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Double‐Stranded DNA Reduces dsRNA Degradation in the Saliva and Significantly Enhanced RNAi‐Mediated Gene Silencing in Halyomorpha halys
Amineni, Venkata Partha Sarathi, Petschenka, Georg and Koch, Aline
(2025)
Double‐Stranded DNA Reduces dsRNA Degradation in the Saliva and Significantly Enhanced RNAi‐Mediated Gene Silencing in Halyomorpha halys.
Advanced Biology.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 11 Sep 2025 04:51
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.77700
Abstract
The invasive pest Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) poses a significant threat to agriculture and requires control methods beyond chemical pesticides. This study investigates RNA interference (RNAi) as a targeted gene silencing approach to manage H. halys populations. However, RNAi efficacy varies between insect orders, including hemipterans, due to factors such as the rapid degradation ...
The invasive pest Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) poses a significant threat to agriculture and requires control methods beyond chemical pesticides. This study investigates RNA interference (RNAi) as a targeted gene silencing approach to manage H. halys populations. However, RNAi efficacy varies between insect orders, including hemipterans, due to factors such as the rapid degradation of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) by a DNA/RNA non-specific nuclease (HhNSE) present in the saliva of H. halys. Notably, this study proves that double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) can stabilise dsRNA in saliva, probably by competitively inhibiting HhNSE, which is highly expressed in salivary glands. In vivo tests targeting the clathrin heavy chain gene (HhCHC) demonstrate that a mixture of dsRNA-CHC and dsDNA result in enhanced gene silencing when fed to H. halys, compared to dsRNA alone. While dsRNA-CHC injection causes almost complete mortality, the dsDNA formulation do not significantly increase mortality when fed together with dsRNA-CHC. These findings highlight the need to further investigate factors beyond nucleases such as dsRNA uptake and release mechanisms in the insect gut. Nevertheless, this study provides promising insights for improving RNAi delivery in H. halys, and perhaps other pests with such nucleases, in support of sustainable pest management solutions.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Advanced Biology | ||||
| Publisher: | Wiley | ||||
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| Open Access Type: | DEAL (Wiley) | ||||
| Date | 17 August 2025 | ||||
| Institutions | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften | ||||
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| Keywords | DNA, dsRNA formulation, Halyomorpha halys, ribonucleases, RNAi | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 500 Science > 500 Natural sciences & mathematics 500 Science > 580 Botanical sciences | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Partially | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-777002 | ||||
| Item ID | 77700 |
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