Meloidogyne incognita: Molecular and biochemical characterisation of a cathepsin L cysteine proteinase and the effect on parasitism following RNAi
2007
Shingles, J. | Lilley, C.J. | Atkinson, H.J. | Urwin, P.E.
RNA interference has been used to investigate the function of a cathepsin L cysteine proteinase Mi-cpl-1, in the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita. A reduction in gene transcript was observed and the number of nematodes infecting plants was reduced by almost 60% as was the number of established females producing eggs at 21 days post-infection. The cysteine proteinase activity of M. incognita, reported by the substrate GLUpNA, was inhibited by the cysteine proteinase inhibitor Oc-IΔD86. A reduction in cysteine proteinase activity was also seen following RNAi of Mi-cpl-1 in J2 stage nematodes. In situ hybridization analysis in young and mature female nematodes has shown that Mi-cpl-1 is expressed in the intestine, which suggests that its product is a digestive enzyme. The effects of knocking-out Mi-cpl-1gene function were consistent with a reduction in feeding efficiency. Here, we have shown a correlation between transcript abundance proteinase activity and parasitic success of M. incognita.
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