title: Modulation of the ecdysteroid-induced cell death by juvenile hormone during pupal wing development of Lepidoptera.
abstract: Females of the tussock moth Orgyia recens have only vestigial wings, whereas the males have normal wings. We previously found that ecdysteroid induces both apoptotic events and phagocytotic activation in sex-specific and region-specific manners. To investigate whether different responses to ecdysteroid are controlled at the receptor level, we cloned ecdysteroid receptor isoforms, EcR-A and EcR-B1, in O. recens. In both male and female wings, EcR-A signal was detected in the distal region of the bordering lacuna (BL), whereas EcR-B1 signal was detected in the proximal region of the BL. The similar expression patterns of both EcR isoforms suggested that molecules other than EcR should be involved in different ecdysteroid responses between male and female of O. recens. We next tested juvenile hormone (JH) effects on pupal wing morphogenesis in O. recens. Interestingly, both JH and 20E addition induced wing degeneration not only in females but also in males. In addition, higher concentration of JH pre-treatment of the pupal wings of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, also caused wing degeneration under ecdysteroid treatment. These results indicate that JH modulates the ecdysteroid action to induce the cell death on pupal wings, generally in Lepidoptera.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Saori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lobbia
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Futahashi
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects; D026461:Ecdysteroids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D007605:Juvenile Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011679:Pupa / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000378:metabolism; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D026461:Ecdysteroids; D019476:Insect Proteins; D007605:Juvenile Hormones; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011987:Receptors, Steroid; C467903:ecdysone receptor A, insect