Caterpillar herbivory and salivary enzymes decrease transcript levels of Medicago truncatula genes encoding early enzymes in terpenoid biosynthesis

Plant Molecular Biology
Jacqueline C BedeKenneth L Korth

Abstract

In response to caterpillar herbivory, alfalfa and related plant species defend themselves through the induction of saponin and volatile terpenoid biosynthesis. Both these types of defensive compounds are derived from the metabolic intermediate, isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP). In plants, two distinct biosynthetic pathways can generate IPP; the cytosolic mevalonate pathway and the plastid-associated 2C-methyl erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway. In Medicago truncatula, transcript levels of key regulatory genes active in the early steps of these biosynthetic pathways were measured in response to larval herbivory by the beet army worm, Spodoptera exigua. Transcripts encoding enzymes at early steps of both terpenoid pathways were lower in caterpillar-damaged leaves. Higher degrees of herbivore damage accentuated the decrease in transcript levels; however, transcript amounts were not affected by insect larval stage. Insect larvae, manipulated to reduce labial gland salivary secretions, were used to examine the role of the salivary elicitors in modulating gene expression. Results suggest that an insect salivary factor, possibly glucose oxidase (GOX), may be involved in reduction of transcript levels following herbivory. Addition of GO...Continue Reading

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