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Law STS, Nong W, Li C, Chong TK, Yip HY, Swale T, Chiu SW, Chung RYN, Lam HM, Wong SYS, Wong H, Hui JHL. Genome of tropical bed bug Cimex hemipterus (Cimicidae, Hemiptera) reveals tetraspanin expanded in bed bug ancestor. INSECT SCIENCE 2024. [PMID: 38830803 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.13388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 04/27/2024] [Accepted: 05/02/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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Cimex species are ectoparasites that exclusively feed on warm-blooded animals such as birds and mammals. Three cimicid species are known to be persistent pests for humans, including the tropical bed bug Cimex hemipterus, common bed bug Cimex lectularius, and Eastern bat bug Leptocimex boueti. To date, genomic information is restricted to the common bed bug C. lectularius, which limits understanding their biology and to provide controls of bed bug infestations. Here, a chromosomal-level genome assembly of C. hemipterus (495 Mb [megabase pairs]) contained on 16 pseudochromosomes (scaffold N50 = 34 Mb), together with 9 messenger RNA and small RNA transcriptomes were obtained. In comparison between hemipteran genomes, we found that the tetraspanin superfamily was expanded in the Cimex ancestor. This study provides the first genome assembly for the tropical bed bug C. hemipterus, and offers an unprecedented opportunity to address questions relating to bed bug infestations, as well as genomic evolution to hemipterans more widely.
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- Sean Tsz Sum Law
- School of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK Institute of Health Equity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK Institute of Health Equity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Social Work, CUHK Institute of Health Equity, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Jia Q, Yang L, Wen J, Liu S, Wen D, Luo W, Wang W, Palli SR, Sheng L. Cyp6g2 is the major P450 epoxidase responsible for juvenile hormone biosynthesis in Drosophila melanogaster. BMC Biol 2024; 22:111. [PMID: 38741075 PMCID: PMC11092216 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-024-01910-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Juvenile hormones (JH) play crucial role in regulating development and reproduction in insects. The most common form of JH is JH III, derived from MF through epoxidation by CYP15 enzymes. However, in the higher dipterans, such as the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster, a bis-epoxide form of JHB3, accounted most of the JH detected. Moreover, these higher dipterans have lost the CYP15 gene from their genomes. As a result, the identity of the P450 epoxidase in the JH biosynthesis pathway in higher dipterans remains unknown. RESULTS In this study, we show that Cyp6g2 serves as the major JH epoxidase responsible for the biosynthesis of JHB3 and JH III in D. melanogaster. The Cyp6g2 is predominantly expressed in the corpus allatum (CA), concurring with the expression pattern of jhamt, another well-studied gene that is crucial in the last steps of JH biosynthesis. Mutation in Cyp6g2 leads to severe disruptions in larval-pupal metamorphosis and exhibits reproductive deficiencies, exceeding those seen in jhamt mutants. Notably, Cyp6g2-/-::jhamt2 double mutants all died at the pupal stage but could be rescued through the topical application of JH analogs. JH titer analyses revealed that both Cyp6g2-/- mutant and jhamt2 mutant lacking JHB3 and JH III, while overexpression of Cyp6g2 or jhamt caused a significant increase in JHB3 and JH III titer. CONCLUSIONS These findings collectively established that Cyp6g2 as the major JH epoxidase in the higher dipterans and laid the groundwork for the further understanding of JH biosynthesis. Moreover, these findings pave the way for developing specific Cyp6g2 inhibitors as insect growth regulators or insecticides.
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- Qiangqiang Jia
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology & School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangmeiyuan R&D Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, South China Normal University, Meizhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology & School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology & School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology & School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangmeiyuan R&D Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, South China Normal University, Meizhou, China
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- College of Biological Science and Agriculture, Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities, Duyuan, 558000, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology & School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
- Guangmeiyuan R&D Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, South China Normal University, Meizhou, China
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- Center of Pharmaceutical Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40546, USA
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology & School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
- Guangmeiyuan R&D Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, South China Normal University, Meizhou, China.
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Truman JW, Riddiford LM, Konopova B, Nouzova M, Noriega FG, Herko M. The embryonic role of juvenile hormone in the firebrat, Thermobia domestica, reveals its function before its involvement in metamorphosis. eLife 2024; 12:RP92643. [PMID: 38568859 PMCID: PMC10994664 DOI: 10.7554/elife.92643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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To gain insights into how juvenile hormone (JH) came to regulate insect metamorphosis, we studied its function in the ametabolous firebrat, Thermobia domestica. Highest levels of JH occur during late embryogenesis, with only low levels thereafter. Loss-of-function and gain-of-function experiments show that JH acts on embryonic tissues to suppress morphogenesis and cell determination and to promote their terminal differentiation. Similar embryonic actions of JH on hemimetabolous insects with short germ band embryos indicate that JH's embryonic role preceded its derived function as the postembryonic regulator of metamorphosis. The postembryonic expansion of JH function likely followed the evolution of flight. Archaic flying insects were considered to lack metamorphosis because tiny, movable wings were evident on the thoraces of young juveniles and their positive allometric growth eventually allowed them to support flight in late juveniles. Like in Thermobia, we assume that these juveniles lacked JH. However, a postembryonic reappearance of JH during wing morphogenesis in the young juvenile likely redirected wing development to make a wing pad rather than a wing. Maintenance of JH then allowed wing pad growth and its disappearance in the mature juvenile then allowed wing differentiation. Subsequent modification of JH action for hemi- and holometabolous lifestyles are discussed.
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- James W Truman
- Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of WashingtonFriday HarborUnited States
- Department of Biology, University of WashingtonSeattleUnited States
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- Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of WashingtonFriday HarborUnited States
- Department of Biology, University of WashingtonSeattleUnited States
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South BohemiaCeske BudejoviceCzech Republic
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of SciencesCeske BudejoviceCzech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of SciencesCeske BudejoviceCzech Republic
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- Department of Biological Sciences and BSI, Florida International UniversityMiamiUnited States
- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of South BohemiaCeské BudejoviceCzech Republic
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- Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of WashingtonFriday HarborUnited States
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Truman JW, Riddiford LM, Konopová B, Nouzova M, Noriega FG, Herko M. The embryonic role of juvenile hormone in the firebrat, Thermobia domestica, reveals its function before its involvement in metamorphosis. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.10.06.561279. [PMID: 37873170 PMCID: PMC10592639 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.06.561279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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To gain insights into how juvenile hormone (JH) came to regulate insect metamorphosis, we studied its function in the ametabolous firebrat, Thermobia domestica. Highest levels of JH occur during late embryogenesis, with only low levels thereafter. Loss-of-function and gain-of-function experiments show that JH acts on embryonic tissues to suppress morphogenesis and cell determination and to promote their terminal differentiation. Similar embryonic actions of JH on hemimetabolous insects with short germ band embryos indicate that JH's embryonic role preceded its derived function as the postembryonic regulator of metamorphosis. The postembryonic expansion of JH function likely followed the evolution of flight. Archaic flying insects were considered to lack metamorphosis because tiny, movable wings were evident on the thoraces of young juveniles and their positive allometric growth eventually allowed them to support flight in late juveniles. Like in Thermobia, we assume that these juveniles lacked JH. However, a postembryonic reappearance of JH during wing morphogenesis in the young juvenile likely redirected wing development to make a wing pad rather than a wing. Maintenance of JH then allowed wing pad growth and its disappearance in the mature juvenile then allowed wing differentiation. Subsequent modification of JH action for hemi- and holometabolous lifestyles are discussed.
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- James W. Truman
- Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
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- Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biological Sciences and BSI, Florida International University, FL ,USA
- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA, USA
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Law STS, Yu Y, Nong W, So WL, Li Y, Swale T, Ferrier DEK, Qiu J, Qian P, Hui JHL. The genome of the deep-sea anemone Actinernus sp. contains a mega-array of ANTP-class homeobox genes. Proc Biol Sci 2023; 290:20231563. [PMID: 37876192 PMCID: PMC10598428 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/26/2023] Open
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Members of the phylum Cnidaria include sea anemones, corals and jellyfish, and have successfully colonized both marine and freshwater habitats throughout the world. The understanding of how cnidarians adapt to extreme environments such as the dark, high-pressure deep-sea habitat has been hindered by the lack of genomic information. Here, we report the first chromosome-level deep-sea cnidarian genome, of the anemone Actinernus sp., which was 1.39 Gbp in length and contained 44 970 gene models including 14 806 tRNA genes and 30 164 protein-coding genes. Analyses of homeobox genes revealed the longest chromosome hosts a mega-array of Hox cluster, HoxL, NK cluster and NKL homeobox genes; until now, such an array has only been hypothesized to have existed in ancient ancestral genomes. In addition to this striking arrangement of homeobox genes, analyses of microRNAs revealed cnidarian-specific complements that are distinctive for nested clades of these animals, presumably reflecting the progressive evolution of the gene regulatory networks in which they are embedded. Also, compared with other sea anemones, circadian rhythm genes were lost in Actinernus sp., which likely reflects adaptation to living in the dark. This high-quality genome of a deep-sea cnidarian thus reveals some of the likely molecular adaptations of this ecologically important group of metazoans to the extreme deep-sea environment. It also deepens our understanding of the evolution of genome content and organization of animals in general and cnidarians in particular, specifically from the viewpoint of key developmental control genes like the homeobox-encoding genes, where we find an array of genes that until now has only been hypothesized to have existed in the ancient ancestor that pre-dated both the cnidarians and bilaterians.
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- Sean Tsz Sum Law
- School of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Dovetail Genomics, LLC, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, USA
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- The Scottish Oceans Institute, Gatty Marine Laboratory, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
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- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
- Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
- Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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Zhang L, Xu H, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Wang Z, Guo P, Zhao P. Structural characterization and functional analysis of juvenile hormone acid methyltransferase JHAMT3 from the silkworm, Bombyx mori. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 151:103863. [PMID: 36341863 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2022] [Revised: 10/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Juvenile hormone acid methyltransferase (JHAMT) is a rate-limiting enzyme of juvenile hormone (JH) biosynthesis in insects. It transfers the methyl group of S-adenosyl methionine to either the carboxyl group of JH acids or farnesoic acid to produce JH. Six JHAMT paralogues have been identified in the silkworm (Bombyx mori); among them, JHAMT1 and JHAMT2 display a methyltransferase activity. Here, the three-dimensional crystal structure of inactive JHAMT3 and the binary complex of JHAMT3 with its cofactor S-adenosyl-l-homocysteine were determined through X-ray crystallization. Comparative structural analysis revealed that JHAMT3 adopted a similar structural pattern to that of functional JHAMT2, which comprised one core Rossmann fold domain and one substrate-binding domain. Similar to JHAMT2, JHAMT3 underwent a conformational change at the Rossmann fold domain because of cofactor binding, which promoted ligand accommodation. However, it exhibited a relatively rigid substrate-binding pocket compared with that of JHAMT2. JHAMT3 was also highly expressed in the silk gland of fourth- and fifth-instar B. mori larvae. The results of expression profiling combined with activity analysis suggested that JHAMT3 might function as a binding protein of JH acids for the regulation of JH acid titers. These findings provide a structural basis for enhancing the understanding of the physiological function of JHAMT3 and a rational framework for the development of potent and specific inhibitors of JHAMT family members.
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- Li Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China; Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China; Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China; Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China; Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China; Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China; Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China; Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (CHONGQING) Science City & Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China; Biological Science Research Center, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China; Integrative Science Center of Germplasm Creation in Western China (CHONGQING) Science City & Southwest University, Chongqing, 400716, China.
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Álvarez‐Campos P, Planques A, Bideau L, Vervoort M, Gazave E. On the hormonal control of posterior regeneration in the annelid
Platynereis dumerilii. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B: MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2022; 340:298-315. [PMID: 37160758 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Regeneration is the process by which many animals are able to restore lost or injured body parts. After amputation of the posterior part of its body, the annelid Platynereis dumerilii is able to regenerate the pygidium, the posteriormost part of its body that bears the anus, and a subterminal growth zone containing stem cells that allows the subsequent addition of new segments. The ability to regenerate their posterior part (posterior regeneration) is promoted, in juvenile worms, by a hormone produced by the brain and is lost when this hormonal activity becomes low at the time the worms undergo their sexual maturation. By characterizing posterior regeneration at the morphological and molecular levels in worms that have been decapitated, we show that the presence of the head is essential for multiple aspects of posterior regeneration, as well as for the subsequent production of new segments. We also show that methylfarnesoate, the molecule proposed to be the brain hormone, can partially rescue the posterior regeneration defects observed in decapitated worms. Our results are therefore consistent with a key role of brain hormonal activity in the control of regeneration and growth in P. dumerilii, and support the hypothesis of the involvement of methylfarnesoate in this control.
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS Institut Jacques Monod Paris France
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS Institut Jacques Monod Paris France
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS Institut Jacques Monod Paris France
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Identification and Evolution Analysis of the Complete Methyl Farnesoate Biosynthesis and Related Pathway Genes in the Mud Crab, Scylla paramamosain. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23169451. [PMID: 36012717 PMCID: PMC9409210 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23169451] [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: 07/24/2022] [Revised: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The sesquiterpenoid hormone methyl farnesoate (MF) plays a vital role during crustacean development, which is mainly evidenced by its varied titers during different developmental stages. However, the biosynthesis pathways of MF remain obscure to some extent. In this study, we identified the complete MF biosynthesis and related pathway genes in Scylla paramamosain, including three involved in acetyl-CoA metabolism, eight in the mevalonate pathway, five in the sesquiterpenoids synthesis pathway, and five in the methionine cycle pathway. Bioinformatics, genomic structure, and phylogenetic analysis indicated that the JH biosynthesis genes might have experienced evolution after species differentiation. The mRNA tissue distribution analysis revealed that almost all genes involving in or relating to MF syntheses were highly expressed in the mandibular organ (MO), among which juvenile hormone acid methyltransferase was exclusively expressed in the MO, suggesting that most of these genes might mainly function in MF biosynthesis and that the methionine cycle pathway genes might play a crucial regulatory role during MF synthesis. In addition, the phylogenetic and tissue distribution analysis of the cytochrome P450 CYP15-like gene suggested that the epoxidized JHs might exist in crustaceans, but are mainly synthesized in hepatopancreas rather than the MO. Finally, we also found that betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase genes were lost in insects while methionine synthase was probably lost in most insects except Folsomia candida, indicating a regulatory discrepancy in the methionine cycle between crustaceans and insects. This study might increase our understanding of synthetic metabolism tailored for sesquiterpenoid hormones in S. paramamosain and other closely related species.
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