Quantitative PCR analysis confirms expression of saliva-induced genes. In particular, expression of a set of O-methyltransferases, which may be involved in the synthesis of aphid-repellent glucosinolates, was significantly up-regulated by both M. persicae feeding and treatment with aphid saliva. However, this did not correlate with increased production of 4-methoxyindol-3-ylmethylglucosinolate, suggesting that aphid salivary components trigger an Arabidopsis defense response that is independent of this aphid-deterrent glucosinolate. Experiment Overall Design: 3 biological replicates (control and treatment). Total number of samples: 6.
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Arabidopsis thaliana wild type (WT) comparing mechanical damage (MD) and Myzus persicae feeding (Myz). The differences in the biochemical responses to insect feeding seen when compared to the control sample prompted us to search for less obvious differences between the treatments using gene expression profiling. Biological replicates: 4 biological replicates
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of Arabidopsis thaliana wild type (WT) comparing mechanical damage (MD) and Myzus persicae feeding (Myz). The differences in the biochemical responses to insect feeding seen when compared to the control sample prompted us to search for less obvious differences between the treatments using gene expression profiling. Biological replicates: 4 biological replicates Two-condition experiment, MD vs. Myz Arabidopsis leaves of WT plants. Biological replicates: 4 biological replicates.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE40922: Arabidopsis thaliana wild type control (C) vs Pseudomonas syringae infected (Pseu) GSE40923: Arabidopsis thaliana wild type mechanical damage (MD) vs herbivore wounding (HW) GSE40924: Arabidopsis thaliana wild type mechanical damage (MD) vs Myzus persicae wounding (Myz) Refer to individual Series
Project description:Plant viruses rely on both host plant and vectors for a successful infection. This study investigated the global transcriptomic changes in Arabidopsis thaliana that were simultaneously exposed to both a plant virus (turnip yellows virus, polerovirus genus and Solemoviridae family) and its aphid vector (Myzus persicae). Some of these modifications in gene expression may promote in a timely manner viral transmission and dispersion.
Project description:The peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae, is a globally pervasive crop pest, primarily reproducing clonally, allowing single females to rapidly generate exact copies of themselves. Moreover, its extreme polyphagy enables it to colonize over 400 plant species. Studies on the genetic underpinnings of M. persicae colonization have highlighted the differential expression and transcriptional regulation of a family of cysteine proteases, Cathepsin B (CathB), in response to various plant species. Among all M. persicae CathB proteins, CathB6 is most highly expressed in aphids on A. thaliana and most abundantly detected in M. persicae oral secretions. To investigate the potential plant target of CathB6 in A. thaliana, we conducted TurboID-based proximity labelling and MS (PL-MS).