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Sox genes in Agasicles hygrophila (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) are involved in ovarian development and oogenesis.
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Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology [Arch Insect Biochem Physiol] 2020 Sep; Vol. 105 (1), pp. e21721. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 17. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The alligator weed flea beetle, Agasicles hygrophila is a monophagous natural enemy of the invasive alligator weed Alternanthera philoxeroides. Oogenesis plays a vital role in the process of individual development and population continuation of oviparous insects. Sox is an ancient and ubiquitous metazoan gene family that plays a key regulatory role in various physiological processes, including oogenesis, which is closely related to fecundity. In this study, two Sox genes AhDichaete and AhSox3 were cloned and characterized, and then the expression profiles of AhDichaete and AhSox3 were qualified by a quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The result showed that these two Sox genes were expressed significantly higher in ovary, especially in the adult developmental stage. Furthermore, the functions of AhDichaete and AhSox3 in A. hygrophila females were studied using RNA interference (RNAi). Fewer offsprings were produced when AhDichaete and AhSox3 RNAi females mated with wild-type males. Moreover, dsAhSox3 injection reduced the hatching rate of eggs but injection with dsAhDichaete did not. Further study of the reproductive system of AhDichaete and AhSox3 RNAi females showed that yolk protein deposition reduction in the ovarioles, then the expression of vitellogenin gene AhVg2 in ovaries was decreased. These results indicate that AhDichaete and AhSox3 play an important regulatory role in the process of ovarian development and oogenesis by affecting yolk synthesis in the ovary of A. hygrophila.<br /> (© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1520-6327
- Volume :
- 105
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32557787
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/arch.21721