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SeBLOS2 knockout via CRISPR/Cas9 leads to the loss of larval integument coloration in Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

文献类型: 外文期刊

作者: Zhao, Jing 1 ; Jiang, Yiping 1 ; Hoffmann, Ary 3 ; Tan, Yongan 1 ; Xiao, Liubin 1 ;

作者机构: 1.Jiangsu Acad Agr Sci, Inst Plant Protect, Nanjing, Peoples R China

2.Jiangsu Acad Agr Sci, Key Lab Food Qual, Safety Jiangsu Prov, State Key Lab Breeding Base, Nanjing, Peoples R China

3.Univ Melbourne, Inst Bio21, Fac Sci, Sch Biosci,Pest & Environm Adaptat Res Grp, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

关键词: CRISPR/Cas9; integument coloration; SeBLOS2; Spodoptera exigua

期刊名称:ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY ( 影响因子:2.2; 五年影响因子:2.1 )

ISSN: 0739-4462

年卷期: 2023 年

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收录情况: SCI

摘要: CRISPR/Cas9 technology is a precise and powerful tool for functionally exploring insect genes. The present study tested CRISPR/Cas9 as a way of undertaking effective gene mutagenesis in an important agricultural pest, the beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua. Based on a S. exigua transcriptome database, the entire complementary DNA sequence of SeBLOS2 encoding 140 amino acid residues was cloned. The gene was highly expressed in late larval stages (L3-L5). Using the CRISPR/Cas9 method, SeBLOS2 was knocked out by altering two sites in the coding region. This resulted in 70%-74% of the G0 generation (L4-L5) larvae displaying mosaic translucent integument. Four different mutations occurred at SeBLOS2-specific target sites, as demonstrated by further polymerase chain reaction-based genotypic analysis. Homozygote mutant L3 larvae were obtained in the G1 generation, with complete loss of white stripes and spots on their larval integument. These results demonstrate a crucial role of SeBLOS2 in integument pigmentation and suggest that the gene can act as a suitable nonlethal marker for functional research on genes in S. exigua and other Lepidopteran pests.

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