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Molecular characterization of putative parasitism genes in the plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne hispanica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2014

A. Duarte ,
C. Maleita ,
I. Tiago ,
R. Curtis  and
I. Abrantes
A. Duarte*
Affiliation:
IMAR-CMA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, P 3004 517, Coimbra, Portugal
C. Maleita
Affiliation:
CIEPQPF, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Coimbra, P 3030 790Coimbra, Portugal
I. Tiago
Affiliation:
Center of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, P 3004 517Coimbra, Portugal
R. Curtis
Affiliation:
Bionemax UK Ltd, Rothamsted Centre for Research and Enterprise, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, UK
I. Abrantes
Affiliation:
IMAR-CMA, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, P 3004 517, Coimbra, Portugal
*
* E-mail: aida.damaso@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Meloidogyne hispanica (Mhi) is a difficult-to-control polyphagous root-knot nematode (RKN) species of emerging importance for economically valuable crops. Nematode secretions are likely to be the first signals perceived by the plant and are thought to be involved in various aspects of the plant–nematode interaction. The aims of this work were to identify and characterize M. hispanica parasitism genes: cathepsin L cysteine protease (cpl-1), calreticulin (crt-1), β-1,4-endoglucanase-1 (eng-1) and manganese superoxide dismutase (mnsod). As there are no genomic data available for M. hispanica, primers were designed from the conserved regions of the putative parasitism genes in M.incognita and M. hapla and used to amplify the genes in M. hispanica, which led to the successful amplification of these genes in M. hispanica. Partial gene sequences were also obtained for M. arenaria, M. hapla, M. hispanica, M. incognita and M. javanicacpl-1, crt-1, eng-1 and mnsod genes, and their phylogenetic relationship analysed. In order to determine whether these genes are differentially expressed during M. hispanica development, cDNA was amplified from mRNA isolated from eggs, second-stage juveniles (J2) and females. Amplification products were observed from cDNA of all developmental stages for the Mhi-cpl-1 and Mhi-crt-1 genes. However, the gene Mhi-crt-1 exhibited intense amplification bands in females, while the Mhi-eng-1 gene was equally amplified in eggs and J2 and the Mhi-mnsod gene was only expressed in eggs. In comparison to the other RKN species, the genes Mhi-eng-1 and Mhi-mnsod showed transcription in different nematode developmental stages.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 90 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , pp. 28 - 38
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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