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Running head: A salivary effector in rice brown planthopper 1
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Correspondence: Yonggen Lou 4
State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology 5
Institute of Insect Science 6
Zhejiang University 7
Hangzhou 310058 8
China 9
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Plant Physiology Preview. Published on January 26, 2017, as DOI:10.1104/pp.16.01493
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A salivary endo-β-1,4-glucanase acts as an effector that enables the 30
brown planthopper to feed on rice 31
Rui Ji, Wenfeng Ye, Hongdan Chen, Jiamei Zeng, Heng Li, Haixin Yu, Jiancai Li, 32
Yonggen Lou* 33
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State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Insect Science, Zhejiang University, 35
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China 36
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Summary 43
A salivary endo-β-1,4-glucanase in the rice brown plant hopper Nilaparvata lugens facilitates access 44
to the phloem by degrading celluloses in plant cell walls. 45
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Footnotes: 55
Author contributions 56
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Y.L. conceived the original research plans and supervised the experiments; Y.L., R.J. 57
and W.Y. designed the experiments and analyzed the data; R.J., W.Y., H.C., J.Z., H.L., 58
H.Y. and J.L. performed the experiments; Y.L. and R.J. wrote the manuscript; all authors 59
reviewed the manuscript. 60
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Funding information: The study was jointly sponsored by Projects of International 62
Cooperation and Exchanges of National Natural Science Foundation of China 63
(31520103912), the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest 64
(201403030), the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest of 65
Zhejiang (2014C22004) and the earmarked fund for China Agriculture Research System 66
(CARS-01-21). 67
Corresponding author: Yonggen Lou ([email protected]) 68
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Abstract 75
The rice brown planthopper (BPH) Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) is one of the most 76
destructive insect pests on rice in Asia. After landing on plants, BPH rapidly accesses 77
plant phloem and sucks the phloem sap through unknown mechanisms. We discovered a 78
salivary endo-β-1,4-glucanase (NlEG1) which has endoglucanase activity with a 79
maximal activity at pH 6 at 37˚C and is secreted into rice plants by BPH. NlEG1 is 80
highly expressed in the salivary glands and midgut. Silencing NlEG1 decreases the 81
capacity of BPH to reach the phloem and reduces its food intake, mass, survival, and 82
fecundity on rice plants. By contrast, NlEG1 silencing had only a small effect on the 83
survival rate of BPH raised on artificial diet. Moreover, NlEG1 secreted by BPH did not 84
elicit the production of defense-related signal molecules -- salicylic acid, jasmonic acid 85
(JA), and jasmonoyl-isoleucine (JA-Ile) -- in rice, although wounding plus the 86
application of the recombination protein NlEG1 did slightly enhance the levels of JA 87
and JA-Ile in plants compared to in the corresponding controls. The data suggest that 88
NlEG1 enables the BPH’s stylet to reach the phloem by degrading celluloses in plant 89
cell walls (PCWs), thereby functioning as an effector that overcomes the PCW defense 90
in rice. 91
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INTRODUCTION 94
To protect themselves from attack by herbivores, plants have developed a set of 95
resistance mechanisms, including constitutive and induced defenses (Felton and 96
Tumlinson, 2008; Erb et al., 2012; Stam et al., 2014; Schuman and Baldwin, 2016). 97
Constitutive defenses are physical and chemical defensive traits that plants express 98
regardless of the presence of herbivores. By contrast, induced defenses are activated 99
only when plants are infested by herbivores (Wu and Baldwin, 2010). Defense induction 100
starts with the recognition of specific herbivore-associated molecular patterns and is 101
followed by the activation of a complex signaling network, such as mitogen-activated 102
protein kinase cascades, and jasmonic acid (JA), jasmonoyl-isoleucine (JA-Ile), salicylic 103
acid (SA), and ethylene signaling pathways; the expression of defense-related genes; 104
and the production of defensive chemicals (Erb et al., 2012; Stam et al., 2014; Schuman 105
and Baldwin, 2016). 106
In response, herbivores have evolved the capacity to suppress and circumvent these 107
plant defenses through the release of effectors (Elzinga and Jander, 2013). Plant cell 108
walls (PCWs), for instance, are thick, rigid structures that mainly consist of a 109
pectin-embedded network of cellulose and hemicellulose (Calderón-Cortés et al., 2012); 110
these structures not only act as physical defenses against herbivores by enhancing the 111
mechanical hardness of plant tissues, but they also reduce the digestibility of food for 112
herbivores (Santiago et al., 2013), thereby functioning as the first layer of defense 113
against herbivores. Herbivores can secrete salivary PCW-degrading enzymes such as 114
cellulases (consisting of endo-β-1,4-glucanases and β-glucosidases) and pectinases to 115
degrade PCWs (Backus et al., 2012; Calderón-Cortés et al., 2012). Herbivores can also 116
secrete other effectors to overcome plant defenses. C002, for instance, is a salivary 117
protein identified from the salivary glands of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum; this 118
protein is essential for sustained phloem feeding (Mutti et al., 2008). Expressing C002 119
from the green peach aphid Myzus persicae in Nicotiana benthamiana increased aphid 120
reproduction on these plants, whereas reducing C002 expression in aphids by 121
plant-mediated RNA interference reduced aphid fecundity (Bos et al., 2010; Pitino et al., 122
2011). Other salivary proteins, such as glucose oxidase from corn earworm Helicoverpa 123
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zea (Musser et al., 2002), calcium-binding proteins from the vetch aphid Megoura 124
viciae (Will et al., 2007), Mp10 and Mp55 from the green peach aphid (Bos et al., 2010; 125
Elzinga et al., 2014), structural sheath proteins from the grain aphid Sitobion avenae 126
(Abdellatef et al., 2015), Me10 and Me23 from the potato aphid Macrosiphum 127
euphorbiae (Atamian et al., 2013), and Armet from the pea aphid (Wang et al., 2015) 128
have also been found to increase herbivore performance. Thus, herbivore effectors play 129
a central role in overcoming plant defenses and helping the herbivore establish a 130
population on host plants. However, the mechanisms underlying the effector-mediated 131
promotion of herbivore abilities to overcome plant defenses remain mostly unknown 132
(Elzinga and Jander, 2013). 133
The brown planthopper (BPH, Nilaparvata lugens (Stål)), one of the most destructive 134
insect pests of the rice plant (Oryza sativa L.) in Asia, causes substantial losses in rice 135
yield every year (Heong et al., 2014). As a piercing-sucking insect, BPH secretes two 136
primary kinds of saliva during feeding: coagulable and watery. Coagulable saliva forms 137
salivary sheaths around the insect’s stylets which help to stabilize and protect the stylets 138
and may suppress plant defense responses to components of the watery saliva (Miles, 139
1999; Abdellatef et al., 2015). Watery saliva, which contains a mixture of amino acids, 140
proteins, and digestive enzymes, assists in the digestion of plant material and helps 141
suppress plant defense responses (Miles, 1968; Miles, 1999; Harmel et al., 2008; 142
Carolan et al., 2009; Hogenhout and Bos, 2011; Nicholson et al., 2012; Elzinga and 143
Jander, 2013). Thus, BPH saliva plays an important role in BPH feeding. The 144
morphology, transcriptomes and secreted proteins of BPH salivary glands have been 145
analyzed and identified (Sogawa, 1968; Konishi et al., 2009; Ji et al., 2013). Moreover, 146
several BPH salivary proteins, such as a catalase-like protein Kat-1, NlShp, salivap-3, 147
and annexin-like5, have been reported to be secreted into rice and play an important role 148
in salivary sheath formation and/or BPH feeding (Petrova and Smith, 2014; Huang et al., 149
2015; Huang et al., 2016). However, whether other salivary proteins are also involved in 150
BPH feeding and how these proteins regulate BPH feeding remain unclear. 151
By screening 352 reported genes encoding putative secreted proteins of salivary 152
gland of BPH (Ji et al., 2013), we identified a BPH gene NlEG1 which encodes a 153
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putative endo-β-1,4-glucanase. Given the role of salivary cellulases in degrading PCWs 154
stated above, we thought that NlEG1 may play a role in BPH feeding by influencing the 155
formation of the salivary sheaths and/or the defense in rice. Therefore, we chose NlEG1 156
and explored its role in rice-BPH interactions. Through a combination of molecular 157
biology and behavioral experiments, we show that NlEG1 is an effector that enables 158
BPH to feed on rice plants and simultaneously circumvents plant defenses. 159
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RESULTS 161
Isolation and characterization of NlEG1 162
Based on the data from BPH salivary gland transcriptomes (Ji et al., 2013), the full 163
length of cDNA of the gene NlEG1 (1454 bp), including an open reading frame (ORF) 164
of 1386 bp, was obtained by reverse transcription--polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) 165
(Fig. 1, GenBank: KM459012). Its deduced amino acid sequence revealed that NlEG1 166
encodes a protein of 461 amino acids with a calculated relative molecular mass of 52.2 167
kDa. The protein possesses an extracellular signal peptide and has no transmembrane 168
domains, suggesting a putative secreted protein. Moreover, two potential 169
O-glycosylation sites and two N-glycosylation sites were identified (Fig. 1). Protein 170
alignment followed by phylogenetic tree analysis revealed that NlEG1 is homologous to 171
insect endo-β-1,4-glucanases and belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase family 9 (GHF 9); 172
this family is characterized by catalytic domains, including catalytic nucleophile (77Asp), 173
a probable secondary nucleophile (80Asp) and proton acceptor (435Glu), and two 174
signature motifs (Nakashima et al., 2002; Kim et al., 2008; Willis et al., 2011) (Fig. 1; 175
Supplemental Figs. S1 and S2). NlEG1 shares the highest homology (72%) with the 176
endo-β-1,4-glucanase from Isoptera (Zootermopsis nevadensis KDR16731.1) and 177
Phthiraptera (Pediculus humanus corporis XP_002426465.1), followed by that from 178
Hemiptera (A. pisum XP_001944774.2) (71%) and Hymenoptera (Apis florea 179
XP_003690676.1) (69%). 180
To confirm that NlEG1 has endoglucanase activity, the recombination protein 181
NlEG1 was produced in Pichia pastoris (Fig. 2A). The mass of the recombination 182
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protein NlEG1 was about 60 kDa (Fig. 2A). Enzyme activity assays demonstrated that 183
NlEG1 acted hydrolytically on carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and showed the highest 184
activity at pH 6 at 37℃ (Fig. 2, B and C). Moreover, NlEG1 also acted hydrolytically 185
on filter paper and cellulose from rice plants (0.55 and 0.79 U/mg at pH 6 at 37℃, 186
respectively) but had no activity on crystalline cellulose (Avicel), curdlan, laminarin 187
and xylan. The catalytic activity of NlEG1 against CMC showed a Michaelis constant 188
(Km) of 6.72 mg/ml with a maximal reaction rate (Vmax) of 9.91 U/mg. QRT-PCR 189
analysis revealed that NlEG1 was expressed in most life stages of BPH (Fig. 2D) and 190
highly expressed in the salivary gland, midgut, fat body, and ovary (Fig. 2E). 191
NlEG1 is secreted into rice during BPH feeding 192
To explore whether BPH excretes NlEG1 through salivation during feeding, rice stems 193
were individually infested with 200 fourth- and fifth-instar nymphs for 24 h, after which 194
the outer three leaf sheaths were harvested and the proteins extracted. Western blot 195
analysis was performed using polyclonal anti-NlEG1 rabbit anti-bodies. As shown in 196
Figure 3A (lane 2), a band of about 50 kDa was detected in plants attacked by BPH. The 197
same band was also detected in extracts from BPH salivary glands (Fig. 3A, lane 1). On 198
the other hand, the band of NlEG1 was not detected in control plants (non-infested 199
plants) (Fig. 3A, lane 3). The results indicate that NlEG1 is transferred from BPH 200
salivary glands to the plant during feeding. A band of about 38 kDa was also detected in 201
extracts of the salivary glands (Fig. 3A, lane 1) but could not be detected in the plant 202
extracts either before or after BPH feeding (Fig. 3A, lanes 2 and 3). It appears that the 203
rabbit used for raising antibodies against the protein NlEG1 polypeptide also contained 204
antibodies that matched another salivary gland protein of 38kDa. These results show 205
that NlEG1 accumulates in rice plants after BPH feeding and is therefore likely excreted 206
into the plant by the herbivore. 207
Silencing NlEG1 impairs BPH feeding and fecundity 208
To explore the function of NlEG1, we used RNA interference (RNAi) as described in 209
Liu et al. (2010). Injection with dsRNA of NlEG1 decreased the transcript levels of 210
NlEG1 in the whole body, salivary gland, midgut, fat body, and ovary of BPH by 211
81%-95% over a period of 6 days (2-8 d post injection; Fig. 3, B and C). Silencing also 212
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reduced the abundance of the protein in the salivary glands and the enzyme activity of 213
NlEG1 (Fig. 3D). Silencing NlEG1 did not influence the body length and pronotum 214
width of BPH nymphs (Fig. 4A; Supplemental Fig. S3). However, the mass of 215
NlEG1-silenced nymphs and the number of eggs in the ovaries of NlEG1-silenced 216
female adults were reduced by about 21% and 54-57%, respectively, although eggs were 217
normal (Fig. 4, B-D). 218
To study the effect of NlEG1 on BPH feeding, we used the electrical penetration 219
graph (EPG) technique, a powerful method used to profile the feeding behavior of 220
piercing-sucking insects (Seo et al., 2009; Cao et al., 2013). Five main phases of feeding 221
can be distinguished by EPG: non-penetration, the pathway phase (including penetration 222
initiation, salivation and stylet movement, and extracellular activity near the phloem), 223
intracellular activity in the phloem, phloem sap ingestion, and the xylem phase. 224
Representative EPG traces from BPH, including the different phases, are shown in Fig. 225
5A (upper panel). NlEG1 silencing significantly increased the non-penetration (Fig. 5A, 226
NP) and the pathway phase (Fig. 5A, PP) time. On the other hand, the phloem 227
intracellular activity and ingestion phases were significantly reduced (Fig. 5A, N4-a, 228
and N4-b). Eleven of the 15 tested NlEG1 silenced individuals did not reach the phloem 229
during the 6 h trial period, whereas all control individuals did. The few silenced 230
individuals that reached the phloem still spent significantly less time ingesting phloem 231
sap than did controls (Fig. 5A, N4-b’). Silencing NlEG1 also significantly and 232
consistently reduced the amount of secreted honeydew, which is an indicator of the 233
amount of food intake (Fig. 5B). Moreover, in accord with the result on the number of 234
eggs in the ovaries, the number of eggs laid by NlEG1-silenced female adults was 235
decreased by 50% (Fig. 5D). Collectively, these results show that NlEG1 is required for 236
cell wall penetration and feeding as well as fecundity. 237
NlEG1 is indispensable for BPH survival on rice 238
To further test whether the presence of NlEG1 influences BPH survival rates on rice and 239
whether this influence is related to the effect of NlEG1 on the ability of BPH to reach 240
the phloem, we compared the performance of BPH nymphs on different food matrices. 241
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NlEG1 silencing generally reduced the survival rate (Fig. 6), and the effect was most 242
pronounced on rice plants: Three days after dsRNA injection, the survival rate of BPH 243
on rice dropped significantly and was 23% 7 days post-injection (Fig. 6A). In contrast, 244
the survival rate of BPH nymphs with silenced NlEG1 was much higher in insects 245
raised on artificial diet than in those raised on rice; moreover, the survival rate of BPH 246
nymphs with knocked-down NlEG1 raised on artificial diet was only slightly reduced 247
compared to that of control BPH nymphs 7 days after the start of the experiment (Fig. 248
6B). Compared with that of BPH nymphs with silenced NlEG1 raised on artificial diet, 249
the corrected survival rate of BPH nymphs with silenced NlEG1 raised on rice was 250
significantly lower 4-7 days after injection (Fig. 6C). These results demonstrate that 251
NlEG1 contributes to the survival rate of BPH nymphs raised on rice. 252
NlEG1 secreted by BPH does not induce defense responses in rice 253
Plant hormones – namely, JA, JA-Ile and SA -- play major roles in rice defense against 254
herbivores (Zhou et al., 2009; Lu et al., 2011; Lu et al., 2015). To determine if the 255
salivary protein NlEG1 influences the production of these phytohormones and thus 256
modulates defense responses in rice, we investigated the levels of SA, JA and JA-Ile in 257
rice after the plant was either infested by fifth-instar BPH nymphs whose ability to 258
produce NlEG1 had been silenced or treated with the recombination protein NlEG1. The 259
results showed that BPH nymph feeding did not induce, or very weakly induced, the 260
production of SA, JA and JA-Ile from 8 to 48h after feeding (Fig. 7A-C). Silencing 261
NlEG1 did not alter the effect of BPH nymph feeding on SA, JA, and JA-Ile levels in 262
plants: levels of these signals in all of the three treatments -- feeding by nymphs, by 263
nymphs with injected dsRNA of GFP or by nymphs with knocked-down NlEG1 -- and 264
in controls were similar (Fig. 7A-C). However, compared to plants that were treated 265
with wounding plus the purified elution products from the empty vector, plants treated 266
with wounding plus the application of the recombination protein NlEG1 showed slightly 267
higher levels of JA (8h and 24h after treatment) and JA-Ile (24h after treatment) but not 268
SA (Fig. 7D-F). These findings indicate that the NlEG1 secreted by BPH nymphs 269
during feeding did not elicit JA- and JA-Ile-mediated defense responses in rice, 270
although the recombination protein NlEG1 did slightly induce the production of these 271
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signals in plants that had been mechanically wounded. 272
DISCUSSION 273
Our experiments demonstrate that NlEG1 acts as an herbivore effector that enables 274
BPH to overcome the defense of PCWs of rice plants. NlEG1 has endo-β-1,4-glucanase 275
activity but no exoglucanase activity (Fig. 2, B and C) and is injected into rice during 276
BPH feeding (Fig. 3A). Knocking down NlEG1, which significantly reduced the 277
transcript and protein levels as well as enzyme activity of NlEG1 (Fig. 3B-D), caused 278
BPH to spend more time in non-penetration and the pathway phase, and less time 279
feeding on phloem (Fig. 5A); this in turn decreased the amount of food intake, nymph 280
mass, survival rate and fecundity of BPH fed on rice (Figs. 4-6). By contrast, NlEG1 281
silencing did not affect the early ability of BPH to feed on artificial diet without 282
cellulose and rigid PCWs, that is, for the first 6 days. These results suggest that NlEG1 283
aids phloem access through cell wall penetration by degrading PCW celluloses. 284
Endo-β-1,4-glucanases play an important role in degrading PCWs by randomly 285
cleaving amorphous sites of cellulose chains. Thus far, endogenous 286
endo-β-1,4-glucanases have been reported in 16 insect orders; most belong to the GHF 287
9 and are mainly expressed in the salivary glands and midguts (Calderón-Cortés et al., 288
2012). NlEG1 is also classified as a GHF 9 protein, and is most highly expressed in the 289
midgut and salivary glands of BPH (Fig. 2E and Supplemental Fig. S1), an expression 290
pattern that fits its biological functions well. Interestingly, NlEG1 was also found to be 291
highly expressed in the fat bodies and ovaries of BPH (Fig. 2E), with highest expression 292
levels in female adults (Fig. 2D). This suggests that NlEG1 may have other biological 293
functions. NlEG1 produced in the ovaries may, for instance, be secreted into the plants 294
by the ovipositor of the female adult to soften plant tissues and assist egg deposition; 295
such was found to be the case in Deraeocoris nebulosus, which uses salivary pectinases 296
to soften plant materials before oviposition (Boyd et al., 2002). Our silencing 297
experiments also illustrate that the gene is directly required for egg production in the 298
ovaries (Fig. 4, B and C). NlEG1 expression in the fat body might be related to the 299
detoxification of plant defense chemicals, as has been reported for some 300
PCW-degrading enzymes in insects (Calderón-Cortés et al., 2012). Further research will 301
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be necessary to elucidate these roles in NlEG1. 302
Using the P. pastoris expression system, we obtained the purified recombinant 303
NlEG1 with an estimated relative molecular mass of about 60 kDa by SDS-PAGE (Fig. 304
2A); this observed mass was about 10 kDa bigger than the predicted mass of mature 305
NlEG1, 49.6kDa. This inconsistency can be explained by the 36 additional amino acids 306
from the expression vector (which caused the mass of the recombinant protein to 307
increase to 53.9 kDa) and the mobility retardation due to the His-tag consisting of six 308
histidine residues in the recombinant NlEG1. That the molecular mass of a His-tag 309
fusion protein determined by SDS-PAGE is greater than expected has been reported by 310
many researchers (Niu and Guiltinan, 1994; Qiu et al., 2010; Yin et al., 2013; Wang et 311
al., 2016); and the His-tag is known to decrease the mobility of a His-tag fusion protein 312
(Tang et al., 2000). In a specific enzyme activity assay, we found that NlEG1 acted 313
hydrolytically on CMC, filter paper and rice cellulose, but not on crystalline cellulose, 314
glucose polymers with β-1,3 or β-1,6 linkages and xylose polymers, suggesting a similar 315
substrate specificity of NlEG1 to insect GHF9 endo-β-1,4-glucanases, such as rCfEG5 316
and rCfEG3a from Coptotermes formosanus (Zhang et al., 2009; Zhang et al., 2011). 317
Using CMC as a substrate, the Km value of NlEG1 (6.72 mg/ml) was similar to the 318
values of other purified GHF 9 enzymes from termites – for example, rCfEG5 (2 319
mg/ml), rCfEG3a (4.67 mg/ml) and RsEG (15 mg/ml) from Reticulitermes speratus; 320
however, the Vmax of NlEG1 (9.91 U/mg) was much lower than the Vmax of the three 321
enzymes stated as above (548, 590 and 89 U/mg, respectively) (Ni et al., 2010; Zhang et 322
al., 2011). This difference may reflect the various efficiency levels among insect species 323
in degrading celluloses (Oppert et al., 2010; Zhang et al., 2011). As a piercing-sucking 324
herbivore, BPH might not have to possess cellulase activity at levels comparable to 325
those of wood-feeding herbivores, such as termites. We also investigated the optimal 326
temperature and pH condition of NlEG1. The result showed that the pH optimum of 327
NlEG1 was 6, which was consistent with the pH optimum of cellulases reported in most 328
insects that had an optimal pH between 4 and 6 (Tokuda et al., 1997; Willis et al., 2011). 329
The optimal temperature of NlEG1 was 37°C, near the lower limit value of the range of 330
the optimal temperature (37-65°C) reported in insect endo-β-1,4-glucanases (Tokuda et 331
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al., 1997). This difference may reflect the adaptation of NlEG1 to the environmental 332
conditions in which BPH lives. 333
It has been reported that cellulases and/or their degraded cell wall fragments, such as 334
oligosaccharides, can induce plant defense responses (Martinez et al., 2001). Similarly, 335
here we found that wounding plus the application of the recombination protein NlEG1 336
elicited slightly higher levels of JA and JA-Ile in rice than did wounding plus the 337
addition of the purified elution products from the empty vector (Fig. 7D-F). However, 338
levels of JA, JA-Ile and SA in plants infested by BPH nymphs whose NlEG1 had been 339
knocked down were similar to levels in plants infested by control BPH nymphs and in 340
control plants (Fig. 7A-C), suggesting that NlEG1 secreted by BPH did not induce these 341
signal-mediated defense responses in rice. This discrepancy is probably related to the 342
feeding behavior of BPH, namely, its use of a stylet to penetrate intercellular spaces, 343
allowing it to suck phloem sap (Seo et al., 2009); this behavior causes little tissue 344
damage and circumvents plant defenses. Moreover, the salivary sheath and some 345
components of the watery saliva secreted and/or formed during the piercing-sucking 346
insect feeding can also reduce the chance that plants will produce defensive responses 347
(Miles, 1968; Miles, 1999). These reasons may also explain why BPH nymph feeding 348
had little induction on the production of JA, JA-Ile and SA in rice (Fig. 7A-C). Whether 349
NlEG1 elicits the biosynthesis of other defense-related signals, such as ethylene, and 350
thus also acts as a plant defense elicitor needs to be elucidated. However, our present 351
experiments show that the benefit of NlEG1 as an effector outweighs its potential costs 352
as an elicitor. 353
CONCLUSIONS 354
In summary, our study shows that NlEG1, a salivary endo-β-1,4-glucanase of BPH, is 355
an effector that enables BPH to feed on rice by degrading PCW celluloses and, 356
simultaneously, to circumvent JA- and JA-Ile-mediated defense responses in rice. The 357
finding reveals the molecular basis of how piercing-sucking insects overcome 358
PCW-based resistance traits in plants and provides a plausible mechanism that helps to 359
explain the extraordinary success and impact of BPH as a rice pest since the green 360
revolution started in the 1960s; that revolution resulted in extensive plantations of 361
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semi-dwarf rice varieties whose GA pathways had been impaired, varieties that have 362
lower levels of lignin and cellulose than those with normal GA pathways (Okuno et al., 363
2014; Huang et al., 2015). 364
MATERIALS AND METHODS 365
Plant growth and insect rearing 366
Mudgo, a rice variety containing the resistance gene Bph1, was used for experiments. 367
Plants were grown as described by Lu et al. (2011), and 35- to 40-day-old plants 368
individually planted in 500-ml hydroponic plastic pots were used. Colonies of BPH 369
were originally provided by the Chinese National Rice Research Institute (Hangzhou, 370
China), and maintained on Mudgo at 27 ± 1°C and 70 ± 10% relative humidity under a 371
14/10 h light/dark photoperiod. 372
Cloning, sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis of NlEG1 373
The full-length cDNA of NlEG1 was obtained by RT-PCR from total RNA isolated 374
from salivary glands of adult BPH females. The primers (Supplemental Table S1) were 375
designed based on the consensus sequence of endo-β-1,4-glucanase genes in insects and 376
transcriptome data of BPH salivary glands and whole bodies (Xue et al., 2010; Ji et al., 377
2013). PCR-amplified fragments were cloned into the pMD19-T vector (TaKaRa, Otsu, 378
Japan) and sequenced. The NlEG1 sequence was translated and analyzed with the 379
compute pI/MW tool to predict the isoelectric point (pI) and molecular weight of the 380
predicted protein (http://expasy.org/tools). NetOGlyc 4.0 381
(http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/NetOGlyc/) and NetNGlyc 1.0 382
(http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/NetNGlyc) were used to predict O- and N-glycosylation 383
sites, respectively. Predictions of signal peptide and transmembrane domain were made 384
using SignalP 4.1 (http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/SignalP/) and TMHMM 2.0 385
(http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/TMHMM/), respectively. Amino acid sequences of 386
insect endo-β-1,4-glucanase sequences downloaded from NCBI (National Center for 387
Biotechnology Information, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) were aligned using ClustalX2. 388
Phylogenetic relationships were determined using MEGA 5.0 with the neighbor-joining 389
method. 390
RNA preparation and quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) 391
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Total RNA was extracted from the following materials: 1) whole bodies of BPH at 392
different developmental stages (from first- to fifth-instar nymphs, newly emerged 393
brachypterous male and female adults); 2) specific tissue of BPH: salivary glands, 394
thorax muscles, integuments, midguts, ovaries, legs, and fat bodies that had been 395
dissected from newly emerged brachypterous female adults. Total RNA was isolated 396
using the SV Total RNA Isolation System (Promega, Fitchburg, MA, USA), according 397
to the manufacturer’s instructions. One microgram of each total RNA sample was 398
reverse-transcribed using the PrimeScript RT–PCR Kit (TaKaRa). The qRT-PCR 399
reactions were performed on a CFX96TM Real-Time System (Bio-Rad, Hercules, USA) 400
using SsoFastTM probes supermix (Bio-Rad). A linear standard curve, threshold cycle 401
number versus log (designated transcript level), was constructed using a series dilutions 402
of a specific cDNA standard and the relative levels of the transcript of the target gene in 403
all unknown samples were determined according to the standard curve. A BPH actin 404
gene (GenBank: EU179848) was used as an internal standard to normalize cDNA 405
concentrations. The primers and probes used for qRT-PCR for all tested genes are 406
provided in Supplemental Table S1. Three to four independent biological replicates 407
were analyzed in each experiment. 408
Expression of NlEG1 in Pichia pastoris 409
The full-length ORF of NlEG1 was PCR-amplified using a pair of primers 410
(Supplemental Table S1) and cloned into the Pichia expression vector pPICZα A 411
(Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA). The recombinant vector NlEG1:pPICZɑ A and empty 412
vector pPICZɑ A (as a control) were transformed into Pichia pastoris strain KM71 413
(Invitrogen). Expression was induced by adding 100% methanol to a final concentration 414
of 1%. The expressed products from the empty vector and recombinant vector were 415
purified by using Ni-NTA columns and following the instructions of Ni-NTA Superflow 416
Cartridge Handbook (Qiagen, Valencia, USA), and the purified products were 417
concentrated with a YM-10 Microcon centrifugal filter device (Millipore, Billerica, MA, 418
USA) to remove imidazole. The final purified concentrated products from P. pastoris 419
cells with the empty vector and recombinant vector were mixed with 2×SDS loading 420
buffer, respectively, separated by SDS/PAGE on a 12% gradient gel, and stained with 421
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0.025% Coomassie blue R-250 in water. The predicted mass of the mature recombinant 422
protein NlEG1, including 6 C-terminal His-tags, is 53.9 kDa. 423
Polyclonal antibody preparation and western blot analysis 424
Based on the Optimum AntigenTM design tool, a polypeptide (WRGDSSLNDRGLKGC) 425
of NlEG1 was selected as the antigen to produce the rabbit polyclonal antibodies, and 426
the polyclonal antibodies were purified by GenScriptTM (GenScript, Nanjing, China). 427
The following protein samples used for western blot analysis were prepared: 1) Proteins 428
extracted from salivary glands of BPH. The salivary glands of one hundred newly 429
emerged adult females were collected and homogenized in 1 ml PBS. The extract was 430
centrifuged at 12,000ⅹg for 5 min at 4 ℃, and the supernatant was collected as 431
samples. 2) Proteins from rice leaf sheaths, infested by BPH or not. Rice stems were 432
individually confined within glass cylinders (diameter 4.00 cm, height 8.00 cm, with 48 433
small holes, diameter 0.800 mm) in which 200 fourth- or fifth-instar nymphs were 434
released, and 24 h later, the herbivore was removed. Plants in empty glass cylinders 435
were used as controls. For each rice stem, the outer three leaf sheaths were harvested, 436
and the entire leaf sheaths (0.900 g) from 3 rice stems were merged and homogenized in 437
4 ml PBS in liquid nitrogen. The extract was centrifuged at 12,000ⅹg for 5 min at 4°C, 438
and the supernatant was collected and concentrated to 200 µL by using a YM-3 439
Microcon centrifugal filter device (Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA). SDS/PAGE loading 440
buffer (2ⅹ ) was added to samples, and these samples were then subjected to 441
SDS/PAGE on a 12% gradient gel and transferred onto a PVDF membrane. Nonspecific 442
binding sites were blocked with 5% instant nonfat dry milk, and membranes were 443
incubated with the purified polyclonal antibody. The antigen–antibody complexes were 444
visualized with horseradish peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (Multisciences, 445
Hangzhou, China) at a dilution of 1:5,000 at 37℃ for 1h followed by extensive 446
washing for 30 minutes with frequent changes of TBST and detected by FluorChem 447
FC2 (Alpha Innotech, San Leandro, CA, USA). 448
Endo-β-1,4-glucanase activity assay 449
The endo-β-1,4-glucanase activity of the protein samples was determined, using CMC 450
as a substrate, by a reducing sugar releasing assay as described previously with some 451
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modifications (Li et al., 1998). Briefly, 400 μL of 1.00% CMC-Na solution in 50.0 mM 452
sodium acetate buffer (pH 6.0) mixed with 15 μL of the sample was incubated at certain 453
temperatures (see below) for 30 min. We first used this method to investigate the 454
optimal pH and temperature condition of NlEG1 produced from P. pastoris. For the 455
optimum temperature, the enzyme activity was measured at 28°C, 37°C and 50°C at pH 456
6.0, and for the optimum pH, the activity was determined at 37℃ at pH 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0 457
(adjusted by 50.0 mM sodium acetate buffer solution). Based on these experimental 458
data, we found that NlEG1 has its highest activity at 37°C at pH 6.0. Thus, we 459
investigated the enzyme activity of the proteins extracted from newly emerged adult 460
females 3 days after injection at 37°C at pH 6.0. For the extraction of BPH proteins, 461
newly emerged BPH female adults were homogenized in 50.0 mM sodium acetate 462
buffer (pH 6.0) on ice, and then the solution was centrifuged at 12,000 rpm for 20 min 463
at 4 °C. The supernatant (proteins) was collected as samples. Endo-β-1,4-glucanase 464
activity was defined as units per mg of protein, where one unit of enzyme activity was 465
defined as the amount of enzyme that produced 1µmol of reducing sugars (glucose 466
equivalent) per min. The concentration of the proteins was measured in triplicate by 467
using Bio-Rad Bradford Protein Assay (Bio-Rad). 468
Specific enzymatic activity and kinetics of NlEG1 469
Using the reducing sugar assay, the specific enzyme activity of NlEG1 was measured. 470
Six substrates were used in the assay, including Whatman No. 1 filter paper (Whatman 471
Ltd, Maidstone, UK), cellulose extracted from rice plants using the method as described 472
by (Rosa et al., 2012), Avicel (PH101-type crystalline cellulose; Sigma-Aldrich, St 473
Louis, MO, USA), curdlan (β-1,3-glucan; Sigma-Aldrich), laminarin 474
(β-1,3:β-1,6-glucan; Sigma-Aldrich) and xylan (poly β-1,4-xylopyranose; 475
Sigma-Aldrich). An aliquot of 400 μL of 1% substrate solution in 50 mM sodium 476
acetate buffer (pH 6.0) was mixed with 10 μL NlEG1 (500 ng), and then the mixture 477
was incubated for 1h at 37°C. 478
The enzyme kinetics of NlEG1 was measured using serial concentrations of CMC 479
(from 1 to 10 mg/ml) in 50.0 mM sodium acetate buffer (pH 6.0). An aliquot of 20 μL 480
of NlEG1 (1000 ng) was added into 400 μL of CMC solution, and then the mixture was 481
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incubated for 5 min at 37°C. Lineweaver–Burk plots were drawn using Microsoft Excel 482
2010, and Km and Vmax were determined. 483
RNAi experiment 484
A 215 bp fragment of NlEG1 and a 657 bp fragment of control gene GFP were 485
amplified by RT-PCR with primers including a T7 promoter sequence (Supplemental 486
Table S1). The PCR products were used to synthesize dsRNA in vitro by using the 487
MEGAscript RNAi kit (Ambion, Austin, TX, USA). Third- or fifth-instar nymphs (see 488
details in different experiments) were injected as described previously (Liu et al., 2010). 489
Each nymph was injected with about 0.100 μg dsRNA of NlEG1 or GFP (control), or 490
not injected (control). To determine the efficiency of gene silencing after dsRNA 491
injection, the levels of NlEG1 transcripts in the whole body, salivary gland, midgut, 492
ovary, and fat body of the insect that had been injected with NlEG1 or GFP dsRNA, or 493
not injected, were investigated at 2, 4, 6, and 8 days after injection. 494
BPH bioassays 495
To measure survival rates of BPH, third-instar nymphs injected with NlEG1 or GFP 496
dsRNA, or kept non-injected, were allowed to feed on rice plants or artificial diet. The 497
treated insects were first kept on rice seedlings at 27 ± 1°C with 70 ± 10% RH and a 498
14:10 h (light/dark) photoperiod to recover for 1 day, and then the healthy ones were 499
used for the following bioassay: Stems of rice plants (one plant per pot) were 500
individually confined within glass cylinders as stated above into which 15 third-instar 501
BPH nymphs were released. In the artificial diet experiment, 15 third-instar BPH 502
nymphs were introduced into individual feeding chambers (9 cm long and 2 cm in 503
diameter) as described previously (Fu et al., 2001). The number of surviving BPH 504
nymphs in each cylinder or feeding chamber was recorded every day. The survival rates 505
of each BPH treatment and the corrected survival rates of BPH nymphs with injected 506
NlEG1 dsRNA, using BPH nymphs with injected GFP dsRNA as controls, on rice or 507
artificial diet were calculated. The experiment was repeated four times. 508
To investigate the influence of NlEG1-knockdown on the growth phenotype of BPH 509
nymphs, third-instar nymphs injected with NlEG1 or GFP dsRNA were allowed to feed 510
on rice plants. Six days later, the body length and pronotum width of BPH nymphs 511
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(using MshotDigital Imaging System) as well as nymph mass (to an accuracy of 0.1 mg) 512
were measured. Photographs of nymphs were also taken under a light stereomicroscope 513
(Olympus SZX7, Tokyo, Japan). The measurement for body length and pronotum width 514
was repeated 11 times. The mass measurement was replicated five times; each time the 515
total mass of 20 nymphs was measured and the average individual mass was calculated. 516
To assess the effect of the knock-down of NlEG1 on BPH feeding, a brachypterous 517
female adult at 3 (newly emerged) and 5 days after the injection of NlEG1 or GFP 518
dsRNA, or no injection (fifth-instar nymphs were injected), was placed into a small 519
parafilm bag (6.00×5.00 cm), which was then fixed on the stem of a rice plant. The 520
amount of honeydew excreted by a female adult was weighed (to an accuracy of 0.100 521
mg) at 24 h after the start of the experiment. The experiment was replicated 15 times. 522
The effect of NlEG1-knockdown on the fecundity of BPH female adults was also 523
investigated. Stems of rice plants (one plant per pot) were individually confined within 524
the glass cylinders into which were released one newly emerged BPH female adult, 2 525
days after the injection of NlEG1 or GFP dsRNA or no injection (fifth-instar nymphs 526
were injected), and one newly emerged BPH male adult without treatment. Eleven days 527
later, the insect was removed and the number of eggs laid by female adults in each rice 528
plant was counted under a microscope. The number of eggs in the ovary of each female 529
adult from the three treatment groups, at 3, 6, and 9 days after eclosion, was also 530
counted under a microscope. The experiment was repeated 11-15 times. 531
EPG recording of BPH feeding behavior 532
The feeding behavior of BPH was recorded on a direct current-EPG system 533
(Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands). The method was 534
the same as described by Cao et al. (2013). All experiments were carried out at 26± 1℃ 535
and 70± 10% RH under continuous light conditions. The feeding behavior of individual 536
newly emerged adult females, 4 days after the injection of NlEG1 or GFP dsRNA, or 537
not injected (fifth-instar nymphs were injected), on rice was monitored for 6 h. For each 538
treatment (group), 15-19 replications were recorded. The signals recorded were 539
analyzed using the PROBE V. 3.4 software (Wageningen Agricultural University). The 540
output signals from EPG recordings were classified into five typical waveforms 541
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associated with the stylet penetration behavior of BPH (Seo et al., 2009; Cao et al., 542
2013), including NP for non-penetration, PP (N1+ N2 + N3) for the pathway phase 543
(including penetration initiation, salivation and stylet movement, and extracellular 544
activity near the phloem), N4-a for an intracellular activity in the phloem, N4-b for 545
phloem sap ingestion, and N5 for the xylem phase (Fig. 5A). The durations of each 546
sequential waveform event for each insect were measured, and the average waveform 547
duration per insect (in minutes) for each waveform was calculated for each treatment 548
(Cao et al., 2013). Another variable used in this experiment was the duration of N4-a’, 549
N4-b’, and N5’, meaning the duration excluding the numerical value of zero in N4-a, 550
N4-b, and N5, respectively. 551
JA, JA-Ile, and SA Analysis 552
Potted plants (one per pot) were randomly assigned to the following treatments: 1) 553
infestation by different BPH nymph groups. Plant stems were individually confined in 554
glass cylinders into which 25 fifth-instar nymphs that had been injected with NlEG1 or 555
GFP dsRNA, or kept non-injected for 3 days, were released. 2) NlEG1 treatment. Plants 556
were individually pierced 200 times on the lower part of the stems (about 2 cm) with a 557
#00 insect pin and treated with 20µL of either the recombinant protein NlEG1 (32.7 558
ng/µL), the purified products of the empty vector (Vector), or water (W), or they were 559
kept non-manipulated (control). The outer three leaf sheaths of stems were harvested at 560
different time points (see details in Fig. 7) after the start of the treatment. Samples were 561
ground in liquid nitrogen, and SA, JA, and JA-Ile were extracted with ethyl acetate 562
spiked with labeled internal standards (2D4-SA, 2D6-JA, and 2D6-JA-Ile), then analyzed 563
with HPLC/mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry system following the method as 564
described in Lu et al. (2015). 565
Data analysis 566
Differences in BPH performance, expression levels of the gene and JA, JA-Ile and SA 567
levels between treatments were determined by analysis of variance (ANOVA) (Student’s 568
t-tests for comparing two treatments). All tests were carried out with Statistica 569
(Statistica, SAS, Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA, http:// www.sas.com/). 570
Supplemental Materials 571
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The following supplemental materials are available. 572
Supplemental Figure S1. Protein alignment of GHF 9 enzymes from insects. 573
Supplemental Figure S2. Phylogenetic tree for amino acid sequences of NlEG1 and 574
reported insect endogenous endo-β-1,4-glucanases. 575
Supplemental Figure S3. The growth phenotype of BPH nymphs 6 days after they had 576
been injected with either GFP (left) or NlEG1 (right) dsRNA. Representative 577
photographs are shown. 578
Supplemental Table S1. Primers and probes used for qRT-PCR and PCR. 579
580
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 581
We thank Jian Xue for providing the BPH transcriptome data; Meng Ye, Tingting Cao, 582
Zhen Zhang, Qiyao Chai and Meng Zou for invaluable assistance with the experiment; 583
Ian T. Baldwin and Matthias Erb for insightful discussions, and Matthias Erb and Emily 584
Wheeler for editorial assistance. 585
586
Figure legends 587
Figure 1. Nucleotide sequence of NlEG1 and its deduced amino acid sequence. 588
The arrow indicates the signal peptide cleavage site. Predicted N-glycosylation and 589
O-glycosylation sites are underlined in black and highlighted in gray, respectively. 590
Square region denotes proton–donor catalytic region. The catalytic nucleophile, 591
probable secondary nucleophile, and proton acceptor (Glu) of the conserved catalytic 592
domain for GHF 9 members are represented as black diamond, gray diamond, and black 593
circle regions, respectively. Two GHF 9 signature motifs are underlined in bold gray. 594
Figure 2. Molecular characterization of NlEG1. 595
A, Expression and purification of NlEG1. Samples for western blot (lanes 1 and 2) and 596
SDS-PAGE analysis (lanes 3-6) were as follows: concentrated supernatant from Pichia 597
pastoris with the empty vector pPICZɑ A (lanes 1 and 4; control); concentrated 598
supernatant from P. pastoris with the recombinant vector NlEG1:pPICZɑ A (lanes 2 599
and 3); purified recombinant protein NlEG1 (lane 5); protein maker (lane 6). The black 600
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arrow represents the target band. Rabbit anti-NLEG1 polyclonal antibodies were used to 601
develop the western blot. 602
B and C, Mean enzyme activity (+SE, n = 3) of the purified recombinant protein NlEG1 603
on carboxymethyl cellulose at different temperatures at pH 6 (B) and at 37℃ at 604
different pH levels (C). 605
D and E, Mean transcript levels (+SE, n = 3) of NlEG1 in whole bodies at various 606
developmental stages (D) and in different tissues (E). Sg, salivary gland; Tm, thorax 607
muscle; In, integument; Mg, midgut; Ov, ovary; Lg, leg; Fb, fat body; FA, female adults; 608
MA, male adults. 609
Figure 3. NlEG1 in rice and its silencing efficiency by RNAi. 610
A, Detection of protein NlEG1 in rice infested by BPH nymphs. Protein samples for 611
western blot analysis were as follows: the extract from the salivary glands (lane 1); the 612
extracts from rice plants that were infested by nymphs (lane 2) or kept non-infested 613
(lane 3). The black arrow represents the target band. 614
B and C, Mean transcript levels (+SE, n = 3) of NlEG1 in whole bodies on different 615
days (B) and in different tissues of newly emerged brachypterous female adults 3 days 616
(C) after they (fifth-instar nymphs) had been injected with dsRNA of NlEG1 (dsNlEG1) 617
or GFP (dsGFP), or kept non-injected (control). Sg, salivary gland; Mg, midgut; Ov, 618
ovary; Fb, fat body. 619
D, Mean endo-β-1,4-glucanase activities (+SE, n = 4) in the whole body 3 days after the 620
insects received the same treatments as above. Insert: western blot analysis for NlEG1 621
in the salivary glands of BPH received the same treatments as above. 622
Letters indicate significant differences among different treatments (p<0.05, Duncan’s 623
multiple range test). 624
Figure 4. Growth phenotypes of BPH nymphs that were injected with dsRNA of NlEG1 625
or GFP, or kept non-injected. 626
A and B, Mean body length and pronotum width (+SE, n=11; A) as well as individual 627
mass (+SE, n=5; B) of BPH nymphs 6 days after they had been injected with dsRNA of 628
NlEG1 (dsNlEG1) or GFP (dsGFP). Asterisks indicate significant differences between 629
treatments (*, p < 0.05; Student’s t-test). 630
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C, Mean number of eggs (+SE, n=11-15) in the ovary of a female adult that had been 631
injected with dsRNA of NlEG1 (dsNlEG1) or GFP (dsGFP), or kept non-injected 632
(control) at the fifth-instar nymph stage. Letters indicate significant differences among 633
different treatments (p<0.05, Duncan’s multiple range test). 634
D, Photographs of ovaries of female adults at 3 and 6 days after eclosion that received 635
the same treatments as in C, showing that knocking down NlEG1 reduces the number of 636
eggs in the ovaries of female adults but does not result in deformities. The bar 637
represents 500µm. 638
Figure 5. Knocking down NlEG1 reduces the feeding and fecundity of female BPH 639
adults. 640
A, Overall typical view of EPG waveforms generated by the feeding behavior of BPH 641
on rice (upper panel) and mean duration (+SE, n=15-19) spent at different feeding 642
phases of female adults (under panel) that had been injected with dsRNA of NlEG1 643
(dsNlEG1) or GFP (dsGFP), or kept non-injected (control) at the fifth-instar nymph 644
stage. NP: non-penetration; PP: the pathway phase (N1+ N2 + N3), including 645
penetration initiation (N1), salivation and stylet movement (N2), and extracellular 646
activity near the phloem (N3); N4-a: intracellular activity in the phloem region; N4-b: 647
phloem sap ingestion; N5: the xylem phase. N4-a’, N4-b’, and N5’ indicate mean 648
duration (+SE, n=4-19), excluding the numerical value of zero in N4-a, N4-b, and N5 649
respectively. EPGs were recorded for 6h per insect. 650
B, Mean amount of honeydew per day (+SE, n=15) secreted by a female BPH adult that 651
received the same treatments as above. FA, female adult. 652
C, A gravid female adult of BPH on rice, showing its feeding, excreted honeydew, and 653
laying eggs. 654
D, Mean number of eggs (+SE, n=11-15) laid by a female adult on plants that received 655
the same treatments as above. 656
Letters indicate significant differences among different treatments (p<0.05, Duncan’s 657
multiple range test). 658
Figure 6. Knocking down NlEG1 decreases survival rates among BPH nymphs. 659
A and B, Mean survival rates (+SE, n=4) of BPH nymphs which had been injected with 660
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dsRNA of NlEG1 (dsNlEG1) or GFP (dsGFP), or kept non-injected (control) at 661
third-instar nymph stage, feeding on rice (A) or AD (artificial diet, B). Letters indicate 662
significant differences among different treatments (p<0.05, Duncan’s multiple range 663
test). 664
C, Mean corrected survival rates (+SE, n=4) of BPH nymphs with injected NlEG1 665
dsRNA, using BPH nymphs with injected GFP dsRNA as controls, feeding on rice or 666
AD. Asterisks indicate significant differences between treatments (**, p < 0.01; 667
Student’s t-test). 668
Figure 7. NlEG1 secreted by BPH doesn’t affect levels of SA, JA, and JA-Ile in rice. 669
A, B, and C, Mean levels (+SE, n = 5) of SA (A), JA (B), and JA-Ile (C) in rice plants at 670
8 and 24h after they were kept non-manipulated (control) or were individually infested 671
by 25 fifth-instar nymphs, which had been injected 3 days earlier with dsRNA of NlEG1 672
(dsNlEG1) or GFP (dsGFP), or kept non-injected (BPH). Insert: mean levels (+SE, n = 673
5) of SA, JA, and JA-Ile in rice plants 48h after they received same treatments as stated 674
above. This experiment was not done at the same time as did the above experiment. 675
D, E, and F, Mean levels (+SE, n = 5) of SA (D), JA (E) and JA-Ile (F) in rice plants at 3, 676
8 and 24h after they were kept non-manipulated (control) or were individually treated 677
with wounding plus 20μl of either the purified recombinant protein NlEG1 (NlEG1), the 678
purified products of the empty vector (Vector), or water (W). 679
FW, Fresh weight. Letters indicate significant differences among different treatments 680
(p<0.05, Duncan’s multiple range test). 681
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Figure 1. Nucleotide sequence of NlEG1 and its deduced amino acid sequence.
The arrow indicates the signal peptide cleavage site. Predicted N-glycosylation and O-glycosylation
sites are underlined in black and highlighted in gray, respectively. Square region denotes proton–donor
catalytic region. The catalytic nucleophile, probable secondary nucleophile, and proton acceptor (Glu)
of the conserved catalytic domain for GHF 9 members are represented as black diamond, gray diamond,
and black circle regions, respectively. Two GHF 9 signature motifs are underlined in bold gray.
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Figure 2. Molecular characterization of NlEG1.
A, Expression and purification of NlEG1. Samples for western blot (lanes 1 and 2) and SDS-PAGE
analysis (lanes 3-6) were as follows: concentrated supernatant from Pichia pastoris with the empty
vector pPICZɑ A (lanes 1 and 4; control); concentrated supernatant from P. pastoris with the
recombinant vector NlEG1:pPICZɑ A (lanes 2 and 3); purified recombinant protein NlEG1 (lane 5);
protein maker (lane 6). The black arrow represents the target band. Rabbit anti-NLEG1 polyclonal
antibodies were used to develop the western blot.
B and C, Mean enzyme activity (+SE, n = 3) of the purified recombinant protein NlEG1 on
carboxymethyl cellulose at different temperatures at pH 6 (B) and at 37℃ at different pH levels (C).
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D and E, Mean transcript levels (+SE, n = 3) of NlEG1 in whole bodies at various developmental
stages (D) and in different tissues (E). Sg, salivary gland; Tm, thorax muscle; In, integument; Mg,
midgut; Ov, ovary; Lg, leg; Fb, fat body; FA, female adults; MA, male adults.
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Figure 3 NlEG1 in rice and its silencing efficiency by RNAi.
A, Detection of protein NlEG1 in rice infested by BPH nymphs. Protein samples for western blot
analysis were as follows: the extract from the salivary glands (lane 1); the extracts from rice plants that
were infested by nymphs (lane 2) or kept non-infested (lane 3). The black arrow represents the target
band.
B and C, Mean transcript levels (+SE, n = 3) of NlEG1 in whole bodies on different days (B) and in
different tissues of newly emerged brachypterous female adults 3 days (C) after they (fifth-instar
nymphs) had been injected with dsRNA of NlEG1 (dsNlEG1) or GFP (dsGFP), or kept non-injected
(control). Sg, salivary gland; Mg, midgut; Ov, ovary; Fb, fat body.
D, Mean endo-β-1,4-glucanase activities (+SE, n = 4) in the whole body 3 days after the insects
received the same treatments as above. Insert: western blot analysis for NlEG1 in the salivary glands of
BPH received the same treatments as above.
Letters indicate significant differences among different treatments (p<0.05, Duncan’s multiple range
test).
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Figure 4. Growth phenotypes of BPH nymphs that were injected with dsRNA of NlEG1 or GFP, or
kept non-injected.
A and B, Mean body length and pronotum width (+SE, n=11; A) as well as individual mass (+SE, n=5;
B) of BPH nymphs 6 days after they had been injected with dsRNA of NlEG1 (dsNlEG1) or GFP
(dsGFP). Asterisks indicate significant differences between treatments (*, p < 0.05; Student’s t-test).
C, Mean number of eggs (+SE, n=11-15) in the ovary of a female adult that had been injected with
dsRNA of NlEG1 (dsNlEG1) or GFP (dsGFP), or kept non-injected (control) at the fifth-instar nymph
stage. Letters indicate significant differences among different treatments (p<0.05, Duncan’s multiple
range test).
D, Photographs of ovaries of female adults at 3 and 6 days after eclosion that received the same
treatments as in C, showing that knocking down NlEG1 reduces the number of eggs in the ovaries of
female adults but does not result in deformities. The bar represents 500µm.
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Figure 5 Knocking down NlEG1 reduces the feeding and fecundity of female BPH adults.
A, Overall typical view of EPG waveforms generated by the feeding behavior of BPH on rice (upper
panel) and mean duration (+SE, n=15-19) spent at different feeding phases of female adults (under
panel) that had been injected with dsRNA of NlEG1 (dsNlEG1) or GFP (dsGFP), or kept non-injected
(control) at the fifth-instar nymph stage. NP: non-penetration; PP: the pathway phase (N1+ N2 + N3),
including penetration initiation (N1), salivation and stylet movement (N2), and extracellular activity
near the phloem (N3); N4-a: intracellular activity in the phloem region; N4-b: phloem sap ingestion;
N5: the xylem phase. N4-a’, N4-b’, and N5’ indicate mean duration (+SE, n=4-19), excluding the
numerical value of zero in N4-a, N4-b, and N5 respectively. EPGs were recorded for 6h per insect.
B, Mean amount of honeydew per day (+SE, n=15) secreted by a female BPH adult that received the
same treatments as above. FA, female adult.
C, A gravid female adult of BPH on rice, showing its feeding, excreted honeydew, and laying eggs.
D, Mean number of eggs (+SE, n=11-15) laid by a female adult on plants that received the same
treatments as above.
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Letters indicate significant differences among different treatments (p<0.05, Duncan’s multiple range
test).
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Figure 6. Knocking down NlEG1 decreases survival rates among BPH nymphs.
A and B, Mean survival rates (+SE, n=4) of BPH nymphs which had been injected with dsRNA of
NlEG1 (dsNlEG1) or GFP (dsGFP), or kept non-injected (control) at third-instar nymph stage, feeding
on rice (A) or AD (artificial diet, B). Letters indicate significant differences among different treatments
(p<0.05, Duncan’s multiple range test).
C, Mean corrected survival rates (+SE, n=4) of BPH nymphs with injected NlEG1 dsRNA, using BPH
nymphs with injected GFP dsRNA as controls, feeding on rice or AD. Asterisks indicate significant
differences between treatments (**, p < 0.01; Student’s t-test).
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Figure 7. NlEG1 secreted by BPH doesn’t affect levels of SA, JA, and JA-Ile in rice.
A, B, and C, Mean levels (+SE, n = 5) of SA (A), JA (B), and JA-Ile (C) in rice plants at 8 and 24h
after they were kept non-manipulated (control) or were individually infested by 25 fifth-instar nymphs,
which had been injected 3 days earlier with dsRNA of NlEG1 (dsNlEG1) or GFP (dsGFP), or kept
non-injected (BPH). Insert: mean levels (+SE, n = 5) of SA, JA, and JA-Ile in rice plants 48h after they
received same treatments as stated above. This experiment was not done at the same time as did the
above experiment.
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D, E, and F, Mean levels (+SE, n = 5) of SA (D), JA (E) and JA-Ile (F) in rice plants at 3, 8 and 24h
after they were kept non-manipulated (control) or were individually treated with wounding plus 20μl of
either the purified recombinant protein NlEG1 (NlEG1), the purified products of the empty vector
(Vector), or water (W).
FW, Fresh weight. Letters indicate significant differences among different treatments (p<0.05,
Duncan’s multiple range test).
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