title: Expression of pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide and its receptor (PBANR) mRNA in adult female Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
abstract: The full-length cDNA of pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide receptor (PBANR) was cloned from the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae); it included an open reading frame of 1,053 bp encoding 350 amino acids. The PBANR of S. exigua (SePBANR) was structurally characteristic of G protein-coupled receptor and its amino acid sequence shared 98% identity with the PBANR of Spodoptera littoralis. Both pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) and PBANR mRNA abundance were measured in the brain-subesophageal ganglion complex, pheromone gland, ventral nerve cord, and ovary of S. exigua female moths by real-time RT-PCR. The abundance of PBAN mRNA in brain-subesophageal ganglion complex and PBANR mRNA in pheromone gland was significantly greater compared to other tissues, suggesting that the ligand-receptor relationship of PBAN and PBANR exists quantitatively in S. exigua. Both PBAN and PBANR expression displayed a remarkable diurnal rhythm, for they were low and stable during the photophase (07:00-21:00) and increased markedly during the scotophase (with a maximum abundance at 23:30) in 3-day-old female moths. The abundance of PBAN and PBANR increased steadily from the 1st day to the 5th day of the adult female life. The pattern of both diurnal and daily expression of PBAN and PBANR mRNA were coincident with enhanced capacity of sex pheromone release and mating of S. exigua moths during the same period. We infer from these results that pheromone biosynthesis and release in S. exigua is regulated by PBAN via up-regulating synthesis.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yunxia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Lizhi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Xingfu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Changying
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Niu
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA; D005260:Female; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D018013:Receptors, Neuropeptide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012724:Sex Attractants / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018013:Receptors, Neuropeptide; D012724:Sex Attractants; D004247:DNA