蚊性别决定及其应用研究进展  

Progress on mosquito sex determination and population control

作　　者：郭至昱 顾金保 GUO Zhi-Yu;GU Jin-Bao(Stomatological Hospital,School of Stomatology,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou 510515,China;Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research,School of Public Health,Southern Medical University,Guangzhou 510515,China)

机构地区：[1]南方医科大学口腔医院(口腔医学院),广州510515 [2]广东省新发传染病重点实验室,南方医科大学公共卫生学院,广州510515

出　　处：《环境昆虫学报》2024年第3期561-569,共9页Journal of Environmental Entomology

基　　金：国家自然科学基金面上项目(82372285);2023年度国家级大学生创新创业训练计划项目(202312121051)。

摘　　要：蚊属于典型的性二态昆虫,两性在行为上有着巨大差异,雄性成蚊主要依靠植物汁液获取碳源,而雌性只有吸血后卵巢才能够正常发育,这也是蚊传播多种人类疾病的重要基础。蚊的性二态由复杂的性别决定基因通路调控,虽然通路中两个关键因子双性基因(doublesex,dsx)与fruitless(fru)在结构和功能上与其他昆虫具有高度保守性,通过性别可变剪切最终调控下游性别表型与性行为相关基因,但是其性别决定初始信号即雄性决定因子(Male-determining factor,M-factor)无论与其他昆虫相比还是属种间均具有巨大的差异,而从M-factor至dsx的调控通路亦尚未明确。目前,利用已知的蚊性别决定基因对蚊进行基因改造,在实验室已经初步达到了性别逆转或种群抑制的效果。本文综述了蚊性别决定调控通路中初始信号雄性决定因子的进化和作用机制,其下游信号通路的响应模式,以及以性别决定基因为靶点的转基因蚊防制策略,为深入理解蚊性别决定机制与探讨蚊媒防制提供新思路。Mosquitoes(Diptera:Culicidae)are undoubtedly the most important insect vectors for the transmission of parasitic and viral infections to humans and animals and still pose serious public health risks.Mosquito vectors display distinct sexual dimorphisms between males and females.In addition to the visible primary sexual and secondary sexual characteristics,mosquitoes display distinguished,sexually dimorphic behaviour between sexes,and only adult females consume blood meals to complete ovarian follicle development.Therefore,cyclic reproduction in female mosquitoes serves as a foundation for the transmission of numerous disease-causing pathogens.Sex determination sets the stage for sexual differentiation and is the primary signal directing the embryo to develop as male or female.Sex determination in mosquito is controlled by a complex hierarchical regulatory cascade.Compared with high diversity of the primary sex-determining signal in different mosquito genus,the downstream genes in the hierarchical regulatory cascade are generally more conserved,such as the doublesex(dsx)and fruitless(fru),which acts as the terminal“double nexus”in the sex determination pathway.The precursor messenger RNA(pre-mRNA)of dsx gene is subjected to sex-specific alternative splicing(AS)regulation so that distinct male-and female-specific transcripts are produced in each sex and then control nearly all aspects of somatic sexual differentiation through asymmetric interactions between DSX and its tissue-and sex-specific target genes,which finally mediate sexual dimorphism.However,significant variations in the male-determining factor(M-factor)have been observed across different mosquito species.Furthermore,the missing link between Nix and dsx in the sex determination cascade in mosquitoes remains to be further explored.Currently,the manipulation of sex-determination factors has enabled the distortion of mosquito sex ratios or the selective elimination or incapacitation of female mosquitoes.This review summarizes the origin and evolution of

关 键 词：蚊性别决定 M-factor DOUBLESEX 蚊媒防制 

分 类 号：Q968.1[生物学—昆虫学] S433[农业科学—农业昆虫与害虫防治]