A Nicotiana attenuata cell wall invertase inhibitor (NaCWII) reduces growth and increases secondary metabolite biosynthesis in herbivore‐attacked plants

dc.creatorFerrieri, Abigail P.
dc.creatorArce, Carla C. M.
dc.creatorMachado, Ricardo A. R.
dc.creatorMeza-Canales, Ivan D.
dc.creatorLima, Eraldo
dc.creatorBaldwin, Ian T.
dc.creatorErb, Matthias
dc.date2018-05-10T17:35:15Z
dc.date2018-05-10T17:35:15Z
dc.date2015-04-12
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-27T21:25:58Z
dc.date.available2023-09-27T21:25:58Z
dc.identifier1469-8137
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13475
dc.identifierhttp://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/19467
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8960509
dc.descriptionPlant invertases are sucrolytic enzymes that are essential for the regulation of carbohydrate metabolism and source–sink relationships. While their activity has been well documented during abiotic and biotic stresses, the role of proteinaceous invertase inhibitors in regulating these changes is unknown. Here, we identify a putative Nicotiana attenuata cell wall invertase inhibitor (NaCWII) which is strongly up‐regulated in a jasmonate (JA)‐dependent manner following simulated attack by the specialist herbivore Manduca sexta. To understand the role of NaCWII in planta, we silenced its expression by RNA interference and measured changes in primary and secondary metabolism and plant growth following simulated herbivory. NaCWII‐silenced plants displayed a stronger depletion of carbohydrates and a reduced capacity to increase secondary metabolite pools relative to their empty vector control counterparts. This coincided with the attenuation of herbivore‐induced CWI inhibition and growth suppression characteristic of wild‐type plants. Together our findings suggest that NaCWII may act as a regulatory switch located downstream of JA accumulation which fine‐tunes the plant's balance between growth and defense metabolism under herbivore attack. Although carbohydrates are not typically viewed as key factors in plant growth and defense, our study shows that interfering with their catabolism strongly influences plant responses to herbivory.
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dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherNew Phytologist
dc.relationVolume 208, Issue 2, Pages 519–530, October 2015
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.subjectCell wall invertase
dc.subjectInvertase inhibitor
dc.subjectJasmonate (JA)
dc.subjectManduca sexta
dc.subjectNicotiana attenuata
dc.subjectPlant defense
dc.subjectPlant growth
dc.titleA Nicotiana attenuata cell wall invertase inhibitor (NaCWII) reduces growth and increases secondary metabolite biosynthesis in herbivore‐attacked plants
dc.typeArtigo


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