High fecundity is a common characteristic of insect pests which increases the difficulty of population control.Serine/threonine kinase Akt is an indispensable component of the insulin signaling pathway.Silencing of Ls...High fecundity is a common characteristic of insect pests which increases the difficulty of population control.Serine/threonine kinase Akt is an indispensable component of the insulin signaling pathway.Silencing of LsAkt severely hinders reproduction in Lasioderma serricorne,a stored product insect pest.However,the post-transcriptional pathway of LsAkt in L.serricorne remains unknown.This study identified 2 binding sites of miR-9c-5p and novel-mir50 in the coding sequences of LsAkt.The expression profiles of 2 microRNAs(miRNAs)and LsAkt displayed an opposite pattern during the adult stages.Luciferase reporter assay showed that novel-mir50 and miR-9c-5p could downregulate the expression of LsAkt.Overexpression of miR-9c-5p and novel-mir50 by injection of mimics inhibited the expression of LsAkt and reduced oviposition,decreased egg hatchability,and blocked ovarian development.It also decreased the expression of genes involved in ovarian development(LsVg and LsVgR)and the nutritional signaling pathway(LsTOR,LsS6K,and Ls4EBP),and reduced the phosphorylation of Akt.Conversely,injection of miR-9c-5p and novel-mir50 inhibitors induced the expressions of LsAkt,LsVg,LsVgR,LsTOR,LsS6K,and Ls4EBP,enhanced Akt phosphorylation level,and accelerated ovarian development.Injection of bovine insulin downregulated the expression of miR-9c-5p and novel-mir50 and upregulated the LsAkt expression.It also rescued the reproductive development defects associated with miR-9c-5p/novel-mir50 overexpression,forming a positive regulatory loop of insulin signaling.These results indicate that miR-9c-5p/novel-mir50 regulates the female reproduction of L.serricorne by targeting Akt in response to insulin signaling.The data also demonstrate the effects of the insulin/miRNA/Akt regulatory axis in insect reproduction.展开更多
The attractiveness of Cinnamomum camphora(Laurales: Lauraceae) blocks and essential oil to Lasioderma serricorne(Fabricius)(Coleoptera: Anobiidae) adults was investigated. The results showed that the behavioral respon...The attractiveness of Cinnamomum camphora(Laurales: Lauraceae) blocks and essential oil to Lasioderma serricorne(Fabricius)(Coleoptera: Anobiidae) adults was investigated. The results showed that the behavioral response values of L. serricorne adults to C. camphora blocks significantly increased with increasing doses above the dose of 0.8 g. The highest behavioral response values of L. serricorne adults were 93.33% to C. camphora blocks and 81.67% to C. camphora essential oil, respectively. C. camphora blocks had stronger attractiveness to L. serricorne adults than C. camphora oil. These results demonstrate that the effectiveness to control L. serricorne in practice of C. camphora blocks and C. camphora oil deserve to be further investigated.展开更多
基金This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32160637)the Project of China Tobacco Guizhou Industrial Co.,Ltd.(2017-25)+2 种基金the Special Project for Local(Guizhou)Science and Technology Development under the guidance of the Central Government(QKZYD[2022]4013)the Graduate Research Project of Guizhou Province(QJHYJSKYJJ[2021]194)the Program of Excellent Innovation Talents in Guizhou Province(20206003).
文摘High fecundity is a common characteristic of insect pests which increases the difficulty of population control.Serine/threonine kinase Akt is an indispensable component of the insulin signaling pathway.Silencing of LsAkt severely hinders reproduction in Lasioderma serricorne,a stored product insect pest.However,the post-transcriptional pathway of LsAkt in L.serricorne remains unknown.This study identified 2 binding sites of miR-9c-5p and novel-mir50 in the coding sequences of LsAkt.The expression profiles of 2 microRNAs(miRNAs)and LsAkt displayed an opposite pattern during the adult stages.Luciferase reporter assay showed that novel-mir50 and miR-9c-5p could downregulate the expression of LsAkt.Overexpression of miR-9c-5p and novel-mir50 by injection of mimics inhibited the expression of LsAkt and reduced oviposition,decreased egg hatchability,and blocked ovarian development.It also decreased the expression of genes involved in ovarian development(LsVg and LsVgR)and the nutritional signaling pathway(LsTOR,LsS6K,and Ls4EBP),and reduced the phosphorylation of Akt.Conversely,injection of miR-9c-5p and novel-mir50 inhibitors induced the expressions of LsAkt,LsVg,LsVgR,LsTOR,LsS6K,and Ls4EBP,enhanced Akt phosphorylation level,and accelerated ovarian development.Injection of bovine insulin downregulated the expression of miR-9c-5p and novel-mir50 and upregulated the LsAkt expression.It also rescued the reproductive development defects associated with miR-9c-5p/novel-mir50 overexpression,forming a positive regulatory loop of insulin signaling.These results indicate that miR-9c-5p/novel-mir50 regulates the female reproduction of L.serricorne by targeting Akt in response to insulin signaling.The data also demonstrate the effects of the insulin/miRNA/Akt regulatory axis in insect reproduction.
基金Supported by National Program on Key R&D Project(No.2017YFC1600804)Key Technologies R&D Program of the Education Department of Henan Province(No.16A210017)Province Key Laboratory of Transformation and Utilization of Cereal Resource,Henan University of Technology
文摘The attractiveness of Cinnamomum camphora(Laurales: Lauraceae) blocks and essential oil to Lasioderma serricorne(Fabricius)(Coleoptera: Anobiidae) adults was investigated. The results showed that the behavioral response values of L. serricorne adults to C. camphora blocks significantly increased with increasing doses above the dose of 0.8 g. The highest behavioral response values of L. serricorne adults were 93.33% to C. camphora blocks and 81.67% to C. camphora essential oil, respectively. C. camphora blocks had stronger attractiveness to L. serricorne adults than C. camphora oil. These results demonstrate that the effectiveness to control L. serricorne in practice of C. camphora blocks and C. camphora oil deserve to be further investigated.
