| Title: | Genes involved in the Type I pheromone biosynthesis pathway and chemoreception from the sex pheromone gland transcriptome of Dioryctria abietella |
| Author(s): | Xing Y; Thanasirungkul W; Aslam A; Niu F; Guo HR; Chi DF; |
| Address: | "Key Laboratory for Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management-Ministry of Education, College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China. Key Laboratory for Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management-Ministry of Education, College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China. Electronic address: chidefu@nefu.edu.cn" |
| Journal Title: | Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cbd.2021.100892 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1878-0407 (Electronic) 1744-117X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Dioryctria abietella is a coniferous seed orchard pest that can damage a series of host plants and cause huge losses to the forest economy. Sex pheromones play an important role in lepidopteran sex communication for reproduction and can be used as biological control agents to monitor and trap pests. However, the genes involved in the biosynthesis, transportation, and degradation of D. abietella sex pheromones have not been studied extensively. Transcriptome analysis of female D. abietella sex pheromone glands (PGs) revealed that 210 candidate genes might be involved in sex pheromone biosynthesis (139 genes) and chemoreception systems (71 genes). The gene expression patterns exhibited four desaturase genes (DabiDES4-7) and one fatty acid reductase gene (DabiFAR6), which were more highly expressed in sex pheromone glands than in other tissues, suggesting that these enzymes play an important role in D. abietella sex pheromone synthesis. In addition, most DabiOBPs showed high expression in antennae, but only DabiOBP4 exhibited specific expression in sex pheromone glands, suggesting that they may play many physiological roles in D. abietella. We put forth a reasonable hypothesis about type I pheromone biosynthesis pathways based on these genes identified in the D. abietella sex pheromone gland transcriptome. Our findings lay a foundation for population monitoring, mating disruption, mass trapping, and the development of ecologically acceptable management strategies" |
| Keywords: | Animals Female Insect Control Insect Proteins/genetics *Moths/genetics *Sex Attractants Transcriptome Chemoreception genes Dioryctria abietella Pheromone biosynthetic pathway Pheromone glands Transcriptome analysis; |
| Notes: | "MedlineXing, Ya Thanasirungkul, Wariya Aslam, Asad Niu, Fang Guo, Hong-Ru Chi, De-Fu eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Netherlands 2021/08/25 Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics. 2021 Dec; 40:100892. doi: 10.1016/j.cbd.2021.100892. Epub 2021 Aug 8" |
