A knockdown gene approach identifies an insect vector membrane protein with leucin-rich repeats as one of the receptors for the VmpA adhesin of flavescence dorée phytoplasma
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Phytoplasma
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]
LRR proteins
Membrane Proteins
VmpA
Microbiology
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QR1-502
Insect Vectors
[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio]
protein-protein interaction
Hemiptera
Cellular and Infection Microbiology
RNAi
Euscelidius variegatus
phytoplasma
Animals
Staphylococcal Protein A
Adhesins, Bacterial
Plant Diseases
DOI:
10.3389/fcimb.2023.1289100
Publication Date:
2023-11-06T16:23:47Z
AUTHORS (7)
ABSTRACT
IntroductionThe adhesion of flavescence dorée phytoplasma to the midgut epithelium cells of their insect vectors is partially mediated by the variable membrane protein A (VmpA), an adhesin which shows lectin properties. In order to identify the insect receptor for VmpA, we identified Euscelidius variegatus cell proteins interacting with recombinant VmpA-His6.MethodsThe E. variegatus proteins were identified by mass spectrometry analysis of VmpA-E. variegatus protein complexes formed upon in vitro interaction assays. To assess their impact in VmpA binding, we reduced the expression of the candidate genes on E. variegatus cells in culture by dsRNA-mediated RNAi. The effect of candidate gene knockdown on VmpA binding was measured by the capacity of E. variegatus cells to bind VmpA-coated fluorescent beads.Results and discussionThere were 13 candidate proteins possessing potential N-glycosylation sites and predicted transmembrane domains selected. The decrease of expression of an unknown transmembrane protein with leucine-rich repeat domains (uk1_LRR) was correlated with the decreased adhesion of VmpA beads to E. variegatus cells. The uk1_LRR was more expressed in digestive tubes than salivary glands of E. variegatus. The protein uk1_LRR could be implicated in the binding with VmpA in the early stages of insect infection following phytoplasmas ingestion
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