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Neotrop Entomol

Title:		"Identification and Expression Profile of Two Putative Odorant-Binding Proteins from the Neotropical Brown Stink Bug, Euschistus heros (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)"
Author(s):		Farias LR; Paula DP; Zhou JJ; Liu R; Pappas GJ; Moraes MC; Laumann RA; Borges M; Birkett MA; Pickett JA; Field LM; Bao SN;
Address:		"Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Univ de Brasilia, Campus Universitario Darcy Ribeiro, Brasilia, DF, Brasil. fariaslr@gmail.com. Embrapa Recursos Geneticos e Biotecnologia, Brasilia, DF, Brasil. fariaslr@gmail.com. Embrapa Recursos Geneticos e Biotecnologia, Brasilia, DF, Brasil. Dept of Biological Chemistry and Crop Protection, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Univ de Brasilia, Campus Universitario Darcy Ribeiro, Brasilia, DF, Brasil"
Journal Title:		Neotrop Entomol
Year:		2014
Volume:		20140306
Issue:		2
Page Number:		106 - 114
DOI:		10.1007/s13744-013-0187-4
ISSN/ISBN:		1678-8052 (Electronic) 1519-566X (Linking)
Abstract:		"This work presents the first identification of putative odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) from a member of the Pentatomidae, i.e. the brown stink bug Euschistus heros (Fabricius), an important pest of soybean in Brazil. Antennae from both sexes of E. heros adults (12 days old and unmated) were used to construct a cDNA library, from which two transcripts encoding putative E. heros OBPs (EherOBPs) were identified. The expression levels of EherOBP1 and EherOBP2 were found to be higher in male antennae than in female and there was difference in expression in legs, wings, and abdomens of the two sexes. The histolocalization of EherOBP1 and EherOBP2 transcripts in antennae also showed a sexual dimorphism in the chemoreception system, with different expression sites in the antennal segments between males and females, occurring predominantly at the base of the sensillum. The implications of these findings for stink bug chemoreception are discussed"
Keywords:		"Animals Brazil Female Heteroptera/*chemistry Male Receptors, Odorant/*analysis/metabolism Soybeans Antennae amphipathic proteins chemoreception olfaction semiochemicals sensillum;"
Notes:		"MedlineFarias, L R Paula, D P Zhou, J J Liu, R Pappas, G J Jr Moraes, M C B Laumann, R A Borges, M Birkett, M A Pickett, J A Field, L M Bao, S N eng Netherlands 2014/04/01 Neotrop Entomol. 2014 Apr; 43(2):106-14. doi: 10.1007/s13744-013-0187-4. Epub 2014 Mar 6"