共生体通过调节母体蛋白Tudor介导的piRNA途径促进粉虱受精。

symbionts benefit whitefly fertilization by regulating the maternal protein Tudor-mediated piRNA pathway.

作者信息

Sun Xiang, Li Huan, Chen Zhan-Bo, Liu Bing-Qi, Li Chu-Qiao, Zhao Zheng-Yang, Li Xing-Ye, Luan Jun-Bo

机构信息

Liaoning Key Laboratory of Economic and Applied Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China.

Shenyang Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Management for Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China.

出版信息

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jun 17;122(24):e2427053122. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2427053122. Epub 2025 Jun 12.

Abstract

Although it is widely recognized that nutritional symbionts can manipulate host reproduction, the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms are largely unclear. The facultative symbiont in bacteriocyte induces female-biased sex ratio of whiteflies. Here, we demonstrate that a maternal gene () and its encoded protein have lower expression levels in ovaries of cured whiteflies. Tud family proteins can interlink the various stages of biosynthesis of PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA), a class of small noncoding RNAs. We find that affects the abundance of a piRNA through the maternal gene , thereby regulating the expression of the () (), which is the switch of activity of the vacuolar (H+)-ATPase that plays a crucial role in maintaining the homeostasis of intracellular energy and supporting mitochondrial respiration. This regulation adjusts the ATP level in ovaries of whiteflies. The ATP level shapes the F-actin pattern in ovaries and eggs of whiteflies, ultimately manipulating whitefly fertilization. Silencing inhibited whitefly fertilization by impairing ATP levels and F-actin patterns in ovaries and eggs. This study reveals that symbiont and maternal protein associations can regulate host fertilization by piRNA biosynthesis.

摘要

尽管人们普遍认识到营养共生体可以操纵宿主繁殖,但其潜在的分子和细胞机制在很大程度上尚不清楚。菌细胞中的兼性共生体诱导粉虱产生偏雌性的性别比例。在此,我们证明一个母体基因()及其编码蛋白在治愈的粉虱卵巢中的表达水平较低。Tud家族蛋白可以连接PIWI相互作用RNA(piRNA,一类小的非编码RNA)生物合成的各个阶段。我们发现通过母体基因影响一种piRNA的丰度,从而调节()()的表达,()是液泡(H+)-ATP酶活性的开关,在维持细胞内能量稳态和支持线粒体呼吸中起关键作用。这种调节调整了粉虱卵巢中的ATP水平。ATP水平塑造了粉虱卵巢和卵中的F-肌动蛋白模式,最终操纵粉虱受精。沉默通过损害卵巢和卵中的ATP水平和F-肌动蛋白模式来抑制粉虱受精。这项研究表明,共生体与母体蛋白的关联可以通过piRNA生物合成来调节宿主受精。

https://cdn.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/blobs/09da/12184435/231002357d96/pnas.2427053122fig01.jpg

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