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INSECT SCIENCE
卷 29, 期 1, 页码 230-244出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12913
关键词
beet armyworm; behavior; neuromodulator; neuropeptide; physiology; SeMNPV
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资金
- Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities [AGL2014-57752-C2-2R, RTI2018-094350-B-C32]
- Spanish Ministry [BES-2015-071369]
- EMBO Short-Term Fellowship [7199]
Baculoviruses infecting insects can affect the expression of neuropeptides and neuropeptide-like genes, with the downregulation of proctolin-like peptide (PLP) potentially influencing insect behavior as a neuromodulator. The study showed that decreased expression of PLP after infection led to reduced locomotion activity and growth in infected larvae, suggesting a novel effector involved in behavioral changes during baculovirus infection.
Baculoviruses constitute a large group of invertebrate DNA viruses, predominantly infecting larvae of the insect order Lepidoptera. During a baculovirus infection, the virus spreads throughout the insect body producing a systemic infection in multiple larval tissues, included the central nervous system (CNS). As a main component of the CNS, neuropeptides are small protein-like molecules functioning as neurohormones, neurotransmitters, or neuromodulators. These peptides are involved in regulating animal physiology and behavior and could be altered after baculovirus infection. In this study, we have investigated the effect of Spodoptera exigua multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV) infection on expression of Spodoptera exigua neuropeptides and neuropeptide-like genes. Expression of the gene encoding a polypeptide that resembles the well-known insect neuropeptide proctolin and named as proctolin-like peptide (PLP), was downregulated in the larval brain following infection and was chosen for further analysis. A recombinant Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) overexpressing the C-terminal part of the PLP was generated and used in bioassays using S. exigua larvae to study its influence on the viral infection and insect behavior. AcMNPV-PLP-infected larvae showed less locomotion activity and a reduction in growth compared to larvae infected with wild type AcMNPV or mock-infected larvae. These results are indicative of this new peptide as a neuromodulator that regulates visceral and skeletal muscle contractions and offers a novel effector involved in the behavioral changes during baculovirus infection.
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