Diapause Regulation in the Moth Sesamia nonagrioides （Lepidoptera： Noctuidae）  

作　　者：Anna Kourti 

机构地区：[1]Department of Biotechnology, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Agricultural University of Athens, lera Odos 75, Athens 11855,Greece

出　　处：《Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology(A)》2013年第12期935-947,共13页农业科学与技术（A）

摘　　要：Insects enter in diapause in response to diverse environmental cues. During diapause, insects arrest their development and many genes are down-regulated while a small number of genes uniquely expressed at this time. This review aims to present available data regarding the regulation of diapause in the moth Sesamia nonagrioides （Lepidoptera： Noctuidae）. Studying the transcriptional regulation of several genes （five heat shock proteins, two storage proteins and one juvenile hormone esterase） showed that these genes may play various roles in the diapause programming. The results show that SnoHsp19.5 gene was consistently expressed, while SnoHsp20.8 was down-regulated in deep diapause and was up-regulated at the termination of diapause. SnoHsc70 may play important roles in assisting protein conformation during specific stages of diapause. SnoHsp83 displays a similar pattern to SnoHsc70 under diapause conditions, when extra larval moults occur, indicating that could be involved in the developmental process that occurs between two moults. Expression of two SnoSP1 and SnoSP2 hexamerin genes was also observed throughout diapause. And the results lead us to the conclusion that larval diapause of S. nonagrioides is associated with continuous synthesis and accumulation of storage proteins. In addition, the transcript level of the carboxylesterase SnoJHER was higher in non-diapausing larvae than in diapausing ones. During the fifth instar of the non-diapausing and the ninth instar of the diapausing larvae, SnoJHER mRNAs reached higher expression levels on the days close to each larval molt.

关 键 词：Sesamia nonagrioides DIAPAUSE heat shock proteins storage proteins juvenile hormone esterase. 

分 类 号：Q969.436.5[生物学—昆虫学] S763.430.5[农业科学—森林保护学]