| Title: | "Expression patterns and colocalization of two sensory neurone membrane proteins in Ectropis obliqua Prout, a geometrid moth pest that uses Type-II sex pheromones" |
| Author(s): | Sun L; Wang Q; Zhang Y; Yan Y; Guo H; Xiao Q; Zhang Y; |
| Address: | "Key Laboratory of Tea Quality and Safety Control, Ministry of Agriculture, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China. State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. College of Agriculture and Food Science, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou, China" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1365-2583 (Electronic) 0962-1075 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Sensory neurone membrane proteins (SNMPs) function as essential cofactors for insect sex pheromone detection. In this study, we report two SNMPs in Ectropis obliqua Prout, a serious geometrid pest that produces typical Type-II sex pheromones. Sequence alignments and phylogenetic analyses showed that EoblSNMP1 and EoblSNMP2 belong to two distinct SNMP subfamilies. Quantitative real-time PCR suggested that EoblSNMP1 was male antennae-biased, whereas EoblSNMP2 was highly expressed on male antennae but was also expressed on female antennae and other chemosensory tissues. Additionally, EoblSNMP1 and EoblSNMP2 differed in their developmental expression profiles. In situ hybridization revealed that EoblSNMP1 was sensilla trichodea I specific, whereas EoblSNMP2 was expressed in sensilla trichodea I and the sensilla basiconica; furthermore, EoblSNMP1 and EoblSNMP2 were co-expressed in sensilla trichodea I but in different cells. This study suggests that EoblSNMP1 is functionally distinct from EoblSNMP2 in E. obliqua; EoblSNMP1 may specifically contribute to the recognition of sex pheromones, whereas EoblSNMP2 exhibits multiple olfactory roles. Our findings comprehensively reveal the expression patterns of SNMPs in a lepidopteran species that uses Type-II sex pheromones, providing new insights into the functional evolution of SNMPs from lepidopteran moths with Type-I sex pheromones to those with Type-II sex pheromones" |
| Keywords: | Amino Acid Sequence Animals Female Gene Expression/*physiology Gene Expression Profiling Insect Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism Male Membrane Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/metabolism Moths/genetics/*physiology Phylogeny Sensory Receptor Cells/*phys; |
| Notes: | "MedlineSun, L Wang, Q Zhang, Y Yan, Y Guo, H Xiao, Q eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2018/11/27 Insect Mol Biol. 2019 Jun; 28(3):342-354. doi: 10.1111/imb.12555. Epub 2018 Dec 24" |
