Opsin mutants alter host plant selection by color vision in the nocturnal invasive pest Tuta absoluta

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第一作者： Tang, Yan-Hong

作者： Tang, Yan-Hong;Bi, Si-Yan;Wang, Xiao-Di;Ji, Shun-Xia;Huang, Cong;Zhang, Gui-Fen;Guo, Jian-Yang;Yang, Nian-Wan;Wan, Fang-Hao;Lue, Zhi-Chuang;Liu, Wan-Xue;Yang, Nian-Wan;Tang, Yan-Hong;Ma, Dong-Fang

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关键词： Color vision; Host plant localization; Opsin; CRISPR/Cas9; Tuta absoluta

期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES （ 影响因子：8.2； 五年影响因子：7.8 ）

ISSN： 0141-8130

年卷期： 2024 年 265 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： In insects, vision is crucial in finding host plants, but its role in nocturnal insects is largely unknown. Vision involves responses to specific spectra of photon wavelengths and opsins plays an important role in this process. Long-wavelength sensitive opsin (LW opsin) and blue-sensitive opsin (BL opsin) are main visual opsin proteins and play important in behavior regulation.We used CRISPR/Cas9 technology to mutate the long-wavelengthsensitive and blue wavelength-sensitive genes and explored the role of vision in the nocturnal invasive pest Tuta absoluta. Light wave experiments revealed that LW2 (-/-) and BL(-/-) mutants showed abnormal wavelength tropism. Both LW2 and BL mutations affected the preference of T. absoluta for the green environment. Mutations in LW2 and BL are necessary to inhibit visual attraction. The elimination of LW2 and BL affected the preference of leaf moths for green plants, and mutations in both induced a preference in moths for white plants. Behavioral changes resulting from LW2(-/-) and BL (-/-) mutants were not affected by sense of smell, further supporting the regulatory role of vision in insect behavior. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to reveal that vision, not smell, plays an important role in the host-seeking behavior of nocturnal insects at night, of which LW2 and BL opsins are key regulatory factors. These study findings will drive the development of the "vision-ecology" theory.

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