Functional Characterization of Sex Pheromone Neurons and Receptors in the Armyworm, Mythimna separata (Walker)

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Wang, Chan

作者： Wang, Chan;Wang, Bing;Wang, Guirong;Wang, Guirong

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关键词： Mythimna separata; pheromone receptors; odorant receptor neurons; single sensillum recording; Xenopus oocyte

期刊名称：FRONTIERS IN NEUROANATOMY （ 影响因子：3.292； 五年影响因子：3.857 ）

ISSN： 1662-5129

年卷期： 2021 年 15 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Pheromone receptors (PRs) of moths are expressed on the dendritic membrane of odorant receptor neurons (ORNs) housed in the long trichoid sensilla (TS) of antennae and are essential to sex pheromone reception. The function of peripheral neurons of Mythimna separata in recognizing sex pheromones is still unclear. In this study, electroantennogram recordings were performed from male and female antennae of M. separata, and showed that the major component of sex pheromones, (Z)-11-hexadecenal (Z11-16:Ald), evoked the strongest response of male antennae with significant differences between sexes. Single sensillum recording was used to record responses of neurons housed in TS of male M. separata. The results revealed four types of TS with three neurons housed in each type, based on profiles of responses to sex pheromone components and pheromone analogs. ORN-B of type-I TS was specifically tuned to the major sex pheromone component Z11-16:Ald; ORN-Bs in type-III and type-IV TSs were, respectively, activated by minor components (Z)-11-hexadecen-1-yl acetate (Z11-16:OAc) and hexadecenal (16:Ald); and ORNs in type-II TS were mainly activated by the sex pheromone analogs. We further cloned full-length sequences of six putative PR genes and an Orco gene. Functional characterization of PRs in the Xenopus oocyte system demonstrated that male antennae-biased MsepPR1 responded strongly to (Z)-9-tetradecenal (Z9-14:Ald), suggesting that MsepPR1 may be expressed in type-II TS. MsepPR6 was exclusively tuned to (Z)-9-tetradecen-1-yl acetate (Z9-14:OAc). MsepPR2 and MsepPR4 showed no responses to any tested components. Female antennae-biased MespPR5 was broadly tuned to Z9-14:Ald, Z9-14:OAc, Z11-16:Ald, and (Z)-11-hexadecen-1-ol (Z11-16:OH). Our results further enriched the sex pheromone recognition mechanism in the peripheral nervous system of moth M. separata.

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