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Chen Y, Jiang T, Tan Z, Xue P, Xu J, Tang S, Yi Y, Shen X. Bom-miR-2805 upregulates the expression of Bombyx mori fibroin light chain gene in vivo. J Cell Biochem 2019; 120:14326-14335. [PMID: 31106458 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.28538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Revised: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRs) are inner regulatory RNAs mainly by regulating expression of genes at the posttranscriptional level. To investigate the regulatory function of Bombyx mori (B. mori) fibroin protein genes, the mRNA 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of fibroin light chain gene (BmFib-L) was used as the target and one miRNA, miR-2805 was predicted by using the Software. miR-2805 expression plasmid pcDNA3.0[ie1-egfp-pre-miR-2805-SV40] and BmFib-L 3'-UTR plasmid pGL3.0[A3-luc-Fib-L-3'-UTR-SV40] were constructed, respectively. The mentioned plasmids were cotransfected in BmN cells, and the regulatory function of miR-2805 on BmFib-L was detected by assay of dual luciferase activities, as well as synthesized mimic and inhibitor of miR-2805. The results revealed that miR-2805 significantly downregulated the expression of BmFib-L in BmN cells. To validate the function of miR-2805 in vivo, cultured silk glands or larvae were injected with solution containing pcDNA3.0[ie1-egfp-SV40], pcDNA3.0[ie1-egfp-pre-miR-2805-SV40], mimic, inhibitor respectively. BmFib-L expression was analyzed by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction using total RNAs extracted from silk glands. The results showed that miR-2805 significantly upregulated the expression of BmFib-L in both cultured tissues and individuals. To find out how miR-2805 differentially regulates BmFib-L expression in cells and tissues or individuals, we analyzed the expression level of transcription factors (TFs) involved in expression of silk protein genes. The results showed that miR-2805 upregulated the expression of TFs BmAwh and Bmdimm. These results suggest that miR-2805 may up-regulate the expression of BmFib-L interaction with BmAwh and/or Bmdimm in vivo. These findings are beneficial to clarify the molecular mechanism of miRNAs in regulating B. mori silk protein biosynthesis.
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- Yanhua Chen
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.,Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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Liu L, Wang Y, Li Y, Guo P, Liu C, Li Z, Wang F, Zhao P, Xia Q, He H. Insights into the repression of fibroin modulator binding protein-1 on the transcription of fibroin H-chain during molting in Bombyx mori. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 104:39-49. [PMID: 30543984 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2018.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 12/07/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Fibroin modulator binding protein-1 (FMBP-1) is a novel DNA-binding protein containing a conserved score and three amino acid peptide repeat (STPR) domain. The roles of factors containing STPR domain are less known. Although multiple transcription factors are involved in the transcriptional regulation of silk protein genes during the development of silkworm, the mechanism of transcriptional repression of silk protein genes during molting remains unclear. Here, we found that FMBP-1 expression was contrary to that of fibroin heavy chain (fib-H) during the fourth molting period of Bombyx mori. FMBP-1 repressed fib-H promoter activity by directly binding to the -130 element in the fib-H promoter region. We also identified two proteins, Bmsage and Bmdimm, that interacted with FMBP-1 in the posterior silk gland of silkworm larvae, and further verified these interactions by far western blotting and microscale thermophoresis in vitro, as well as co-immunoprecipitation and bimolecular fluorescence complementation at the cellular level. The luciferase reporter assay showed that the interaction between FMBP-1 and Bmdimm antagonized the activation of Bmdimm on fib-H transcription, but did not affect FMBP-1-mediated transcriptional repression on fib-H gene. Therefore, we proposed the following mechanism of fib-H transcriptional repression by FMBP-1 during the molting of silkworm larvae: 1) FMBP-1 directly binds to the -130 element in the fib-H promoter to repress fib-H transcription; 2) FMBP-1 interacts with Bmdimm to antagonize the activation of Bmdimm on fib-H transcription. Our findings promote a better understanding of fib-H transcriptional regulation and provide novel insights into the transcriptional repression of fib-H by FMBP-1 and basic helix-loop-helix factors Bmdimm during the molting of silkworm larvae. Our study also provides valuable information regarding the biological function of factors containing STPR domain.
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- Lina Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Sericultural Science, Chongqing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Novel Silk Materials, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Sericultural Science, Chongqing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Novel Silk Materials, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, China; Chongqing Key Laboratory of Sericultural Science, Chongqing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Novel Silk Materials, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, China.
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Yu LY, Cheng W, Zhou K, Li WF, Yu HM, Gao X, Shen X, Wu Q, Chen Y, Zhou CZ. Structures of an all-α protein running along the DNA major groove. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:3936-45. [PMID: 26939889 PMCID: PMC4856987 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Despite over 3300 protein–DNA complex structures have been reported in the past decades, there remain some unknown recognition patterns between protein and target DNA. The silkgland-specific transcription factor FMBP-1 from the silkworm Bombyx mori contains a unique DNA-binding domain of four tandem STPRs, namely the score and three amino acid peptide repeats. Here we report three structures of this STPR domain (termed BmSTPR) in complex with DNA of various lengths. In the presence of target DNA, BmSTPR adopts a zig-zag structure of three or four tandem α-helices that run along the major groove of DNA. Structural analyses combined with binding assays indicate BmSTPR prefers the AT-rich sequences, with each α-helix covering a DNA sequence of 4 bp. The successive AT-rich DNAs adopt a wider major groove, which is in complementary in shape and size to the tandem α-helices of BmSTPR. Substitutions of DNA sequences and affinity comparison further prove that BmSTPR recognizes the major groove mainly via shape readout. Multiple-sequence alignment suggests this unique DNA-binding pattern should be highly conserved for the STPR domain containing proteins which are widespread in animals. Together, our findings provide structural insights into the specific interactions between a novel DNA-binding protein and a unique deformed B-DNA.
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- Li-Yan Yu
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- School of Information Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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Tsutsumi M, Muto H, Myoba S, Kimoto M, Kitamura A, Kamiya M, Kikukawa T, Takiya S, Demura M, Kawano K, Kinjo M, Aizawa T. In vivo fluorescence correlation spectroscopy analyses of FMBP-1, a silkworm transcription factor. FEBS Open Bio 2016; 6:106-25. [PMID: 27239433 PMCID: PMC4821344 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2015] [Revised: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Fibroin modulator-binding protein 1 (FMBP-1) is a silkworm transcription factor that has a unique DNA-binding domain called the one score and three amino acid peptide repeat (STPR). Here we used fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) to analyze the diffusion properties of an enhanced green fluorescent protein-tagged FMBP-1 protein (EGFP-FMBP-1) expressed in posterior silk gland (PSG) cells of Bombyx mori at the same developmental stage as natural FMBP-1 expression. EGFP-FMBP-1 clearly localized to cell nuclei. From the FCS analyses, we identified an immobile DNA-bound component and three discernible diffusion components. We also used FCS to observe the movements of wild-type and mutant EGFP-FMBP-1 proteins in HeLa cells, a simpler experimental system. Based on previous in vitro observation, we also introduced a single amino acid substitution in order to suppress stable FMBP-1-DNA binding; specifically, we replaced the ninth Arg in the third repeat within the STPR domain with Ala. This mutation completely disrupted the slowest diffusion component as well as the immobile component. The diffusion properties of other FMBP-1 mutants (e.g. mutants with N-terminal or C-terminal truncations) were also analyzed. Based on our observations, we suggest that the four identifiable movements might correspond to four distinct FMBP-1 states: (a) diffusion of free protein, (b) and
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan; Biomedical Research Support Center Nagasaki University School of Medicine Nagasaki, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
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- Faculty of Science Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan; Chitose Institute of Science and Technology Chitose, Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
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- Faculty of Advanced Life Science Hokkaido University Sapporo Japan
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Wang X, Tang S, Song F, Chen C, Guo X, Shen X. Bmo-miR-2758 Targets BmFMBP-1 (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) and Suppresses Its Expression in BmN Cells. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE (ONLINE) 2016; 16:iew009. [PMID: 27001963 PMCID: PMC4801057 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iew009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Accepted: 01/28/2016] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are an abundant family of endogenous noncoding small RNA molecules. They play crucial roles on regulation of life processes both in plants and animals. Fibroin modulator binding protein-1 (FMBP-1) is a silk gland transcription factor of Bombyx mori, which is considered as a trans-activator of fibroin genes. And bioinformatics prediction showed that at the 3' untranslated region (3' UTR) of BmFMBP-1 there were binding sites for three bmo-miRNAs, bmo-miR-2b*, bmo-miR-305, and bmo-miR-2758, separately. In order to validate whether these bmo-miRNAs involved in the regulation of BmFMBP-1 expression, the expression levels of three bmo-miRNAs and BmFMBP-1 in the middle silk gland (MSG) and posterior silk gland (PSG) during the fourth- and fifth-larval stages of B. mori were measured by semi-quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. The results revealed that the expression level of bmo-miR-2758 was the highest in the three, and it expressed higher in the PSG than in the MSG with a similar expression pattern as BmFMBP-1, implying that bmo-miR-2758 may involved in regulation of BmFMBP-1. To validate the regulation function of bmo-miR-2758 on BmFMBP-1, recombinant plasmids pcDNA3 [ie1-egfp-pri-bmo-miR-2758-SV40] and pGL3 [A3-luc-FMBP-1 3' UTR-SV40] were constructed and co-transfected in BmN cells. The dual-luciferase reporter assay system was used for assay of transient expression. The results showed that the expression of the luciferase reporter was significantly decreased when pGL3 [A3-luc-FMBP-1 3' UTR-SV40] co-transfected with pcDNA3 [ie1-egfp-pri-bmo-miR-2758-SV40] (P < .01). Furthermore, when the artificial antisense RNA of bmo-miR-2758 (inhibitor) was added to the above co-transfection, the expression of the luciferase reporter was recovered significantly (P < 0.01). These results suggest that bmo-miR-2758 represses the expression of BmFMBP-1 in vitro.
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- Xin Wang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China; Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China; Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China; Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China; Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang, China
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Su H, Cheng Y, Wang Z, Li Z, Stanley D, Yang Y. Silk Gland Gene Expression during Larval-Pupal Transition in the Cotton Leaf Roller Sylepta derogata (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). PLoS One 2015; 10:e0136868. [PMID: 26352931 PMCID: PMC4564283 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Accepted: 08/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The cotton leaf roller, Sylepta derogata, is a silk-producing insect pest. While young larvae feed on the underside of leaves, the older ones roll cotton leaves and feed on the leaf edges, which defoliates cotton plants. The larvae produce silk to stabilize the rolled leaf and to balloon from used to new leaves. Despite the significance of silk in the biology of pest insect species, there is virtually no information on the genes involved in their silk production. This is a substantial knowledge gap because some of these genes may be valuable targets for developing molecular pest management technologies. We addressed the gap by posing the hypothesis that silk gland gene expression changes during the transition from larvae to pupae. We tested our hypothesis using RNA-seq to investigate changes in silk gland gene expression at three developmental stages, 5th instar larvae (silk producing; 15,445,926 clean reads), prepupae (reduced silk producing; 13,758,154) and pupae (beyond silk producing; 16,787,792). We recorded 60,298 unigenes and mapped 50,158 (larvae), 48,415 (prepupae) and 46,623 (pupae) of them to the NCBI database. Most differentially expressed genes in the 5th instar larvae/prepupae libraries were relevant to nucleotide synthesis and maintenance of silk gland function. We identified down-regulated transcriptional factors and several genes involved in silk formation in the three libraries and verified the expression pattern of eight genes by qPCR. The developmental- and tissue-specific expression patterns of the fibroin light chain gene showed it was highly expressed during the larval silk-producing stage. We recorded highest expression of this gene in the larval silk gland, compared to other tissues, including midgut, hindgut, epidermis, Malpighian tubes, hemolymph and fat body. These data are a genetic resource to guide selection of key genes that may be targeted for in planta and other gene-silencing technologies for sustainable cotton agriculture.
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- Honghua Su
- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China, 225009
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China, 225009
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- Yangzhou Termite Control Center, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China, 225001
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China, 225009
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- USDA – Agricultural Research Service, Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory, 1503 S. Providence Road, Columbia, MO, United States of America, 65203
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- School of Horticulture and Plant Protection of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China, 225009
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Ehrlichia chaffeensis TRP120 binds a G+C-rich motif in host cell DNA and exhibits eukaryotic transcriptional activator function. Infect Immun 2011; 79:4370-81. [PMID: 21859854 DOI: 10.1128/iai.05422-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligately intracellular bacterium that modulates host cell gene transcription in the mononuclear phagocyte, but the host gene targets and mechanisms involved in transcriptional modulation are not well-defined. In this study, we identified a novel tandem repeat DNA-binding domain in the E. chaffeensis 120-kDa tandem repeat protein (TRP120) that directly binds host cell DNA. TRP120 was observed by immunofluorescent microscopy in the nucleus of E. chaffeensis-infected host cells and was detected in nuclear extracts by Western immunoblotting with TRP120-specific antibody. The TRP120 binding sites and associated host cell target genes were identified using high-throughput deep sequencing (Illumina) of immunoprecipitated DNA (chromatin immunoprecipitation and high-throughput DNA sequencing). Multiple em motif elicitation (MEME) analysis of the most highly enriched TRP120-bound sequences revealed a G+C-rich DNA motif, and recombinant TRP120 specifically bound synthetic oligonucleotides containing the motif. TRP120 target gene binding sites were mapped most frequently to intersecting regions (intron/exon; 49%) but were also identified in upstream regulatory regions (25%) and downstream locations (26%). Genes targeted by TRP120 were most frequently associated with transcriptional regulation, signal transduction, and apoptosis. TRP120 targeted inflammatory chemokine genes, CCL2, CCL20, and CXCL11, which were strongly upregulated during E. chaffeensis infection and were also upregulated by direct transfection with recombinant TRP120. This study reveals that TRP120 is a novel DNA-binding protein that is involved in a host gene transcriptional regulation strategy.
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Nonaka Y, Muto H, Aizawa T, Okabe E, Myoba S, Yokoyama T, Saito S, Tatami F, Kumaki Y, Kamiya M, Kikukawa T, Mizuguchi M, Takiya S, Kinjo M, Demura M, Kawano K. STPR, a 23-amino acid tandem repeat domain, found in the human function-unknown protein ZNF821. Biochemistry 2010; 49:8367-75. [PMID: 20795678 DOI: 10.1021/bi100448f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The STPR motif is composed of 23-amino acid repeats aligned contiguously. STPR was originally reported as the DNA-binding domain of the silkworm protein FMBP-1. ZNF821, the human protein that contains the STPR domain, is a zinc finger protein of unknown function. In this study, we prepared peptides of silkworm FMBP-1 STPR (sSTPR) and human ZNF821 STPR (hSTPR) and compared their DNA binding behaviors. This revealed that hSTPR, like sSTPR, is a double-stranded DNA-binding domain. Sequence-independent DNA binding affinities and α-helix-rich DNA-bound structures were comparable between the two STPRs, although the specific DNA sequence of hSTPR is still unclear. In addition, a subcellular expression experiment showed that the hSTPR domain is responsible for the nuclear localization of ZNF821. ZNF821 showed a much slower diffusion rate in the nucleus, suggesting the possibility of interaction with chromosomal DNA. STPR sequences are found in many proteins from vertebrates, insects, and nematodes. Some of the consensus amino acid residues would be responsible for DNA binding and concomitant increases in α-helix structure content.
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- Yasuhiro Nonaka
- Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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