Knocking down a DNA demethylase gene affects potato plant defense against a specialist insect herbivore

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第一作者： Zhang, Yadong

作者： Zhang, Yadong;Zhong, Jian;Munawar, Asim;Cai, Yajie;He, Wenjing;Zhang, Yixin;Zhu, Zengrong;Zhou, Wenwu;Zhang, Yadong;Zhu, Zengrong;Zhou, Wenwu;Guo, Han;Gao, Yulin

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关键词： Demeter-Like DNA demethylase; jasmonate; Phthorimaea operculella; plant herbivore defense; Solanum tuberosum; volatile organic compounds

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY （ 影响因子：6.9； 五年影响因子：8.0 ）

ISSN： 0022-0957

年卷期： 2023 年

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： DNA demethylase (DML) is involved in plant development and responses to biotic and abiotic stresses; however, its role in plant-herbivore interaction remains elusive. Here, we found that herbivory by the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella, rapidly induced the genome-wide DNA methylation and accumulation of DML gene transcripts in potato plants. Herbivory induction of DML transcripts was suppressed in jasmonate-deficient plants, whereas exogenous application of methyl jasmonate (MeJA) improved DML transcripts, indicating that the induction of DML transcripts by herbivory is associated with jasmonate signaling. Moreover, P. operculella larvae grew heavier on DML gene (StDML2) knockdown plants than on wild-type plants, and the decreased biosynthesis of jasmonates in the former may be responsible for this difference, since the larvae feeding on these two genotypes supplemented with MeJA showed similar growth. In addition, P. operculella adult moths preferred to oviposit on StDML2 knockdown plants than on wild-type plants, which was associated with the reduced emission of beta-caryophyllene in the former. In addition, supplementing beta-caryophyllene to these two genotypes further disrupted moths' oviposit choice preference for them. Interestingly, in StDML2 knockdown plants, hypermethylation was found at the promoter regions for the key genes StAOS and StAOC in the jasmonate biosynthetic pathway, as well as for the key gene StTPS12 in beta-caryophyllene production. Our findings suggest that knocking down StDML2 can affect herbivore defense via jasmonate signaling and defense compound production in potato plants. The DNA demethylase gene StDML2 is involved in potato plant's herbivore defense response via affecting jasmonate signaling and defense compound production in plants.

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