Journal
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 3, Pages 346-355Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12759
Keywords
apoplast; C-type lectin; effector; Meloidogyne graminicola; PTI suppression; RNAi
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- Research Foundation Flanders FWO [G010712N]
- Special Research Fund of Ghent University [BOF13/GOA/030]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31471750, 31772136]
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C-type lectins (CTLs), a class of multifunctional proteins, are numerous in nematodes. One CTL gene, Mg01965, shown to be expressed in the subventral glands, especially in the second-stage juveniles of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola, was further analysed in this study. In vitro RNA interference targeting Mg01965 in the preparasitic juveniles significantly reduced their ability to infect host plant roots. Immunolocalizations showed that Mg01965 is secreted by M. graminicola into the roots during the early parasitic stages and accumulates in the apoplast. Transient expression of Mg01965 in Nicotiana benthamiana and targeting it to the apoplast suppressed the burst of reactive oxygen species triggered by flg22. The CTL Mg01965 suppresses plant innate immunity in the host apoplast, promoting nematode parasitism in the early infection stages.
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