HMG-like DSP1 is a damage signal to mediate the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, immune responses to tomato spotted wilt virus infection.
Dev Comp Immunol
; 144: 104706, 2023 07.
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ABSTRACT
Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) causes a serious plant disease and is transmitted by specific thrips including the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis. The persistent and circulative virus transmission suggests an induction of immune defenses in the thrips. We investigated the immune responses of F. occidentalis to TSWV infection. Immunofluorescence assay demonstrated viral infection in the larval midguts at early stage and subsequent propagation to the salivary gland in adults. In the larval midgut, TSWV infection led to the release of DSP1, a damage-associated molecular pattern, from the gut epithelium into the hemolymph. DSP1 up-regulated PLA2 activity, which would lead to biosynthesis of eicosanoids that activate cellular and humoral immune responses. Phenoloxidase (PO) activity was enhanced following induction of PO and its activating protease gene expressions. Antimicrobial peptide genes and dual oxidase, which produces reactive oxygen species, were induced by the viral infection. Expression of four caspase genes increased and TUNEL assay confirmed apoptosis in the larval midgut after the virus infection. These immune responses to viral infection were significantly suppressed by the inhibition of DSP1 release. We infer that TSWV infection induces F. occidentalis immune responses, which are activated by the release of DSP1 from the infection foci within midguts.
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Tospovirus
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Thysanoptera
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Animals
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Dev Comp Immunol
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2023
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Corea del Sur