Journal
GENES
Volume 13, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/genes13101861
Keywords
Bactrocera dorsalis; orb2; miR-125-3p; miR-276b-3p
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Funding
- National Key RDProgramofChina [2021YFC2600400]
- Major Special Science and Technology Project of Yunnan Province [202102AE090054]
- Earmarked Fund for CARS [CARS-26]
- Higher Education Commission of Pakistan [303/IPFP-II (Batch-I)/SRGP/NAHE/HEC/2020/296]
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Bactrocera dorsalis is a major threat to horticultural crops and has developed resistance against insecticides. The sterile insect technique shows potential as a tool to control this pest by reducing their reproductive ability. The study identifies a specific gene and miRNAs that play a critical role in spermatogenesis and could be targeted to control the pest through genetic-based techniques.
Bactrocera dorsalis is considered a major threat to horticultural crops. It has evolved resistance against insecticides. It is believed that development of new methods is highly desirable to control this destructive agricultural pest. Sterile insect technique is emerging as a potential tool to control this insect pest by reducing their reproductive ability. Here we report that orb2 has high expression in the testis of B. dorsalis which is the target of miR-125-3p and miR-276b-3p and plays a critical role in the spermatogenesis. Dual luciferase reporter assay using HEKT293 cells demonstrates that orb2 gene is downregulated by miR-125-3p and miR-276b-3p and is a common target of these miRNAs. Dietary treatment of adult male flies separately and in combination of agomir-125-3p (Ago-125-3p) and agomir-276b-3p (Ago-276b-3p) significantly downregulated the mRNA of orb2. The combined treatments of agomirs suppressed the level of mRNA of orb2 significantly more than any single treatment. Altered expression of miR-125-3p and miR-276b-3p significantly decreased the total and live spermatozoa in the testis which ultimately caused reduction in male fertility. Furthermore, we demonstrate that miR-125-3p, miR-276b-3p, and orb2 dsRNA are the novel agents that could be used in a genetic-based sterile insect technique (SIT) to control the B. dorsalis.
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