title: Ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone requires a receptor tyrosine kinase to activate egg formation in the mosquito Aedes aegypti.
abstract: Mosquitoes are major disease vectors because most species must feed on blood from a vertebrate host to produce eggs. Blood feeding by the vector mosquito Aedes aegypti triggers the release of two neurohormones, ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone (OEH) and insulin-like peptides (ILPs), which activate multiple processes required for egg formation. ILPs function by binding to the insulin receptor, which activates downstream components in the canonical insulin signaling pathway. OEH in contrast belongs to a neuropeptide family called neuroparsins, whose receptor is unknown. Here we demonstrate that a previously orphanized receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) from A. aegypti encoded by the gene AAEL001915 is an OEH receptor. Phylogenetic studies indicated that the protein encoded by this gene, designated AAEL001915, belongs to a clade of RTKs related to the insulin receptor, which are distinguished by an extracellular Venus flytrap module. Knockdown of AAEL001915 by RNAi disabled OEH-mediated egg formation in A. aegypti. AAEL001915 was primarily detected in the mosquito ovary in association with follicular epithelial cells. Both monomeric and dimeric AAEL001915 were detected in mosquito ovaries and transfected Drosophila S2 cells. Functional assays further indicated that OEH bound to dimeric AAEL001915, which resulted in downstream phosphorylation of Ak strain transforming factor (Akt). We hypothesize that orthologs of AAEL001915 in other insects are neuroparsin receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.
authors.forename: Kevin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 mrstrand@uga.edu.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Strand
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000201:enzymology*; D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology; D026461:Ecdysteroids / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D055785:Gene Knockdown Techniques; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D009866:Oogenesis; D010053:Ovary / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010802:Phylogeny; D011485:Protein Binding; D055503:Protein Multimerization; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000378:metabolism; D034622:RNA Interference; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D026461:Ecdysteroids; D019476:Insect Proteins; D007328:Insulin; D011987:Receptors, Steroid; C034808:ecdysteroid receptor; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
keywords: insect; mosquito; oogenesis; reproduction; vector
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