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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Hortaliças.
Data corrente: | 20/01/2005
Data da última atualização: | 25/01/2024
Autoria: | MEDEIROS, R. B.; RESENDE, R. de O.; AVILA, A. C. de.
Afiliação: | RICARDO B. MEDEIROS, UNIVERSIDADE DE BRASÍLIA; RENATO DE OLIVEIRA RESENDE, UNIVERSIDADE DE BRASÍLIA; ANTONIO CARLOS DE AVILA, CNPH.
Título: | The plant virus tomato spotted wilt tospovirus activates the immune system of its main insect vector, Frankliniella occidentalis.
Ano de publicação: | 2004
Fonte/Imprenta: | Journal of Virology, v. 78, n. 10, p. 4976-4982, 2004.
ISSN: | 1098-5514
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | Tospoviruses have the ability to infect plants and their insect vectors. Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), the type species in the Tospovirus genus, infects its most important insect vector, Frankliniella occidentalis, the western flower thrips (WFT). However, no detrimental effects on the life cycle or cytopathological changes have been reported in the WFT after TSWV infection, and relatively few viral particles can be observed even several days after infection. We hypothesized that TSWV infection triggers an immune response in the WFT. Using subtractive cDNA libraries to probe WFT DNA macroarrays, we found that the WFT's immune system is activated by TSWV infection. The activated genes included (i) those encoding antimicrobial peptides, such as defensin and cecropin; (ii) genes involved in pathogen recognition, such as those encoding lectins; (iii) those encoding receptors that activate the innate immune response, such as Toll-3; and (iv) those encoding members of signal transduction pathways activated by Toll-like receptors, such as JNK kinase. Transcriptional upregulation of these genes after TSWV infection was confirmed by Northern analysis, and the kinetics of the immune response was measured over time. Several of the detected genes were activated at the same time that viral replication was first detected by reverse transcription-PCR. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the activation of an insect vector immune response by a plant virus. The results may lead to a better understanding of insects' immune responses against viruses and may help in the future development of novel control strategies against plant viruses, as well as human and animal viruses transmitted by insect vectors.
Palavras-Chave: | Interação vírus vetor; TSWV.
Thesagro: | Inseto; Lycopersicon Esculentum; Praga; Tomate; Vetor; Vírus.
Thesaurus Nal: | Frankliniella occidentalis; Tospovirus.
Categoria do assunto: | O Insetos e Entomologia
Registro original: | Embrapa Hortaliças (CNPH)
Exemplares: | CNPH - (29663-1) - UPC - AP - DD - 016829 -  - 016829 - DIS