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Title:		Identification of an atypical insect olfactory receptor subtype highly conserved within noctuids
Author(s):		Brigaud I; Montagne N; Monsempes C; Francois MC; Jacquin-Joly E;
Address:		"INRA, UMR PISC Physiologie de l'Insecte: Signalisation et Communication, UMR-A 1272, Versailles, France"
Journal Title:		FEBS J
Year:		2009
Volume:		20091005
Issue:		22
Page Number:		6537 - 6547
DOI:		10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07351.x
ISSN/ISBN:		1742-4658 (Electronic) 1742-464X (Linking)
Abstract:		"Olfaction is primarily mediated by the large family of olfactory receptors. Although all insect olfactory receptors share the same structure with seven transmembrane domains, they present poor sequence homologies within and between species. As the only exception, Drosophila melanogaster OR83b and its orthologues define a receptor subtype singularly conserved between insect species. In this article, we report the identification of a new subtype of putative olfactory receptors exceptionally conserved within noctuids, a taxonomic group that includes crop pest insects. Through homology-based molecular cloning, homologues of the previously identified OR18 from Heliothis virescens were identified in the antennae of six noctuid species from various genera, presenting an average of 88% sequence identity. No orthologues were found in genomes available from diverse insect orders and selection pressure analysis revealed that the noctuid OR18s are under purifying selection. The OR18 gene was studied in details in the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis, where it presented all the characteristic features of an olfactory receptor encoding gene: its expression was restricted to the antennae, with expression in both sexes; its developmental expression pattern was reminiscent of that from other olfactory genes; and in situ hybridization experiments within the antennae revealed that the receptor-expressing cells were closely associated with the olfactory structures, including pheromone- and non-pheromone-sensitive structures. Taken together, our data suggest that we have identified a new original subtype of olfactory receptors that are extremely conserved within noctuids and that might fulfil a critical function in male and female noctuid chemosensory neurones"
Keywords:		"Amino Acid Sequence Animals Insect Proteins/chemistry/classification/*genetics/*metabolism Lepidoptera/*genetics/*metabolism Molecular Sequence Data Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction Receptors, Odorant/chemistry/classification/*genetics/*metabolism Sequ;"
Notes:		"MedlineBrigaud, Isabelle Montagne, Nicolas Monsempes, Christelle Francois, Marie-Christine Jacquin-Joly, Emmanuelle eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2009/10/07 FEBS J. 2009 Nov; 276(22):6537-47. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07351.x. Epub 2009 Oct 5"