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POUM2 homeostasis regulates intimal remodeling and cells fate in the anterior silk gland of the silkworm. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 225:715-729. [PMID: 36403768 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.11.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Revised: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Tissue/organ remodeling and cells fate determination play key roles in the life cycle of animals. However, they are still poorly understood in insects, especially in the silkworm. The anterior silk gland (ASG) of the silkworm is essential for the formation and performance of silk fibers, but the regulatory mechanism of ASG remodeling and cells fate determination is less known. Here we found that silencing of POUM2 caused shorter ASG length, intimal structural defects, silkworm spinning failure, and the resultant naked pupae death, but cells number was not affected. Cells staining showed that DNA endoreduplication was not affected in the ASG. Transmission electron microscopy and chitin staining showed cuticle proteins and chitin were greatly reduced in the ASG during the molting period. Transcriptional analysis showed the expression profiles of cuticle proteins and chitin synthase were similar to that of POUM2 during the molting period, and POUM2 down-regulation reduced the expression of cuticle proteins, chitin synthase, autophagy and apoptosis-related genes. While the phenotype resulting from POUM2 over-expression was similar to that of POUM2 down-regulation. Cells staining revealed marked cells apoptosis with cells number reduction and inhibition of DNA endoreduplication in the ASG. Transcriptional analysis showed the expression of autophagy and apoptosis-related genes, and some cuticle proteins and chitin synthase were significantly up-regulated. The results suggest that POUM2 homeostasis regulates ASG intimal remodeling and cells fate, thus affecting ASG development, silkworm spinning and metamorphosis. Our studies not only offer potential molecular targets for genetic improvement of silk performance and molecular breeding of the silkworm, but also provide new insights into POU factor-mediated tissue remodeling and cells fate determination in insects.
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Du J, Zhao P, Wang J, Ma S, Yao L, Zhu X, Yang X, Zhang X, Sun Z, Liang S, Xing D, Duan J. Pupal Diapause Termination and Transcriptional Response of Antheraea pernyi (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) Triggered by 20-Hydroxyecdysone. Front Physiol 2022; 13:888643. [PMID: 35721532 PMCID: PMC9204484 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.888643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The pupal diapause of univoltine Antheraea pernyi hampers sericultural and biotechnological applications, which requires a high eclosion incidence after artificial diapause termination to ensure production of enough eggs. The effect of pupal diapause termination using 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) on the eclosion incidence has not been well-documented in A. pernyi. Here, the dosage of injected 20E was optimized to efficiently terminate pupal diapause of A. pernyi, showing that inappropriate dosage of 20E can cause pupal lethality and a low eclosion incidence. The optimal ratio of 20E to 1-month-old pupae was determined as 6 μg/g. Morphological changes showed visible tissue dissociation at 3 days post-injection (dpi) and eye pigmentation at 5 dpi. Comprehensive transcriptome analysis identified 1,355/1,592, 494/203, 584/297, and 1,238/1,404 upregulated and downregulated genes at 1, 3, 6, and 9 dpi, respectively. The 117 genes enriched in the information processing pathways of “signal transduction” and “signaling molecules and interaction” were upregulated at 1 and 3 dpi, including the genes involved in FOXO signaling pathway. One chitinase, three trehalase, and five cathepsin genes related to energy metabolism and tissue dissociation showed high expression levels at the early stage, which were different from the upregulated expression of four other chitinase genes at the later stage. Simultaneously, the expression of several genes involved in molting hormone biosynthesis was also activated between 1 and 3 dpi. qRT-PCR further verified the expression patterns of two ecdysone receptor genes (EcRB1 and USP) and four downstream response genes (E93, Br-C, βFTZ-F1, and cathepsin L) at the pupal and pharate stages, respectively. Taken together, these genes serve as a resource for unraveling the mechanism underlying pupal-adult transition; these findings facilitate rearing of larvae more than once a year and biotechnological development through efficient termination of pupal diapause in A. pernyi in approximately half a month.
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- Jie Du
- Henan Key Laboratory of Funiu Mountain Insect Biology, College of Life Science and Agricultural Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Laboratory of Tussah Genetics and Breeding, Henan Institute of Sericulture Science, Zhengzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Funiu Mountain Insect Biology, College of Life Science and Agricultural Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, China
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- Laboratory of Tussah Genetics and Breeding, Henan Institute of Sericulture Science, Zhengzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Tussah Genetics and Breeding, Henan Institute of Sericulture Science, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Funiu Mountain Insect Biology, College of Life Science and Agricultural Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, China
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- Sericulture and Agri-Food Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Science, Guangzhou, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Funiu Mountain Insect Biology, College of Life Science and Agricultural Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, China
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- Sericulture and Agri-Food Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Science, Guangzhou, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Funiu Mountain Insect Biology, College of Life Science and Agricultural Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang, China
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Miotelo L, Mendes Dos Reis AL, Rosa-Fontana A, Karina da Silva Pachú J, Malaquias JB, Malaspina O, Roat TC. A food-ingested sublethal concentration of thiamethoxam has harmful effects on the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 288:132461. [PMID: 34624342 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132461] [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: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In recent years, the importance of bee's biodiversity in the Neotropical region has been evidencing the relevance of including native bees in risk assessments. Therefore, the sublethal effects of the insecticide thiamethoxam on the survival and morphological parameters of the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris were investigated in the present study. Cells from both non-target organs (Malpighian tubules and midgut) and target organs (brain) were analyzed for morphological alterations using light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The findings showed that when M. scutellaris foragers were exposed to a sublethal concentration of thiamethoxam (LC50/100 = 0.000543 ng a. i./μL), longevity was not reduced but brain function was affected, even with the non-target organs attempting to detoxify. The cellular damage in all the organs was mostly reflected in irregular nuclei shape and condensed chromatin, indicating cell death. The most frequent impairments in the Malpighian tubules were loss of microvilli, disorganization of the basal labyrinth, and cytoplasmic loss. These characteristics are related to an attempt by the cells to increase the excretion process, probably because of the high number of toxic molecules that reach the Malpighian tubules and need to be secreted. In general, damages that compromise the absorption of nutrients, excretion, memory, and learning processes, which are essential for the survival of M. scutellaris, were found. The present results also fill in gaps on how these bees respond to thiamethoxam exposure and will be useful in future risk assessments for the conservation of bee biodiversity.
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- Lucas Miotelo
- Department of General and Applied Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of General and Applied Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of General and Applied Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Entomology and Acarology, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), Piracicaba, SP, 13418-900, Brazil.
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- Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Biosciences e IBB, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, 18618-693, Brazil.
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- Department of General and Applied Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of General and Applied Biology, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro, SP, Brazil.
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Harmoush B, Tsikolia N, Viebahn C. Epiblast and trophoblast morphogenesis in the pre-gastrulation blastocyst of the pig. A light- and electron-microscopical study. J Morphol 2021; 282:1339-1361. [PMID: 34176156 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2020] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The epiblast of the amniote embryo is of paramount importance during early development as it gives rise to all tissues of the embryo proper. In mammals, it emerges through segregation of the hypoblast from the inner cell mass and subsequently undergoes transformation into an epithelial sheet to create the embryonic disc. In rodents and man, the epiblast cell layer is covered by the polar trophoblast which forms the placenta. In mammalian model organisms (rabbit, pig, several non-human primates), however, the placenta is formed by mural trophoblast whereas the polar trophoblast disintegrates prior to gastrulation and thus exposes the epiblast to the microenvironment of the uterine cavity. Both, polar trophoblast disintegration and epiblast epithelialization, thus pose special cell-biological requirements but these are still rather ill-understood when compared to those of gastrulation morphogenesis. This study therefore applied high-resolution light and transmission electron microscopy and three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction to 8- to 10-days-old pig embryos and defines the following steps of epiblast transformation: (1) rosette formation in the center of the ball-shaped epiblast, (2) extracellular cavity formation in the rosette center, (3) epiblast segregation into two subpopulations - addressed here as dorsal and ventral epiblast - separated by a "pro-amniotic" cavity. Ventral epiblast cells form between them a special type of desmosomes with a characteristic dense felt of microfilaments and are destined to generate the definitive epiblast. The dorsal epiblast remains a mass of non-polarized cells and closely associates with the disintegrating polar trophoblast, which shows morphological features of both apoptosis and autophagocytosis. Morphogenesis of the definitive epiblast in the pig may thus exclude a large portion of bona fide epiblast cells from contributing to the embryo proper and establishes contact de novo with the mural trophoblast at the junction between the two newly defined epiblast cell populations.
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- Braah Harmoush
- Institute of Anatomy and Embryology, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Embryology, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy and Embryology, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Jeng ML, Suzuki Y, Chang CY, Chen TR. Do holometabolous insects molt spontaneously after adulthood? An exceptional case report in fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), with discussion of its inferred endocrine regulation especially in relation to neoteny. ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT 2021; 61:101013. [PMID: 33517027 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2020.101013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Revised: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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It has been a traditionally held view that winged insects stop molting after they reach adulthood. We observed a fascinating phenomenon of a post-imago molt occurring in the neotenic females of a firefly species in Taiwan over the last two years. By rearing Lamprigera minor larvae to adults, four out of the five unmated females studied were found undergoing an extra molt 8-18 days after adult eclosion. They were reproductively mature when the post-imago molt occurred, as evidenced by the eggs inside their bodies. The four females died without oviposition whereas the only normal female laid eggs. A comparison of exuviae of different stages confirmed the existence of post-imago ecdysis. The adult skin differed from the pupal one mainly in the mouthparts and leg structures. No mix of pupal and adult traits was seen in the adult skin. The females retained the same morphology after the extra molt. A close examination of the post-imago molting females revealed that their oviduct openings were all blocked by larval or pupal skin and thus unable to lay eggs. The reproductive stress may invoke an endocrine disorder and lead to an extra molt. We propose that L. minor females retain their prothoracic glands even as adults, allowing them to molt as adults under certain environmental or physiological conditions. Thus, neoteny of L. minor is reflected in both the external morphology as well as the internal physiology. The possible developmental changes associated with the evolution of neoteny are discussed.
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- Ming-Luen Jeng
- Department of Biology, National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung City 40453, Taiwan.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wellesley College, MA 02481, USA
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- Chongde Elementary School, Xizhi District, New Taipei City 221, Taiwan
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- Mercury Kindergarten, Xindian District, New Taipei City 231, Taiwan
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Gershman A, Romer TG, Fan Y, Razaghi R, Smith WA, Timp W. De novo genome assembly of the tobacco hornworm moth (Manduca sexta). G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2021; 11:jkaa047. [PMID: 33561252 PMCID: PMC8022704 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaa047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, is a lepidopteran insect that is used extensively as a model system for studying insect biology, development, neuroscience, and immunity. However, current studies rely on the highly fragmented reference genome Msex_1.0, which was created using now-outdated technologies and is hindered by a variety of deficiencies and inaccuracies. We present a new reference genome for M. sexta, JHU_Msex_v1.0, applying a combination of modern technologies in a de novo assembly to increase continuity, accuracy, and completeness. The assembly is 470 Mb and is ∼20× more continuous than the original assembly, with scaffold N50 > 14 Mb. We annotated the assembly by lifting over existing annotations and supplementing with additional supporting RNA-based data for a total of 25,256 genes. The new reference assembly is accessible in annotated form for public use. We demonstrate that improved continuity of the M. sexta genome improves resequencing studies and benefits future research on M. sexta as a model organism.
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- Ariel Gershman
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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Miotelo L, Mendes Dos Reis AL, Malaquias JB, Malaspina O, Roat TC. Apis mellifera and Melipona scutellaris exhibit differential sensitivity to thiamethoxam. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 268:115770. [PMID: 33045589 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Apis mellifera is a pollinator insect model in pesticide risk assessment tests for bees. However, given the economic and ecological importance of stingless bees such as Melipona scutellaris in the Neotropical region, as well as the lack of studies on the effect of insecticides on these bees, toxicity tests for stingless bees should be carried out to understand whether insecticides affect both species of bees in the same manner. Thus, the present study quantified the differential sensitivity of the bees M. scutellaris and A. mellifera to the oral ingestion of the insecticide thiamethoxam by determining the mean lethal concentration (LC50), mean lethal time (LT50), and their effect on the insecticide target organ, the brain. The results showed that the stingless bee is more sensitive to the insecticide than A. mellifera, with a lower LC50 of 0.0543 ng active ingredient (a.i.)/μL for the stingless bee compared to 0.227 ng a.i./μL for A. mellifera. When exposed to a sublethal concentration, morphological and ultrastructural analyses were performed and evidenced a significant increase in spaces between nerve cells of both species. Thus, A. mellifera is not the most appropriate or unique model to determine the toxicity of insecticides to stingless bees.
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- Lucas Miotelo
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Campus Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Campus Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Biosciences - IBB, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, 18618-693, Brazil.
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Campus Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Instituto de Biociências, Campus Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Grella TC, Soares-Lima HM, Malaspina O, Cornélio Ferreira Nocelli R. Semi-quantitative analysis of morphological changes in bee tissues: A toxicological approach. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 236:124255. [PMID: 31323550 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.06.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Revised: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 06/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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During foraging, bees are exposed to sublethal doses of insecticides, which can cause morphological changes to various organs, such as the midgut, Malpighian tubules, and mushroon body. Thus, the purpose of this study was to establish a scoring system to evaluate these alterations based on the damage caused and its reversibility. Therefore, a grade 1 score indicates a minimal and easily reversible lesion, increased apocrine secretion, increased cell elimination into the lumen, and a larger quantity of spherocrystals; grade 2 was assigned to moderate and typically reversible injuries, such as changes in the brush border, vacuolation/loss of cytoplasmic material, presence/height of the brush border, and cell swelling; and grade 3 was assigned to serious and irreversible, loss of cell nests of regenerative cells, pyknosis, and loss of contact between Kenyon cells. In addition, frequency values were assigned since the alterations can occur at different frequencies according to the insecticide and the bees exposed; the frequency ranges from 0 to 6, with 0 representing the absence of an alteration and 6 representing a high-frequency occurrence. Based on the analyses, we conclude that each change causes morphological damage, which may or may not be irreversible and could affect the health of the colony.
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- Tatiane Caroline Grella
- Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, Avenida 24-A, nº 1.515, Rio Claro, SP, CEP: 13.506-900, Brazil; Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Campus Araras, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Ciências da Natureza, Matemática e Educação, Rodovia Anhanguera (SP-330), Km 174, Araras, SP, CEP: 13.600-970, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Campus Sorocaba, Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências e Tecnologia para Sustentabilidade, Rodovia João Leme dos Santos, SP-264, Km 110, Itinga, Sorocaba, SP, 18052-780, Brazil
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- Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Estudos de Insetos Sociais, Avenida 24-A, nº 1.515, Rio Claro, SP, CEP: 13.506-900, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Campus Araras, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Ciências da Natureza, Matemática e Educação, Rodovia Anhanguera (SP-330), Km 174, Araras, SP, CEP: 13.600-970, Brazil
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Tsujita N, Kuwahara H, Koyama H, Yanaka N, Arakawa K, Kuniyoshi H. Molecular characterization of aspartylglucosaminidase, a lysosomal hydrolase upregulated during strobilation in the moon jellyfish, Aurelia aurita. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2017; 81:938-950. [PMID: 28388360 DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2017.1285686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The life cycle of the moon jellyfish, Aurelia aurita, alternates between a benthic asexual polyp stage and a planktonic sexual medusa (jellyfish) stage. Transition from polyp to medusa is called strobilation. To investigate the molecular mechanisms of strobilation, we screened for genes that are upregulated during strobilation using the differential display method and we identified aspartylglucosaminidase (AGA), which encodes a lysosomal hydrolase. Similar to AGAs from other species, Aurelia AGA possessed an N-terminal signal peptide and potential N-glycosylation sites. The genomic region of Aurelia AGA was approximately 9.8 kb in length and contained 12 exons and 11 introns. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis revealed that AGA expression increased during strobilation, and was then decreased in medusae. To inhibit AGA function, we administered the lysosomal acidification inhibitors, chloroquine or bafilomycin A1, to animals during strobilation. Both inhibitors disturbed medusa morphogenesis at the oral end, suggesting involvement of lysosomal hydrolases in strobilation.
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- Natsumi Tsujita
- a Graduate School of Biosphere Science , Hiroshima University , Higashi-Hiroshima , Japan
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- a Graduate School of Biosphere Science , Hiroshima University , Higashi-Hiroshima , Japan
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- a Graduate School of Biosphere Science , Hiroshima University , Higashi-Hiroshima , Japan
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- a Graduate School of Biosphere Science , Hiroshima University , Higashi-Hiroshima , Japan
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- b Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter , Hiroshima University , Higashi-Hiroshima , Japan
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- a Graduate School of Biosphere Science , Hiroshima University , Higashi-Hiroshima , Japan
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Kennelly KP, Holmes TM, Wallace DM, O'Farrelly C, Keegan DJ. Early Subretinal Allograft Rejection Is Characterized by Innate Immune Activity. Cell Transplant 2017; 26:983-1000. [PMID: 28105976 DOI: 10.3727/096368917x694697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Successful subretinal transplantation is limited by considerable early graft loss despite pharmacological suppression of adaptive immunity. We postulated that early innate immune activity is a dominant factor in determining graft survival and chose a nonimmunosuppressed mouse model of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cell transplantation to explore this. Expression of almost all measured cytokines by DH01 RPE cells increased significantly following graft preparation, and the neutrophil chemoattractant KC/GRO/CINC was most significantly increased. Subretinal allografts of DH01 cells (C57BL/10 origin) into healthy, nonimmunosuppressed C57BL/6 murine eyes were harvested and fixed at 1, 3, 7, and 28 days postoperatively and subsequently cryosectioned and stained. Graft cells were detected using SV40 large T antigen (SV40T) immunolabeling and apoptosis/necrosis by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL). Sections were also immunolabeled for macrophage (CD11b and F4/80), neutrophil (Gr1 Ly-6G), and T-lymphocyte (CD3-ɛ) infiltration. Images captured with an Olympus FV1000 confocal microscope were analyzed using the Imaris software. The proportion of the subretinal bolus comprising graft cells (SV40T+) was significantly (p < 0.001) reduced between postoperative day (POD) 3 (90 ± 4%) and POD 7 (20 ± 7%). CD11b+, F4/80+, and Gr1 Ly-6G+ cells increased significantly (p < 0.05) from POD 1 and predominated over SV40T+ cells by POD 7. Colabeling confocal microscopic analysis demonstrated graft engulfment by neutrophils and macrophages at POD 7, and reconstruction of z-stacked confocal images confirmed SV40T inside Gr1 Ly-6G+ cells. Expression of CD3-ɛ was low and did not differ significantly between time points. By POD 28, no graft cells were detectable and few inflammatory cells remained. These studies reveal, for the first time, a critical role for innate immune mechanisms early in subretinal graft rejection. The future success of subretinal transplantation will require more emphasis on techniques to limit innate immune-mediated graft loss, rather than focusing exclusively on suppression of the adaptive immune response.
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Yang X, Wu S, Wu Y, Liu Y, Qian Y, Jiao F. Lack of Connection Between Midgut Cell Autophagy Gene Expression and BmCPV Infection in the Midgut of Bombyx mori. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE (ONLINE) 2015; 15:iev047. [PMID: 26163666 PMCID: PMC4677490 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iev047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/29/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Autophagy is associated with multiple biological processes and has protective and defensive functions with respect to immunity, inflammation, and resistance to microbial infection. In this experiment, we wished to investigate whether autophagy is a factor in the midgut cell response of Bombyx mori to infection by the B. mori cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus (BmCPV). Our results indicated that the expression of three autophagy-related genes (BmAtg8, BmAtg5, and BmAtg7) in the midgut did not change greatly after BmCPV infection in B. mori. Basal ATG8/ATG8PE protein expression was detected in different B. mori tissues by using western blot analysis. Immunohistochemistry showed that the ATG8/ATG8PE proteins were located mainly in the cytoplasm. ATG8/ATG8PE protein levels decreased at 12 and 16 h after BmCPV infection. Our results indicate that autophagy responded slightly to BmCPV infection, but could not prevent the invasion and replication of the virus.
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- Xiaobing Yang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Xinong Road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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Mizoguchi A, Ohsumi S, Kobayashi K, Okamoto N, Yamada N, Tateishi K, Fujimoto Y, Kataoka H. Prothoracicotropic hormone acts as a neuroendocrine switch between pupal diapause and adult development. PLoS One 2013; 8:e60824. [PMID: 23577167 PMCID: PMC3618418 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Accepted: 03/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Diapause is a programmed developmental arrest that has evolved in a wide variety of organisms and allows them survive unfavorable seasons. This developmental state is particularly common in insects. Based on circumstantial evidence, pupal diapause has been hypothesized to result from a cessation of prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) secretion from the brain. Here, we provide direct evidence for this classical hypothesis by determining both the PTTH titer in the hemolymph and the PTTH content in the brain of diapause pupae in the cabbage army moth Mamestra brassicae. For this purpose, we cloned the PTTH gene, produced PTTH-specific antibodies, and developed a highly sensitive immunoassay for PTTH. While the hemolymph PTTH titer in non-diapause pupae was maintained at high levels after pupation, the titer in diapause pupae dropped to an undetectable level. In contrast, the PTTH content of the post-pupation brain was higher in diapause animals than in non-diapause animals. These results clearly demonstrate that diapause pupae have sufficient PTTH in their brain, but they do not release it into the hemolymph. Injecting PTTH into diapause pupae immediately after pupation induced adult development, showing that a lack of PTTH is a necessary and sufficient condition for inducing pupal diapause. Most interestingly, in diapause-destined larvae, lower hemolymph titers of PTTH and reduced PTTH gene expression were observed for 4 and 2 days, respectively, prior to pupation. This discovery demonstrates that the diapause program is already manifested in the PTTH neurons as early as the mid final instar stage.
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- Akira Mizoguchi
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- * E-mail: (AM); (HK)
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Safety Management Section, National Institute of Agrobiological Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
- * E-mail: (AM); (HK)
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Manaboon M, Yasanga T, Sakurai S, Singtripop T. Programmed cell death of larval tissues induced by juvenile hormone in the bamboo borer, Omphisa fuscidentalis. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 58:1202-1208. [PMID: 22732232 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2012] [Revised: 05/31/2012] [Accepted: 06/05/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Programmed cell death (PCD) plays a critical role during animal development through the destruction of unneeded cells and tissues. In some insects, the prothoracic glands (PGs) and anterior silk glands (ASGs) are larval-specific tissues that are normally eliminated by PCD after pupation. Previous studies report that juvenile hormone analog (JHA) terminates the larval diapause of Omphisa fuscidentalis by increasing the hemolymph ecdysteroids that trigger PCD. Because JHA may indirectly induce the PCD of the PGs and ASGs of Omphisa diapausing larvae, the effects of JHA on the induction of PCD were determined. The application of 1μg JHA induced PCD in the PGs and ASGs of larvae identified as stage G0 (prior to pupation). The injection of 1μg 20E triggered the PCD of the ASGs when the larvae expressed a G0-G1 morphology, whereas PCD occurred in the PGs on day 1 post-injection. Histological studies revealed similar patterns of morphological changes during the PG and ASG PCD in the JHA- and 20E-treated larvae. Furthermore, to confirm that PCD was induced by a high ecdysteroid level that increases after JHA application, the expression profiles of EcR-A and EcR-B1 in the PGs and ASGs from the JHA-treated larvae were examined, and the results showed that the expression levels of EcR-A and EcR-B1 mRNA increased during the G0 stage. These results suggest that JHA may be involved in PCD by increasing the ecdysteroid titer, leading to termination of the larval diapause period in Omphisa fuscidentalis.
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- Manaporn Manaboon
- Endocrinology Research Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand.
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Franzetti E, Huang ZJ, Shi YX, Xie K, Deng XJ, Li JP, Li QR, Yang WY, Zeng WN, Casartelli M, Deng HM, Cappellozza S, Grimaldi A, Xia Q, Tettamanti G, Cao Y, Feng Q. Autophagy precedes apoptosis during the remodeling of silkworm larval midgut. Apoptosis 2011; 17:305-24. [DOI: 10.1007/s10495-011-0675-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Li Q, Deng X, Huang Z, Zheng S, Tettamanti G, Cao Y, Feng Q. Expression of autophagy-related genes in the anterior silk gland of the silkworm (Bombyx mori) during metamorphosis. CAN J ZOOL 2011. [DOI: 10.1139/z11-075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Programmed cell death (PCD) is a genetically regulated process of cell elimination and is evolutionarily conserved in eukaryotes. Degeneration of larval tissues during metamorphosis in insects is a result of PCD triggered by ecdysteroids and autophagic process has been shown to be involved in the degeneration of silk gland of the silkworm ( Bombyx mori L., 1758). However, experimental evidence for the expression of autophagy marker genes remains insufficient. In this study, expression of the autophagy-related genes BmAtg5, BmAtg6, BmAtg8, and BmAtg12 was determined in the anterior silk glands of larvae and pupae during larval to pupal transformation by using reverse-transcription PCR, quantitative real-time PCR, and Western blot analyses. The results indicated that BmAtg5, BmAtg6, BmAtg8, and BmAtg12 had the highest expression levels on the 3rd day of the wandering stage or at the prepupal stage, and the time frame of the expression of these genes was coincident with the morphological characteristics of autophagy in the silk gland during the larval to pupal transformation. This study demonstrated that the autophagy-related genes are involved in the degeneration of the anterior silk gland of B. mori.
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- Qingrong Li
- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Laboratory of Insect Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Laboratory of Insect Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
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- Laboratory of Insect Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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Nunes ET, Furquim KCS, Bechara GH, Camargo-Mathias MI. Cell death in salivary glands of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1887) (Acari: Ixodidae) females at semi-engorged feeding stage. Ultrastruct Pathol 2011; 34:288-300. [PMID: 20568983 DOI: 10.3109/01913123.2010.484288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The ultrastructure of the salivary glands of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus females is described during feeding. In beginning of feeding, individuals show acini I with many mitochondria and wide basal labyrinth in peripheral cells; glycoprotein granules only in b and c3 cells (acini II); and epithelial interstitial cells with developed basal labyrinth between f cells (acini III). Semi-engorged females show cells in degeneration, with autophagic vacuoles, lysosomes, myelin figures, and irregular, condensed, and/or fragmented nuclei, in addition to apoptotic bodies. R. B. microplus points to apoptosis in these organs before the detachment from the host, in contrast to others tick species.
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- Erika Takagi Nunes
- Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
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Matsui H, Kakei M, Iwami M, Sakurai S. Glucose oxidase prevents programmed cell death of the silkworm anterior silk gland through hydrogen peroxide production. FEBS J 2011; 278:776-85. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07996.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Li Q, Deng X, Yang W, Huang Z, Tettamanti G, Cao Y, Feng Q. Autophagy, apoptosis, and ecdysis-related gene expression in the silk gland of the silkworm (Bombyx mori) during metamorphosis. CAN J ZOOL 2010. [DOI: 10.1139/z10-083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Degeneration of larval-specific tissues during insect metamorphosis has been suggested to be the result of apoptosis and autophagy and is triggered by ecdysteroids. However, the relationship between autophagy and apoptosis pathways and the mechanism of regulation by ecdysteroids remain to be elucidated. This study examined the events of autophagy, apoptosis, and the expression of ecdysis-related genes in the silk gland of the silkworm ( Bombyx mori L., 1758) during the larval to pupal transformation. The results indicated that autophagic features appeared in the silk gland at the wandering and spinning stages of the larvae, whereas the apoptotic features such as apoptotic bodies and DNA fragmentation occurred at the prepupal or early-pupal stages. The autophagic granules fused with each other to form large vacuoles where the cytoplasmic material was degraded. Autophagosomes, autolysosomes, and apoptotic bodies were found later in the degenerating silk-gland cells. Expression of the ecdysone receptor gene BmEcR and the transcription factor genes BmE74A and BmBR-C preceded the onset of autophagy and apoptosis, indicating that they may be responsible for triggering these programmed cell death pathways in the silk gland. The results suggest that both autophagy and apoptosis occur in the silk-gland cells during degeneration, but autophagy precedes apoptosis.
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- Qingrong Li
- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Department of Sericulture Science, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Sciences, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Department of Sericulture Science, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Sciences, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Department of Sericulture Science, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Sciences, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Department of Sericulture Science, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Sciences, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Department of Sericulture Science, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Sciences, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Department of Sericulture Science, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Sciences, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
- Department of Sericulture Science, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- Department of Biotechnology and Molecular Sciences, University of Insubria, via J.H. Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
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Sumithra P, Britto CP, Krishnan M. Modes of cell death in the pupal perivisceral fat body tissue of the silkworm Bombyx mori L. Cell Tissue Res 2009; 339:349-58. [DOI: 10.1007/s00441-009-0898-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2009] [Accepted: 10/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Zhang X, Hu ZY, Li WF, Li QR, Deng XJ, Yang WY, Cao Y, Zhou CZ. Systematic cloning and analysis of autophagy-related genes from the silkworm Bombyx mori. BMC Mol Biol 2009; 10:50. [PMID: 19470186 PMCID: PMC2693526 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-10-50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2008] [Accepted: 05/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Through the whole life of eukaryotes, autophagy plays an important role in various biological events including development, differentiation and determination of lifespan. A full set of genes and their encoded proteins of this evolutionarily conserved pathway have been identified in many eukaryotic organisms from yeast to mammals. However, this pathway in the insect model organism, the silkworm Bombyx mori, remains poorly investigated. Results Based on the autophagy pathway in several model organisms and a series of bioinformatic analyses, we have found more than 20 autophagy-related genes from the current database of the silkworm Bombyx mori. These genes could be further classified into the signal transduction pathway and two ubiquitin-like pathways. Using the mRNA extracted from the silkgland, we cloned the full length cDNA fragments of some key genes via reverse transcription PCR and 3' rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). In addition, we found that the transcription levels of two indicator genes BmATG8 and BmATG12 in the silkgland tend to be increased from 1st to 8th day of the fifth instar larvae. Conclusion Bioinformatics in combination with RT-PCR enable us to remodel a preliminary pathway of autophagy in the silkworm. Amplification and cloning of most autophagy-related genes from the silkgland indicated autophagy is indeed an activated process. Furthermore, the time-course transcriptional profiles of BmATG8 and BmATG12 revealed that both genes are up-regulated along the maturation of the silkgland during the fifth instar. These findings suggest that the autophagy should play an important role in Bombyx mori silkgland.
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- Xuan Zhang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei Anhui 230027, PR China.
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Morphological alterations induced by boric acid and fipronil in the midgut of worker honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) larvae. Cell Biol Toxicol 2009; 26:165-76. [DOI: 10.1007/s10565-009-9126-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2008] [Accepted: 04/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rybczynski R, Snyder CA, Hartmann J, Gilbert LI, Sakurai S. Manduca sexta prothoracicotropic hormone: evidence for a role beyond steroidogenesis. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2009; 70:217-229. [PMID: 19241458 DOI: 10.1002/arch.20295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) is a homodimeric brain peptide hormone that positively regulates the production of ecdysteroids by the prothoracic gland of Lepidoptera and probably other insects. PTTH was first purified from heads of adult domestic silkworms, Bombyx mori. Prothoracic glands of Bombyx and Manduca sexta undergo apoptosis well before the adult stage is reached, raising the recurring question of PTTH function at these later stages. Because Bombyx has been domesticated for thousands of years, the possibility exists that the presence of PTTH in adult animals is an accidental result of domestication for silk production. In contrast, Manduca has been raised in the laboratory for only five or six decades. The present study found that Manduca brains contain PTTH at all stages examined post-prothoracic gland apoptosis, i.e., pharate adult and adult life, and that PTTH-dependent changes in protein phosphorylation and protein synthesis were observed in several reproductive and reproduction-associated organs. The data indicate that PTTH indeed plays a role in non-steroidogenic tissues and suggest possible future avenues for determining which cellular processes are being so regulated.
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- Robert Rybczynski
- Department of Biology, CB 3280, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280, USA
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Furquim KCS, Bechara GH, Camargo Mathias MI. Markers of cell death in salivary glands of males of the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) (Acari, Ixodidae). Parasitol Int 2008; 57:396-404. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2008.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2007] [Revised: 04/10/2008] [Accepted: 04/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Scopinho Furquim KC, Bechara GH, Camargo Mathias MI. Death by apoptosis in salivary glands of females of the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) (Acari: Ixodidae). Exp Parasitol 2008; 119:152-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2007] [Revised: 12/11/2007] [Accepted: 01/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Silva-Zacarin ECM, Taboga SR, Silva de Moraes RLM. Nuclear alterations associated to programmed cell death in larval salivary glands of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Micron 2008; 39:117-27. [PMID: 17251032 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2006.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2006] [Revised: 12/01/2006] [Accepted: 12/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The silk glands of bees are a good model for the study of cell death in insects. With the objective to detect the nuclear features during glandular regression stage, larvae at the last instar and pre-pupae were collected and their silk glands were dissected and processed for ultrastructural analysis and histologically for cytochemical and imunocytochemical analysis. The results showed that the cellular nuclei exhibited characteristics of death by atypical apoptosis as well as autophagic cell death. Among the apoptosis characteristic were: nuclear strangulation with bleb formation in some nuclei, DNA fragmentation in most of the nuclei and nucleolar fragmentation. Centripetal chromatin compaction was observed in many nuclei, forming a perichromatin halo differing from typical apoptotic nuclei. With regards to the characteristics of autophagic-programmed cell death, most relevant was the delay in the collapse of many nuclei.
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- E C M Silva-Zacarin
- Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Avenida Darci Carvalho Daffner, Alto da Boa Vista, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil.
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McBrayer Z, Ono H, Shimell M, Parvy JP, Beckstead RB, Warren JT, Thummel CS, Dauphin-Villemant C, Gilbert LI, O’Connor MB. Prothoracicotropic hormone regulates developmental timing and body size in Drosophila. Dev Cell 2007; 13:857-71. [PMID: 18061567 PMCID: PMC2359579 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2007.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 304] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2007] [Revised: 10/29/2007] [Accepted: 11/05/2007] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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In insects, control of body size is intimately linked to nutritional quality as well as environmental and genetic cues that regulate the timing of developmental transitions. Prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) has been proposed to play an essential role in regulating the production and/or release of ecdysone, a steroid hormone that stimulates molting and metamorphosis. In this report, we examine the consequences on Drosophila development of ablating the PTTH-producing neurons. Surprisingly, PTTH production is not essential for molting or metamorphosis. Instead, loss of PTTH results in delayed larval development and eclosion of larger flies with more cells. Prolonged feeding, without changing the rate of growth, causes the overgrowth and is a consequence of low ecdysteroid titers. These results indicate that final body size in insects is determined by a balance between growth-rate regulators such as insulin and developmental timing cues such as PTTH that set the duration of the feeding interval.
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- Zofeyah McBrayer
- The Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455
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- The Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455
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- The Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455
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- FRE2852 Protéines Biochimie structurale et fonctionnelle, CNRS- Université P. et M. Curie, Bat A, 5ème ét., Case 29, 7 Quai St Bernard, 75252 Paris CEDEX 05 France
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- FRE2852 Protéines Biochimie structurale et fonctionnelle, CNRS- Université P. et M. Curie, Bat A, 5ème ét., Case 29, 7 Quai St Bernard, 75252 Paris CEDEX 05 France
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
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- The Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455
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Giusti F, Dallai L, Beani L, Manfredini F, Dallai R. The midgut ultrastructure of the endoparasite Xenos vesparum (Rossi) (Insecta, Strepsiptera) during post-embryonic development and stable carbon isotopic analyses of the nutrient uptake. ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT 2007; 36:183-97. [PMID: 18089098 DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2007.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2006] [Revised: 01/09/2007] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Females of the endoparasite Xenos vesparum (Strepsiptera, Stylopidae) may survive for months inside the host Polistes dominulus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). The midgut structure and function in larval instars and neotenic females has been studied by light and electron microscope and by stable carbon isotopic technique. The 1st instar larva utilizes the yolk material contained in the gut lumen, whereas the subsequent larval instars are actively involved in nutrient uptake from the wasp hemolymph and storage in the adipocytes. At the end of the 4th instar, the neotenic female extrudes with its anterior region from the host; the midgut progressively degenerates following an autophagic cell death program. First the midgut epithelial cells accumulate lamellar bodies and then expel their nuclei into the gut lumen; the remnant gut consists of a thin epithelium devoid of nuclei but still provided with intercellular junctions. We fed the parasitized wasps with sugar from different sources (beet or cane), characterized by their distinctive carbon isotope compositions, and measured the bulk (13)C/(12)C ratios of both wasps and parasites. Female parasites developing inside the wasp hemocoel are able to absorb nutrients from the host but, after their extrusion, they stop incorporating nutrients and survive thanks to the adipocytes content.
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- Fabiola Giusti
- Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva, University of Siena, Via A. Moro 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
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Aguila JR, Suszko J, Gibbs AG, Hoshizaki DK. The role of larval fat cells in adult Drosophila melanogaster. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 210:956-63. [PMID: 17337708 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.001586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In the life history of holometabolous insects, distinct developmental stages are tightly linked to feeding and non-feeding periods. The larval stage is characterized by extensive feeding, which supports the rapid growth of the animal and allows accumulation of energy stores, primarily in the larval fat body. In Drosophila melanogaster access to these stores during pupal development is possible because the larval fat body is preserved in the pupa as individual fat cells. These larval fat cells are refractive to autophagic cell death that removes most of the larval cells during metamorphosis. The larval fat cells are thought to persist into the adult stage and thus might also have a nutritional role in the young adult. We used cell markers to demonstrate that the fat cells in the young adult are in fact dissociated larval fat body cells, and we present evidence that these cells are eventually removed in the adult by a caspase cascade that leads to cell death. By genetically manipulating the lifespan of the larval fat cells, we demonstrate that these cells are nutritionally important during the early, non-feeding stage of adulthood. We experimentally blocked cell death of larval fat cells using the GAL4/UAS system and found that in newly eclosed adults starvation resistance increased from 58 h to 72 h. Starvation survival was highly correlated with the number of remaining larval fat cells. We discuss the implications of these results in terms of the overall nutritional status of the larva as an important factor in adult survival in environmental stresses such as starvation.
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- Jerell R Aguila
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
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Parthasarathy R, Palli SR. Stage- and cell-specific expression of ecdysone receptors and ecdysone-induced transcription factors during midgut remodeling in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2007; 53:216-29. [PMID: 17074360 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2006] [Revised: 09/06/2006] [Accepted: 09/11/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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In insects, especially in mosquitoes that are adult blood feeders, midgut remodeling is an important event during metamorphosis. It involves two processes viz., programmed cell death (PCD) of larval cells, and proliferation and differentiation of imaginal cells to form pupal/adult midgut. These processes are regulated by 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) and juvenile hormone (JH), but the signaling mechanisms, which trigger specific changes remain poorly understood. Here, we report stage- and cell-specific expression of ecydone receptor (EcR), ultraspiracle (USP), broad (Br), E75B and hormone receptor 3 (HR3) during midgut remodeling in Aedes aegypti. In Ae. aegypti both EcR and USP genes code for two isoforms each and the expression of mRNA for these isoforms showed both stage- and cell-specific regulation. In general, EcR-B and USP-A mRNAs were detected during larval stages in larval cells, and EcR-A and USP-B mRNAs were detected during pupal stages in imaginal cells. These data suggest that EcR-B/USP-A heterodimer is important for PCD of larval cells and EcR-A/USP-B heterodimer is important for formation of pupal/adult midgut. Broad Z1 mRNA was detected only in the larval cells suggesting its primary role in PCD. It is likely that E75B and HR3 are probably involved in both PCD and imaginal cell proliferation and differentiation as their mRNAs were expressed in the larval as well as in imaginal cells. Application of JH analog, methoprene, lowered or delayed the expression of all the genes studied. These data suggest that 20E plays a major role in midgut remodeling and coordinates this process through stage- and cell-specific expression of different isoforms of nuclear receptors and transcription factors in the target larval and imaginal cells.
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- R Parthasarathy
- Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
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Rewitz KF, Rybczynski R, Warren JT, Gilbert LI. The Halloween genes code for cytochrome P450 enzymes mediating synthesis of the insect moulting hormone. Biochem Soc Trans 2006; 34:1256-60. [PMID: 17073797 DOI: 10.1042/bst0341256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The developmental events occurring during moulting and metamorphosis of insects are controlled by precisely timed changes in levels of ecdysteroids, the moulting hormones. The final four sequential hydroxylations of steroid precursors into the active ecdysteroid of insects, 20E (20-hydroxyecdysone), are mediated by four cytochrome P450 (P450) enzymes, encoded by genes in the Halloween family. Orthologues of the Drosophila Halloween genes phantom (phm; CYP306A1), disembodied (dib; CYP302A1), shadow (sad; CYP315A1) and shade (shd; CYP314A1) were obtained from the endocrinological model insect, the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta. Expression of these genes was studied and compared with changes in the ecdysteroid titre that controls transition from the larval to pupal stage. phm, dib and sad, which encode P450s that mediate the final hydroxylations in the biosynthesis of ecdysone, were selectively expressed in the prothoracic gland, the primary source of ecdysone during larval and pupal development. Changes in their expression correlate with the haemolymph ecdysteroid titre during the fifth (final) larval instar. Shd, the 20-hydroxylase, which converts ecdysone into the more active 20E, is expressed in tissues peripheral to the prothoracic glands during the fifth instar. Transcript levels of shd in the fat body and midgut closely parallel the enzyme activity measured in vitro. The results indicate that these Halloween genes are transcriptionally regulated to support the high biosynthetic activity that produces the cyclic ecdysteroid pulses triggering moulting.
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- K F Rewitz
- Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, P.O. Box 260, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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Ono H, Rewitz KF, Shinoda T, Itoyama K, Petryk A, Rybczynski R, Jarcho M, Warren JT, Marqués G, Shimell MJ, Gilbert LI, O'Connor MB. Spook and Spookier code for stage-specific components of the ecdysone biosynthetic pathway in Diptera. Dev Biol 2006; 298:555-70. [PMID: 16949568 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2006] [Revised: 07/07/2006] [Accepted: 07/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ecdysteroids regulate many key developmental events in arthropods including molting and metamorphosis. Recently, members of the Drosophila Halloween group of genes, that are required for embryonic viability and cuticle deposition, have been shown to code for several cytochrome P450 enzymes that catalyze the terminal hydroxylation steps in the conversion of cholesterol to the molting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone. These P450s are conserved in other insects and each is thought to function throughout development as the sole mediator of a particular biosynthetic step since, where analyzed, each is expressed at all stages of development and shows no closely related homolog in their respective genomes. In contrast, we show here that several dipteran genomes encode two novel, highly related, microsomal P450 enzymes, Cyp307A1 and Cyp307A2, that likely participate as stage-specific components of the ecdysone biosynthetic machinery. This hypothesis comes from the observation that Cyp307A1 is encoded by the Halloween gene spook (spo), but unlike other Halloween class genes, Dmspo is not expressed during the larval stages. In contrast, Cyp307a2, dubbed spookier (spok), is expressed primarily during larval stages within the prothoracic gland cells of the ring gland. RNAi mediated reduction in the expression of this heterochromatin localized gene leads to arrest at the first instar stage which can be rescued by feeding the larva 20E, E or ketodiol but not 7dC. In addition, spok expression is eliminated in larvae carrying mutations in molting defective (mld), a gene encoding a nuclear zinc finger protein that is required for production of ecdysone during Drosophila larval development. Intriguingly, mld is not present in the Bombyx mori genome, and we have identified only one spook homolog in both Bombyx and Manduca that is expressed in both embryos and larva. These studies suggest an evolutionary split between Diptera and Lepidoptera in how the ecdysone biosynthetic pathway is regulated during development.
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- Hajime Ono
- The Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Sato Y, Kaneko H, Negishi S, Yazaki I. Larval arm resorption proceeds concomitantly with programmed cell death during metamorphosis of the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus. Cell Tissue Res 2006; 326:851-60. [PMID: 16868788 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0212-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2005] [Accepted: 03/29/2006] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Sea urchins are excellent models to elucidate metamorphic phenomena of echinoderms. However, little attention has been paid to the way that their organ resorption is accomplished by programmed cell death (PCD) and related cellular processes. We have used cytohistochemistry and transmission electron microscopy to study arm resorption in competent larvae of metamorphosing sea urchins, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus, induced to metamorphose by L-glutamine treatment. The results show that: (1) columnar epithelial cells, which are constituents of the ciliary band, undergo PCD in an overlapping fashion with apoptosis and autophagic cell death; (2) squamous epithelial cells, which are distributed between the two arrays of the ciliary band, display a type of PCD distinct from that of columnar epithelial cells, i.e., a cytoplasmic type of non-lysosomal vacuolated cell death; (3) epithelial integrity is preserved even when PCD occurs in constituent cells of the epithelium; (4) secondary mesenchyme cells, probably blastocoelar cells, contribute to the elimination of dying epithelial cells; (5) nerve cells have a delayed initiation of PCD. Taken together, our data indicate that arm resorption in sea urchins proceeds concomitantly with various types of PCD followed by heterophagic elimination, but that epithelial organization is preserved during metamorphosis.
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- Yukiko Sato
- Department of Biology, Keio University, Hiyoshi 4-1-1, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-8521, Japan.
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Cruz J, Mané-Padrós D, Bellés X, Martín D. Functions of the ecdysone receptor isoform-A in the hemimetabolous insect Blattella germanica revealed by systemic RNAi in vivo. Dev Biol 2006; 297:158-71. [PMID: 16890931 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.06.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2005] [Revised: 06/22/2006] [Accepted: 06/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The molecular basis of ecdysteroid function during development has been analyzed in detail in holometabolous insects, especially in Drosophila melanogaster, but rarely in hemimetabolous. Using the hemimetabolous species Blattella germanica (German cockroach) as model, we show that the ecdysone receptor isoform-A (BgEcR-A) mRNA is present throughout the penultimate and last nymphal instars in all tissues analyzed (prothoracic gland, epidermis and fat body). To study the functions of BgEcR-A, we reduced its expression using systemic RNAi in vivo, and we obtained knockdown specimens. Examination of these specimens indicated that BgEcR-A during the last nymphal instar is required for nymphal survival, and that reduced expression is associated with molting defects, lower circulating ecdysteroid levels and defects in cell proliferation in the follicular epithelium. Some BgEcR-A knockdown nymphs survive to the adult stage. The features of these specimens indicate that BgEcR-A is required for adult-specific developmental processes, such as wing development, prothoracic gland degeneration and normal choriogenesis.
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- Josefa Cruz
- Departament de Fisiologia i Biodiversitat Molecular, Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (CID, CSIC), Jordi Girona 18, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Sekimoto T, Iwami M, Sakurai S. Coordinate responses of transcription factors to ecdysone during programmed cell death in the anterior silk gland of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 15:281-92. [PMID: 16756547 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00641.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Programmed cell death (PCD) in Bombyx mori anterior silk glands (ASGs) is triggered by 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E). We examined the expression profiles and effects of 20E on 11 transcription factor genes in the fifth instar to determine whether they demonstrate the hierarchical control seen in Drosophila PCD. Results indicate that EcR-A and usp-2, but not EcR-B1 or usp-1, may be components of the ecdysone receptor complex. Up-regulation of E75A, BHR3, and three BR-C isoforms, but not E75B, appeared to be associated with the induction of PCD. betaFTZ-F1 was not expressed during PCD execution. Thus, gene control in B. mori ASGs differs from that in Drosophila salivary glands, despite both tissues undergoing PCD in response to 20E at pupal metamorphosis.
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- T Sekimoto
- Division of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakumamachi, Kanazawa, Japan
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Rewitz KF, Rybczynski R, Warren JT, Gilbert LI. Identification, characterization and developmental expression of Halloween genes encoding P450 enzymes mediating ecdysone biosynthesis in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 36:188-99. [PMID: 16503480 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2005.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2005] [Revised: 12/05/2005] [Accepted: 12/06/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The insect molting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) plays a central role in regulating gene expression during development and metamorphosis. In many Lepidoptera, the pro-hormone 3-dehydroecdysone (3DE), synthesized from cholesterol in the prothoracic gland, is rapidly converted to ecdysone (E) by a hemolymph reductase, and E is subsequently converted to 20E in various peripheral target tissues. Recently, four Drosophila melanogaster P450 enzymes, encoded by specific Halloween genes, were cloned and functionally characterized as mediating the last hydroxylation steps leading to 20E. We extended this work to the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta, an established model for endocrinological and developmental studies. cDNA clones were obtained for three Manduca orthologs of CYP306A1 (phantom; phm, the 25-hydroxylase), CYP302A1 (disembodied; dib, the 22-hydroxylase) and CYP315A1 (shadow; sad, the 2-hydroxylase), expressed predominantly in the prothoracic gland during the fifth (final) larval instar and during pupal-adult development, with fifth instar mRNA levels closely paralleling the hemolymph ecdysteroid titer. The data indicate that transcriptional regulation of phm, dib and sad plays a role in the developmentally varying steroidogenic capacities of the prothoracic glands during the fifth instar. The consistent expression of the Halloween genes confirms the importance of the prothoracic glands in pupal-adult development. These studies establish Manduca as an excellent model for examining the regulation of the Halloween genes.
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- Kim F Rewitz
- Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, P.O. Box 260, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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Kakei M, Iwami M, Sakurai S. Death commitment in the anterior silk gland of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2005; 51:17-25. [PMID: 15686642 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2004] [Revised: 10/29/2004] [Accepted: 10/29/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The insect steroid hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) triggers the programmed cell death (PCD) of the anterior silk glands (ASGs) of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. We tried to determine the time of commitment to die (death commitment) by examining ASG responses to 20E and juvenile hormone analogue (JHA) in vivo as well as in vitro. The ASGs obtained late on day 6 of the fifth instar completed PCD when cultured with 20E, while the ASGs obtained on day 4 and cultured with 20E did not undergo PCD. The ASGs became competent to respond to 20E at mid-day 5. The ASGs with responsiveness to 20E were not sensitive to JHA, indicating that the ASGs were committed to die before becoming capable of responding to 20E. Topical application of JHA on day 4 suppressed 20E-induced PCD, but that on day 5 failed to do so, indicating that the death commitment might occur between day 4 and 5. We also determined the time of death commitment after allatectomy of the fourth instar larvae, a procedure that induced the precocious PCD. Timed application of JHA and culture of ASGs with 20E in the presence of JHA showed that the ASGs had lost their sensitivity to JHA between 72 and 96 h after allatectomy, i.e. 24-48 h before precocious gut purge in the allatectomized larvae. This result is similar to that obtained in the fifth instar. We conclude that the cellular commitment to die takes place one day before the ASGs become competent to respond to 20E.
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- Motonori Kakei
- Division of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakumamachi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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Müller F, Adori C, Sass M. Autophagic and apoptotic features during programmed cell death in the fat body of the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta). Eur J Cell Biol 2004; 83:67-78. [PMID: 15146978 DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two major pathways of programmed cell death (PCD)--the apoptotic and the autophagic cell death--were investigated in the decomposition process of the larval fat body during the 5th larval stage of Manduca sexta. Several basic aspects of apoptotic and autophagic cell death were analyzed by morphological and biochemical methods in order to disclose whether these mechanisms do have shared common regulatory steps. Morphological examination revealed the definite autophagic wave started on day 4 followed by DNA fragmentation as demonstrated by agarose gel electrophoresis and TUNEL assay. By the end of the wandering period the cells were filled with autophagic vacuoles and protein granules of heterophagic origin and the vast majority of the nuclei were TUNEL-positive. No evidence was found of other aspects of apoptosis, e.g. activation of executioner caspases. Close correlation was disclosed between the onset of autophagy and the nuclear accumulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system.
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- Ferenc Müller
- Department of General Zoology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Levine B, Klionsky DJ. Development by Self-Digestion. Dev Cell 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s1534-5807(04)00099-1 order by 1-- trpx] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Levine B, Klionsky DJ. Development by Self-Digestion. Dev Cell 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s1534-5807(04)00099-1 and 6346=6346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Levine B, Klionsky DJ. Development by Self-Digestion. Dev Cell 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s1534-5807(04)00099-1 and (select 4137 from (select(sleep(5)))vhil)] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Levine B, Klionsky DJ. Development by Self-Digestion. Dev Cell 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s1534-5807(04)00099-1 waitfor delay '0:0:5'-- cijg] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Levine B, Klionsky DJ. Development by Self-Digestion. Dev Cell 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s1534-5807(04)00099-1 waitfor delay '0:0:5'] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Levine B, Klionsky DJ. Development by Self-Digestion. Dev Cell 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/s1534-5807(04)00099-1 order by 1-- uxyn] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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