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J Insect Sci

Title:		Characterization of Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Takeout Genes and Their Differential Responses to Insecticides and Sex Pheromone
Author(s):		Lin X; Zhang L; Jiang Y;
Address:		"College of Life Sciences, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China"
Journal Title:		J Insect Sci
Year:		2017
Volume:		17
Issue:		4
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.1093/jisesa/iex061
ISSN/ISBN:		1536-2442 (Electronic) 1536-2442 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Spodoptera litura (S. litura) is one of the most serious agricultural insect pests worldwide. Takeout (TO) is involved in a variety of physiological and biochemical pathways and performs various biological functions. We characterized 18 S. litura TO genes and investigated their differential responses to insecticides and sex pheromones. All predicted TO proteins have two Cysteines that are unique to the N-terminal of the TO family proteins and contain four highly conserved Prolines, two Glycines, and one Tyrosine. The expression levels of seven TO genes in the male antennae were higher than those in the female antennae, although the expression levels of 10 TO genes in the female were higher than those in the male. We investigated the effects of the sex pheromone and three insecticides, that is, chlorpyrifos (Ch), emamectin benzoate (EB), and fipronil (Fi), on the expression levels of the TO genes in the antennae. The results showed that the insecticides and sex pheromone affect the expression levels of the TO genes. One day after the treatment, the expression levels of SlTO15 and SlTO4 were significantly induced by the Ch/EB treatment. Two days after the S. litura moths were treated with Fi, the expression of SlTO4 was significantly induced (28.35-fold). The expression of SlTO10 changed significantly after the Ch and EB treatment, although the expression of SlTO12 and SlTO15 was inhibited by the three insecticides after two days of treatment. Our results lay a foundation for studying the role of TO genes in the interaction between insecticides and sex pheromone"
Keywords:		"Animals Arthropod Antennae/metabolism Female Gene Expression Genes, Insect Insecticide Resistance/*genetics Male Multigene Family Sequence Analysis, DNA Sex Attractants/*physiology Spodoptera/*genetics/metabolism Spodoptera litura chlorpyrifos emamectin b;"
Notes:		"MedlineLin, Xinda Zhang, Ling Jiang, Yanyun eng 2017/10/04 J Insect Sci. 2017 Jul 1; 17(4):80. doi: 10.1093/jisesa/iex061"