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Vieira P, Vicente CSL, Branco J, Buchan G, Mota M, Nemchinov LG. The Root Lesion Nematode Effector Ppen10370 Is Essential for Parasitism of Pratylenchus penetrans. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2021; 34:645-657. [PMID: 33400561 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-09-20-0267-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
The root lesion nematode Pratylenchus penetrans is a migratory species that attacks a broad range of crops. Like other plant pathogens, P. penetrans deploys a battery of secreted protein effectors to manipulate plant hosts and induce disease. Although several candidate effectors of P. penetrans have been identified, detailed mechanisms of their functions and particularly their host targets remain largely unexplored. In this study, a repertoire of candidate genes encoding pioneer effectors of P. penetrans was amplified from mixed life stages of the nematode, and candidate effectors were cloned and subjected to transient expression in a heterologous host, Nicotiana benthamiana, using potato virus X-based gene vector. Among seven analyzed genes, the candidate effector designated as Ppen10370 triggered pleiotropic phenotypes substantially different from those produced by wild type infection. Transcriptome analysis of plants expressing Ppen10370 demonstrated that observed phenotypic changes were likely related to disruption of core biological processes in the plant due to effector-originated activities. Cross-species comparative analysis of Ppen10370 identified homolog gene sequences in five other Pratylenchus species, and their transcripts were found to be localized specifically in the nematode esophageal glands by in situ hybridization. RNA silencing of the Ppen10370 resulted in a significant reduction of nematode reproduction and development, demonstrating an important role of the esophageal gland effector for parasitism.[Formula: see text] Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license.
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Affiliation(s)
- Paulo Vieira
- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, U.S.A
- School of Plant and Environmental Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, U.S.A
| | - Cláudia S L Vicente
- NemaLab, MED-Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Departamento de Biologia, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Pólo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, Portugal
- INIAV, I.P.-Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Quinta do Marquês, 2780-159 Oeiras, Portugal
| | - Jordana Branco
- NemaLab, MED-Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Departamento de Biologia, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Pólo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, Portugal
| | - Gary Buchan
- Electron & Confocal Microscopy Unit, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705, U.S.A
| | - Manuel Mota
- NemaLab, MED-Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Departamento de Biologia, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Pólo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, Portugal
| | - Lev G Nemchinov
- United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, U.S.A
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