TY - JOUR
T1 - Regulation of insect cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis
AU - Wang, Zinan
AU - Andika, Ignatius P.
AU - Chung, Henry
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2025/2
Y1 - 2025/2
N2 - Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) play pleiotropic roles in insect survival and reproduction. They prevent desiccation and function as pheromones influencing different behaviors. While the genes in the CHC biosynthesis pathway have been extensively studied, the regulatory mechanisms that lead to different CHC compositions received far less attention. In this review, we present an overview of how different hormones and transcriptional factors regulate CHC synthesis genes, leading to different CHC compositions. Future research focusing on the regulatory mechanisms underlying CHC biosynthesis can lead to a better understanding of how insects could produce dynamic chemical profiles in response to different stimuli.
AB - Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) play pleiotropic roles in insect survival and reproduction. They prevent desiccation and function as pheromones influencing different behaviors. While the genes in the CHC biosynthesis pathway have been extensively studied, the regulatory mechanisms that lead to different CHC compositions received far less attention. In this review, we present an overview of how different hormones and transcriptional factors regulate CHC synthesis genes, leading to different CHC compositions. Future research focusing on the regulatory mechanisms underlying CHC biosynthesis can lead to a better understanding of how insects could produce dynamic chemical profiles in response to different stimuli.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cois.2024.101287
DO - 10.1016/j.cois.2024.101287
M3 - Review article
C2 - 39461670
AN - SCOPUS:85208923260
SN - 2214-5745
VL - 67
JO - Current Opinion in Insect Science
JF - Current Opinion in Insect Science
M1 - 101287
ER -