粘虫
生物
受体
有害生物分析
细胞生物学
基因敲除
基因
生物化学
幼虫
植物
作者
Mei-Mei Li,Qian Yang,Lihui Chen,Yanying Li,Junxiang Wu,Xiangli Xu
标识
DOI:10.1111/1744-7917.13246
摘要
Abstract Mythimna separata is a notorious phytophagous pest which poses serious threats to cereal crops owing to the gluttony of the larvae. Because short neuropeptide F (sNPF) and its receptor sNPFR are involved in a diversity of physiological functions, especially in functions related to feeding in insects, it is a molecular target for pest control. Herein, an sNPF and 2 sNPFR s were identified and cloned from M. separata . Bioinformatics analysis revealed that the sNPF and its receptors had a highly conserved RLRFamide C‐terminus and 7 transmembrane domains, respectively. The sNPF and its receptor genes were distributed across larval periods and tissues, but 2 receptors had distinct expression patterns. The starvation‐induced assay elucidated that sNPF and sNPFR expression levels were downregulated under food deprivation and recovered with subsequent re‐feeding. RNA interference knockdown of sNPF , sNPFR 1, and sNPFR 2 by injection of double‐stranded RNA into larvae not only suppressed food consumption and increased body size and weight, but also led to decrease of glycogen and total lipid contents, and increase of trehalose compared with double‐stranded green fluorescent protein injection. Furthermore, molecular docking was performed on the interaction mode between sNPFR protein and its ligand sNPF based on the 3‐dimensional models constructed by AlphaFold; the results indicated that both receptors were presumably activated by the mature peptide sNPF‐2. These results revealed that sNPF signaling played a considerably vital role in the feeding regulation of M. separata and represents a potential control target for this pest.
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