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Vesicular transport-related genes in Diaphorina citri are involved in the process of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus infection
Yingzhe Yuan, Tao Peng, Aijun Huang, Jun He, Chenyang Yuan, Tianyuan Liu, Long Yi, Xuejin Cui, Xuefeng Wang, Changyong Zhou
2024, 23 (12): 4136-4146.   DOI: 10.1016/j.jia.2024.03.063
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Asian citrus psyllid (ACP, Diaphorina citri) is the major vector of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), which is a bacterial pathogen causing the devastating citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) disease.  Diaphorina citri is known to carry CLas in a persistent and propagative manner.  Some studies have suggested that CLas may use the vesicular structures of Dcitri cells as its propagation organelles.  However, the mechanisms by which CLas enters the Dcitri cells and how vesicle-mediated trafficking is involved remain unclear.  In this study, we monitored the titer change of CLas in Dcitri nymphs during the process of CLas acquisition from feeding on infected citrus plants.  We found that the titer of CLas increased with the acquisition access period.  After infection, there was a significant upregulation in the expression of several vesicular transport-related genes in Dcitri.  The titer of CLas was significantly reduced in the midgut and whole insect body when endocytosis and the endosome network in Dcitri were inhibited.  Furthermore, silencing the Dcitri clathrin-heavy chain gene also led to a reduction in the CLas titer in Dcitri.  These results suggest that CLas infection upregulates the genes related to vesicular transport in Dcitri, which facilitates the invasion of endocytosis-dependent pathogens.
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