Deciphering Brassica plant defence responses to cabbage white butterfly egg-associated molecular patterns
Caarls, L.; Bassetti, N.; van Doesburg, F.; Verbaarschot, P.; van Loon, J. J. A.; Schranz, M. E.; Fatouros, N. E.
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Brassica plants activate a strong hypersensitive response (HR)-like necrosis underneath eggs of cabbage white butterflies, but their molecular response to eggs is poorly understood. Here, we developed a method to generate egg wash to identify potential insect egg-associated molecular patterns (EAMPs) inducing HR-like necrosis. We found that egg wash, containing compounds from Pieris eggs, induced a similar response as eggs. We show that wash of hatched eggs, of egg glue, and of accessory reproductive glands (ARG) that produce this glue, also induced HR-like necrosis, whereas removal of the glue from eggs resulted in a reduced response. Eggs of Pieris butterflies induced callose deposition, production of reactive oxygen species and cell death in B. nigra and B. rapa leaf tissue, also in plants that did not express HR-like necrosis. Finally, only washes from Pieris eggs induced defence genes and ethylene production, whereas egg wash of a generalist moth did not. Our results indicate that EAMPs are in the egg glue and that the response in B. nigra is specific to Pieris species. Our study expands knowledge on the Brassica-Pieris-egg interaction, and paves the way for identification of EAMPs in Pieris egg glue and corresponding receptor in Brassica spp.
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