Melatonin in the seasonal response of the aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum  

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作  者:Miquel Barbera Laura Escriva Jorge Mariano Collantes-Alegre Giuseppe Meca Ezio Rosato David Martinez-Torres 

机构地区:[1]Institut de Biologia Integrativa de Sistemes&Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitati Biologia Evolutiva,Parc Cientific Universitat de Valencia,C/Catedmtico Jose Beltran n°2,46980,Paterna,Valencia,Spain [2]Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Toxicology,Faculty of Pharmacy,Universitat de Valencia,Burjassot,Spain [3]Department of Genetics,University of Leicester,Leicester,LE17RH,UK

出  处:《Insect Science》2020年第2期224-238,共15页昆虫科学(英文版)

基  金:supported by project CGL2015-68188-P from MINECO.MB,JMCA,and LE enjoyed PhD fellowships BES-2009-026077,BES-2012-052837 and BES-2014-068039,respectively from the Spanish MICINN and MINECO.ER was supported by grant BB/H018093/1 from the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council(BBSRC).

摘  要:Aphids display life cycles largely determined by the photoperiod.During the warm long-day seasons.most aphid species reproduce by viviparous parthenogenesis.The shortening of the photoperiod in autumn induces a switch to sexual reproduction.Males and sexual females mate to produce overwintering resistant eggs.In addition to this full life cycle(holocycle),there are anholocyelic lineages that do not respond to changes in photoperiod and reproduce continuously by parthenogenesis.The molecular or hormonal events that trigger the scasonal response(i.c,induction of the sexual phenotypes)are still unknown.Although circadian synthesis of melatonin is known to play a key role in vertebrate photoperiodism,the involvement of the circadian clock and/or of the hor-mone melatonin in insect seasonal responses is not so well established.Here we show that melatonin levels in the aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum are significantly higher in holocyclice aphids reared under short days than under long days,while no differences were found between anholoeyelic aphids under the same conditions.We also found that melatonin is localized in the aphid suboesophageal ganglion(SOG)and in the thoracic ganglionic mass(TGM).In analogy to vertcbrates,insect-type arylalkxylamine N-acetyltransferases(i-AANATs)are thought to play a key role in melatonin synthesis.We measured the expression of four I-AANAT genes identified in A.pisum and localized two of them in situ in the insect central nervous systems(CNS).Levels of expression of these genes were compatible with the quantities of melatonin observed.Moreover,like melatonin,expression of these genes was found in the SOG and the TGM.

关 键 词:AANAT APHID in situ hybridization MELATONIN PHOTOPERIODISM quantification 

分 类 号:Q96[生物学—昆虫学]

 

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