Abstract
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), a plant DNA virus of the genus Begomovirus, is transmitted by whiteflies of the Bemisia tabaci species complex in a persistent manner. Our previous study indicated that activation of the apoptosis pathway in whiteflies could facilitate TYLCV accumulation and transmission. Considering that temperature change can influence the spread of insect-borne plant viruses, we focused on plant virus induced-apoptosis to investigate the underlying mechanism of temperature regulation on plant virus transmission via an insect vector. We found that heat stress (40°C) on whiteflies could facilitate TYLCV accumulation and increase transmission to tomato plants. Despite upregulation of caspase-1 and caspase-3 gene expression, heat stress failed to induce an increase in the activation of cleaved caspase-3 and DNA fragmentation in TYLCV-infected whiteflies. However, our data failed to determine the role of heat stress in apoptosis modulation of insect-plant virus interplay while still providing clues to understand insect vectors and their transmitted plant viruses.
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