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Liu Y, Zou K, Wang T, Guan M, Duan H, Yu H, Wu D, Du J. Genome-Wide Identification and Analysis of Family Members with Juvenile Hormone Binding Protein Domains in Spodoptera frugiperda. INSECTS 2024; 15:573. [PMID: 39194778 DOI: 10.3390/insects15080573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2024] [Revised: 07/25/2024] [Accepted: 07/26/2024] [Indexed: 08/29/2024]
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Juvenile hormone binding proteins (JHBPs) are carrier proteins that bind to juvenile hormone (JH) to form a complex, which then transports the JH to target organs to regulate insect growth and development. Through bioinformatics analysis, 76 genes encoding JHBP in S. frugiperda were identified from whole genome data (SfJHBP1-SfJHBP76). These genes are unevenly distributed across 8 chromosomes, with gene differentiation primarily driven by tandem duplication. Most SfJHBP proteins are acidic, and their secondary structures are mainly composed of α-helices and random coils. Gene structure and conserved motif analyses reveal significant variations in the number of coding sequences (CDS) and a high diversity in amino acid sequences. Phylogenetic analysis classified the genes into four subfamilies, with a notable presence of directly homologous genes between S. frugiperda and S. litura, suggesting a close relationship between the two species. RNA-seq data from public databases and qPCR of selected SfJHBP genes show that SfJHBP20, SfJHBP50, and SfJHBP69 are highly expressed at most developmental stages, while SfJHBP8 and SfJHBP14 exhibit specific expression during the pupal stage and in the midgut. These findings provide a theoretical basis for future studies on the biological functions of this gene family.
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- Yang Liu
- College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Science and Technology University, Chuzhou 233100, China
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- College of Agriculture, Anhui Science and Technology University, Chuzhou 233100, China
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- College of Agriculture, Anhui Science and Technology University, Chuzhou 233100, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Science and Technology University, Chuzhou 233100, China
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- College of Agriculture, Anhui Science and Technology University, Chuzhou 233100, China
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- College of Agriculture, Anhui Science and Technology University, Chuzhou 233100, China
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- College of Agriculture, Anhui Science and Technology University, Chuzhou 233100, China
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- College of Agriculture, Anhui Science and Technology University, Chuzhou 233100, China
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Niewiadomska-Cimicka A, Schmidt M, Ożyhar A, Jones D, Jones G, Kochman M. Juvenile hormone binding protein core promoter is TATA-driven with a suppressory element. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2011; 1809:226-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2011.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2010] [Revised: 01/10/2011] [Accepted: 02/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sok AJ, Andruszewska G, Niewiadomska-Cimicka A, Grad I, Rymarczyk G, Pajdzik D, Orłowski M, Schmidt MT, Grajek W, Ożyhar A, Kochman M. Regulatory elements in the juvenile hormone binding protein gene from Galleria mellonella — Topography of binding sites for Usp and EcRDBD. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2008; 1779:390-401. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2008.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2008] [Revised: 04/12/2008] [Accepted: 04/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zhou X, Tarver MR, Bennett GW, Oi FM, Scharf ME. Two hexamerin genes from the termite Reticulitermes flavipes: Sequence, expression, and proposed functions in caste regulation. Gene 2006; 376:47-58. [PMID: 16580793 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2005] [Revised: 02/01/2006] [Accepted: 02/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Previous molecular studies on the termite Reticulitermes flavipes have revealed that two hexamerin proteins serve an important status quo role in the regulation of juvenile hormone (JH)-dependent caste differentiation. Here, we report sequence data and other experimental evidence suggesting how these two hexamerins function in achieving caste regulation. The two hexamerin genes, named Hex-1 and Hex-2, encode highly unique sequence features relative to the 100+ other known insect hexamerins. These features include a long hydrophobic tail and prenylation motif in Hex-1, and a long hydrophilic insertion plus several putative protease cleavage sites in Hex-2. Both hexamerin genes are primarily expressed in fat body tissue, but only Hex-2 expression is substantially induced by JH. SDS-PAGE showed that the hexamerin proteins constitute a major proportion of total soluble termite protein. Also, although each protein occurs in both the membrane and soluble protein fractions, Hex-2 has stronger membrane affinity. Anti-JH antiserum specifically recognizes hemolymph-soluble Hex-1 protein, supporting that the unique prenylation site in Hex-1 facilitates covalent JH binding to the primary amino acid chain. Finally, increased ratios of Hex-2 to Hex-1 transcription occur in caste phenotypes and developmental stages that differentiate in response to rising JH titers. Two main conclusions can be taken from these studies. First, elevated ratios of Hex-2 to Hex-1 expression are associated with caste phenotypes that differentiate in response to rising JH titers (i.e., workers, presoldiers and soldiers). Second, due to their unique structural features and other observed characteristics, our findings support the hypothesis that the two hexamerins participate in the regulation of caste-differentiation by modulating JH availability.
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- X Zhou
- Toxicology Laboratory, Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Bldg. 970-Natural Area Dr., PO Box 110620, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620, USA
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Tawfik AI, Kellner R, Hoffmann KH, Lorenz MW. Purification, characterisation and titre of the haemolymph juvenile hormone binding proteins from Schistocerca gregaria and Gryllus bimaculatus. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2006; 52:255-68. [PMID: 16384579 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2005.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2005] [Revised: 11/14/2005] [Accepted: 11/14/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Juvenile hormone binding proteins (JHBPs) were extracted from the haemolymph of adult desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria, and Mediterranean field crickets, Gryllus bimaculatus. The JHBPs were purified by polyethyleneglycol precipitation, filtration through molecular weight cut off filters and chromatography on a HiTrap heparin column. The juvenile hormone (JH) binding activity of the extracts was measured using a hydroxyapatite assay and the purification progress was monitored by native gel chromatography and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The haemolymph JHBPs of both insects are hexamers composed of seemingly identical subunits. The JHBP of the locust has a native Mr of 480 kDa with subunits of 77 kDa, whereas the JHBP of the cricket has a Mr of 510 kDa with subunits of 81 kDa. The locust JHBP binds JH III with moderate affinity (KD = 19 nM). Competition for binding of JH II and JH I was about 2 and 5 times less, respectively. The cricket JHBP also has a moderate affinity for JH III (KD = 28 nM), but surprisingly, competition for binding of JH II was equal to that of JH III and JH I competed about 3 times higher. No sequence information was obtained for the locust JHBP, but the N-terminal sequence of the cricket JHBP shows ca. 56% sequence homology with a hexamerin from Calliphora vicina. Antisera raised against the purified JHBPs were used to measure age- and sex-dependent changes in haemolymph JHBP titres and to confirm that the JHBPs of both species are immunologically different.
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- Amer I Tawfik
- Department of Zoology/Entomology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt
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Sok AJ, Czajewska K, Ozyhar A, Kochman M. The structure of the juvenile hormone binding protein gene from Galleria mellonella. Biol Chem 2005; 386:1-10. [PMID: 15843141 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2005.001] [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] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AbstractJuvenile hormone (JH) and ecdysone are the key hormones controlling insect growth and development. The juvenile hormone binding protein (JHBP) is the first member in the array of proteins participating in JH signal transmission. In the present report a wholejhbpgene sequence (9790 bp) is described. Thejhbpgene contains four introns (A–D). All the introns have common flanking sequences: GT at the 5′ and AG at the 3′ end. The first intron is in phase 1, the second in phase 2, and the third and fourth in phase 1. An analysis of these sequences suggests that U2-class spliceosomes are involved in intron excision from pre-mRNA. Several horizontally transmitted elements from other genes were found in the introns. Alljhbpexons are positioned in local AT-reach regions of the gene. A search for core promoter regulatory elements revealed that the TATA box starts 29 bp preceding the start of transcription; the sequence TCAGTA representing a putative initiator sequence (Inr) starts at position +14. Eight characteristic sequences for bindingBroad-Complexgene products, which coordinate the ecdysone temporal response, are present in the non-coding sequence of thejhbpgene. An analysis of exon locations and intron phases indicates thatjhbpgene organization is related to theretinol binding proteingene, a member of the lipocalin family.
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- Agnieszka J Sok
- Division of Biochemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Wrocław University of Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
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Dobryszycki P, Kołodziejczyk R, Krowarsch D, Gapiński J, Ozyhar A, Kochman M. Unfolding and refolding of juvenile hormone binding protein. Biophys J 2004; 86:1138-48. [PMID: 14747348 PMCID: PMC1303906 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(04)74188-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Juvenile hormone (JH) regulates insect development. JH present in the hemolymph is bound to a specific glycoprotein, juvenile hormone binding protein (JHBP), which serves as a carrier to deploy the hormone to target tissues. In this report structural changes of JHBP from Galleria mellonella induced by guanidine hydrochloride have been investigated by a combination of size-exclusion chromatography, protein activity measurements, and spectroscopic methods. Molecules of JHBP change their conformation from a native state via two unstable intermediates to a denatured state. The first intermediate appears in a compact state, because it slightly changes its molecular size and preserves most of the JHBP secondary structure of the native state. Although the second intermediate also preserves a substantial part of the secondary structure, it undergoes a change into a noncompact state changing its Stokes radius from approximately 30 to 39 A. Refolding experiments showed that JHBP molecules recover their full protein structure, as judged from the CD spectrum, fluorescence experiments, and JH binding activity measurements. The free energy of unfolding in the absence of the denaturant, DeltaG(D-N), is calculated to be 4.1 kcal mol(-1).
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- Piotr Dobryszycki
- Division of Biochemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland
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Han J, Lee CS, Yun CY, Lee BH, Ko YG, Kang CS, Lee SD, Hwang JS, Kang SW, Kim HR. Cloning and expression of male-specific protein (MSP) from the hemolymph of greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella L. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 54:110-120. [PMID: 14571505 DOI: 10.1002/arch.10106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Male-specific protein (MSP) is a soluble protein that accumulates in high amounts in the hemolymph and other organs of adult male wax moth. The MSP was purified from adult male wax moth by gel filtration and reversed phase column chromatography, and its amino acid sequence was determined. Because of blocked N-terminus, several internal amino acid sequences of MSP were obtained by the in-gel digestion method using trypsin. RT-PCR was conducted using degenerate primers designed from the internal amino acid sequences. 5'-RACE PCR was used to obtain the complete coding region and 5'-UTR sequence. The full length MSP cDNA sequence encodes a 239 amino acid polypeptide with an 18 amino acid signal peptide. The putative mature MSP has a molecular mass of 24,317 Da and an isoelectric point (pI) of 6.00, but shows a molecular mass of 27 kDa on SDS-PAGE. Sequence alignment showed a significant similarity between MSP and juvenile hormone binding proteins (JHBPs) of several lepidopteran species, including G. mellonella.
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- Jikhyon Han
- Laboratory of Animal Macromolecules Physiology and Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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Grzelak K, Kłdkiewicz B, Kolomiets LI, Debski J, Dadlez M, Lalik A, Ozyhar A, Kochman M. Overexpression of juvenile hormone binding protein in bacteria and Pichia pastoris. Protein Expr Purif 2003; 31:173-80. [PMID: 14550634 DOI: 10.1016/s1046-5928(03)00192-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Galleria mellonella juvenile hormone binding protein (JHBP) is a single chain glycoprotein with two disulfide bonds and a molecular mass of 25,880 Da. This report describes the expression of JHBP in bacteria and yeast cells (Pichia pastoris). The expression in bacteria was low and the protein was rapidly degraded upon cell lysis. The expression of His8-tagged rJHBP (His8-rJHBP) in P. pastoris was high and the non-degraded protein was purified to homogeneity with high yield in a one-step immobilized Ni++ affinity chromatography. His8-rJHBP from P. pastoris contains one JH III binding site with KD of 3.7 +/- 1.3x10(-7) M. The results suggest that P. pastoris is the preferred system for expression of His8-rJHBP in non-degraded fully active form.
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- Krystyna Grzelak
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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