Gut-expressed vitellogenin facilitates the movement of a plant virus across the midgut wall in its insect vector

Many viral pathogens of global importance to plant and animal health are persistently transmitted by insect vectors. Midgut of insects forms the first major barrier that these viruses encounter during their entry into the vectors. However, the vector ligand(s) involved in the movement of plant virus...

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Autores principales: He, Ya-Zhou, Wang, Yu-Meng, Yin, Tian-Yan, Cuéllar, Wilmer Jose, Liu, Shu-Sheng, Wang, Xiao-Wei
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113983
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author He, Ya-Zhou
Wang, Yu-Meng
Yin, Tian-Yan
Cuéllar, Wilmer Jose
Liu, Shu-Sheng
Wang, Xiao-Wei
author_browse Cuéllar, Wilmer Jose
He, Ya-Zhou
Liu, Shu-Sheng
Wang, Xiao-Wei
Wang, Yu-Meng
Yin, Tian-Yan
author_facet He, Ya-Zhou
Wang, Yu-Meng
Yin, Tian-Yan
Cuéllar, Wilmer Jose
Liu, Shu-Sheng
Wang, Xiao-Wei
author_sort He, Ya-Zhou
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Many viral pathogens of global importance to plant and animal health are persistently transmitted by insect vectors. Midgut of insects forms the first major barrier that these viruses encounter during their entry into the vectors. However, the vector ligand(s) involved in the movement of plant viruses across the midgut barrier remains largely uncharacterized. Begomoviruses, many of which are disease agents of some major crops worldwide, are persistently transmitted by whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci). Here, in order to identify whitefly midgut proteins that interact with a devastating begomovirus, tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), we performed midgut-specific TYLCV coat protein (CP) immunoprecipitation followed by high-throughput mass spectrometry proteomic analysis. We find that vitellogenin (Vg), a critical insect reproductive protein that has been considered to be synthesized by the fat body, is also synthesized by and interacts with TYLCV CP in the whitefly midgut. TYLCV appears to be internalized into midgut epithelial cells as a complex with Vg through endocytosis. Virus-containing vesicles then deliver the virus-Vg complexes to early endosomes for intracellular transport. Systematic silencing of Vg or midgut-specific immune blocking of Vg inhibited virus movement across the midgut wall and decreased viral acquisition and transmission by whitefly. Our findings show that a functional Vg protein is synthesized in the midgut of an insect and suggest a novel Vg mechanism that facilitates virus movement across the midgut barrier of its insect vector.
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spelling CGSpace1139832025-11-11T17:46:37Z Gut-expressed vitellogenin facilitates the movement of a plant virus across the midgut wall in its insect vector He, Ya-Zhou Wang, Yu-Meng Yin, Tian-Yan Cuéllar, Wilmer Jose Liu, Shu-Sheng Wang, Xiao-Wei vitellogenins plant viruses pest insects vitelogenina virus de las plantas insectos dañinos Many viral pathogens of global importance to plant and animal health are persistently transmitted by insect vectors. Midgut of insects forms the first major barrier that these viruses encounter during their entry into the vectors. However, the vector ligand(s) involved in the movement of plant viruses across the midgut barrier remains largely uncharacterized. Begomoviruses, many of which are disease agents of some major crops worldwide, are persistently transmitted by whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci). Here, in order to identify whitefly midgut proteins that interact with a devastating begomovirus, tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), we performed midgut-specific TYLCV coat protein (CP) immunoprecipitation followed by high-throughput mass spectrometry proteomic analysis. We find that vitellogenin (Vg), a critical insect reproductive protein that has been considered to be synthesized by the fat body, is also synthesized by and interacts with TYLCV CP in the whitefly midgut. TYLCV appears to be internalized into midgut epithelial cells as a complex with Vg through endocytosis. Virus-containing vesicles then deliver the virus-Vg complexes to early endosomes for intracellular transport. Systematic silencing of Vg or midgut-specific immune blocking of Vg inhibited virus movement across the midgut wall and decreased viral acquisition and transmission by whitefly. Our findings show that a functional Vg protein is synthesized in the midgut of an insect and suggest a novel Vg mechanism that facilitates virus movement across the midgut barrier of its insect vector. 2021-06-29 2021-06-16T15:11:12Z 2021-06-16T15:11:12Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113983 en Open Access application/pdf American Society for Microbiology He, Y.Z.; Wang, Y.M.; Yin, T.Y.; Cuellar, W.J.; Liu, S.S.; Wang, X.W. (2021) Gut-expressed vitellogenin facilitates the movement of a plant virus across the midgut wall in its insect vector. mSystems 6(3):e0058. 21 p. ISSN: 2379-5077
spellingShingle vitellogenins
plant viruses
pest insects
vitelogenina
virus de las plantas
insectos dañinos
He, Ya-Zhou
Wang, Yu-Meng
Yin, Tian-Yan
Cuéllar, Wilmer Jose
Liu, Shu-Sheng
Wang, Xiao-Wei
Gut-expressed vitellogenin facilitates the movement of a plant virus across the midgut wall in its insect vector
title Gut-expressed vitellogenin facilitates the movement of a plant virus across the midgut wall in its insect vector
title_full Gut-expressed vitellogenin facilitates the movement of a plant virus across the midgut wall in its insect vector
title_fullStr Gut-expressed vitellogenin facilitates the movement of a plant virus across the midgut wall in its insect vector
title_full_unstemmed Gut-expressed vitellogenin facilitates the movement of a plant virus across the midgut wall in its insect vector
title_short Gut-expressed vitellogenin facilitates the movement of a plant virus across the midgut wall in its insect vector
title_sort gut expressed vitellogenin facilitates the movement of a plant virus across the midgut wall in its insect vector
topic vitellogenins
plant viruses
pest insects
vitelogenina
virus de las plantas
insectos dañinos
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113983
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