文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Ji, Tingting ¹ ; Wang, Xingyi ¹ ; Wang, Xueyun ¹ ; Gao, Lihong ¹ ; Tian, Yongqiang ¹ ; Ma, Si ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.China Agr Univ, Coll Hort, Beijing Key Lab Growth & Dev Regulat Protected Veg, Beijing 100193, Peoples R China

2.Fujian Acad Agr Sci, Crop Res Inst, Fujian Vegetable Engn Technol Res Ctr, Fujian Key Lab Vegetable Genet & Breeding, Fuzhou 350013, Peoples R China

关键词： Cucumis sativus; alkaline alpha-galactosidase; Meloidogyne incognita; sugar

期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES （ 影响因子：4.9； 五年影响因子：5.7 ）

ISSN： 1661-6596

年卷期： 2025 年 26 卷 14 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Meloidogyne incognita (M. incognita) is a devastating root-knot nematode that parasitizes a broad range of crop species by inducing the formation of giant cells (GCs) in host roots, thereby facilitating nutrient acquisition. This process profoundly alters host sugar metabolism, yet the molecular regulators underlying sugar dynamics during infection remain poorly understood in cucumber. In this study, we investigated the role of the cucumber alkaline alpha-galactosidase gene (CsAGA1) in M. incognita-infected roots. Histochemical analysis of proCsAGA1::GUS transgenic lines demonstrated that CsAGA1 is spatially localized to nematode-induced feeding sites, with its expression markedly induced in GCs and phloem-adjacent tissues during infection. Functional analyses revealed that silencing CsAGA1 impaired root and gall development. CsAGA1-silenced plants exhibited increased gall numbers (per gram root) but significantly reduced root growth and smaller galls compared to controls. These results indicate that CsAGA1 is required for proper gall expansion and root growth during M. incognita infection. This study provides novel insight into the sugar-mediated regulation of host-nematode interactions, and CsAGA1 emerges as a potential target for the biological control of M. incognita.