Journal
INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 41-48Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2011.01114.x
Keywords
chemosensory protein; tsetse fly; gene expression; trypanosomiasis; nagana
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- European Commission
- Wellcome Trust [WT085775/Z/08/Z]
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK
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Chemosensory proteins (CSPs) are a class of soluble proteins present in high concentrations in the sensilla of insect antennae. It has been proposed that they play an important role in insect olfaction by mediating interactions between odorants and odorant receptors. Here we report, for the first time, the presence of five CSP genes in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans, a major vector transmitting nagana in livestock. Real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR showed that three of the CSPs are expressed in antennae. One of them, GmmCSP2, is transcribed at a very high level and could be involved in olfaction. We also determined expression in the antennae of both males and females at different life stages and with different blood feeding regimes. The transcription of GmmCSP2 was lower in male antennae than in females, with a sharp increase in 10-week-old flies, 48 h after a bloodmeal. Thus there is a clear relationship between CSP gene transcription and host searching behaviour. Genome annotation and phylogenetic analyses comparing G. morsitans morsitans CSPs with those of other Diptera showed rapid evolution after speciation of mosquitoes.
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