| Title: | Cloning of an octopamine/tyramine receptor and plasticity of its expression as a function of adult sexual maturation in the male moth Agrotis ipsilon |
| Author(s): | Duportets L; Barrozo RB; Bozzolan F; Gaertner C; Anton S; Gadenne C; Debernard S; |
| Address: | "UMR 1272, UPMC-INRA, Physiologie de l'Insecte: Signalisation et Communication, Universite Paris VI, Bat A, 7 quai Saint Bernard, Paris, France" |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01009.x |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1365-2583 (Electronic) 0962-1075 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "In the male moth Agrotis ipsilon behavioural response and antennal lobe (AL) neuron sensitivity to the female-produced sex pheromone increase with age and juvenile hormone (JH) level. We recently showed that the neuromodulator, octopamine (OA), interacts with JH in this age-dependent olfactory plasticity. To further elucidate its role, we cloned a full cDNA encoding a protein that presents biochemical features essential to OA/tyramine receptor (AipsOAR/TAR) function. The AipsOAR/TAR transcript was detected predominantly in the antennae, the brain and, more specifically, in ALs where its expression level varied concomitantly with age. This expression plasticity indicates that AipsOAR/TAR might be involved in central processing of the pheromone signal during maturation of sexual behaviour in A. ipsilon" |
| Keywords: | "Aging/*genetics Amino Acid Sequence Animals Base Sequence Cloning, Molecular Female Gene Expression Profiling *Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental Male Molecular Sequence Data Moths/*genetics Phylogeny Receptors, Biogenic Amine/chemistry/*genetics/i;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineDuportets, L Barrozo, R B Bozzolan, F Gaertner, C Anton, S Gadenne, C Debernard, S eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2010/05/25 Insect Mol Biol. 2010 Aug; 19(4):489-99. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01009.x. Epub 2010 May 20" |
