Disarming the defenses: Insect detoxification of plant defense-related specialized metabolites
Kristina Kshatriya,
Jonathan Gershenzon
Current Opinion in Plant Biology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
81, С. 102577 - 102577
Опубликована: Июнь 17, 2024
The
ability
of
certain
insects
to
feed
on
plants
containing
toxic
specialized
metabolites
may
be
attributed
detoxification
enzymes.
Representatives
a
few
large
families
enzymes
are
widespread
in
insect
herbivores
acting
functionalize
toxins
and
conjugate
them
with
polar
substituents
decrease
toxicity,
increase
water
solubility
enhance
excretion.
Insects
have
also
developed
specific
for
coping
that
activated
upon
plant
damage.
Another
source
potential
lies
their
microbiomes,
which
being
increasingly
recognized
role
processing
toxins.
evolution
systems
resist
turn
selected
the
great
diversity
such
found
nature.
Язык: Английский
A toxic environment selects for specialist microbiome in poison frogs
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2024
Shifts
in
microbiome
community
composition
can
have
large
effects
on
host
health.
It
is
therefore
important
to
understand
how
perturbations,
like
those
caused
by
the
introduction
of
exogenous
chemicals,
modulate
composition.
In
poison
frogs
within
family
Dendrobatidae,
skin
exposed
alkaloids
that
sequester
from
their
diet
and
use
for
defense.
Given
demonstrated
antimicrobial
these
frog
alkaloids,
compounds
may
be
structuring
microbial
community.
To
test
this,
we
first
characterized
communities
chemically
defended
closely
related
non-defended
Ecuador.
Then
conducted
a
laboratory
experiment
monitor
effect
alkaloid
decahydroquinoline
(DHQ)
single
species.
both
field
lab
experiments,
found
alkaloid-exposed
microbiomes
are
more
species
rich
phylogenetically
diverse,
with
an
increase
rare
taxa.
better
strain-specific
behavior
response
cultured
strains
majority
exhibited
either
enhanced
growth
or
were
not
impacted
addition
DHQ.
Additionally,
stable
isotope
tracing
coupled
nanoSIMS
suggests
some
able
metabolize
Taken
together,
data
suggest
chemical
defenses
open
new
niches
skin-associated
microbes
specific
adaptations,
including
likely
metabolism
enable
survival
this
toxic
environment.
This
work
helps
expand
our
understanding
exposure
impact
microbiomes.
Язык: Английский
Glyphosate and spinetoram alter viral communities with different effects on antibiotic resistance genes in the bumblebee gut
Journal of Environmental Management,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
374, С. 124079 - 124079
Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2025
Язык: Английский
A Review of Diet and Foraged Pollen Interactions with the Honeybee Gut Microbiome
Microbial Ecology,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
88(1)
Опубликована: Май 27, 2025
Язык: Английский
A novel Bartonella -like bacterium forms an interdependent mutualistic symbiosis with its host, the stored-product mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae
mSystems,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
9(3)
Опубликована: Фев. 21, 2024
A
novel
Язык: Английский
Alkaloids are associated with increased microbial diversity and metabolic function in poison frogs
Current Biology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
35(1), С. 187 - 197.e8
Опубликована: Дек. 4, 2024
Язык: Английский
Potential functions of the shared bacterial taxa in the citrus leaf midribs determine the symptoms of Huanglongbing
Frontiers in Plant Science,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
14
Опубликована: Ноя. 14, 2023
Citrus
is
a
globally
important
fruit
tree
whose
microbiome
plays
vital
role
in
its
growth,
adaptability,
and
resistance
to
stress.
With
the
high
throughput
sequencing
of
16S
rRNA
genes,
this
study
focused
on
analyzing
bacterial
community,
especially
leaf
midribs,
healthy
Huanglongbing
(HLB)-infected
plants.
We
firstly
identified
shared
taxa
midribs
both
HLB-infected
plants,
then
analyzed
their
functions.
Results
showed
that
belonged
62
genera,
with
approximately
1/3
which
modified
infected
samples.
Furthermore,
366
metabolic
pathways,
5851
proteins,
1833
enzymes
were
predicted.
Among
these,
three
pathways
one
protein
significant
importance
HLB
infection.
random
forest
method,
six
genera
be
significantly
for
Notably,
four
these
also
among
different
taxa.
Further
functional
characterization
revealed
Pseudomonas
Erwinia
likely
contributed
plant
defense
against
HLB,
while
Streptomyces
might
have
implications
or
pathogenicity
Candidatus
Liberibacter
asiaticus
(CLas).
Overall,
our
highlights
functions
are
distinguished
between
microbiome-based
findings
can
contribute
management
protection
citrus
crops
CLas.
Язык: Английский