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ArticleScientific reports2024

Silencing Ditylenchus destructor cathepsin L-like cysteine protease has negative pleiotropic effect on nematode ontogenesis.

Guoqiang Huang, Ziwen Cong, Zhonglin Liu, Feng Chen, Alejandra Bravo, Mario Soberón, Jinshui Zheng, Donghai Peng, Ming Sun

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Guoqiang Huang *National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Ziwen Cong *National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Zhonglin LiuNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Feng ChenNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Alejandra BravoInstituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
Mario SoberónInstituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
Jinshui ZhengNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Donghai PengNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Ming SunNational Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China. m98sun@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
Huazhong Agricultural University · CNUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MX

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China U20A2040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ditylenchus destructor is a migratory plant-parasitic nematode that severely harms many agriculturally important crops. The control of this pest is difficult, thus efficient strategies for its management in agricultural production are urgently required. Cathepsin L-like cysteine protease (CPL) is one important protease that has been shown to participate in various physiological and pathological processes. Here we decided to characterize the CPL gene (Dd-cpl-1) from D. destructor. Analysis of Dd-cpl-1 gene showed that Dd-cpl-1 gene contains a signal peptide, an I29 inhibitor domain with ERFNIN and GNFD motifs, and a peptidase C1 domain with four conserved active residues, showing evolutionary conservation with other nematode CPLs. RT-qPCR revealed that Dd-cpl-1 gene displayed high expression in third-stage juveniles (J3s) and female adults. In situ hybridization analysis demonstrated that Dd-cpl-1 was expressed in the digestive system and reproductive organs. Silencing Dd-cpl-1 in 1-cell stage eggs of D. destructor by RNAi resulted in a severely delay in development or even in abortive morphogenesis during embryogenesis. The RNAi-mediated silencing of Dd-cpl-1 in J2s and J3s resulted in a developmental arrest phenotype in J3 stage. In addition, silencing Dd-cpl-1 gene expression in female adults led to a 57.43% decrease in egg production. Finally, Dd-cpl-1 RNAi-treated nematodes showed a significant reduction in host colonization and infection. Overall, our results indicate that Dd-CPL-1 plays multiple roles in D. destructor ontogenesis and could serve as a new potential target for controlling D. destructor.

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Cathepsin LAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCysteine ProteasesFemaleGene SilencingHelminth ProteinsPhylogenyRNA InterferenceTylenchoideaCathepsin LCysteine ProteasesHelminth Proteins

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