Li Zhao-Qun, Luo Zong-Xiu, Cai Xiao-Ming, Bian Lei, Xin Zhao-Jun, Liu Yan, Chu Bo, Chen Zong-Mao
Key Laboratory of Tea Biology and Resource Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture, Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Hangzhou, China.
Front Physiol. 2017 Nov 21;8:953. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00953. eCollection 2017.
Tea grey geometrid (), a devastating chewing pest in tea plantations throughout China, produces Type-II pheromone components. Little is known about the genes encoding proteins involved in the perception of Type-II sex pheromone components. To investigate the olfaction genes involved in . sex pheromones and plant volatiles perception, we sequenced female and male antennae transcriptomes of . . After assembly and annotation, we identified 153 candidate chemoreception genes in , including 40 odorant-binding proteins (OBPs), 30 chemosensory proteins (CSPs), 59 odorant receptors (ORs), and 24 ionotropic receptors (IRs). The results of phylogenetic, qPCR, and mRNA abundance analyses suggested that three candidate pheromone-binding proteins (EgriOBP2, 3, and 25), two candidate general odorant-binding proteins (EgriOBP1 and 29), six pheromone receptors (EgriOR24, 25, 28, 31, 37, and 44), and EgriCSP8 may be involved in the detection of Type-II sex pheromone components. Functional investigation by heterologous expression in oocytes revealed that EgriOR31 was robustly tuned to the . sex pheromone component (Z,Z,Z)-3,6,9-octadecatriene and weakly to the other sex pheromone component (Z,Z)-3,9-6,7-epoxyoctadecadiene. Our results represent a systematic functional analysis of the molecular mechanism of olfaction perception in . with an emphasis on gene encoding proteins involved in perception of Type-II sex pheromones, and provide information that will be relevant to other Lepidoptera species.
茶尺蠖是中国各茶园中一种极具破坏力的咀嚼式害虫,能产生II型性信息素成分。目前对于编码参与II型性信息素成分感知的蛋白质的基因了解甚少。为了研究参与性信息素和植物挥发物感知的嗅觉基因,我们对茶尺蠖雌、雄触角转录组进行了测序。组装和注释后,我们在茶尺蠖中鉴定出153个候选化学感受基因,包括40个气味结合蛋白(OBP)、30个化学感受蛋白(CSP)、59个气味受体(OR)和24个离子型受体(IR)。系统发育分析、定量PCR和mRNA丰度分析结果表明,三个候选性信息素结合蛋白(EgriOBP2、3和25)、两个候选普通气味结合蛋白(EgriOBP1和29)、六个性信息素受体(EgriOR24、25、28、31、37和44)以及EgriCSP8可能参与II型性信息素成分的检测。通过在卵母细胞中进行异源表达的功能研究表明,EgriOR31对性信息素成分(Z,Z,Z)-3,6,9-十八碳三烯反应强烈,而对另一种性信息素成分(Z,Z)-3,9-6,7-环氧十八碳二烯反应较弱。我们的研究结果代表了对茶尺蠖嗅觉感知分子机制的系统功能分析,重点关注编码参与II型性信息素感知的蛋白质的基因,并提供了与其他鳞翅目物种相关的信息。