期刊
INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 117, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.103291
关键词
Tenebrio molitor; Tyrosine metabolism; Cuticle/exoskeleton; Pigmentation; Elytron; RNAi; Tenebrio molitor; Tyrosine metabolism; Cuticle/exoskeleton; Pigmentation; Elytron; RNAi; Tyrosine hydroxylase; DOPA decarboxylase; Laccase; Yellow-y; Arylalkylamine N-Acetyltransferase; Aspartate 1-decarboxylase; N-beta-alanyldopamine synthase
资金
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Korea government (MSIT) [NRF-2018R1A2B6005106]
- Basic Science Research Program through the NRF - Ministry of Education [NRF-2015R1A6A3A04060323]
In many arthropod species including insects, the cuticle tanning pathway for both pigmentation and sclerotization begins with tyrosine and is responsible for production of both melanin- and quinoid-type pigments, some of which are major pigments for body coloration. In this study we identified and cloned cDNAs of the yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor, encoding seven key enzymes involved in this pathway including tyrosine hydroxylase (TmTH), DOPA decarboxylase (TmDDC), laccase 2 (TmLac2), Yellow-y (TmY-y), arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (TmAANAT1), aspartate 1-decarboxylase (TmADC) and N-beta-alanyldopamine synthase (Tmebony). Expression profiles of these genes during development were analyzed by real-time PCR, revealing development-specific patterns of expression. Loss of function mediated by RNAi of either 1) TmTH or TmLac2, 2) TmDDC or TmY-y, and 3) TmAANAT1, TmADC or Tmebony resulted in pale/white, light yellow/brown and dark/black adult body coloration, respectively. In addition, there are three distinct layer/regional pigmentation differences in rigid types of adult cuticle, a brownish outer exocuticle (EX), a dark pigmented middle mesocuticle (ME) and a transparent inner endocuticle (EN). Decreases in pigmentation of the EX and/or ME layers were observed after RNAi of TmDDC or TmY-y. In TmADC- or Tmebony-deficient adults, a darker pigmented EX layer was observed. In TmAANAT1-deficient adults, trabeculae formed between the dorsal and ventral elytral cuticles as well as the transparent EN layer became highly pigmented. These results demonstrate that knocking down the level of gene expression of specific enzymes of this tyrosine metabolic pathway leads to abnormal pigmentation in individual layers and substructure of the rigid adult exoskeleton of T. molitor.
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