Protein landscape of the brush border membrane of first instar larvae of Frankliniella occidentalis, the western flower thrips.

Protein landscape of the brush border membrane of first instar larvae of Frankliniella occidentalis, the western flower thrips.

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We investigated the protein composition of the brush border membrane of larval Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips), an agriculturally significant crop pest and vector of plant pathogens. We developed a protocol for purifying brush border membrane vesicles (BBMVs) from first-instar lar...

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Main Authors: Marlonni Maurastoni, Dorith Rotenberg, Ruchir Mishra, Bryony C Bonning, Anna E Whitfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326260
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Summary:We investigated the protein composition of the brush border membrane of larval Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips), an agriculturally significant crop pest and vector of plant pathogens. We developed a protocol for purifying brush border membrane vesicles (BBMVs) from first-instar larvae (L1) bodies and identified their protein composition by LC-MS/MS. From 2544 proteins identified, 469 were predicted to be secreted and part of the inner and outer plasma membrane leaflet using cell-localization prediction tools and homology with reviewed proteins in the UniProt database. Comparison to thrips tissue-specific proteomes revealed that 371 and 263 of the identified BBMV plasma membrane and secreted proteins matched the larval gut and adult salivary glands, respectively. Annotations of most of the proteins inferred 'catalytic activity' (56.3%) and 'binding' (49.6%), with an overrepresentation of proteins involved in protein digestion, specifically serine proteases, lipid transport, and ATPase activity. Bioinformatic-enabled comparisons to thrips tissue-specific proteomes and transcriptomes enabled us to predict the secretome and the plasma membrane proteins of larval thrips' gut epithelial cells, providing new targets for thrips control.
ISSN:1932-6203

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