The cauliflower mosaic virus transmission helper protein P2 modifies directly the probing behavior of the aphid vector Myzus persicae to facilitate transmission - INRAE - Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement
Journal Articles PLoS Pathogens Year : 2023

The cauliflower mosaic virus transmission helper protein P2 modifies directly the probing behavior of the aphid vector Myzus persicae to facilitate transmission

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There is growing evidence that plant viruses manipulate their hosts and vectors in ways that increase transmission. However, to date only few viral components underlying these phenomena have been identified. Here we show that cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) protein P2 modifies the feeding behavior of its aphid vector. P2 is necessary for CaMV transmission because it mediates binding of virus particles to the aphid mouthparts. We compared aphid feeding behavior on plants infected with the wild-type CaMV strain Cabb B-JI or with a deletion mutant strain, Cabb B-JIΔP2, which does not produce P2. Only aphids probing Cabb B-JI infected plants doubled the number of test punctures during the first contact with the plant, indicating a role of P2. Membrane feeding assays with purified P2 and virus particles confirmed that these viral products alone are sufficient to cause the changes in aphid probing. The behavior modifications were not observed on plants infected with a CaMV mutant expressing P2Rev5, unable to bind to the mouthparts. These results are in favor of a virus manipulation, where attachment of P2 to a specific region in the aphid stylets-the acrostyleexercises a direct effect on vector behavior at a crucial moment, the first vector contact with the infected plant, which is essential for virus acquisition.
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hal-04094116 , version 1 (10-05-2023)

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Maxime Verdier, Quentin Chesnais, Elodie Pirolles, Stéphane Blanc, Martin Drucker. The cauliflower mosaic virus transmission helper protein P2 modifies directly the probing behavior of the aphid vector Myzus persicae to facilitate transmission. PLoS Pathogens, 2023, 19 (2), pp.e1011161. ⟨10.1371/journal.ppat.1011161⟩. ⟨hal-04094116⟩
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