| Title: | Analysis of the Antennal Transcriptome and Insights into Olfactory Genes in Hyphantria cunea (Drury) |
| Author(s): | Zhang LW; Kang K; Jiang SC; Zhang YN; Wang TT; Zhang J; Sun L; Yang YQ; Huang CC; Jiang LY; Ding DG; |
| Address: | "Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Control, School of Forestry & Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, 230036, China. College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei, 235000, China. Forest Pests Control and Quarantine Bureau of Anhui Province, Hefei, 230001, China" |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0164729 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1932-6203 (Electronic) 1932-6203 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) is an invasive insect pest which, in China, causes unprecedented damage and economic losses due to its extreme fecundity and wide host range, including forest and shade trees, and even crops. Compared to the better known lepidopteran species which use Type-I pheromones, little is known at the molecular level about the olfactory mechanisms of host location and mate choice in H. cunea, a species using Type-II lepidopteran pheromones. In the present study, the H. cunea antennal transcriptome was constructed by Illumina Hiseq 2500TM sequencing, with the aim of discovering olfaction-related genes. We obtained 64,020,776 clean reads, and 59,243 unigenes from the analysis of the transcriptome, and the putative gene functions were annotated using gene ontology (GO) annotation. We further identified 124 putative chemosensory unigenes based on homology searches and phylogenetic analysis, including 30 odorant binding proteins (OBPs), 17 chemosensory proteins (CSPs), 52 odorant receptors (ORs), 14 ionotropic receptors (IRs), nine gustatory receptors (GRs) and two sensory neuron membrane proteins (SNMPs). We also found many conserved motif patterns of OBPs and CSPs using a MEME system. Moreover, we systematically analyzed expression patterns of OBPs and CSPs based on reverse transcription PCR and quantitative real time PCR (RT-qPCR) with RNA extracted from different tissues and life stages of both sexes in H. cunea. The antennae-biased expression may provide a deeper further understanding of olfactory processing in H. cunea. The first ever identification of olfactory genes in H. cunea may provide new leads for control of this major pest" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Arthropod Antennae/*metabolism Female Insect Proteins/classification/genetics/metabolism Male Moths/*genetics Nerve Tissue Proteins/classification/genetics/metabolism Phylogeny RNA/chemistry/isolation & purification/metabolism Receptors, Ionotropi;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineZhang, Long-Wa Kang, Ke Jiang, Shi-Chang Zhang, Ya-Nan Wang, Tian-Tian Zhang, Jing Sun, Long Yang, Yun-Qiu Huang, Chang-Chun Jiang, Li-Ya Ding, De-Gui eng 2016/10/16 PLoS One. 2016 Oct 14; 11(10):e0164729. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164729. eCollection 2016" |
