Comparative Transcriptomics Revealed Physalis floridana Rydb. Influences on the Immune System of the 28-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata)

Wang, Xianzhong; Guan, Liwen; Wang, Tianwen; Yu, Liuhe; Wang, Shuangle; He, Biner; Tang, Bin; Lu, Jiangjie

doi:10.3390/plants13192711

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Comparative Transcriptomics Revealed Physalis floridana Rydb. Influences on the Immune System of the 28-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata)

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Xianzhong Wang

^1,2,†

,

Liwen Guan

^1,†,

Tianwen Wang

¹,

Liuhe Yu

¹,

Shuangle Wang

¹,

Biner He

¹,

Bin Tang

^1,* and

Jiangjie Lu

^1,2,*

¹

College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China

²

Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Genetic Improvement and Quality Control of Medicinal Plants, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China

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Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.

^†

These authors contributed equally to this work.

Plants 2024, 13(19), 2711; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13192711

Submission received: 29 July 2024 / Revised: 11 September 2024 / Accepted: 25 September 2024 / Published: 27 September 2024

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integrated Pest Management—from Chemicals to Green Management)

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Physalis floridana Rydb., a member of the Solanaceae family, is renowned for its diverse secondary metabolites, including physalins and withanolides. The 28-spotted ladybird beetle (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata) is a notorious pest severely damaging Solanaceous crops. This study demonstrates that P. floridana Rydb. significantly impacts on the development and reproductive suppression of H. vigintioctopunctata. A comparative transcriptome analysis was performed by feeding H. vigintioctopunctata larvae on P. floridana Rydb., Solanum nigrum L., Solanum tuberosum L., and Solanum lycopersicum L. The results reveal that larvae fed on P. floridana Rydb. exhibit numerous differentially expressed genes, which are notably enriched in pathways related to energy metabolism, immunity, and detoxification. These functions and pathways are less enriched in larvae fed by other hosts. Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis (WGCNA) indicates that feeding on P. floridana Rydb. influences the expression of specific genes involved in the Toll and IMD signaling pathways, impacting the immune system of H. vigintioctopunctata larvae. This study provides transcriptomic insights into larval responses to different diets and suggests that the effect of P. floridana Rydb. on the immune system of H. vigintioctopunctata is a key defense mechanism against herbivores.

Keywords: Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata; Physalis floridana Rydb.; transcriptomics; immune system; Toll and IMD signal pathway

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Wang, X.; Guan, L.; Wang, T.; Yu, L.; Wang, S.; He, B.; Tang, B.; Lu, J. Comparative Transcriptomics Revealed Physalis floridana Rydb. Influences on the Immune System of the 28-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata). Plants 2024, 13, 2711. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13192711

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Wang X, Guan L, Wang T, Yu L, Wang S, He B, Tang B, Lu J. Comparative Transcriptomics Revealed Physalis floridana Rydb. Influences on the Immune System of the 28-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata). Plants. 2024; 13(19):2711. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13192711

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Wang, Xianzhong, Liwen Guan, Tianwen Wang, Liuhe Yu, Shuangle Wang, Biner He, Bin Tang, and Jiangjie Lu. 2024. "Comparative Transcriptomics Revealed Physalis floridana Rydb. Influences on the Immune System of the 28-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata)" Plants 13, no. 19: 2711. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13192711

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Wang, X., Guan, L., Wang, T., Yu, L., Wang, S., He, B., Tang, B., & Lu, J. (2024). Comparative Transcriptomics Revealed Physalis floridana Rydb. Influences on the Immune System of the 28-Spotted Ladybird Beetle (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata). Plants, 13(19), 2711. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13192711

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