A pipeline contributes to efficient identification of salivary proteins in short-headed planthopper, Epeurysa nawaii

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Saliva, an oral secretion primarily originating from salivary glands (SGs), exert critical roles in the ongoing evolutionary interaction between insects and plants. However, identifying insect salivary components poses challenges due to the tiny size of insects, low secretion amounts, and the propensity for degradation after secretion. In this study, we developed a transcriptome-based approach to comprehensively analyze the salivary proteins of the short-headed planthopper, Epeurysa nawaii, a species with unique feeding habits on bamboo. A total of 165 salivary proteins were identified, with 114 secretory genes highly and specifically expressed in SGs. Consistent with most phloem-feeding insects, digestive enzymes, calcium-binding proteins, oxidoreductases, and a few previously reported salivary effectors were ubiquitously distributed in E. nawaii saliva. However, we also identified a substantial portion of salivary proteins exhibiting taxonomy specificity, including 60 E. nawaii-specific and 62 Delphacidae-specific proteins. These taxonomy-restricted proteins potentially play a role in insect adaptation to specific host plants. Our study provides an efficient pipeline for salivary protein identification and serves as a valuable resource for the functional characterization of effectors.

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ErratumIn: Sci Rep. 2024 Mar 27;14(1):7276. - PMID 38538738

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 14(2024), 1 vom: 14. März, Seite 6225

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Xiao-Jing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qiao [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Zhuang-Xin [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Hai-Jian [VerfasserIn]

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Insect Proteins
Journal Article
Salivary Proteins and Peptides

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Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Electronic

ErratumIn: Sci Rep. 2024 Mar 27;14(1):7276. - PMID 38538738

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-024-56896-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369757807