Molecular Cloning and Expression Profiles of Thermosensitive TRP Genes in Agasicles hygrophila

Global warming has gradually reduced the control efficacy of Agasicles hygrophila against the invasive weed Alternanthera philoxeroides. To better understand the summer collapse of A. hygrophila populations, we cloned the cDNA sequences of the high temperature-sensing TRPA1, Painless, and Pyrexia fr...

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Published in:Insects (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2020-08, Vol.11 (8), p.531
Main Authors: Jia, Dong, Ji, Zhouyu, Yuan, Xiaofang, Zhang, Bin, Liu, Yanhong, Hu, Jun, Wang, Yuanxin, Li, Xianchun, Ma, Ruiyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
activation
Agasicles hygrophila
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Climate change
Cloning
Cold
Eggs
expression profile
Fever
Genes
Global warming
Heat
heat tolerance
High temperature
Insects
Invasive plants
Laboratories
Larvae
Physiology
Pupae
thermosensation
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Summary:Global warming has gradually reduced the control efficacy of Agasicles hygrophila against the invasive weed Alternanthera philoxeroides. To better understand the summer collapse of A. hygrophila populations, we cloned the cDNA sequences of the high temperature-sensing TRPA1, Painless, and Pyrexia from A. hygrophila, and analyzed their temporal expressions and the impacts of high temperatures on their expression in eggs, the most vulnerable stage of A. hygrophila to hot temperatures. All the three genes obtained had the signature domains of TRPA channels and were constitutively expressed in eggs, larvae (L1, L2, L3), pupae, and adults, but AhPainless had the highest expression, followed by AhPyrexia, and AhTRPA1. The lowest and highest expression stages were adult and pupae for AhTRPA1, egg and L3 for AhPainless, and pupae/adult and L2 for AhPyrexia. The expressions of AhTRPA1, AhPainless, and AhPyrexia remained low at the preferred temperature range of 25–28 °C, elevated to their peak levels at 37.5, 30, and 30 °C, respectively, then fell to their 25–28 °C levels (AhTRPA1, AhPainless) or a lower level (AhPyrexia) at one or more temperatures >30 or 37.5 °C. These results suggest that their temperature-sensing roles and importance may be different, stage-specific, and their expression may be decoupled from their activation.
ISSN:2075-4450
2075-4450
DOI:10.3390/insects11080531