title: The effect of Beauveria brongniartii and its secondary metabolites on the detoxification enzymes of the pine caterpillar, Dendrolimus tabulaeformis.
abstract: The mortality of pine caterpillar, Dendrolimus tabulaeformis Tsai et Liu (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae), larvae treated with Beauveria brongniartii (Saccardo) Petch (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) conidia and cell-free culture supernatants enriched for the secondary metabolites of the fungus was investigated. In addition, the effects of the treatments on the activities of two insect-related defense response proteins, glutathione S-transferase (GST) and esterase (EST), were measured over time. Bioassays were performed using a range of fungal spore (6 × 10⁵ through 6 × 10⁷ spores/mL) and supernatant extract concentrations (5.5-550 µg/mL). The results showed that the mortalities of D. tabulaeformis larvae were closely related to the concentration of the conidia and the metabolites of B. brongniartii. The differences among the treatments all reached a significant level. The activities of the two detoxifying enzymes, GST and EST, in the larvae increased simultaneously post-treatment. After infection with the conidial suspensions, the highest GST activity appeared at 3 days, and the activities of the caterpillars infected with 6 × 10⁶ spores/mL and 6 × 10⁷ spores/mL were significantly higher than in the control. Using α-naphthyl, the highest activity of EST also appeared at 3 days, and the differences for the three different concentrations were significant. A similar trend of change in the EST activity was observed using β-naphthyl. After treatment with the secondary metabolite solution, the highest GST activity appeared at 6 hr, and significant differences were found both for the different durations (2, 4, 6, 12, 24, and 48 hr) and in the three concentration groups. When using α-naphthyl, the EST activity peak appeared at 24 hr, and the differences were significant among the durations of 2, 4, 6, 12, 24, and 48 hr. The effect of the concentration of the secondary metabolite solution notably induced the EST activity in the insects, and a similar result was obtained using β-naphthyl. The data suggest that B. brongniartii produces secondary metabolites that disable the immune mechanisms of D. tabulaeformis, allowing the fungus to overcome and then kill its host. It was concluded that both the conidial suspensions and the metabolites of B. brongniartii were toxic to D. tabulaeformis larvae.
authors.affiliation: The School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China.
authors.forename: Jinhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Yingping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Jiaoliang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D052982:Beauveria / Q000502:physiology*; D004950:Esterases / Q000378:metabolism*; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D007814:Larva / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D009036:Moths / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D064210:Secondary Metabolism; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D004950:Esterases
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