简介：【目的】为探究转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花对异色瓢虫生长发育及其捕食功能的影响。【方法】以转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉与其亲本常规棉为实验材料,利用取食不同棉花品种叶片的棉铃虫饲喂异色瓢虫幼虫。【结果】与常规亲本棉相比,取食饲喂转基因棉花叶片的初孵棉铃虫幼虫的异色瓢虫幼虫从1龄发育至化蛹期时间延长0.77d,但差异不显著;除1龄幼虫体重增加(0.0773mg)外,其余各龄期幼虫体重均有所下降,但差异均不显著;异色瓢虫1、2、3、4龄幼虫对初孵棉铃虫捕食量均随棉铃虫密度的增加而增加,捕食功能反应均符合HollingⅡ圆盘方程。【结论】转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花对异色瓢虫生长发育无显著影响,饲喂取食转Cry1Ac/1Ab基因棉花的棉铃虫对异色瓢虫捕食功能无显著差异。

简介：Themechanismsofmagnetoreceptionhavebeenproposedasthemagnetitebased,thechemicalradical-pairandbiocompassmodel,inwhichmagnetiteparticles,thecryptochrome(Cry)oriron-sulfurclusterassembly1(IscA1)maybeinvolved.However,littleisknownabouttheassociationamongthemolecules.HereweinvestigatedthemolecularcharacterizationandthemRNAexpressionofIscA1indifferentdevelopmentalstages,tissuesandmagneticfieldsinthemigratorybrownplanthopper(BPH),Nilaparvatalugens.NlIscA1containsanopenreadingframeof390bp,encodingaminoacidsof129,withthepredictedmolecularweightof14.0kDaandtheisoelectricpointof9.10.Well-conservedFe-Sclusterbindingsiteswereobservedinthepredictedprotein.PhylogeneticanalysisdemonstratedNlIscA1tobeclusteredintotheinsect'sIscA1.NlIscA1showedup-regulatedmRNAexpressionduringtheperiodofmigration.ThemRNAexpressionofNlIscA1couldbedetectedinallthethreetissuesofhead,thoraxandabdomen,withthehighestexpressionlevelintheabdomen.ForthemacropterousmigratoryNilaparvatalugens,mRNAexpressionofNlIscA1andN.lugenscryptochromel(Nlcry1)wereup-regulatedunderthemagneticfieldsof5Gaussand10Gaussinstrength(vs.localgeomagneticfield),whileN.lugenscryptochrome2(Nlcry2)remainedstable.Forthebrachyterousnon-migratoryNilaparvatalugens,nosignificantchangeswerefoundinmRNAexpressionofNlIscA1,Nlcry1andNlcry2amongdifferentmagneticfields.ThesefindingspreliminarilyrevealthattheexpressionofNlIscA1andNlcry1exhibitedcoordinatedresponsestothemagneticfield.Itsuggestssomepotentialassociationsamongtheputativemagneto-sensitivemoleculesofcryptochromeandiron-sulfurclusterassembly.

简介：Theinsectcuticleplaysimportantrolesinnumerousphysiologicalfunctionstoprotectthebodyfrominvasionofpathogens,physicalinjuryanddehydration.Inthisreport,weconductedacomprehensivegenome-widesearchforgenesencodingproteinswithperitrophinA-type(ChtBD2)chitin-bindingdomain(CBD)inthesilkworm,Bombyxmori.Oneofthesegenes,whichencodesthecuticleproteinBmCBP1,wasadditionallycloned,anditsexpressionandlocationduringtheprocessofdevelopmentandmoltinginB.moriwereinvestigated.Intotal,46protein-codinggeneswereidentifiedinthesilkwormgenome,includingthoseencoding15cuticleproteinsanalogoustoperitrophinswithoneCBD(CPAP1s),ninecuticleproteinsanalogoustoperitrophinswiththreeCBD(CPAP3s),15peritrophicmembraneproteins(PMPs),fourchitinases,andthreechitindeacetylases,whichcontainedatleastoneChtBD2domain.MicroarrayanalysisindicatedthatCPAP-encodinggeneswerewidelyexpressedinvarioustissues,whereasPMPgeneswerehighlyexpressedinthemidgut.QuantitativepolymerasechainreactionandwesternblottingshowedthatthecuticleproteinBmCBP1washighlyexpressedintheepidermisandhead,particularlyduringmoltingandmetamorphosis.Animmunofluorescencestudyrevealedthatchitinco-localizedwithBmCBP1attheepidermalsurfaceduringmolting.Additionally,BmCBP1wasnotablyup-regulatedby20-hydroxyecdysonetreatment.Theseresultsprovideagenome-levelviewofthechitin-bindingproteininsilkwormandsuggestthatBmCBP1participatesintheformationofthenewcuticleduringmolting.

简介：Pheromone-bindingproteins(PBPs)arethoughttobindandtransportsexpheromonesontotheolfactoryreceptorsonthedendritemembraneofolfactoryneurons,andthusplayavitalroleinsexpheromoneperception.However,thefunctionofPBPshasrarelybeendemonstratedinvivo.Inthisstudy,twoPBPs(PBP1andPBP3)ofChilosuppressalis,oneofthemostnotoriouspyralidpests,wereinvivofunctionallycharacterizedusinginsectswiththePBPgeneknockedoutbytheCRISPR/Cas9system.First,throughdirectinjectionofPBP-singleguideRNA(sgRNA)/Cas9messengerRNAintonewlylaideggs,ahighrateoftarget-geneediting(checkedwithpolledeggs)wasinducedat24hafterinjection,21.3%forPBPl-sgRNAinjectedeggsand19.5%forPBP3-sgRNAinjectedeggs.Second,byanin-crossingstrategy,insectswithmutantPBP1orPBP3(bothwithaprematurestopcodon)werescreenedandhomozygousmutantswereobtainedintheG3generation.Third,themutantinsectsweremeasuredforelectroantennogram(EAG)responsetofemalesexpheromones.Asaresult,bothPBPmutantmalesdisplayedsignificantreductioninEAGresponse,andthisreductioninPBP1mutantswashigherthanthatinPBP3mutants,indicatingamoreimportantroleofPBP1.Finally,therelativeimportanceoftwoPBPsandthepossibleofftargeteffectinducedbysgRNA-injectionarediscussed.Takentogether,ourstudyprovidesadeeperinsightintothefunctionofandinteractionbetweendifferentPBPgenesinsexpheromoneperceptionofC.suppressalis,aswellasavaluablereferenceinmethodologyforgenefunctionalstudyinothergenesandothermothspecies.