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Dietary supplementation Eucommia ulmoides extract at relative low level affect the nutrition, flavor, and crispness of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) by gut bacterial mediation. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2023.114521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Mason CJ, Peiffer M, St Clair A, Hoover K, Felton GW. Concerted impacts of antiherbivore defenses and opportunistic Serratia pathogens on the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda). Oecologia 2021; 198:167-178. [PMID: 34741665 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-05072-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Insects frequently confront different microbial assemblages. Bacteria inhabiting an insect gut are often commensal, but some can become pathogenic when the insect is compromised from different stressors. Herbivores are often confronted by various forms of plant resistance, but how defenses generate opportunistic microbial infections from residents in the gut are not well understood. In this study, we evaluated the pathogenic tendencies of Serratia isolated from the digestive system of healthy fall armyworm larvae (Spodoptera frugiperda) and how it interfaces with plant defenses. We initially selected Serratia strains that varied in their direct expression of virulence factors. Inoculation of the different isolates into the fall armyworm body cavity indicated differing levels of pathogenicity, with some strains exhibiting no effects while others causing mortality 24 h after injection. Oral inoculations of pathogens on larvae provided artificial diets caused marginal (< 7%) mortality. However, when insects were provided different maize genotypes, mortality from Serratia increased and was higher on plants exhibiting elevated levels of herbivore resistance (< 50% mortality). Maize defenses facilitated an initial invasion of pathogenic Serratia into the larval hemocoel¸ which was capable of overcoming insect antimicrobial defenses. Tomato and soybean further indicated elevated mortality due to Serratia compared to artificial diets and differences between plant genotypes. Our results indicate plants can facilitate the incipient emergence of pathobionts within gut of fall armyworm. The ability of resident gut bacteria to switch from a commensal to pathogenic lifestyle has significant ramifications for the host and is likely a broader phenomenon in multitrophic interactions facilitated by plant defenses.
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- Charles J Mason
- 501 ASI Building Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16823, USA. .,Tropical Crop and Commodity Protection Research Unit, Daniel K Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, 64 Nowelo Street, Hilo, HI, 96720, USA.
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- 501 ASI Building Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16823, USA
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- 501 ASI Building Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16823, USA
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- 501 ASI Building Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16823, USA
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- 501 ASI Building Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16823, USA
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Heiling S, Knutti N, Scherr F, Geiger J, Weikert J, Rose M, Jahns R, Ceglarek U, Scherag A, Kiehntopf M. Metabolite Ratios as Quality Indicators for Pre-Analytical Variation in Serum and EDTA Plasma. Metabolites 2021; 11:638. [PMID: 34564454 PMCID: PMC8465943 DOI: 10.3390/metabo11090638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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In clinical diagnostics and research, blood samples are one of the most frequently used materials. Nevertheless, exploring the chemical composition of human plasma and serum is challenging due to the highly dynamic influence of pre-analytical variation. A prominent example is the variability in pre-centrifugation delay (time-to-centrifugation; TTC). Quality indicators (QI) reflecting sample TTC are of utmost importance in assessing sample history and resulting sample quality, which is essential for accurate diagnostics and conclusive, reproducible research. In the present study, we subjected human blood to varying TTCs at room temperature prior to processing for plasma or serum preparation. Potential sample QIs were identified by Ultra high pressure liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS) based metabolite profiling in samples from healthy volunteers (n = 10). Selected QIs were validated by a targeted MS/MS approach in two independent sets of samples from patients (n = 40 and n = 70). In serum, the hypoxanthine/guanosine (HG) and hypoxanthine/inosine (HI) ratios demonstrated high diagnostic performance (Sensitivity/Specificity > 80%) for the discrimination of samples with a TTC > 1 h. We identified several eicosanoids, such as 12-HETE, 15-(S)-HETE, 8-(S)-HETE, 12-oxo-HETE, (±)13-HODE and 12-(S)-HEPE as QIs for a pre-centrifugation delay > 2 h. 12-HETE, 12-oxo-HETE, 8-(S)-HETE, and 12-(S)-HEPE, and the HI- and HG-ratios could be validated in patient samples.
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- Sven Heiling
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics and Integrated Biobank Jena (IBBJ), University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany; (N.K.); (F.S.); (M.R.)
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics and Integrated Biobank Jena (IBBJ), University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany; (N.K.); (F.S.); (M.R.)
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics and Integrated Biobank Jena (IBBJ), University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany; (N.K.); (F.S.); (M.R.)
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- Interdisciplinary Bank of Biological Material and Data Würzburg (IBDW), Straubmühlweg 2a, Haus A9, 97078 Würzburg, Germany; (J.G.); (R.J.)
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; (J.W.); (U.C.)
- LIFE Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics and Integrated Biobank Jena (IBBJ), University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany; (N.K.); (F.S.); (M.R.)
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- Interdisciplinary Bank of Biological Material and Data Würzburg (IBDW), Straubmühlweg 2a, Haus A9, 97078 Würzburg, Germany; (J.G.); (R.J.)
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- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University Hospital Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; (J.W.); (U.C.)
- LIFE Leipzig Research Center for Civilization Diseases, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Statistics, Computer and Data Sciences, Jena University Hospital, Bachstrasse 18, 07743 Jena, Germany;
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics and Integrated Biobank Jena (IBBJ), University Hospital Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany; (N.K.); (F.S.); (M.R.)
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Karlsson Green K. The effects of host plant species and larval density on immune function in the polyphagous moth Spodoptera littoralis. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:10090-10097. [PMID: 34367561 PMCID: PMC8328413 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Immune functions are costly, and immune investment is usually dependent on the individual's condition and resource availability. For phytophagous insects, host plant quality has large effects on performance, for example growth and survival, and may also affect their immune function. Polyphagous insects often experience a large variation in quality among different host plant species, and their immune investment may thus vary depending on which host plant species they develop on. Larvae of the polyphagous moth Spodoptera littoralis have previously been found to exhibit density-dependent prophylaxis as they invest more in certain immune responses in high population densities. In addition, the immune response of S. littoralis has been shown to depend on nutrient quality in experiments with artificial diet. Here, I studied the effects of natural host plant diet and larval density on a number of immune responses to understand how host plant species affects immune investment in generalist insects, and whether the density-dependent prophylaxis could be mediated by host plant species. While host plant species in general did not mediate the density-dependent immune expression, particular host plant species was found to increase larval investment in certain functions of the immune system. Interestingly, these results indicate that different host plants may provide a polyphagous species with protection against different kinds of antagonisms. This insight may contribute to our understanding of the relationship between preference and performance in generalists, as well as having applied consequences for sustainable pest management.
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- Kristina Karlsson Green
- Department of Plant Protection BiologySwedish University of Agricultural SciencesAlnarpSweden
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Garvey M, Bredlau J, Kester K, Creighton C, Kaplan I. Toxin or medication? Immunotherapeutic effects of nicotine on a specialist caterpillar. Funct Ecol 2021. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Michael Garvey
- Department of Biological Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge LA USA
- Department of Entomology Purdue University West Lafayette IN USA
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- Department of Entomology University of Kentucky Lexington KY USA
- Department of Biology Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA USA
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- Department of Biology Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond VA USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University Northwest Hammond IN USA
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- Department of Entomology Purdue University West Lafayette IN USA
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Resnik JL, Smilanich AM. The Effect of Phenoloxidase Activity on Survival Is Host Plant Dependent in Virus-Infected Caterpillars. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE (ONLINE) 2020; 20:5934963. [PMID: 33089871 PMCID: PMC7583276 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieaa116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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An important goal of disease ecology is to understand trophic interactions influencing the host-pathogen relationship. This study focused on the effects of diet and immunity on the outcome of viral infection for the polyphagous butterfly, Vanessa cardui Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) (painted lady). Specifically, we aimed to understand the role that larval host plants play when fighting a viral pathogen. Larvae were orally inoculated with the entomopathogenic virus, Junonia coenia densovirus (JcDV) (Parvovirididae: Densovirinae, Lepidopteran Potoambidensovirus 1) and reared on two different host plants (Lupinus albifrons Bentham (Fabales: Fabaceae) or Plantago lanceolata Linnaeus (Lamiales: Plantaginaceae)). Following viral infection, the immune response (i.e., phenoloxidase [PO] activity), survival to adulthood, and viral load were measured for individuals on each host plant. We found that the interaction between the immune response and survival of the viral infection was host plant dependent. The likelihood of survival was lowest for infected larvae exhibiting suppressed PO activity and feeding on P. lanceolata, providing some evidence that PO activity may be an important defense against viral infection. However, for individuals reared on L. albifrons, the viral infection had a negligible effect on the immune response, and these individuals also had higher survival and lower viral load when infected with the pathogen compared to the controls. Therefore, we suggest that host plant modifies the effects of JcDV infection and influences caterpillars' response when infected with the virus. Overall, we conclude that the outcome of viral infection is highly dependent upon diet, and that certain host plants can provide protection from pathogens regardless of immunity.
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Kaito C, Murakami K, Imai L, Furuta K. Animal infection models using non-mammals. Microbiol Immunol 2020; 64:585-592. [PMID: 32757288 PMCID: PMC7590188 DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The use of non-human animal models for infection experiments is important for investigating the infectious processes of human pathogenic bacteria at the molecular level. Mammals, such as mice and rabbits, are also utilized as animal infection models, but large numbers of animals are needed for these experiments, which is costly, and fraught with ethical issues. Various non-mammalian animal infection models have been used to investigate the molecular mechanisms of various human pathogenic bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This review discusses the desirable characteristics of non-mammalian infection models and describes recent non-mammalian infection models that utilize Caenorhabditis elegans, silkworm, fruit fly, zebrafish, two-spotted cricket, hornworm, and waxworm.
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- Chikara Kaito
- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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Zhou D. Effects of tetracycline on the relationship between the microbial community and oxidative stress in earthworms based on canonical correlation analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2020; 76:103342. [PMID: 32035326 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2020.103342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Revised: 01/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this study, Eisenia fetida was taken as the test organism and tetracycline was taken as the stress compound. The artificial soil test was conducted to study the utilization intensity of different carbon sources (the Biolog-microplate supplied) by microorganisms under different stress times and stress concentrations. The changes in the in vivo key enzymes activities of earthworms and oxidative stress indicators, such as malondialdehyde (MDA), were explored. The canonical correlation analysis method was the first used to establish a analysis-model to explore the relationship between the functional diversity of microbial community and the oxidative stress in earthworms in vivo under different stress times and concentrations. Research shows: 1) after tetracycline stress, in the earthworm, the CAT, POD, SOD, GPX were related to the microbes that use carbohydrate carbon sources; the GST and AChE were related to the microbes that use polymer carbon sources; the MDA was related to the microbes that use carbon sources: amino acid, carboxylic acid and phenolic acid. 2) Under low concentrations of tetracycline stress, there was no significant relationship between the functional diversity of the microbial communities and the effects of oxidative stress at this concentration. The high concentration of tetracycline can be utilized to screen probiotics that alleviate the effects of oxidative stress. 3) The utilization of carbon sources by microbial community in the earthworm after stress can be used as biomarker of ecotoxicology. It provides a basic theoretical for adding beneficial carbon sources to combat oxidative damage in vivo.
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- Dongxing Zhou
- Northeast Agricultural University, Wood Street No.59, 150030, Harbin, PR China.
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Smilanich AM, Nuss AB. Unlocking the genetic basis of monarch butterflies' use of medicinal plants. Mol Ecol 2019; 28:4839-4841. [PMID: 31713935 DOI: 10.1111/mec.15267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Revised: 09/27/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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If there was any doubt of the primary role that plant secondary metabolites play in host-parasite co-evolution, the "From the Cover" paper by Tan et al. (2019) featured in this issue of Molecular Ecology will lay these doubts to rest. The group's previous work on monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) infected with the protozoan pathogen Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) demonstrated higher survival and lower spore load on high cardenolide-producing milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) (Figure 1a) compared with low cardenolide-producing milkweed (A. incarnata) (de Roode, Pedersen, Hunter, & Altizer, 2008) (Figure 1b). The mechanism of this protective effect is not directly clear, but a leading hypothesis is that the cardenolides confer protection through toxicity to the parasite. However, the role of the caterpillar immune system in managing this parasite is largely unknown. Novel insights into the influence of toxic plant metabolites on caterpillar immunity are explored in Tan et al. (2019). Using transcriptomics to probe this model system, the authors found that herbivore immune genes were down-regulated and detoxification genes were up-regulated when larvae were reared on the milkweed species with high cardenolide concentrations (A. curassavica). Surprisingly, immune genes were not significantly up- or down-regulated in response to protozoan infection alone. This tantalizing result suggests that sequestered plant metabolites, not immunity, is reining in protozoan infections in these larvae, and promoting survival. As the authors point out, the strategy to invest in sequestration may come at a cost, which is to the detriment of the immune response (Smilanich, Dyer, Chambers, & Bowers, 2009). However, the cost becomes worth the investment when chemical sequestration takes on an antipathogen role. The novelty of the Tan et al. (2019) paper is that they show the investment in sequestration leading to a possible divestment in immunity.
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Shikano I. Evolutionary Ecology of Multitrophic Interactions between Plants, Insect Herbivores and Entomopathogens. J Chem Ecol 2017; 43:586-598. [DOI: 10.1007/s10886-017-0850-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Revised: 05/06/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bacteria encountered in raw insect, spider, scorpion, and centipede taxa including edible species, and their significance from the food hygiene point of view. Trends Food Sci Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2017.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Poyet M, Eslin P, Chabrerie O, Prud'homme SM, Desouhant E, Gibert P. The invasive pest Drosophila suzukii uses trans-generational medication to resist parasitoid attack. Sci Rep 2017; 7:43696. [PMID: 28287118 PMCID: PMC5347128 DOI: 10.1038/srep43696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Animal medication is a behavioral strategy to resist enemies based on the use of substances from the environment. While it has been observed in several animals, whether invasive species can use medication to resist new enemies during its expansion is unknown. Here, we show that the worldwide invasive pest Drosophila suzukii performs trans-generational prophylactic medication by adapting its oviposition behavior in the presence of enemies. We find that flies preferentially lay their eggs on media containing atropine – an entomotoxic alkaloid – in the presence of parasitoids. We further show that flies developing on atropine more efficiently resist parasitization by parasitoids. Finally, we find that developing in hosts reared on atropine strongly impacts the life-history traits of parasitoids. This protective behavior is reported for the first time in a pest and invasive species, and suggests that animal medication may be an important driver of population dynamics during invasions.
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- M Poyet
- Univ. Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France.,Unité Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés (FRE-CNRS 3498), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- Unité Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés (FRE-CNRS 3498), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- Unité Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés (FRE-CNRS 3498), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- Unité Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés (FRE-CNRS 3498), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
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- Univ. Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, F-69100, Villeurbanne, France
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Petschenka G, Agrawal AA. How herbivores coopt plant defenses: natural selection, specialization, and sequestration. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2016; 14:17-24. [PMID: 27436642 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2015.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2015] [Revised: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/20/2015] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We review progress in understanding sequestration by herbivorous insects, the use of plant chemical defenses for their own defense. We incorporate sequestration into the framework of plant-insect coevolution by integrating three hierarchical issues: (1) the relationship between dietary specialization and sequestration of plant defenses, (2) the physiological mechanisms involved in sequestration, and (3) how sequestration evolves via interactions between trophic levels. Sequestration is often associated with specialization, but even specialized sequestration is not an evolutionary dead-end. Despite considerable progress in understanding physiological mechanisms, detailed knowledge of how plant toxins cross the insect gut epithelium is still largely lacking. Sequestration is likely a major vehicle for coevolutionary escalation in speciose plant-insect-predator interactions, suggesting that a strictly bitrophic view is untenable.
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- Georg Petschenka
- Institut für Insektenbiotechnologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
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- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, E425 Corson Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
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Bandoly M, Grichnik R, Hilker M, Steppuhn A. Priming of anti-herbivore defence in Nicotiana attenuata by insect oviposition: herbivore-specific effects. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2016; 39:848-59. [PMID: 26566692 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2015] [Revised: 10/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Oviposition by Spodoptera exigua on Nicotiana attenuata primes plant defence against its larvae that consequently suffer reduced performance. To reveal whether this is a general response of tobacco to insect oviposition or species-specific, we investigated whether also Manduca sexta oviposition primes N. attenuata's anti-herbivore defence. The plant response to M. sexta and S. exigua oviposition overlapped in the egg-primed feeding-induced production of the phenylpropanoid caffeoylputrescine. While M. sexta larvae were unaffected in their performance, they showed a novel response to the oviposition-mediated plant changes: a reduced antimicrobial activity in their haemolymph. In a cross-resistance experiment, S. exigua larvae suffered reduced performance on M. sexta-oviposited plants like they did on S. exigua-oviposited plants. The M. sexta oviposition-mediated plant effects on the S. exigua larval performance and on M. sexta larval immunity required expression of the NaMyb8 transcription factor that is governing biosynthesis of phenylpropanoids such as caffeoylputrescine. Thus, NaMyb8-dependent defence traits mediate the effects that oviposition by both lepidopteran species exerts on the plant's anti-herbivore defence. These results suggest that oviposition by lepidopteran species on N. attenuata leaves may generally prime the feeding-induced production of certain plant defence compounds but that different herbivore species show different susceptibility to egg-primed plant effects.
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- Michele Bandoly
- Molecular Ecology, Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences (DCPS), Institute of Biology, Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, Haderslebener Str. 9, 12163, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Ecology, Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences (DCPS), Institute of Biology, Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, Haderslebener Str. 9, 12163, Berlin, Germany
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- Applied Zoology/Animal Ecology, DCPS, Institute of Biology, FU Berlin, Haderslebener Str. 9, 12163, Berlin, Germany
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- Molecular Ecology, Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences (DCPS), Institute of Biology, Freie Universität (FU) Berlin, Haderslebener Str. 9, 12163, Berlin, Germany
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Kaplan I, Carrillo J, Garvey M, Ode PJ. Indirect plant-parasitoid interactions mediated by changes in herbivore physiology. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2016; 14:112-119. [PMID: 27436656 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2016.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2015] [Revised: 02/28/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In occupying an intermediate trophic position, herbivorous insects serve a vital link between plants at the base of the food chain and parasitoids at the top. Although these herbivore-mediated indirect plant-parasitoid interactions are well-documented, new studies have uncovered previously undescribed mechanisms that are fundamentally changing how we view tri-trophic relationships. In this review we highlight recent advances in this field focusing on both plant-driven and parasitoid-driven outcomes that flow up and down the trophic web, respectively. From the bottom-up, plant metabolites can impact parasitoid success by altering host immune function; however, few have considered the potential effects of other plant defense strategies such as tolerance on parasitoid ecology and behavior. From the top-down, parasitoids have long been considered plant bodyguards, but in reality the consequences of parasitism for herbivory rates and induction of plant defensive chemistry are far more complicated with cascading effects on community-level interactions.
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- Ian Kaplan
- Department of Entomology, Purdue University, United States.
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- Department of Entomology, Purdue University, United States
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- Department of Entomology, Purdue University, United States
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences & Pest Management, Colorado State University, United States
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Docimo T, Francese G, Ruggiero A, Batelli G, De Palma M, Bassolino L, Toppino L, Rotino GL, Mennella G, Tucci M. Phenylpropanoids Accumulation in Eggplant Fruit: Characterization of Biosynthetic Genes and Regulation by a MYB Transcription Factor. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 6:1233. [PMID: 26858726 PMCID: PMC4729908 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.01233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/19/2015] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
Phenylpropanoids are major secondary metabolites in eggplant (Solanum melongena) fruits. Chlorogenic acid (CGA) accounts for 70-90% of total phenolics in flesh tissues, while anthocyanins are mainly present in the fruit skin. As a contribution to the understanding of the peculiar accumulation of these health-promoting metabolites in eggplant, we report on metabolite abundance, regulation of CGA and anthocyanin biosynthesis, and characterization of candidate CGA biosynthetic genes in S. melongena. Higher contents of CGA, Delphinidin 3-rutinoside, and rutin were found in eggplant fruits compared to other tissues, associated to an elevated transcript abundance of structural genes such as PAL, HQT, DFR, and ANS, suggesting that active in situ biosynthesis contributes to anthocyanin and CGA accumulation in fruit tissues. Putative orthologs of the two CGA biosynthetic genes PAL and HQT, as well as a variant of a MYB1 transcription factor showing identity with group six MYBs, were isolated from an Occidental S. melongena traditional variety and demonstrated to differ from published sequences from Asiatic varieties. In silico analysis of the isolated SmPAL1, SmHQT1, SmANS, and SmMyb1 promoters revealed the presence of several Myb regulatory elements for the biosynthetic genes and unique elements for the TF, suggesting its involvement in other physiological roles beside phenylpropanoid biosynthesis regulation. Transient overexpression in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves of SmMyb1 and of a C-terminal SmMyb1 truncated form (SmMyb1Δ9) resulted in anthocyanin accumulation only of SmMyb1 agro-infiltrated leaves. A yeast two-hybrid assay confirmed the interaction of both SmMyb1 and SmMyb1Δ9 with an anthocyanin-related potato bHLH1 TF. Interestingly, a doubled amount of CGA was detected in both SmMyb1 and SmMyb1Δ9 agro-infiltrated leaves, thus suggesting that the N-terminal region of SmMyb1 is sufficient to activate its synthesis. These data suggest that a deletion of the C-terminal region of SmMyb1 does not limit its capability to regulate CGA accumulation, but impairs anthocyanin biosynthesis. To our knowledge, this is the first study reporting a functional elucidation of the role of the C-term conserved domain in MYB activator proteins.
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- Teresa Docimo
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Bioscienze e BiorisorseUOS Portici, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria, Centro di Ricerca per l’OrticolturaPontecagnano, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Bioscienze e BiorisorseUOS Portici, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Bioscienze e BiorisorseUOS Portici, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Bioscienze e BiorisorseUOS Portici, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria, Unità di Ricerca per l’OrticolturaMontanaso Lombardo, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria, Unità di Ricerca per l’OrticolturaMontanaso Lombardo, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria, Unità di Ricerca per l’OrticolturaMontanaso Lombardo, Italy
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- Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria, Centro di Ricerca per l’OrticolturaPontecagnano, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Bioscienze e BiorisorseUOS Portici, Italy
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Koenig C, Bretschneider A, Heckel DG, Grosse-Wilde E, Hansson BS, Vogel H. The plastic response of Manduca sexta to host and non-host plants. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 63:72-85. [PMID: 26070471 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Revised: 05/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Specialist insect herbivores have evolved efficient ways to adapt to the major defenses of their host plants. Although Manduca sexta, specialized on Solanaceous plants, has become a model organism for insect molecular biology, little is known about its adaptive responses to the chemical defenses of its hosts. To study larval performance and transcriptomic responses to host and non-host plants, we conducted developmental assays and replicated RNAseq experiments with Manduca larvae fed on different Solanaceous plants as well as on a Brassicaceous non-host plant, Brassica napus. Manduca larvae developed fastest on Nicotiana attenuata, but no significant differences in performance were found on larvae fed on other Solanaceae or the non-host B. napus. The RNAseq experiments revealed that Manduca larvae display plastic responses at the gene expression level, and transcriptional signatures specific to the challenges of each host- and non-host plant. Our observations are not consistent with expectations that specialist herbivores would perform poorly on non-host plants. Instead, our findings demonstrate the ability of this specialized insect herbivore to efficiently use a larger repertoire of host plants than it utilizes in the field.
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- Christopher Koenig
- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena 07745, Germany.
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- Department of Entomology, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena 07745, Germany.
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- Department of Entomology, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena 07745, Germany.
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena 07745, Germany.
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena 07745, Germany.
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- Department of Entomology, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena 07745, Germany.
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Vogelweith F, Moreau J, Thiéry D, Moret Y. Food-mediated modulation of immunity in a phytophagous insect: An effect of nutrition rather than parasitic contamination. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 77:55-61. [PMID: 25913569 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Revised: 04/15/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Inherent to the cost of immunity, the immune system itself can exhibit tradeoffs between its arms. Phytophagous insects face a wide range of microbial and eukaryotic parasites, each activating different immune pathways that could compromise the activity of the others. Feeding larvae are primarily exposed to microbes, which growth is controlled by antibiotic secondary metabolites produced by the host plant. The resulting variation in abundance of microbes on plants is expected to differentially stimulate the insect antimicrobial immune defenses. Under the above tradeoff hypothesis, stimulation of the insect antimicrobial defenses is expected to compromise immune activity against eukaryote parasites. In the European grape berry moth, Eupoecilia ambiguella, immune effectors directed towards microbes are negatively correlated to those directed towards eukaryotic parasites among host plants. Here, we hypothesize this relationship is caused by a variable control of the microbial community among host plants by their antibiotic metabolites. To test this hypothesis, we first quantified antimicrobial activity in berries of several grape varieties. We then measured immune defenses of E. ambiguella larvae raised on artificial diets in which we mimicked levels of antimicrobial activity of grape berries using tetracycline to control the abundance of growing microbes. Another group of larvae was raised on artificial diets made of berry extracts only to control for the effect of nutrition. We found that controlling microbe abundance with tetracycline in diets did not explain variation in the immune function whereas the presence of berry extracts did. This suggests that variation in immune defenses of E. ambiguella among grape varieties is caused by nutritional difference among host plants rather than microbe abundance. Further study of the effects of berry compounds on larval immune parameters will be needed to explain the observed tradeoff among immune system components.
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- Fanny Vogelweith
- Université de Bourgogne, Equipe Ecologie-Evolution, UMR 6282 Biogéosciences, 6 Bd Gabriel, F-21000 Dijon, France; INRA, UMR 1065 Save ISVV, B.P.81, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France; Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, INRA, UMR 1065 Save ISVV, B.P.81, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France.
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- Université de Bourgogne, Equipe Ecologie-Evolution, UMR 6282 Biogéosciences, 6 Bd Gabriel, F-21000 Dijon, France
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- INRA, UMR 1065 Save ISVV, B.P.81, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France; Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, INRA, UMR 1065 Save ISVV, B.P.81, F-33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France
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- Université de Bourgogne, Equipe Ecologie-Evolution, UMR 6282 Biogéosciences, 6 Bd Gabriel, F-21000 Dijon, France
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