Identification and Characterization of Odorant Binding Proteins in the Forelegs of Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze).
Identification and Characterization of Odorant Binding Proteins in the Forelegs of Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze).
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Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze) 前腿气味结合蛋白的鉴定和表征
DOI:
10.3389/fphys.2017.00735
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2017
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
Zhang YJ
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作者:
Sun L;Wang Q;Wang Q;Dong K;Xiao Y;Zhang YJ
The chemosensory system is essential for insects to detect exogenous compounds, and odorant binding proteins (OBPs) play crucial roles in odorant binding and transduction. In the alfalfa plant bug Adelphocoris lineolatus, an important pest of multiple crops, our understanding of the physiological roles of antenna-biased OBPs has increased dramatically, whereas OBPs related to gustation have remained mostly unexplored. In this study, we employed RNA sequencing and RACE PCR methods to identify putative OBPs from the adult forelegs of both sexes. Eight candidate OBPs were identified, and three OBPs (AlinOBP15, 16, and 17) were novel. Full-length sequence alignment and phylogenetic analyses suggested that these three candidate OBPs had characteristics typical of the insect OBP family. AlinOBP16 and 17 displayed six highly conserved cysteines, placing them in the classic OBP subfamily, whereas AlinOBP15 resembled AlinOBP14 and clustered with the Plus-C clade. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) revealed distinct and significant tissue- and sex-biased expression patterns. AlinOBP15 was highly expressed in female heads, and AlinOBP16 and 17 were strongly expressed in female antennae. In particular, AlinOBP11, the most abundant OBP gene in our foreleg transcriptome dataset, was predominately expressed in adult legs. Furthermore, four types of sensilla hairs were observed on the forelegs of adult A. lineolatus, including sensilla trichodea, setae, and two types of sensilla chaetica (Sch1 and Sch2). Anti-AlinOBP11 antiserum strongly labeled the outer sensillum lymph of Sch2, implying that it has important gustatory functions in A. lineolatus. Our current findings provide evidence that OBPs can be functionally expressed in the tarsal gustatory sensilla of hemipteran mirid species, broadening our understanding of OBP chemosensory function in insects and facilitating the discovery of new functional targets for the regulation of insect host-searching behaviors.
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