Characterization of Venom and Oviduct Components of Parasitoid Wasp Asobara japonica.
During natural parasitization, Asobara japonica wasps introduce lateral oviduct (LO) components into their Drosophila hosts soon after the venom injection to neutralize its strong toxicity; otherwise, the host will die. Although the orchestrated relationship between the venom and LO components neces...
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| author | Shunsuke Furihata Takashi Matsumura Makiko Hirata Tetsuya Mizutani Noriyo Nagata Michiyo Kataoka Yukie Katayama Tsutomu Omatsu Hitoshi Matsumoto Yoichi Hayakawa |
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| description | During natural parasitization, Asobara japonica wasps introduce lateral oviduct (LO) components into their Drosophila hosts soon after the venom injection to neutralize its strong toxicity; otherwise, the host will die. Although the orchestrated relationship between the venom and LO components necessary for successful parasitism has attracted the attention of many researchers in this field, the molecular natures of both factors remain ambiguous. We here showed that precipitation of the venom components by ultracentrifugation yielded a toxic fraction that was inactivated by ultraviolet light irradiation, boiling, and sonication, suggesting that it is a virus-like entity. Morphological observation of the precipitate after ultracentrifugation showed small spherical heterogeneous virus-like particles 20-40 nm in diameter. The venom's detrimental effect on D. melanogaster larvae was not directly neutralized by the LO components but blocked by a hemolymphal neutralizing factor activated by the LO factor. Furthermore, we found that A. japonica venom and LO components acted similarly on the larvae of the common cutworm Spodoptera litura: the venom injection caused mortality but coinjection of the LO factor protected S. litura larvae from the venom's toxicity. In contrast, D. ficusphila and D. bipectinata, which are closely related to D. melanogaster but non-habitual host species of A. japonica, were not negatively affected by A. japonica venom due to an intrinsic neutralizing activity in their hemolymph, indicating that these species must have acquired a neutralizer of A. japonica venom during evolution. These results give new insights into the characteristics of both the venom and LO components: A. japonica females have utilized the virus-like toxic venom factor to exploit a wider range of host species after the evolutionary process enabled them to use the LO factor for activation of the host hemolymph neutralizer precursor, although the non-habitual host Drosophila species possess an active intrinsic neutralizer in their hemolymph. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fde27c5212164f01b3abedc375dcd5262022-12-21T19:08:39ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-01117e016021010.1371/journal.pone.0160210Characterization of Venom and Oviduct Components of Parasitoid Wasp Asobara japonica.Shunsuke FurihataTakashi MatsumuraMakiko HirataTetsuya MizutaniNoriyo NagataMichiyo KataokaYukie KatayamaTsutomu OmatsuHitoshi MatsumotoYoichi HayakawaDuring natural parasitization, Asobara japonica wasps introduce lateral oviduct (LO) components into their Drosophila hosts soon after the venom injection to neutralize its strong toxicity; otherwise, the host will die. Although the orchestrated relationship between the venom and LO components necessary for successful parasitism has attracted the attention of many researchers in this field, the molecular natures of both factors remain ambiguous. We here showed that precipitation of the venom components by ultracentrifugation yielded a toxic fraction that was inactivated by ultraviolet light irradiation, boiling, and sonication, suggesting that it is a virus-like entity. Morphological observation of the precipitate after ultracentrifugation showed small spherical heterogeneous virus-like particles 20-40 nm in diameter. The venom's detrimental effect on D. melanogaster larvae was not directly neutralized by the LO components but blocked by a hemolymphal neutralizing factor activated by the LO factor. Furthermore, we found that A. japonica venom and LO components acted similarly on the larvae of the common cutworm Spodoptera litura: the venom injection caused mortality but coinjection of the LO factor protected S. litura larvae from the venom's toxicity. In contrast, D. ficusphila and D. bipectinata, which are closely related to D. melanogaster but non-habitual host species of A. japonica, were not negatively affected by A. japonica venom due to an intrinsic neutralizing activity in their hemolymph, indicating that these species must have acquired a neutralizer of A. japonica venom during evolution. These results give new insights into the characteristics of both the venom and LO components: A. japonica females have utilized the virus-like toxic venom factor to exploit a wider range of host species after the evolutionary process enabled them to use the LO factor for activation of the host hemolymph neutralizer precursor, although the non-habitual host Drosophila species possess an active intrinsic neutralizer in their hemolymph.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4965004?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Shunsuke Furihata Takashi Matsumura Makiko Hirata Tetsuya Mizutani Noriyo Nagata Michiyo Kataoka Yukie Katayama Tsutomu Omatsu Hitoshi Matsumoto Yoichi Hayakawa Characterization of Venom and Oviduct Components of Parasitoid Wasp Asobara japonica. PLoS ONE |
| title | Characterization of Venom and Oviduct Components of Parasitoid Wasp Asobara japonica. |
| title_full | Characterization of Venom and Oviduct Components of Parasitoid Wasp Asobara japonica. |
| title_fullStr | Characterization of Venom and Oviduct Components of Parasitoid Wasp Asobara japonica. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterization of Venom and Oviduct Components of Parasitoid Wasp Asobara japonica. |
| title_short | Characterization of Venom and Oviduct Components of Parasitoid Wasp Asobara japonica. |
| title_sort | characterization of venom and oviduct components of parasitoid wasp asobara japonica |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4965004?pdf=render |
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