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Puthoff DP, Sardesai N, Subramanyam S, et al. Hfr-2, a wheat cytolytic toxin-like gene, is up-regulated by virulent Hessian fly larval feedingdouble dagger. Mol Plant Pathol. 2005;6(4):411-23doi: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2005.00289.x.
Puthoff, D. P., Sardesai, N., Subramanyam, S., Nemacheck, J. A., & Williams, C. E. (2005). Hfr-2, a wheat cytolytic toxin-like gene, is up-regulated by virulent Hessian fly larval feedingdouble dagger. Molecular plant pathology, 6(4), 411-23. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1364-3703.2005.00289.x
Puthoff, David P, et al. "Hfr-2, a wheat cytolytic toxin-like gene, is up-regulated by virulent Hessian fly larval feedingdouble dagger." Molecular plant pathology vol. 6,4 (2005): 411-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1364-3703.2005.00289.x
Puthoff DP, Sardesai N, Subramanyam S, Nemacheck JA, Williams CE. Hfr-2, a wheat cytolytic toxin-like gene, is up-regulated by virulent Hessian fly larval feedingdouble dagger. Mol Plant Pathol. 2005 Jul 01;6(4):411-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2005.00289.x. PMID: 20565667.
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Mol Plant Pathol. 2005 Jul 01;6(4):411-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2005.00289.x.

Hfr-2, a wheat cytolytic toxin-like gene, is up-regulated by virulent Hessian fly larval feedingdouble dagger.

Molecular plant pathology

David P Puthoff, Nagesh Sardesai, Subhashree Subramanyam, Jill A Nemacheck, Christie E Williams

Affiliations

  1. USDA-ARS Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.

PMID: 20565667 DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2005.00289.x

Abstract

SUMMARY Both yield and grain-quality are dramatically decreased when susceptible wheat (Triticum aestivum) plants are infested by Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor) larvae. Examination of the changes in wheat gene expression during infestation by virulent Hessian fly larvae has identified the up-regulation of a gene, Hessian fly responsive-2 (Hfr-2), which contains regions similar to genes encoding seed-specific agglutinin proteins from Amaranthus. Hfr-2, however, did not accumulate in developing seeds, as do other wheat seed storage proteins. Additionally, a separate region of the HFR-2 predicted amino acid sequence is similar to haemolytic proteins, from both mushroom and bacteria, that are able to form pores in cell membranes of mammalian red blood cells. The involvement of Hfr-2 in interactions with insects was supported by experiments demonstrating its up-regulation by both fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi) infestations but not by virus infection. Examination of wheat defence response pathways showed Hfr-2 up-regulation following methyl jasmonate treatment and only slight up-regulation in response to salicylic acid, abscisic acid and wounding treatments. Like related proteins, HFR-2 may normally function in defence against certain insects or pathogens. However, we propose that as virulent Hessian fly larvae manipulate the physiology of the susceptible host, the HFR-2 protein inserts in plant cell membranes at the feeding sites and by forming pores provides water, ions and other small nutritive molecules to the developing larvae.

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