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Mandelonitrile produced by commensal bacteria protects the Colorado potato beetle against predation

文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Kang, Wei-Nan 1 ; Pan, Yang 1 ; Liao, Lan-Lan 1 ; Wu, Yi-Kuan 1 ; Zhang, Xiao-Qing 1 ; Jin, Lin 1 ; Fu, Kai-Yun 2 ; Guo, Wen-Chao 2 ; Li, Guo-Qing 1 ;

作者机构： 1.Nanjing Agr Univ, Coll Plant Protect, State & Local Joint Engn Res Ctr Green Pesticide I, Agr Minist,Key Lab Integrated Pest Management Crop, Nanjing 210095, Peoples R China

2.Xinjiang Acad Agr Sci, Inst Plant Protect, Xinjiang Key Lab Agr Biosafety, Urumqi 830091, Peoples R China

3.Minist Agr, Key Lab Intergraded Management Harmful Crop Vermin, Beijing, Peoples R China

期刊名称：NATURE COMMUNICATIONS （ 影响因子：15.7； 五年影响因子：17.2 ）

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年卷期： 2024 年 15 卷 1 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Larvae and adults of the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), a major pest of potato crops, display conspicuous coloration to advertise their toxicity to predators. However, the identity of the toxic compounds remains unclear. Here, we show that larvae and adults release toxic hydrogen cyanide (HCN) from the degradation of mandelonitrile and other cyano-compounds, which are produced by commensal bacteria. We isolate the bacterium Proteus vulgaris Ld01 from the insect's gut, and show that it produces HCN and a mandelonitrile-producing cyanoglucoside, amygdalin. Knockout of a gene (hcnB) encoding putative hydrogen cyanide synthase impairs HCN production in P. vulgaris Ld01. Antibiotic treatment of larvae, to eliminate their commensal bacteria, leads to a substantial reduction of HCN emission in larvae and adults. HCN release by bacteria-deprived beetles can be restored by addition of mandelonitrile or by re-infection with P. vulgaris Ld01 (but not with its triangle hcnB1 or triangle hcnB2 mutants). Finally, we use dual-choice experiments to show that domestic chicks prefer to eat bacteria-deprived larvae over control larvae, larvae re-colonized with P. vulgaris Ld01, or mandelonitrile-injected larvae. Our work highlights the role of the beetle's intestinal bacteria in the production of the cyanoglucoside amygdalin and its derived metabolites, including mandelonitrile and HCN, which protect the insect from predation. The Colorado potato beetle, a major pest of potato crops, displays conspicuous coloration to advertise their toxicity to predators, but the identity of the toxic compounds is unclear. Here, Kang et al. show that the insect releases toxic hydrogen cyanide, which results from the degradation of cyano-compounds produced by commensal bacteria.

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