A single transcription factor facilitates an insect host combating Bacillus thuringiensis infection while maintaining fitness

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第一作者： Guo, Zhaojiang

作者： Guo, Zhaojiang;Guo, Le;Qin, Jianying;Ye, Fan;Sun, Dan;Wu, Qingjun;Wang, Shaoli;Zhang, Youjun;Guo, Zhaojiang;Crickmore, Neil;Zhou, Xuguo;Bravo, Alejandra;Soberon, Mario

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期刊名称：NATURE COMMUNICATIONS （ 影响因子：17.694； 五年影响因子：17.763 ）

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年卷期： 2022 年 13 卷 1 期

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摘要： Maintaining fitness during pathogen infection is vital for host survival as an excessive response can be as detrimental as the infection itself. Fitness costs are frequently associated with insect hosts countering the toxic effect of the entomopathogenic bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which delay the evolution of resistance to this pathogen. The insect pest Plutella xylostella has evolved a mechanism to resist Bt toxins without incurring significant fitness costs. Here, we reveal that non-phosphorylated and phosphorylated forms of a MAPK-modulated transcription factor fushi tarazu factor 1 (FTZ-F1) can respectively orchestrate down-regulation of Bt Cry1Ac toxin receptors and up-regulation of non-receptor paralogs via two distinct binding sites, thereby presenting Bt toxin resistance without growth penalty. Our findings reveal how host organisms can co-opt a master molecular switch to overcome pathogen invasion with low cost, and contribute to understanding the underlying mechanism of growth-defense tradeoffs during host-pathogen interactions in P. xylostella. Plutella xylostella endures Bt toxins with no performance costs. This study reveals how, depending on the presence of the toxin, this insect modifies MAPK phosphorylation to modulate the transcription factor FTZ-F1 binding, to up- or down- regulate Bt receptors or non-receptor (resistant) paralogs.

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