文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Yan, Shuo ¹ ; Liu, Yan-Jun ¹ ; Zhu, Jia-Lin ³ ; Cui, Wei-Na ⁴ ; Zhang, Xin-Fang ⁵ ; Yang, Yu-Hui ¹ ; Liu, Xiao-Ming ¹ ; Z ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.China Agr Univ, Dept Entomol, Beijing 100193, Peoples R China

2.Natl Agr Technol Extens & Serv Ctr, Beijing, Peoples R China

3.Beijing Entry Exit Inspect & Quarantine Bur, Beijing, Peoples R China

4.Zoucheng Plant Protect Stn, Zoucheng, Shandong, Peoples R China

5.Hebei Acad Agr & Forestry Sci, Changli Inst Pomol, Changli, Hebei, Peoples R China

关键词： circadian clock; compound eye; photoreceptor; period; timeless; rhythm

期刊名称：INSECT SCIENCE （ 影响因子：3.262； 五年影响因子：3.206 ）

ISSN： 1672-9609

年卷期： 2019 年 26 卷 2 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Circadian clock genes in peripheral tissues usually play an important role in regulating the circadian rhythms. Light is the most important environmental signal for synchronizing endogenous rhythms with the daily light-dark cycle, and compound eyes are known as the principal circadian photoreceptor for photic entrainment in most moths. However, there is little evidence for circadian timing in compound eyes. In the current study, we isolated the timeless gene, designated Ha-tim (GenBank accession number: KM233162), from the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera. Ha-tim and period (Ha-per) showed low messenger RNA levels in the compound eyes compared to the other tested adult organs. Ha-tim and Ha-per transcript levels were dependent on an endogenous rhythm that fluctuated over a daily cycle in the compound eyes and heads. The cycles of Ha-tim and Ha-per transcript levels followed similar time courses, and identical expression patterns of the two genes were observed in the compound eyes and heads. Ha-tim and Ha-per were down-regulated in the compound eyes after light exposure, copulation and starvation. These results indicated that Ha-tim and Ha-per transcript levels were regulated by endogenous and exogenous factors. Our study helped to improve our understanding of the circadian clock machinery in compound eyes and other peripheral tissues.