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- Title
Lipoxygenases regulate digestive enzyme inhibitor activities in developing seeds of field-grown soybean against the southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula).
- Authors
Barneto, Jésica A.; Sardoy, Pedro M.; Pagano, Eduardo A.; Zavala, Jorge A.
- Abstract
Soybean (Glycine max) is the world's most widely grown seed legume. One of the most important pests that decrease seed quality and reduce yield of soybean crops is the southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula). Insect damage triggers accumulation of defensive compounds such as protease inhibitors (PIs), isoflavonoids and reactive oxygen species, which are regulated by the lipoxygenase (LOX)-regulated jasmonic acid (JA) to stop insect feeding. This study identified and characterised the role of LOX isoforms in the modulation of chemical defences in seeds of field-grown soybean that decreased digestive enzyme activities of N. viridula after insect attack. Stink bugs attack increased LOX 1 and LOX 2 expression, and activities of LOX 1 and LOX 3 isoenzymes in developing soybean seeds. In addition, stink bug damage and methyl jasmonate application induced expression and activity of both cysteine PIs and trypsin PIs in developing soybean seeds, suggesting that herbivory induced JA in soybean seeds. High PI activity levels in attacked seeds decreased cysteine proteases and a-amylases activities in the gut of stink bugs that fed on field-grown soybean. We demonstrated that LOX isoforms of seeds are concomitantly induced with JA-regulated PIs by stink bugs attack, and these PIs inhibit the activity of insect digestive enzymes. To our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the participation of LOX in modulating JA-regulated defences against stink bugs in seeds of field-grown soybean, and our results suggest that soybean PIs may inhibit a-amylase activity in the gut of N. viridula.
- Subjects
STINKBUGS; DIGESTIVE enzymes; GREENBUG; PROTEASE inhibitors; LIPOXYGENASES; SOYBEAN; ENZYME inhibitors; JASMONATE; SEEDS
- Publication
Functional Plant Biology, 2024, Vol 51, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1445-4408
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1071/FP22192