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Hadiatullah H, Zhang Y, Samurkas A, Xie Y, Sundarraj R, Zuilhof H, Qiao J, Yuchi Z. Recent progress in the structural study of ion channels as insecticide targets. INSECT SCIENCE 2022; 29:1522-1551. [PMID: 35575601 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.13032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Ion channels, many expressed in insect neural and muscular systems, have drawn huge attention as primary targets of insecticides. With the recent technical breakthroughs in structural biology, especially in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), many new high-resolution structures of ion channel targets, apo or in complex with insecticides, have been solved, shedding light on the molecular mechanism of action of the insecticides and resistance mutations. These structures also provide accurate templates for structure-based insecticide screening and rational design. This review summarizes the recent progress in the structural studies of 5 ion channel families: the ryanodine receptor (RyR), the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR), the voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC), the transient receptor potential (TRP) channel, and the ligand-gated chloride channel (LGCC). We address the selectivity of the channel-targeting insecticides by examining the conservation of key coordinating residues revealed by the structures. The possible resistance mechanisms are proposed based on the locations of the identified resistance mutations on the 3D structures of the target channels and their impacts on the binding of insecticides. Finally, we discuss how to develop "green" insecticides with a novel mode of action based on these high-resolution structures to overcome the resistance.
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- Hadiatullah Hadiatullah
- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital; National Clinical Research Center for Cancer; Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin; Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China
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Hart AF, Verbeeck J, Ariza D, Cejas D, Ghisbain G, Honchar H, Radchenko VG, Straka J, Ljubomirov T, Lecocq T, Dániel-Ferreira J, Flaminio S, Bortolotti L, Karise R, Meeus I, Smagghe G, Vereecken N, Vandamme P, Michez D, Maebe K. Signals of adaptation to agricultural stress in the genomes of two European bumblebees. Front Genet 2022; 13:993416. [PMID: 36276969 PMCID: PMC9579324 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.993416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Human-induced environmental impacts on wildlife are widespread, causing major biodiversity losses. One major threat is agricultural intensification, typically characterised by large areas of monoculture, mechanical tillage, and the use of agrochemicals. Intensification leads to the fragmentation and loss of natural habitats, native vegetation, and nesting and breeding sites. Understanding the adaptability of insects to these changing environmental conditions is critical to predicting their survival. Bumblebees, key pollinators of wild and cultivated plants, are used as model species to assess insect adaptation to anthropogenic stressors. We investigated the effects of agricultural pressures on two common European bumblebees, Bombus pascuorum and B. lapidarius. Restriction-site Associated DNA Sequencing was used to identify loci under selective pressure across agricultural-natural gradients over 97 locations in Europe. 191 unique loci in B. pascuorum and 260 in B. lapidarius were identified as under selective pressure, and associated with agricultural stressors. Further investigation suggested several candidate proteins including several neurodevelopment, muscle, and detoxification proteins, but these have yet to be validated. These results provide insights into agriculture as a stressor for bumblebees, and signal for conservation action in light of ongoing anthropogenic changes.
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- Alex F. Hart
- Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Plants and Crops, Lab of Agrozoology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Plants and Crops, Lab of Agrozoology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Plants and Crops, Lab of Agrozoology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Gamboa, Panama
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- Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Institute for Evolutionary Ecology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Praha, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research—Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Université de Lorraine, INRAE, URAFPA, Nancy, France
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Bologna, Italy
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- Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, Bologna, Italy
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- Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
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- Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Plants and Crops, Lab of Agrozoology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Plants and Crops, Lab of Agrozoology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Agroecology Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
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- Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Plants and Crops, Lab of Agrozoology, Ghent, Belgium
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Wang H, Duan W, Gao R, Li F, Yang L, Li W, Yin X, Wu S. Unique post-translational modifications diversify the sodium channels in peach aphid (Myzus persicae [Sulzer]). PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2021; 77:4521-4529. [PMID: 34041843 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Myzus persicae (Sulzer), a worldwide pest, has caused remarkable damage to agriculture. Among the various control methods, chemical control (especially pyrethroids) is most commonly used. The targets of pyrethroids are voltage-gated sodium channels (Nav s). Unlike those of other insects, all Nav s of aphids (including two genes), such as Myzus persicae, are unique. RESULTS In this study, three interlock patterns, I(918)-F(1014), L(918)-L(1014), and T(918)-F(1014), were found at sites 918 and 1014 in the sensitive Myzus persicae strain. Similar to that of other aphids, the Nav of Myzus persicae (MpNav ) consisted of two parts, that is MpNav -I and MpNav -II, which were embedded with an atypical 'DENS' ion selectivity filter and a conventional 'MFM' inactivation gate, respectively. MpNav had 11 alternative exons, including two mutually exclusive exons (k and l) and three exons (w, x, and t), which were located in domains I and III, respectively. In addition, various RNA editing events, A503T and V588A, appearing between the connection of domains I and II and the S3 of domain IV, respectively, had been described. CONCLUSION Overall, MpNav was characterized by unique post-translational regulation mode, 918 and 1014 interlocks, and unusually alternative exons. Our research provides a new perspective on the evolution and variation of insect Nav s. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Hao Wang
- Hainan University, The Innovation Team of Research, Development, and Application of Key Technologies for Safe Production of Tropical Crops, Haikou, China
- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Hainan University, The Innovation Team of Research, Development, and Application of Key Technologies for Safe Production of Tropical Crops, Haikou, China
- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Hainan University, The Innovation Team of Research, Development, and Application of Key Technologies for Safe Production of Tropical Crops, Haikou, China
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- Hainan University, The Innovation Team of Research, Development, and Application of Key Technologies for Safe Production of Tropical Crops, Haikou, China
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- Hainan University, The Innovation Team of Research, Development, and Application of Key Technologies for Safe Production of Tropical Crops, Haikou, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Hainan University, The Innovation Team of Research, Development, and Application of Key Technologies for Safe Production of Tropical Crops, Haikou, China
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Fux JE, Mehta A, Moffat J, Spafford JD. Eukaryotic Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels: On Their Origins, Asymmetries, Losses, Diversification and Adaptations. Front Physiol 2018; 9:1406. [PMID: 30519187 PMCID: PMC6259924 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The appearance of voltage-gated, sodium-selective channels with rapid gating kinetics was a limiting factor in the evolution of nervous systems. Two rounds of domain duplications generated a common 24 transmembrane segment (4 × 6 TM) template that is shared amongst voltage-gated sodium (Nav1 and Nav2) and calcium channels (Cav1, Cav2, and Cav3) and leak channel (NALCN) plus homologs from yeast, different single-cell protists (heterokont and unikont) and algae (green and brown). A shared architecture in 4 × 6 TM channels include an asymmetrical arrangement of extended extracellular L5/L6 turrets containing a 4-0-2-2 pattern of cysteines, glycosylated residues, a universally short III-IV cytoplasmic linker and often a recognizable, C-terminal PDZ binding motif. Six intron splice junctions are conserved in the first domain, including a rare U12-type of the minor spliceosome provides support for a shared heritage for sodium and calcium channels, and a separate lineage for NALCN. The asymmetrically arranged pores of 4x6 TM channels allows for a changeable ion selectivity by means of a single lysine residue change in the high field strength site of the ion selectivity filter in Domains II or III. Multicellularity and the appearance of systems was an impetus for Nav1 channels to adapt to sodium ion selectivity and fast ion gating. A non-selective, and slowly gating Nav2 channel homolog in single cell eukaryotes, predate the diversification of Nav1 channels from a basal homolog in a common ancestor to extant cnidarians to the nine vertebrate Nav1.x channel genes plus Nax. A close kinship between Nav2 and Nav1 homologs is evident in the sharing of most (twenty) intron splice junctions. Different metazoan groups have lost their Nav1 channel genes altogether, while vertebrates rapidly expanded their gene numbers. The expansion in vertebrate Nav1 channel genes fills unique functional niches and generates overlapping properties contributing to redundancies. Specific nervous system adaptations include cytoplasmic linkers with phosphorylation sites and tethered elements to protein assemblies in First Initial Segments and nodes of Ranvier. Analogous accessory beta subunit appeared alongside Nav1 channels within different animal sub-phyla. Nav1 channels contribute to pace-making as persistent or resurgent currents, the former which is widespread across animals, while the latter is a likely vertebrate adaptation.
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- Julia E Fux
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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Signor S, Nuzhdin S. Dynamic changes in gene expression and alternative splicing mediate the response to acute alcohol exposure in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity (Edinb) 2018; 121:342-360. [PMID: 30143789 PMCID: PMC6133934 DOI: 10.1038/s41437-018-0136-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Revised: 06/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Environmental changes typically cause rapid gene expression responses in the exposed organisms, including changes in the representation of gene isoforms with different functions or properties. Identifying the genes that respond to environmental change, including in genotype-specific ways, is an important step in treating the undesirable physiological effects of stress, such as exposure to toxins or ethanol. Ethanol is a unique environmental stress in that chronic exposure results in permanent physiological changes and the development of alcohol use disorders. Drosophila is a classic model for deciphering the mechanisms of the response to alcohol exposure, as it meets the criteria for the development of alcohol use disorders, and has similar physiological underpinnings with vertebrates. Because many studies on the response to ethanol have relied on a priori candidate genes, broad surveys of gene expression and splicing are required and have been investigated here. Further, we expose Drosophila to ethanol in an environment that is genetically, socially, and ecologically relevant. Both expression and splicing differences, inasmuch as they can be decomposed, contribute to the response to ethanol in Drosophila melanogaster. However, we find that while D. melanogaster responds to ethanol, there is very little genetic variation in how it responds to ethanol. In addition, the response to alcohol over time is dynamic, suggesting that incorporating time into studies on the response to the environment is important.
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- Sarah Signor
- Department of Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Ghezzi A, Li X, Lew LK, Wijesekera TP, Atkinson NS. Alcohol-Induced Neuroadaptation Is Orchestrated by the Histone Acetyltransferase CBP. Front Mol Neurosci 2017; 10:103. [PMID: 28442993 PMCID: PMC5387060 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2017] [Accepted: 03/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Homeostatic neural adaptations to alcohol underlie the production of alcohol tolerance and the associated symptoms of withdrawal. These adaptations have been shown to persist for relatively long periods of time and are believed to be of central importance in promoting the addictive state. In Drosophila, a single exposure to alcohol results in long-lasting alcohol tolerance and symptoms of withdrawal following alcohol clearance. These persistent adaptations involve mechanisms such as long-lasting changes in gene expression and perhaps epigenetic restructuring of chromosomal regions. Histone modifications have emerged as important modulators of gene expression and are thought to orchestrate and maintain the expression of multi-gene networks. Previously genes that contribute to tolerance were identified as those that show alcohol-induced changes in histone H4 acetylation following a single alcohol exposure. However, the molecular mediator of the acetylation process that orchestrates their expression remains unknown. Here we show that the Drosophila ortholog of mammalian CBP, nejire, is the histone acetyltransferase involved in regulatory changes producing tolerance—alcohol induces nejire expression, nejire mutations suppress tolerance, and transgenic nejire induction mimics tolerance in alcohol-naive animals. Moreover, we observed that a loss-of-function mutation in the alcohol tolerance gene slo epistatically suppresses the effects of CBP induction on alcohol resistance, linking nejire to a well-established alcohol tolerance gene network. We propose that CBP is a central regulator of the network of genes underlying an alcohol adaptation.
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- Alfredo Ghezzi
- Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras CampusSan Juan, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Neuroscience and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX, USA
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Jiang XZ, Pei YX, Lei W, Wang KY, Shang F, Jiang HB, Wang JJ. Characterization of an insect heterodimeric voltage-gated sodium channel with unique alternative splicing mode. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2017; 203:149-158. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2016.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2016] [Revised: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Ghezzi A, Zomeno M, Pietrzykowski AZ, Atkinson NS. Immediate-early alcohol-responsive miRNA expression in Drosophila. J Neurogenet 2016; 30:195-204. [PMID: 27845601 DOI: 10.1080/01677063.2016.1252764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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At the core of the changes characteristic of alcoholism are alterations in gene expression in the brain of the addicted individual. These changes are believed to underlie some of the neuroadaptations that promote compulsive drinking. Unfortunately, the mechanisms by which alcohol consumption produces changes in gene expression remain poorly understood. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as important regulators of gene expression because they can coordinately modulate the translation efficiency of large sets of specific mRNAs. Here, we investigate the early miRNA responses elicited by an acute sedating dose of alcohol in the Drosophila model organism. In our analysis, we combine the power of next-generation sequencing with Drosophila genetics to identify alcohol-sensitive miRNAs and to functionally test them for a role in modulating alcohol sensitivity. We identified 14 known Drosophila miRNAs, and 13 putative novel miRNAs that respond to an acute sedative exposure to alcohol. Using the GeneSwitch Gal4/UAS system, a subset of these ethanol-responsive miRNAs was functionally tested to determine their individual contribution in modulating ethanol sensitivity. We identified two microRNAs that when overexpressed significantly increased ethanol sensitivity: miR-6 and miR-310. MicroRNA target prediction analysis revealed that the different alcohol-responsive miRNAs target-overlapping sets of mRNAs. Alcoholism is the product of accumulated cellular changes produced by chronic ethanol consumption. Although all of the changes described herein are extremely rapid responses evoked by a single ethanol exposure, understanding the gene expression changes that occur in the first few minutes after ethanol exposure will help us to categorize ethanol responses into those that are near instantaneous and those that are emergent responses produced only by repeated ethanol exposure.
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- Alfredo Ghezzi
- a Department of Biology , University of Puerto Rico , Rio Piedras, San Juan , Puerto Rico
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- b Department of Neuroscience and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research , The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , TX , USA
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- c The Biologically Inspired Neural and Dynamical Systems (BINDS) Lab, Department of Computer Science , University of Massachusetts Amherst , Amherst , MA , USA
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- b Department of Neuroscience and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research , The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , TX , USA
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Papanicolaou A, Schetelig MF, Arensburger P, Atkinson PW, Benoit JB, Bourtzis K, Castañera P, Cavanaugh JP, Chao H, Childers C, Curril I, Dinh H, Doddapaneni H, Dolan A, Dugan S, Friedrich M, Gasperi G, Geib S, Georgakilas G, Gibbs RA, Giers SD, Gomulski LM, González-Guzmán M, Guillem-Amat A, Han Y, Hatzigeorgiou AG, Hernández-Crespo P, Hughes DST, Jones JW, Karagkouni D, Koskinioti P, Lee SL, Malacrida AR, Manni M, Mathiopoulos K, Meccariello A, Munoz-Torres M, Murali SC, Murphy TD, Muzny DM, Oberhofer G, Ortego F, Paraskevopoulou MD, Poelchau M, Qu J, Reczko M, Robertson HM, Rosendale AJ, Rosselot AE, Saccone G, Salvemini M, Savini G, Schreiner P, Scolari F, Siciliano P, Sim SB, Tsiamis G, Ureña E, Vlachos IS, Werren JH, Wimmer EA, Worley KC, Zacharopoulou A, Richards S, Handler AM. The whole genome sequence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reveals insights into the biology and adaptive evolution of a highly invasive pest species. Genome Biol 2016; 17:192. [PMID: 27659211 PMCID: PMC5034548 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-1049-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Background The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata, is a major destructive insect pest due to its broad host range, which includes hundreds of fruits and vegetables. It exhibits a unique ability to invade and adapt to ecological niches throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world, though medfly infestations have been prevented and controlled by the sterile insect technique (SIT) as part of integrated pest management programs (IPMs). The genetic analysis and manipulation of medfly has been subject to intensive study in an effort to improve SIT efficacy and other aspects of IPM control. Results The 479 Mb medfly genome is sequenced from adult flies from lines inbred for 20 generations. A high-quality assembly is achieved having a contig N50 of 45.7 kb and scaffold N50 of 4.06 Mb. In-depth curation of more than 1800 messenger RNAs shows specific gene expansions that can be related to invasiveness and host adaptation, including gene families for chemoreception, toxin and insecticide metabolism, cuticle proteins, opsins, and aquaporins. We identify genes relevant to IPM control, including those required to improve SIT. Conclusions The medfly genome sequence provides critical insights into the biology of one of the most serious and widespread agricultural pests. This knowledge should significantly advance the means of controlling the size and invasive potential of medfly populations. Its close relationship to Drosophila, and other insect species important to agriculture and human health, will further comparative functional and structural studies of insect genomes that should broaden our understanding of gene family evolution. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13059-016-1049-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Alexie Papanicolaou
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
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- Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Institute for Insect Biotechnology, 35394, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, CA, 91768, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Center for Disease Vector Research, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA.,Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA
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- Insect Pest Control Laboratory, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Seibersdorf, Vienna, Austria.,Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Patras, Agrinio, Greece
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institut für Zoologie und Anthropologie, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- USDA-ARS, Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Hilo, HI, 96720, USA
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- DIANA-Lab, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, 382 21 Volos, Greece and Hellenic Pasteur Institute, 11521, Athens, Greece
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- DIANA-Lab, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, 382 21 Volos, Greece and Hellenic Pasteur Institute, 11521, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 48309, USA
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- DIANA-Lab, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, 382 21 Volos, Greece and Hellenic Pasteur Institute, 11521, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institut für Zoologie und Anthropologie, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- DIANA-Lab, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, 382 21 Volos, Greece and Hellenic Pasteur Institute, 11521, Athens, Greece
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- National Agricultural Library, USDA, Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Biomedical Sciences Research Centre "Alexander Fleming", Vari, Greece
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- Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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- USDA-ARS, Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Hilo, HI, 96720, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Patras, Agrinio, Greece
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- DIANA-Lab, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Thessaly, 382 21 Volos, Greece and Hellenic Pasteur Institute, 11521, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA
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- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institut für Zoologie und Anthropologie, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- USDA-ARS, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, 1700 S.W. 23rd Drive, Gainesville, FL, 32608, USA.
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Gosselin-Badaroudine P, Moreau A, Simard L, Cens T, Rousset M, Collet C, Charnet P, Chahine M. Biophysical characterization of the honeybee DSC1 orthologue reveals a novel voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel subfamily: CaV4. J Gen Physiol 2016; 148:133-45. [PMID: 27432995 PMCID: PMC4969797 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201611614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Insect DSC1 channels have sequences that are intermediate between voltage-gated Na+ and Ca2+ channels but have hitherto been classified as the former. Gosselin-Badaroudine et al. clone and characterize honeybee DSC1, revealing high selectivity for Ca2+ and suggesting reclassification of DSC1 homologues as Ca2+ channels. Bilaterian voltage-gated Na+ channels (NaV) evolved from voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (CaV). The Drosophila melanogaster Na+ channel 1 (DSC1), which features a D-E-E-A selectivity filter sequence that is intermediate between CaV and NaV channels, is evidence of this evolution. Phylogenetic analysis has classified DSC1 as a Ca2+-permeable Na+ channel belonging to the NaV2 family because of its sequence similarity with NaV channels. This is despite insect NaV2 channels (DSC1 and its orthologue in Blatella germanica, BSC1) being more permeable to Ca2+ than Na+. In this study, we report the cloning and molecular characterization of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) DSC1 orthologue. We reveal several sequence variations caused by alternative splicing, RNA editing, and genomic variations. Using the Xenopus oocyte heterologous expression system and the two-microelectrode voltage-clamp technique, we find that the channel exhibits slow activation and inactivation kinetics, insensitivity to tetrodotoxin, and block by Cd2+ and Zn2+. These characteristics are reminiscent of CaV channels. We also show a strong selectivity for Ca2+ and Ba2+ ions, marginal permeability to Li+, and impermeability to Mg2+ and Na+ ions. Based on current ion channel nomenclature, the D-E-E-A selectivity filter, and the properties we have uncovered, we propose that DSC1 homologues should be classified as CaV4 rather than NaV2. Indeed, channels that contain the D-E-E-A selectivity sequence are likely to feature the same properties as the honeybee’s channel, namely slow activation and inactivation kinetics and strong selectivity for Ca2+ ions.
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- Centre de Recherche, Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec G1J 2G3, Canada
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- Centre de Recherche, Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec G1J 2G3, Canada
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5247, 1919 Montpellier, France
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5247, 1919 Montpellier, France
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- INRA UR 406, Abeilles et Environnement, Domaine Saint Paul - Site Agroparc, 84914 Avignon, France
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5247, 1919 Montpellier, France
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- Centre de Recherche, Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec G1J 2G3, Canada Department of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec G1K 7P4, Canada
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Bourdin CM, Guérineau NC, Murillo L, Quinchard S, Dong K, Legros C. Molecular and functional characterization of a novel sodium channel TipE-like auxiliary subunit from the American cockroach Periplaneta americana. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 66:136-144. [PMID: 26524962 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Revised: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In Drosophila melanogaster, the functions of voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels are modulated by TipE and its orthologs. Here, we describe a novel TipE homolog of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, called PaTipE. Like DmTipE, PaTipE mRNAs are ubiquitously expressed. Surprisingly, PaTipE mRNA was undetectable in neurosecretory cells identified as dorsal unpaired median neurons. Phylogenetic analysis placed this new sequence in TipE clade, indicating an independent evolution from a common ancestor. Contrary to previous reports, our data indicate that the auxiliary subunits of insect Nav channels are very distant from the mammalian BKCa auxiliary subunits. To decipher the functional roles of PaTipE, we characterized the gating properties of DmNav1-1 channels co-expressed with DmTipE or PaTipE, in Xenopus oocytes. Compared to DmTipE, PaTipE increased Na(+) currents by a 4.2-fold. The voltage-dependence of steady-state fast inactivation of DmNav1-1/PaTipE channels was shifted by 5.8 mV to more negative potentials than that of DmNav1-1/DmTipE channels. DmNav1-1/PaTipE channels recovered 3.2-fold slower from the fast-inactivated state than DmNav1-1/DmTipE channels. In conclusion, this study supports that the insect Nav auxiliary subunits share functional features with their mammalian counterparts, although structurally and phylogenetically distant.
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- Céline M Bourdin
- Laboratoire Récepteurs et Canaux Ioniques Membranaires (RCIM), UPRES EA 2647/USC, INRA 1330, SFR QUASAV n° 4207, Université d'Angers, UFR Sciences, 2 boulevard Lavoisier, F-49045, Angers Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Neurovasculaire et Mitochondriale Intégrée, CNRS UMR 6214, INSERM U1083, UFR de Sciences Médicales, Université d'Angers, rue Haute de Reculée, F-49045, Angers Cedex, France; Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, UMR CNRS 5203, INSERM U661, Université de Montpellier, 141 rue de la Cardonille, F-34094, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Laboratoire Récepteurs et Canaux Ioniques Membranaires (RCIM), UPRES EA 2647/USC, INRA 1330, SFR QUASAV n° 4207, Université d'Angers, UFR Sciences, 2 boulevard Lavoisier, F-49045, Angers Cedex, France; Laboratoire LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS Université de La Rochelle, Institut du Littoral et de l'Environnement, 2 rue Olympe de Gouges, F-17000, La Rochelle, France
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- Laboratoire Récepteurs et Canaux Ioniques Membranaires (RCIM), UPRES EA 2647/USC, INRA 1330, SFR QUASAV n° 4207, Université d'Angers, UFR Sciences, 2 boulevard Lavoisier, F-49045, Angers Cedex, France
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- Department of Entomology, Genetics and Neuroscience Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 106 CIPS, MI 48824, USA
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Neurovasculaire et Mitochondriale Intégrée, CNRS UMR 6214, INSERM U1083, UFR de Sciences Médicales, Université d'Angers, rue Haute de Reculée, F-49045, Angers Cedex, France.
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Pollination is important for both agriculture and biodiversity. For a significant number of plants, this process is highly, and sometimes exclusively, dependent on the pollination activity of honeybees. The large numbers of honeybee colony losses reported in recent years have been attributed to colony collapse disorder. Various hypotheses, including pesticide overuse, have been suggested to explain the disorder. Using the Xenopus oocytes expression system and two microelectrode voltage-clamp, we report the functional expression and the molecular, biophysical, and pharmacological characterization of the western honeybee’s sodium channel (Apis Mellifera NaV1). The NaV1 channel is the primary target for pyrethroid insecticides in insect pests. We further report that the honeybee’s channel is also sensitive to permethrin and fenvalerate, respectively type I and type II pyrethroid insecticides. Molecular docking of these insecticides revealed a binding site that is similar to sites previously identified in other insects. We describe in vitro and in silico tools that can be used to test chemical compounds. Our findings could be used to assess the risks that current and next generation pesticides pose to honeybee populations.
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Günay C, Sieling FH, Dharmar L, Lin WH, Wolfram V, Marley R, Baines RA, Prinz AA. Distal spike initiation zone location estimation by morphological simulation of ionic current filtering demonstrated in a novel model of an identified Drosophila motoneuron. PLoS Comput Biol 2015; 11:e1004189. [PMID: 25978332 PMCID: PMC4433181 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Studying ion channel currents generated distally from the recording site is difficult because of artifacts caused by poor space clamp and membrane filtering. A computational model can quantify artifact parameters for correction by simulating the currents only if their exact anatomical location is known. We propose that the same artifacts that confound current recordings can help pinpoint the source of those currents by providing a signature of the neuron’s morphology. This method can improve the recording quality of currents initiated at the spike initiation zone (SIZ) that are often distal to the soma in invertebrate neurons. Drosophila being a valuable tool for characterizing ion currents, we estimated the SIZ location and quantified artifacts in an identified motoneuron, aCC/MN1-Ib, by constructing a novel multicompartmental model. Initial simulation of the measured biophysical channel properties in an isopotential Hodgkin-Huxley type neuron model partially replicated firing characteristics. Adding a second distal compartment, which contained spike-generating Na+ and K+ currents, was sufficient to simulate aCC’s in vivo activity signature. Matching this signature using a reconstructed morphology predicted that the SIZ is on aCC’s primary axon, 70 μm after the most distal dendritic branching point. From SIZ to soma, we observed and quantified selective morphological filtering of fast activating currents. Non-inactivating K+ currents are filtered ∼3 times less and despite their large magnitude at the soma they could be as distal as Na+ currents. The peak of transient component (NaT) of the voltage-activated Na+ current is also filtered more than the magnitude of slower persistent component (NaP), which can contribute to seizures. The corrected NaP/NaT ratio explains the previously observed discrepancy when the same channel is expressed in different cells. In summary, we used an in vivo signature to estimate ion channel location and recording artifacts, which can be applied to other neurons. The study of ion channels is essential both for understanding normal brain function and for finding drug targets to treat neurological disease. Traditional experimental techniques remain challenging for recording ion channel currents accurately because of their locations in the neuron. Computer modeling of the three dimensional structure of neurons can provide a correction estimate for the measurement error introduced by neuronal membranes. To achieve this, we developed a modeling approach to localize, and correct for, distant ion channels. We demonstrated this approach by constructing novel computer models of an identified insect motor neuron, which provides a powerful model for studying the central nervous system. Through the study of electrical activity and genetic manipulations, it has been found that the persistent sodium current contributes to seizure. By modeling three dimensional structure, we were able to predict the location of these currents in the neuron, which were more distal than expected. Localizing sodium channels allowed us to predict their properties at origin, which favorably matched isolated recordings of these channels in more compact cells. This result is important in validating the use of heterologous compact cells to study insect sodium channels, and also demonstrates the usefulness of the presented modeling approach for studying channel physiology more generally.
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- Cengiz Günay
- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Wang L, Du Y, Nomura Y, Dong K. Distinct modulating effects of TipE-homologs 2-4 on Drosophila sodium channel splice variants. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 60:24-32. [PMID: 25744892 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2015.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Revised: 02/13/2015] [Accepted: 02/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The Drosophila melanogaster TipE protein is thought to be an insect sodium channel auxiliary subunit functionally analogous to the β subunits of mammalian sodium channels. Besides TipE, four TipE-homologous proteins (TEH1-4) have been identified. It has been reported that TipE and TEH1 have both common and distinct effects on the gating properties of splice variants of the Drosophila sodium channel, DmNav. However, limited information is available on the effects of TEH2, TEH3 and TEH4 on the function of DmNav channel variants. In this study, we found that TEH2 increased the amplitude of peak current, but did not alter the gating properties of three examined DmNav splice variants expressed in Xenopus oocytes. In contrast, TEH4 had no effect on peak current, yet altered the gating properties of all three channel variants. Furthermore, TEH4 enhanced persistent current and slowed sodium current decay. The effects of TEH3 on DmNav variants are similar to those of TEH4, but the data were collected from a small portion of oocytes because co-expression of TEH3 with DmNav variants generated a large leak current in the majority of oocytes examined. In addition, TEH3 and TEH4 enhanced the expression of endogenous currents in oocytes. Taken together, our results reveal distinct roles of TEH proteins in modulating the function of sodium channels and suggest that TEH proteins might provide an important layer of regulation of membrane excitability in vivo. Our results also raise an intriguing possibility of TEH3/TEH4 as auxiliary subunits of other voltage-gated ion channels besides sodium channels.
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- Lingxin Wang
- Department of Entomology, Genetics and Neuroscience Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Genetics and Neuroscience Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Genetics and Neuroscience Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Genetics and Neuroscience Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA.
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Kadala A, Charreton M, Jakob I, Cens T, Rousset M, Chahine M, Le Conte Y, Charnet P, Collet C. Pyrethroids differentially alter voltage-gated sodium channels from the honeybee central olfactory neurons. PLoS One 2014; 9:e112194. [PMID: 25390654 PMCID: PMC4229128 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 10/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The sensitivity of neurons from the honey bee olfactory system to pyrethroid insecticides was studied using the patch-clamp technique on central ‘antennal lobe neurons’ (ALNs) in cell culture. In these neurons, the voltage-dependent sodium currents are characterized by negative potential for activation, fast kinetics of activation and inactivation, and the presence of cumulative inactivation during train of depolarizations. Perfusion of pyrethroids on these ALN neurons submitted to repetitive stimulations induced (1) an acceleration of cumulative inactivation, and (2) a marked slowing of the tail current recorded upon repolarization. Cypermethrin and permethrin accelerated cumulative inactivation of the sodium current peak in a similar manner and tetramethrin was even more effective. The slow-down of channel deactivation was markedly dependent on the type of pyrethroid. With cypermethrin, a progressive increase of the tail current amplitude along with successive stimulations reveals a traditionally described use-dependent recruitment of modified sodium channels. However, an unexpected decrease in this tail current was revealed with tetramethrin. If one considers the calculated percentage of modified channels as an index of pyrethroids effects, ALNs are significantly more susceptible to tetramethrin than to permethrin or cypermethrin for a single depolarization, but this difference attenuates with repetitive activity. Further comparison with peripheral neurons from antennae suggest that these modifications are neuron type specific. Modeling the sodium channel as a multi-state channel with fast and slow inactivation allows to underline the effects of pyrethroids on a set of rate constants connecting open and inactivated conformations, and give some insights to their specificity. Altogether, our results revealed a differential sensitivity of central olfactory neurons to pyrethroids that emphasize the ability for these compounds to impair detection and processing of information at several levels of the bees olfactory pathway.
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- Aklesso Kadala
- INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Toxicologie Environnementale, Avignon, France
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- INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Toxicologie Environnementale, Avignon, France
- UMT Protection des Abeilles dans l'Environnement, Avignon, France
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- INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Toxicologie Environnementale, Avignon, France
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- CNRS, UMR 5237, Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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- CNRS, UMR 5237, Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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- Department of medicine, Laval University, Québec city, Canada
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- INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Toxicologie Environnementale, Avignon, France
- UMT Protection des Abeilles dans l'Environnement, Avignon, France
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- CNRS, UMR 5237, Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
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- INRA, UR 406 Abeilles et Environnement, Toxicologie Environnementale, Avignon, France
- UMT Protection des Abeilles dans l'Environnement, Avignon, France
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Dong K, Du Y, Rinkevich F, Nomura Y, Xu P, Wang L, Silver K, Zhorov BS. Molecular biology of insect sodium channels and pyrethroid resistance. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 50:1-17. [PMID: 24704279 PMCID: PMC4484874 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2014.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 296] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2014] [Revised: 03/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Voltage-gated sodium channels are essential for the initiation and propagation of the action potential in neurons and other excitable cells. Because of their critical roles in electrical signaling, sodium channels are targets of a variety of naturally occurring and synthetic neurotoxins, including several classes of insecticides. This review is intended to provide an update on the molecular biology of insect sodium channels and the molecular mechanism of pyrethroid resistance. Although mammalian and insect sodium channels share fundamental topological and functional properties, most insect species carry only one sodium channel gene, compared to multiple sodium channel genes found in each mammalian species. Recent studies showed that two posttranscriptional mechanisms, alternative splicing and RNA editing, are involved in generating functional diversity of sodium channels in insects. More than 50 sodium channel mutations have been identified to be responsible for or associated with knockdown resistance (kdr) to pyrethroids in various arthropod pests and disease vectors. Elucidation of molecular mechanism of kdr led to the identification of dual receptor sites of pyrethroids on insect sodium channels. Many of the kdr mutations appear to be located within or close to the two receptor sites. The accumulating knowledge of insect sodium channels and their interactions with insecticides provides a foundation for understanding the neurophysiology of sodium channels in vivo and the development of new and safer insecticides for effective control of arthropod pests and human disease vectors.
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- Ke Dong
- Department of Entomology, Neuroscience and Genetics Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
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- Department of Entomology, Neuroscience and Genetics Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Neuroscience and Genetics Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Neuroscience and Genetics Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Neuroscience and Genetics Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Neuroscience and Genetics Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology & Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Silver KS, Du Y, Nomura Y, Oliveira EE, Salgado VL, Zhorov BS, Dong K. Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels as Insecticide Targets. ADVANCES IN INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 46:389-433. [PMID: 29928068 PMCID: PMC6005695 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-417010-0.00005-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Voltage-gated sodium channels are critical for the generation and propagation of action potentials. They are the primary target of several classes of insecticides, including DDT, pyrethroids and sodium channel blocker insecticides (SCBIs). DDT and pyrethroids preferably bind to open sodium channels and stabilize the open state, causing prolonged currents. In contrast, SCBIs block sodium channels by binding to the inactivated state. Many sodium channel mutations are associated with knockdown resistance (kdr) to DDT and pyrethroids in diverse arthropod pests. Functional characterization of kdr mutations together with computational modelling predicts dual pyrethroid receptor sites on sodium channels. In contrast, the molecular determinants of the SCBI receptor site remain largely unknown. In this review, we summarize current knowledge about the molecular mechanisms of action of pyrethroids and SCBIs, and highlight the differences in the molecular interaction of these insecticides with insect versus mammalian sodium channels.
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- Kristopher S Silver
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Neuroscience and Genetics Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Neuroscience and Genetics Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Vic¸osa, Vic¸osa, Minas Gerais, Brasil
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- BASF Agricultural Products, BASF Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology & Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Entomology, Neuroscience and Genetics Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Ghezzi A, Krishnan HR, Lew L, Prado FJ, Ong DS, Atkinson NS. Alcohol-induced histone acetylation reveals a gene network involved in alcohol tolerance. PLoS Genet 2013; 9:e1003986. [PMID: 24348266 PMCID: PMC3861128 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2013] [Accepted: 10/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Sustained or repeated exposure to sedating drugs, such as alcohol, triggers homeostatic adaptations in the brain that lead to the development of drug tolerance and dependence. These adaptations involve long-term changes in the transcription of drug-responsive genes as well as an epigenetic restructuring of chromosomal regions that is thought to signal and maintain the altered transcriptional state. Alcohol-induced epigenetic changes have been shown to be important in the long-term adaptation that leads to alcohol tolerance and dependence endophenotypes. A major constraint impeding progress is that alcohol produces a surfeit of changes in gene expression, most of which may not make any meaningful contribution to the ethanol response under study. Here we used a novel genomic epigenetic approach to find genes relevant for functional alcohol tolerance by exploiting the commonalities of two chemically distinct alcohols. In Drosophila melanogaster, ethanol and benzyl alcohol induce mutual cross-tolerance, indicating that they share a common mechanism for producing tolerance. We surveyed the genome-wide changes in histone acetylation that occur in response to these drugs. Each drug induces modifications in a large number of genes. The genes that respond similarly to either treatment, however, represent a subgroup enriched for genes important for the common tolerance response. Genes were functionally tested for behavioral tolerance to the sedative effects of ethanol and benzyl alcohol using mutant and inducible RNAi stocks. We identified a network of genes that are essential for the development of tolerance to sedation by alcohol.
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- Alfredo Ghezzi
- Section of Neurobiology and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
- * E-mail: (AG); (NSA)
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- Section of Neurobiology and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Section of Neurobiology and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Section of Neurobiology and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Section of Neurobiology and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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- Section of Neurobiology and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
- * E-mail: (AG); (NSA)
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Bourdin CM, Moignot B, Wang L, Murillo L, Juchaux M, Quinchard S, Lapied B, Guérineau NC, Dong K, Legros C. Intron retention in mRNA encoding ancillary subunit of insect voltage-gated sodium channel modulates channel expression, gating regulation and drug sensitivity. PLoS One 2013; 8:e67290. [PMID: 23967047 PMCID: PMC3744522 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Insect voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels are formed by a well-known pore-forming α-subunit encoded by para-like gene and ancillary subunits related to TipE from the mutation “temperature-induced-paralysis locus E.” The role of these ancillary subunits in the modulation of biophysical and pharmacological properties of Na+ currents are not enough documented. The unique neuronal ancillary subunit TipE-homologous protein 1 of Drosophila melanogaster (DmTEH1) strongly enhances the expression of insect Nav channels when heterologously expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Here we report the cloning and functional expression of two neuronal DmTEH1-homologs of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana, PaTEH1A and PaTEH1B, encoded by a single bicistronic gene. In PaTEH1B, the second exon encoding the last 11-amino-acid residues of PaTEH1A is shifted to 3′UTR by the retention of a 96-bp intron-containing coding-message, thus generating a new C-terminal end. We investigated the gating and pharmacological properties of the Drosophila Nav channel variant (DmNav1-1) co-expressed with DmTEH1, PaTEH1A, PaTEH1B or a truncated mutant PaTEH1Δ(270-280) in Xenopus oocytes. PaTEH1B caused a 2.2-fold current density decrease, concomitant with an equivalent α-subunit incorporation decrease in the plasma membrane, compared to PaTEH1A and PaTEH1Δ(270-280). PaTEH1B positively shifted the voltage-dependences of activation and slow inactivation of DmNav1-1 channels to more positive potentials compared to PaTEH1A, suggesting that the C-terminal end of both proteins may influence the function of the voltage-sensor and the pore of Nav channel. Interestingly, our findings showed that the sensitivity of DmNav1-1 channels to lidocaine and to the pyrazoline-type insecticide metabolite DCJW depends on associated TEH1-like subunits. In conclusion, our work demonstrates for the first time that density, gating and pharmacological properties of Nav channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes can be modulated by an intron retention process in the transcription of the neuronal TEH1-like ancillary subunits of P. americana.
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- Céline M. Bourdin
- Laboratoire Récepteurs et Canaux Ioniques Membranaires (RCIM) UPRES EA 2647/USC INRA 1330, SFR QUASAV 4207, UFR Sciences, Université d'Angers, Angers, France
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- Laboratoire Récepteurs et Canaux Ioniques Membranaires (RCIM) UPRES EA 2647/USC INRA 1330, SFR QUASAV 4207, UFR Sciences, Université d'Angers, Angers, France
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- Department of Entomology, Genetics and Neuroscience Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Laboratoire Récepteurs et Canaux Ioniques Membranaires (RCIM) UPRES EA 2647/USC INRA 1330, SFR QUASAV 4207, UFR Sciences, Université d'Angers, Angers, France
- Laboratoire LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), UMR 7266 CNRS, Institut du Littoral et de l'Environnement, Université de La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France
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- Laboratoire Récepteurs et Canaux Ioniques Membranaires (RCIM) UPRES EA 2647/USC INRA 1330, SFR QUASAV 4207, UFR Sciences, Université d'Angers, Angers, France
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- Laboratoire Récepteurs et Canaux Ioniques Membranaires (RCIM) UPRES EA 2647/USC INRA 1330, SFR QUASAV 4207, UFR Sciences, Université d'Angers, Angers, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Neurovasculaire et Mitochondriale Intégrée, UMR CNRS 6214, INSERM 1083, UFR de Sciences Médicales, Université d'Angers, Angers, France
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- Department of Entomology, Genetics and Neuroscience Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Laboratoire Récepteurs et Canaux Ioniques Membranaires (RCIM) UPRES EA 2647/USC INRA 1330, SFR QUASAV 4207, UFR Sciences, Université d'Angers, Angers, France
- Laboratoire de Biologie Neurovasculaire et Mitochondriale Intégrée, UMR CNRS 6214, INSERM 1083, UFR de Sciences Médicales, Université d'Angers, Angers, France
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Wang L, Nomura Y, Du Y, Dong K. Differential effects of TipE and a TipE-homologous protein on modulation of gating properties of sodium channels from Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 2013; 8:e67551. [PMID: 23874427 PMCID: PMC3715519 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Accepted: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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β subunits of mammalian sodium channels play important roles in modulating the expression and gating of mammalian sodium channels. However, there are no orthologs of β subunits in insects. Instead, an unrelated protein, TipE in Drosophila melanogaster and its orthologs in other insects, is thought to be a sodium channel auxiliary subunit. In addition, there are four TipE-homologous genes (TEH1-4) in D. melanogaster and three to four orthologs in other insect species. TipE and TEH1-3 have been shown to enhance the peak current of various insect sodium channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes. However, limited information is available on how these proteins modulate the gating of sodium channels, particularly sodium channel variants generated by alternative splicing and RNA editing. In this study, we compared the effects of TEH1 and TipE on the function of three Drosophila sodium channel splice variants, DmNav9-1, DmNav22, and DmNav26, in Xenopus oocytes. Both TipE and TEH1 enhanced the amplitude of sodium current and accelerated current decay of all three sodium channels tested. Strikingly, TEH1 caused hyperpolarizing shifts in the voltage-dependence of activation, fast inactivation and slow inactivation of all three variants. In contrast, TipE did not alter these gating properties except for a hyperpolarizing shift in the voltage-dependence of fast inactivation of DmNav26. Further analysis of the gating kinetics of DmNav9-1 revealed that TEH1 accelerated the entry of sodium channels into the fast inactivated state and slowed the recovery from both fast- and slow-inactivated states, thereby, enhancing both fast and slow inactivation. These results highlight the differential effects of TipE and TEH1 on the gating of insect sodium channels and suggest that TEH1 may play a broader role than TipE in regulating sodium channel function and neuronal excitability in vivo.
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- Lingxin Wang
- Department of Entomology, Genetics and Neuroscience Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, Genetics and Neuroscience Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, Genetics and Neuroscience Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Entomology, Genetics and Neuroscience Programs, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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Frolov RV, Bagati A, Casino B, Singh S. Potassium channels in Drosophila: historical breakthroughs, significance, and perspectives. J Neurogenet 2013. [PMID: 23181728 DOI: 10.3109/01677063.2012.744990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Drosophila has enabled important breakthroughs in K(+) channel research, including identification and fi rst cloning of a voltage-activated K(+) channel, Shaker, a founding member of the K(V)1 family. Drosophila has also helped in discovering other K(+) channels, such as Shab, Shaw, Shal, Eag, Sei, Elk, and also Slo, a Ca(2+) - and voltage-dependent K(+) channel. These findings have contributed significantly to our understanding of ion channels and their role in physiology. Drosophila continues to play an important role in ion channel studies, benefiting from an unparalleled arsenal of genetic tools and availability of tens of thousands of genetically modified strains. These tools allow deletion, expression, or misexpression of almost any gene in question with temporal and spatial control. The combination of these tools and resources with the use of forward genetic approach in Drosophila further enhances its strength as a model system. There are many areas in which Drosophila can further help our understanding of ion channels and their function. These include signaling pathways involved in regulating and modulating ion channels, basic information on channels and currents where very little is currently known, and the role of ion channels in physiology and pathology.
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- Roman V Frolov
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214-3000, USA
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Li J, Waterhouse RM, Zdobnov EM. A remarkably stable TipE gene cluster: evolution of insect Para sodium channel auxiliary subunits. BMC Evol Biol 2011; 11:337. [PMID: 22098672 PMCID: PMC3240667 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2011] [Accepted: 11/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND First identified in fruit flies with temperature-sensitive paralysis phenotypes, the Drosophila melanogaster TipE locus encodes four voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channel auxiliary subunits. This cluster of TipE-like genes on chromosome 3L, and a fifth family member on chromosome 3R, are important for the optional expression and functionality of the Para NaV channel but appear quite distinct from auxiliary subunits in vertebrates. Here, we exploited available arthropod genomic resources to trace the origin of TipE-like genes by mapping their evolutionary histories and examining their genomic architectures. RESULTS We identified a remarkably conserved synteny block of TipE-like orthologues with well-maintained local gene arrangements from 21 insect species. Homologues in the water flea, Daphnia pulex, suggest an ancestral pancrustacean repertoire of four TipE-like genes; a subsequent gene duplication may have generated functional redundancy allowing gene losses in the silk moth and mosquitoes. Intronic nesting of the insect TipE gene cluster probably occurred following the divergence from crustaceans, but in the flour beetle and silk moth genomes the clusters apparently escaped from nesting. Across Pancrustacea, TipE gene family members have experienced intronic nesting, escape from nesting, retrotransposition, translocation, and gene loss events while generally maintaining their local gene neighbourhoods. D. melanogaster TipE-like genes exhibit coordinated spatial and temporal regulation of expression distinct from their host gene but well-correlated with their regulatory target, the Para NaV channel, suggesting that functional constraints may preserve the TipE gene cluster. We identified homology between TipE-like NaV channel regulators and vertebrate Slo-beta auxiliary subunits of big-conductance calcium-activated potassium (BKCa) channels, which suggests that ion channel regulatory partners have evolved distinct lineage-specific characteristics. CONCLUSIONS TipE-like genes form a remarkably conserved genomic cluster across all examined insect genomes. This study reveals likely structural and functional constraints on the genomic evolution of insect TipE gene family members maintained in synteny over hundreds of millions of years of evolution. The likely common origin of these NaV channel regulators with BKCa auxiliary subunits highlights the evolutionary plasticity of ion channel regulatory mechanisms.
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- Jia Li
- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, rue Michel-Servet 1, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
- Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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Gur M, Kahn R, Karbat I, Regev N, Wang J, Catterall WA, Gordon D, Gurevitz M. Elucidation of the molecular basis of selective recognition uncovers the interaction site for the core domain of scorpion alpha-toxins on sodium channels. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:35209-17. [PMID: 21832067 PMCID: PMC3186375 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.259507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2011] [Revised: 08/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Neurotoxin receptor site-3 at voltage-gated Na(+) channels is recognized by various peptide toxin inhibitors of channel inactivation. Despite extensive studies of the effects of these toxins, their mode of interaction with the channel remained to be described at the molecular level. To identify channel constituents that interact with the toxins, we exploited the opposing preferences of LqhαIT and Lqh2 scorpion α-toxins for insect and mammalian brain Na(+) channels. Construction of the DIV/S1-S2, DIV/S3-S4, DI/S5-SS1, and DI/SS2-S6 external loops of the rat brain rNa(v)1.2a channel (highly sensitive to Lqh2) in the background of the Drosophila DmNa(v)1 channel (highly sensitive to LqhαIT), and examination of toxin activity on the channel chimera expressed in Xenopus oocytes revealed a substantial decrease in LqhαIT effect, whereas Lqh2 was as effective as at rNa(v)1.2a. Further substitutions of individual loops and specific residues followed by examination of gain or loss in Lqh2 and LqhαIT activities highlighted the importance of DI/S5-S6 (pore module) and the C-terminal region of DIV/S3 (gating module) of rNa(v)1.2a for Lqh2 action and selectivity. In contrast, a single substitution of Glu-1613 to Asp at DIV/S3-S4 converted rNa(v)1.2a to high sensitivity toward LqhαIT. Comparison of depolarization-driven dissociation of Lqh2 and mutant derivatives off their binding site at rNa(v)1.2a mutant channels has suggested that the toxin core domain interacts with the gating module of DIV. These results constitute the first step in better understanding of the way scorpion α-toxins interact with voltage-gated Na(+)-channels at the molecular level.
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- Maya Gur
- Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Ecology, George S Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
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Seidel KN, Derst C, Salzmann M, HöLtje M, Priller J, Markgraf R, Heinemann SH, Heilmann H, Skatchkov SN, Eaton MJ, Veh RW, Prüss H. Expression of the voltage- and Ca2+-dependent BK potassium channel subunits BKβ1 and BKβ4 in rodent astrocytes. Glia 2011; 59:893-902. [DOI: 10.1002/glia.21160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2010] [Accepted: 01/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Lee SH, Kang JS, Min JS, Yoon KS, Strycharz JP, Johnson R, Mittapalli O, Margam VM, Sun W, Li HM, Xie J, Wu J, Kirkness EF, Berenbaum MR, Pittendrigh BR, Clark JM. Decreased detoxification genes and genome size make the human body louse an efficient model to study xenobiotic metabolism. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 19:599-615. [PMID: 20561088 PMCID: PMC2944910 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01024.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The human body louse, Pediculus humanus humanus, has one of the smallest insect genomes, containing ∼10 775 annotated genes. Annotation of detoxification [cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (P450), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), esterase (Est) and ATP-binding cassette transporter (ABC transporter)] genes revealed that they are dramatically reduced in P. h. humanus compared to other insects except for Apis mellifera. There are 37 P450, 13 GST and 17 Est genes present in P. h. humanus, approximately half the number found in Drosophila melanogaster and Anopheles gambiae. The number of putatively functional ABC transporter genes in P. h. humanus and Ap. mellifera are the same (36) but both have fewer than An. gambiae (44) or Dr. melanogaster (65). The reduction of detoxification genes in P. h. humanus may be a result of this louse's simple life history, in which it does not encounter a wide variety of xenobiotics. Neuronal component genes are highly conserved across different insect species as expected because of their critical function. Although reduced in number, P. h. humanus still retains at least a minimum repertoire of genes known to confer metabolic or toxicokinetic resistance to xenobiotics (eg Cyp3 clade P450s, Delta GSTs, B clade Ests and B/C subfamily ABC transporters), suggestive of its high potential for resistance development.
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- Si Hyeock Lee
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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Soderlund DM. State-Dependent Modification of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels by Pyrethroids. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 97:78-86. [PMID: 20652092 PMCID: PMC2905833 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2009.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Pyrethroids disrupt nerve function by altering the rapid kinetic transitions between conducting and nonconducting states of voltage-gated sodium channels that underlie the generation of nerve action potentials. Recent studies of pyrethroid action on cloned insect and mammalian sodium channel isoforms expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes show that in some cases pyrethroid modification is either absolutely dependent on or significantly enhanced by repeated channel activation. These use-dependent effects have been interpreted as evidence of preferential binding of at least some pyrethroids to the open, rather than resting, state of the sodium channel. This paper reviews the evidence for state-dependent modification of insect and mammalian sodium channels expressed in oocytes by pyrethroids and considers the implications of state-dependent effects for understanding the molecular mechanism of pyrethroid action and the development and testing of models of the pyrethroid receptor.
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- David M. Soderlund
- Corresponding author: Department of Entomology, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, 630 W. North Street, Geneva, NY 14456-1371. Tel: (315) 787-2364; Fax: (315) 787-2326;
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Salzmann M, Seidel KN, Bernard R, Prüss H, Veh RW, Derst C. BKbeta1 subunits contribute to BK channel diversity in rat hypothalamic neurons. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2010; 30:967-76. [PMID: 20443052 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-010-9527-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2010] [Accepted: 04/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Large conductance Ca(2+)-activated BK channels are important regulators of action potential duration and firing frequency in many neurons. As the pore-forming subunits of BK channels are encoded by a single gene, channel diversity is mainly generated by alternative splicing and interaction with auxiliary beta-subunits (BKbeta1-4). In hypothalamic neurons several BK channel subtypes have been described electrophysiologically; however, the distribution of BKbeta subunits is unknown so far. Therefore, an antibody against the large extracellular loop of the BKbeta1 subunit was raised, freed from cross-reactivity against BKbeta2-4 and affinity-purified. The resulting polyclonal monospecific BKbeta1 antibody was characterized by Western blot analysis, ELISA techniques and immunocytochemical staining of BKbeta1-4-transfected CHO and COS-1 cells. Regional and cellular distribution in the rat hypothalamus was analysed by immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization experiments. Immunocytochemical staining of rat hypothalamic neurons indicates strong BKbeta1 expression in the supraoptic nucleus and the magno- and parvocellular parts of the paraventricular nucleus. Lower expression was found in periventricular nucleus, the arcuate nucleus and in the median eminence. Immunostaining was predominantly localized to somata. In addition, pericytes and ependymal epithelial cells showed BKbeta1 labelling. In all cases immunocytochemical results were supported by in situ hybridization.
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- Mikhail Salzmann
- Institut für Integrative Neuroanatomie, Centrum für Anatomie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Philippstr. 12, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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Dale RP, Jones AK, Tamborindeguy C, Davies TGE, Amey JS, Williamson S, Wolstenholme A, Field LM, Williamson MS, Walsh TK, Sattelle DB. Identification of ion channel genes in the Acyrthosiphon pisum genome. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 19 Suppl 2:141-53. [PMID: 20482646 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00975.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Aphids are major pests of crops, causing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage annually. Ion channel proteins are often the targets of modern insecticides and mutations in ion channel genes can lead to resistance to many leading classes of insecticides. The sequencing of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, genome has now allowed detailed in silico analysis of the aphid ion channels. The study has revealed significant differences in the composition of the ion channel families between the aphid and other insects. For example A. pisum does not appear to contain a homologue of the nACh receptor alpha 5 gene whilst the calcium channel beta subunit has been duplicated. These variations could result in differences in function or sensitivity to insecticides. The genome sequence will allow the study of aphid ion channels to be accelerated, leading to a better understanding of the function of these economically important channels. The potential for identifying novel insecticide targets within the aphid is now a step closer.
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- R P Dale
- Syngenta, Jealotts Hill Research Centre, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK.
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Lin WH, Wright DE, Muraro NI, Baines RA. Alternative splicing in the voltage-gated sodium channel DmNav regulates activation, inactivation, and persistent current. J Neurophysiol 2009; 102:1994-2006. [PMID: 19625535 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00613.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Diversity in neuronal signaling is a product not only of differential gene expression, but also of alternative splicing. However, although recognized, the precise contribution of alternative splicing in ion channel transcripts to channel kinetics remains poorly understood. Invertebrates, with their smaller genomes, offer attractive models to examine the contribution of splicing to neuronal function. In this study we report the sequencing and biophysical characterization of alternative splice variants of the sole voltage-gated Na+ gene (DmNav, paralytic), in late-stage embryos of Drosophila melanogaster. We identify 27 unique splice variants, based on the presence of 15 alternative exons. Heterologous expression, in Xenopus oocytes, shows that alternative exons j, e, and f primarily influence activation kinetics: when present, exon f confers a hyperpolarizing shift in half-activation voltage (V1/2), whereas j and e result in a depolarizing shift. The presence of exon h is sufficient to produce a depolarizing shift in the V1/2 of steady-state inactivation. The magnitude of the persistent Na+ current, but not the fast-inactivating current, in both oocytes and Drosophila motoneurons in vivo is directly influenced by the presence of either one of a pair of mutually exclusive, membrane-spanning exons, termed k and L. Transcripts containing k have significantly smaller persistent currents compared with those containing L. Finally, we show that transcripts lacking all cytoplasmic alternatively spliced exons still produce functional channels, indicating that splicing may influence channel kinetics not only through change to protein structure, but also by allowing differential modification (i.e., phosphorylation, binding of cofactors, etc.). Our results provide a functional basis for understanding how alternative splicing of a voltage-gated Na+ channel results in diversity in neuronal signaling.
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- Wei-Hsiang Lin
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
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Olson RO, Liu Z, Nomura Y, Song W, Dong K. Molecular and functional characterization of voltage-gated sodium channel variants from Drosophila melanogaster. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 38:604-10. [PMID: 18405837 PMCID: PMC3056540 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2008.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2007] [Revised: 12/20/2007] [Accepted: 01/24/2008] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Extensive alternative splicing and RNA editing have been documented for the transcript of DmNa(V) (formerly para), the sole sodium channel gene in Drosophila melanogaster. However, the functional consequences of these post-transcriptional modifications are not well understood. In this study we isolated 64 full-length DmNa(V) cDNA clones from D. melanogaster adults. Based on the usage of 11 alternative exons, 64 clones could be grouped into 29 splice types. When expressed in Xenopus oocytes, 33 DmNa(V) variants generated sodium currents large enough for functional characterization. Among these variants, DmNa(V)5-1 and DmNa(V)7-1 channels activated at the most hyperpolarizing potentials, whereas DmNa(V)1-6 and DmNa(V)19 channels activated at the most depolarizing membrane potentials. We identified an A-to-I editing event in DmNa(V)5-1 that is responsible for its uniquely low-voltage-dependent activation. The wide range of voltage dependence of gating properties exhibited by DmNa(V) variants represents a rich resource for future studies to determine the role of DmNa(V) in regulating sodium channel gating, pharmacology, and neuronal excitability in insects.
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- Corresponding author. Tel.: + 1 517 432 2034; fax: +1 517 353 5598. (K. Dong)
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Rose U, Derst C, Wanischeck M, Marinc C, Walther C. Properties and possible function of a hyperpolarisation-activated chloride current in Drosophila. J Exp Biol 2007; 210:2489-500. [PMID: 17601953 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.006361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A chloride current, ICl,H, slowly activating on hyperpolarisation was investigated in Drosophila melanogaster larval muscles using the two-electrode voltage clamp. Sizeable currents were observed after the intracellular chloride concentration([Cl–]i) had been elevated by diffusion of Cl– from the electrodes. The time course of ICl,H was rather variable and required two exponentials to be accurately described. The reversal potential, –40 to –20 mV in Cl–-loaded fires, shifted on lowering external[Cl–] in the positive direction. Steady-state activation of ICl,H was characterised by V0.5 of≈–120 mV and a slope factor, k, of ≈10 mV at a[Cl–]i ≈35 mmol l–1. Raising[Cl–]i to ≈50 mmol l–1 caused a negative shift of V0.5 equivalent to the change of ECl and led to a nearly threefold increase in maximal steady-state conductance. ICl,H was resistant to 10 mmol l–1 Zn2+ and 1 mmol l–1Cd2+ but was greatly reduced by 1 mmol l–19-anthracenecarboxylic acid (9-AC). ICl,H was affected by changes of extracellular pH and increased on lowering extracellular osmolality. 9-AC also decreased muscle fibre resting conductance by approximately 20% and increased muscle contractions. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis confirmed the expression of all three ClC genes in muscle, and immunohistochemistry indicated location of Drosophila melanogaster chloride channel-2(DmClC-2) at the Z-lines. We conclude that DmClC-2 accounts for the channels underlying ICl,H, and in part for the resting chloride conductance. DmClC-2 may serve general homeostatic mechanisms such as pH- and osmo-regulation or may support muscle function on high motor activity or during a particular neurohormonal state of the animal.
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- Uwe Rose
- Institute of Neurobiology, University Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, Ulm 89160, Germany.
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Molecular cloning and analysis of zebrafish voltage-gated sodium channel beta subunit genes: implications for the evolution of electrical signaling in vertebrates. BMC Evol Biol 2007; 7:113. [PMID: 17623065 PMCID: PMC1971062 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2006] [Accepted: 07/10/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background Action potential generation in excitable cells such as myocytes and neurons critically depends on voltage-gated sodium channels. In mammals, sodium channels exist as macromolecular complexes that include a pore-forming alpha subunit and 1 or more modulatory beta subunits. Although alpha subunit genes have been cloned from diverse metazoans including flies, jellyfish, and humans, beta subunits have not previously been identified in any non-mammalian species. To gain further insight into the evolution of electrical signaling in vertebrates, we investigated beta subunit genes in the teleost Danio rerio (zebrafish). Results We identified and cloned single zebrafish gene homologs for beta1-beta3 (zbeta1-zbeta3) and duplicate genes for beta4 (zbeta4.1, zbeta4.2). Sodium channel beta subunit loci are similarly organized in fish and mammalian genomes. Unlike their mammalian counterparts, zbeta1 and zbeta2 subunit genes display extensive alternative splicing. Zebrafish beta subunit genes and their splice variants are differentially-expressed in excitable tissues, indicating tissue-specific regulation of zbeta1-4 expression and splicing. Co-expression of the genes encoding zbeta1 and the zebrafish sodium channel alpha subunit Nav1.5 in Chinese Hamster Ovary cells increased sodium current and altered channel gating, demonstrating functional interactions between zebrafish alpha and beta subunits. Analysis of the synteny and phylogeny of mammalian, teleost, amphibian, and avian beta subunit and related genes indicated that all extant vertebrate beta subunits are orthologous, that beta2/beta4 and beta1/beta3 share common ancestry, and that beta subunits are closely related to other proteins sharing the V-type immunoglobulin domain structure. Vertebrate sodium channel beta subunit genes were not identified in the genomes of invertebrate chordates and are unrelated to known subunits of the para sodium channel in Drosophila. Conclusion The identification of conserved orthologs to all 4 voltage-gated sodium channel beta subunit genes in zebrafish and the lack of evidence for beta subunit genes in invertebrate chordates together indicate that this gene family emerged early in vertebrate evolution, prior to the divergence of teleosts and tetrapods. The evolutionary history of sodium channel beta subunits suggests that these genes may have played a key role in the diversification and specialization of electrical signaling in early vertebrates.
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Dong K. Insect sodium channels and insecticide resistance. INVERTEBRATE NEUROSCIENCE : IN 2007; 7:17-30. [PMID: 17206406 PMCID: PMC3052376 DOI: 10.1007/s10158-006-0036-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2006] [Accepted: 12/12/2006] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Voltage-gated sodium channels are essential for the generation and propagation of action potentials (i.e., electrical impulses) in excitable cells. Although most of our knowledge about sodium channels is derived from decades of studies of mammalian isoforms, research on insect sodium channels is revealing both common and unique aspects of sodium channel biology. In particular, our understanding of the molecular dynamics and pharmacology of insect sodium channels has advanced greatly in recent years, thanks to successful functional expression of insect sodium channels in Xenopus oocytes and intensive efforts to elucidate the molecular basis of insect resistance to insecticides that target sodium channels. In this review, I discuss recent literature on insect sodium channels with emphases on the prominent role of alternative splicing and RNA editing in the generation of functionally diverse sodium channels in insects and the current understanding of the interactions between insect sodium channels and insecticides.
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- Ke Dong
- Department of Entomology, Genetics Program and Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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