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Comparative Analyses of Reproductive Caste Types Reveal Vitellogenin Genes Involved in Queen Fertility in Solenopsis invicta

文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Liu, Fenghao 1 ; Xu, Fengchao 1 ; Zhang, Yikun 1 ; Qian, Yurui 1 ; Zhang, Guofeng 1 ; Shi, Longqing 4 ; Peng, Lu 1 ; Sharma, Hari Shanker 1 ;

作者机构： 1.Fujian Agr & Forestry Univ, Inst Appl Ecol, State Key Lab Ecol Pest Control Fujian Taiwan Crop, FL, Fuzhou, Peoples R China

2.Fujian Agr & Forestry Univ, Ministerial & Prov Joint Innovat Ctr Safety Prod C, Fuzhou 350002, Peoples R China

3.Fujian Agr & Forestry Univ, Fujian Prov Key Lab Insect Ecol, Fuzhou 350002, Peoples R China

4.Fujian Acad Agr Sci, Rice Res Inst, Fuzhou 350018, Peoples R China

关键词： Solenopsis invicta; transcriptome; Vgs; oogenesis; fertility

期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES （ 影响因子：5.6； 五年影响因子：6.2 ）

ISSN： 1661-6596

年卷期： 2023 年 24 卷 24 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren) is a social pest species with a robust reproductive ability that causes extensive damage. Identification of the genes involved in queen fertility is critical in order to better understand the reproductive biology and screening for the potential molecular targets in S. invicta. Here, we used the mRNA deep sequencing (RNA-seq) approach to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the transcriptomes of three reproductive caste types of S. invicta, including queen (QA) and winged female (FA) and male (MA) ants. The genes that were specific to and highly expressed in the queens were then screened, and the Vg2 and Vg3 genes were chosen as targets to explore their functions in oogenesis and fertility. A minimum of 6.08 giga bases (Gb) of clean reads was obtained from all samples, with a mapping rate > 89.78%. There were 7524, 7133, and 977 DEGs identified in the MA vs. QA, MA vs. FA, and FA vs. QA comparisons, respectively. qRT-PCR was used to validate 10 randomly selected DEGs, including vitellogenin 2 (Vg2) and 3 (Vg3), and their expression patterns were mostly consistent with the RNA-seq data. The S. invicta Vgs included conserved domains and motifs that are commonly found in most insect Vgs. SiVg2 and SiVg3 were highly expressed in queens and winged females and were most highly expressed in the thorax, followed by the fat body, head, and epidermis. Evaluation based on a loss-of-function-based knockdown analysis showed that the downregulation of either or both of these genes resulted in smaller ovaries, less oogenesis, and less egg production. The results of transcriptional sequencing provide a foundation for clarifying the regulators of queen fertility in S. invicta. The functions of SiVg2 and SiVg3 as regulators of oogenesis highlight their importance in queen fecundity and their potential as targets of reproductive disruption in S. invicta control.

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