TY - JOUR
T1 - Bta06987, Encoding a Peptide of the AKH/RPCH Family
T2 - A Role of Energy Mobilization in Bemisia tabaci
AU - Fan, Xiaofan
AU - Liu, Yong
AU - Zhang, Zhuo
AU - Zhang, Zhanhong
AU - Peng, Jing
AU - Gao, Yang
AU - Zheng, Limin
AU - Chen, Jianbin
AU - Du, Jiao
AU - Yan, Shuo
AU - Zhou, Xuguo
AU - Shi, Xiaobin
AU - Zhang, Deyong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/9
Y1 - 2022/9
N2 - A neuropeptide precursor encoded by Bta06987 associates with AKH neuropeptide. In the AKH/RPCH family, these members have been demonstrated to participate in energy mobilization in many insects. In our research, the Bta06987 gene from Bemisia tabaci was cloned, and the amino acid sequence analysis was performed. During the starvation of B. tabaci, the mRNA level of Bta06987 showed a significant elevation. We investigated the functions of Bta06987 in B. tabaci using RNA interference (RNAi), and the adult females of B. tabaci after being fed with dsBta06987 showed a higher glycogen and triglyceride levels and lower trehalose content than the control. Furthermore, in the electrical penetration graph (EPG) experiment, B. tabaci showed changes in feeding behavior after feeding with dsBta06987, such as the reduction in parameters of E waveform percentage and total feeding time. Our findings might be helpful in developing strategies to control pest and plant virus transmission.
AB - A neuropeptide precursor encoded by Bta06987 associates with AKH neuropeptide. In the AKH/RPCH family, these members have been demonstrated to participate in energy mobilization in many insects. In our research, the Bta06987 gene from Bemisia tabaci was cloned, and the amino acid sequence analysis was performed. During the starvation of B. tabaci, the mRNA level of Bta06987 showed a significant elevation. We investigated the functions of Bta06987 in B. tabaci using RNA interference (RNAi), and the adult females of B. tabaci after being fed with dsBta06987 showed a higher glycogen and triglyceride levels and lower trehalose content than the control. Furthermore, in the electrical penetration graph (EPG) experiment, B. tabaci showed changes in feeding behavior after feeding with dsBta06987, such as the reduction in parameters of E waveform percentage and total feeding time. Our findings might be helpful in developing strategies to control pest and plant virus transmission.
KW - AKH/RPCH family
KW - Bemisia tabaci
KW - Bta06987
KW - EPG
KW - RNAi
KW - neuropeptide precursor
KW - trehalose
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U2 - 10.3390/insects13090834
DO - 10.3390/insects13090834
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85138669776
SN - 2075-4450
VL - 13
JO - Insects
JF - Insects
IS - 9
M1 - 834
ER -