title: Insecticidal activity of Arum maculatum tuber lectin and its binding to the glycosylated insect gut receptors.
abstract: Mannose binding approximately 50 kDa homotetrameric lectin, purified from edible Arum maculatum tuber, was analyzed through SDS-PAGE and studied for its agglutination property using rabbit erythrocytes. Cross reactivity of the purified lectin was verified through western blot using Colocasia esculantum(Family, Araceae) tuber lectin antibody. The insecticidal activity of Arum maculatum tuber lectin (ATL) was tested against two economically important sucking pests, Lipaphis erysimi and Aphis craccivora, in an artificial diet. The LC(50) values for L. erysimi and A. craccivora were determined to be 21 microg/mL and 16 microg/mL, respectively. Addition of alpha-d-mannose in ATL-supplemented diet reduced the aphid mortality. Two major receptor proteins of ATL (approximately 40 kDa and approximately 35 kDa) were detected from the brush border membrane vesicle (BBMV) protein of L. erysimi and A. craccivora guts, respectively, using ligand-binding assay. Alpha-d-Mannose was found to be a deterrent to such binding of ATL to the BBMV receptors.
authors.affiliation: Plant Molecular and Cellular Genetics, Bose Institute, P1/12 CIT Scheme VII-M, Kolkata-700054, India.
authors.forename: Pralay
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Majumder
authors.forename: Hossain Ali
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.forename: Sampa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids / Q000737:chemistry*; D031058:Arum / Q000737:chemistry*; D006031:Glycosylation; D007306:Insecticides / Q000378:metabolism*; D007422:Intestines / Q000737:chemistry; D037121:Plant Lectins / Q000378:metabolism*; D035281:Plant Tubers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D037121:Plant Lectins; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen