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Title:		Water stress and aphid feeding differentially influence metabolite composition in Arabidopsis thaliana (L.)
Author(s):		Mewis I; Khan MA; Glawischnig E; Schreiner M; Ulrichs C;
Address:		"Department of Quality, Leibniz-Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops Grossbeeren/Erfurt e.V., Grossbeeren, Germany. inga@entomology.de"
Journal Title:		PLoS One
Year:		2012
Volume:		20121107
Issue:		11
Page Number:		e48661 -
DOI:		10.1371/journal.pone.0048661
ISSN/ISBN:		1932-6203 (Electronic) 1932-6203 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Little is known about how drought stress influences plant secondary metabolite accumulation and how this affects plant defense against different aphids. We therefore cultivated Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) plants under well-watered, drought, and water-logged conditions. Two aphid species were selected for this study: the generalist Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and the crucifer specialist Brevicoryne brassicae (L.). Metabolite concentrations in the phloem sap, which influence aphid growth, changed particularly under drought stress. Levels of sucrose and several amino acids, such as glutamic acid, proline, isoleucine, and lysine increased, while concentrations of 4-methoxyindol-3-ylmethyl glucosinolate decreased. M. persicae population growth was highest on plants under drought stress conditions. However, B. brassicae did not profit from improved phloem sap quality under drought stress and performed equally in all water treatments. Water stress and aphids generally had an opposite effect on the accumulation of secondary metabolites in the plant rosettes. Drought stress and water-logging led to increased aliphatic glucosinolate and flavonoid levels. Conversely, aphid feeding, especially of M. persicae, reduced levels of flavonoids and glucosinolates in the plants. Correspondingly, transcript levels of aliphatic biosynthetic genes decreased after feeding of both aphid species. Contrary to M. persicae, drought stress did not promote population growth of B. brassicae on these plants. The specialist aphid induced expression of CYP79B2, CYP79B3, and PAD3 with corresponding accumulation of indolyl glucosinolates and camalexin. This was distinct from M. persicae, which did not elicit similarly strong camalexin accumulation, which led to the hypothesis of a specific defense adaptations against the specialist aphid"
Keywords:		"Animals Aphids/*physiology Arabidopsis/genetics/*metabolism/physiology Arabidopsis Proteins/genetics/*metabolism Biosynthetic Pathways Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System/genetics/metabolism Flavonoids/metabolism Gene Expression Regulation, Plant Glucosinolate;"
Notes:		"MedlineMewis, Inga Khan, Mohammed A M Glawischnig, Erich Schreiner, Monika Ulrichs, Christian eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2012/11/13 PLoS One. 2012; 7(11):e48661. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048661. Epub 2012 Nov 7"