TY - JOUR

T1 - Molecular Aspects of Gall Formation Induced by Mites and Insects

AU - Desnitskiy, Alexey G.

AU - Chetverikov, Philipp E.

AU - Ivanova, Larissa A.

AU - Kuzmin , Igor V.

AU - Ozman-Sullivan, Sebahat K.

AU - Sukhareva , Sogdiana I.

N1 - : Desnitskiy, A.G.; Chetverikov, P.E.; Ivanova, L.A.; Kuzmin, I.V.; Ozman-Sullivan, S.K.; Sukhareva, S.I. Molecular Aspects of Gall Formation Induced by Mites and Insects. Life 2023, 13, 1347. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13061347

PY - 2023/6/8

Y1 - 2023/6/8

N2 - Recent publications on gall formation induced on the leaves of dicotyledonous flowering plants by eriophyoid mites (Eriophyoidea) and representatives of four insect orders (Diptera,Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera) are analyzed. Cellular and molecular level data on thestimuli that induce and sustain the development of both mite and insect galls, the expression ofhost plant genes during gallogenesis, and the effects of these galling arthropods on photosynthesisare considered. A hypothesis is proposed for the relationship between the size of galls and thevolume of secretions injected by a parasite. Multistep, varying patterns of plant gene expressionand accompanying histo-morphological changes in the transformed gall tissues are apparent. Themain obstacle to better elucidating the nature of the induction of gallogenesis is the impossibilityof collecting a sufficient amount of saliva for analysis, which is especially important in the case ofmicroscopic eriophyoids. The use of modern omics technologies at the organismal level has revealeda spectrum of genetic mechanisms of gall formation at the molecular level but has not yet answeredthe questions regarding the nature of gall-inducing agents and the features of events occurring inplant cells at the very beginning of gall growth.

AB - Recent publications on gall formation induced on the leaves of dicotyledonous flowering plants by eriophyoid mites (Eriophyoidea) and representatives of four insect orders (Diptera,Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera) are analyzed. Cellular and molecular level data on thestimuli that induce and sustain the development of both mite and insect galls, the expression ofhost plant genes during gallogenesis, and the effects of these galling arthropods on photosynthesisare considered. A hypothesis is proposed for the relationship between the size of galls and thevolume of secretions injected by a parasite. Multistep, varying patterns of plant gene expressionand accompanying histo-morphological changes in the transformed gall tissues are apparent. Themain obstacle to better elucidating the nature of the induction of gallogenesis is the impossibilityof collecting a sufficient amount of saliva for analysis, which is especially important in the case ofmicroscopic eriophyoids. The use of modern omics technologies at the organismal level has revealeda spectrum of genetic mechanisms of gall formation at the molecular level but has not yet answeredthe questions regarding the nature of gall-inducing agents and the features of events occurring inplant cells at the very beginning of gall growth.

KW - eriophyoid mites

KW - tenuipalpids

KW - galling arthropods

KW - gene expression

KW - inducing stimulus

KW - leaf gallogenesis

KW - parasite–host interactions

M3 - Review article

VL - 13

JO - Life

JF - Life

SN - 0024-3019

IS - 6

M1 - 1347

ER -