Mito Taro, Ishimaru Yoshiyasu, Watanabe Takahito, Nakamura Taro, Ylla Guillem, Noji Sumihare, Extavour Cassandra G
Division of Bioscience and Bioindustry, Graduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima City, Tokushima, Japan.
Division of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan.
Curr Top Dev Biol. 2022;147:291-306. doi: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2022.02.003. Epub 2022 Mar 14.
Many researchers are using crickets to conduct research on various topics related to development and regeneration in addition to brain function, behavior, and biological clocks, using advanced functional and perturbational technologies such as genome editing. Recently, crickets have also been attracting attention as a food source for the next generation of humans. In addition, crickets are increasingly being used as disease models and biological factories for pharmaceuticals. Cricket research has thus evolved over the last century from use primarily in highly important basic research, to use in a variety of applications and practical uses. These insects are now a state-of-the-art model animal that can be obtained and maintained in large quantities at low cost. We therefore suggest that crickets are useful as a third domesticated insect for scientific research, after honeybees and silkworms, contributing to the achievement of global sustainable development goals.
许多研究人员正在利用蟋蟀开展与发育、再生以及脑功能、行为和生物钟等各种相关主题的研究，采用诸如基因组编辑等先进的功能和干扰技术。最近，蟋蟀作为下一代人类的食物来源也备受关注。此外，蟋蟀越来越多地被用作疾病模型和药物生物工厂。因此，在过去的一个世纪里，蟋蟀研究已从主要用于极为重要的基础研究，发展到用于各种应用和实际用途。这些昆虫如今是一种先进的模式动物，能够以低成本大量获取和饲养。因此，我们建议蟋蟀作为继蜜蜂和蚕之后用于科学研究的第三种驯化昆虫很有用，有助于实现全球可持续发展目标。
