Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 580, Issue 11, Pages 2667-2670Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.04.016
Keywords
honeybee; mushroom body; microarray; orphan receptor; HR38; ecdysteroid
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We used a cDNA microarray to identify genes expressed in a caste (worker)- and division of labor (nurse bees or foragers)-dependent manner in the honeybee brain. Among the identified genes, one encoded a putative orphan receptor (HR38) homologue that mediates ecdysteroid-signaling. Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction indicated that expression of this gene is higher in forager brains, as compared to nurse bees and queens. In the forager brain, expression was concentrated in a subset of the mushroom body neurons, suggesting that ecdysteroid-signaling in the mushroom bodies might be involved in the division of labor of the workers. (c) 2006 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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