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ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 91, Issue 3, Pages 152-164Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/arch.21315
Keywords
Nephotettix cincticeps; green rice leafhopper; parental RNAi; laccase
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- JSPS KAKENHI [26660274]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26660274] Funding Source: KAKEN
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RNA interference (RNAi) has been widely used for investigating gene function in many nonmodel insect species. Parental RNAi causes gene knockdown in the next generation through the administration of double-strand RNA (dsRNA) to the mother generation. In this study, we demonstrate that parental RNAi mediated gene silencing is effective in determining the gene function of the cuticle and the salivary glands in green rice leafhopper (GRH), Nephotettix cincticeps (Uhler). Injection of dsRNA of NcLac2 (9 ng/female) to female parents caused a strong knockdown of laccase-2 gene of first instar nymphs, which eventually led to high mortality rates and depigmentation of side lines on the body. The effects of parental RNAi on the mortality of the nymphs were maintained through 12-14 days after the injections. We also confirmed the effectiveness of parental RNAi induced silencing on the gene expressed in the salivary gland, the gene product of which is passed from instar to instar. The parental RNAi method can be used to examine gene function by phenotyping many offspring nymphs with injection of dsRNA into a small number of parent females, and may be applicable to high-efficiency determination of gene functions in this species. (C) 2015 Wiley Periodicals,
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