飞蝗几丁质脱乙酰基酶基因的分子特性和生物学功能

doi:10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2017.13.009

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 【目的】几丁质脱乙酰基酶（chitin deacetylase，CDA）是昆虫几丁质代谢系统的重要酶系，研究飞蝗（Locusta migratoria）几丁质脱乙酰基酶基因的分子特性和生物学功能，为新型农药靶标筛选提供科学依据。【方法】基于飞蝗转录组数据库，获得几丁质脱乙酰基酶基因的cDNA序列，将其与飞蝗基因组进行比对，绘制基因结构图。将其与赤拟谷盗CDAs序列进行比对，并采用BlastP和SMART软件进行功能域预测。将已鉴定的飞蝗CDAs分别与赤拟谷盗、果蝇、冈比亚按蚊、家蚕、中华稻蝗和云杉卷叶蛾的同源序列进行聚类分析，采用MEGA 5.02软件中的neighbor-joining（NJ）法构建系统发育树。采用reverse transcription quantitative PCR（RT-qPCR）方法检测分析CDA在飞蝗5龄若虫不同组织部位和不同发育日龄表皮中的表达特性，进一步采用RNA干扰（RNAi）技术研究其对飞蝗蜕皮发育的影响。采用化学检测法测定其几丁质含量。利用透射电镜（TEM）观察其对表皮几丁质排列的影响。【结果】在飞蝗转录组数据库中搜索获得3条几丁质脱乙酰基酶基因全长cDNA序列，生物信息学分析发现其均具有信号肽，开放阅读框包含几丁质结合区（ChBD）和几丁质脱乙酰基催化域（CDA）2个功能域。与赤拟谷盗CDAs序列比对结果表明飞蝗2条CDAs部分序列存在差异，且与赤拟谷盗TcCDA5的2个剪切子差异序列位置一致，显示2条序列为2个剪切子。聚类分析结果表明，3条序列分别与6种昆虫CDA4和CDA5以较高的置信度聚为一支。分别将其命名为LmCDA4、LmCDA5a和LmCDA5b。不同组织部位表达结果表明LmCDA4和LmCDA5在飞蝗前肠、后肠和表皮中高表达，LmCDA5在脂肪体中也有较高的表达；CDAs在5龄不同天数表皮表达结果显示LmCDA4和LmCDA5在5龄第1和第2 天的表皮中表达量较高，之后逐步下降。注射dsLmCDA4或dsLmCDA5 24 h后，与对照组相比，基因表达量显著降低，沉默效率达到98.1%和95.6%，但均无可见表型，都可正常蜕皮至成虫。几丁质含量和透射电镜分析显示，上述基因RNAi后不影响表皮几丁质含量及排列。【结论】飞蝗几丁质脱乙酰基酶4和5基因主要在飞蝗表皮和前/后肠表达，生物学功能研究表明这2个基因不参与飞蝗蜕皮发育过程，靶基因沉默对飞蝗生长发育及表皮结构无影响。

关键词: 飞蝗, 几丁质脱乙酰基酶, 组织部位, 日龄, 表型, 几丁质含量和排列

Abstract: 【Objective】 Chitin deacetylase (CDA) is a key enzyme involved in chitin metabolism. The objective of this paper is to study the molecular characteristics and biological function of chitin deacetylase genes in Locusta migratoria, and to provide a theoretical basis for screening novel targets for pest control.【Method】Based on the transcriptome of L. migratoria, three cDNA sequences putatively encoded LmCDAs were obtained, and the gene structure was analyzed by comparing with the locust genome database. Alignment was performed with the CDAs from Tribolium castaneum and the functional domains were predicted by BlastP and SMART software. The homologous sequences from T. castaneum, Drosophila melanogaster, Anopheles gambiae, Bombyx mori, Oxya chinensis and Choristoneura fumiferana were selected to perform clustering analysis with LmCDA4, LmCDA5a and LmCDA5b, and phylogenetic tree was constructed by using MEGA 5.02 software with the neighbor-joining (NJ) method. The RT-qPCR was applied to detect the relative expression of LmCDA4 and LmCDA5 in different tissues and developmental stages of the 5th instar nymphs. The RNA interference (RNAi) was performed to study the biological function of LmCDA4 and LmCDA5 during the molting process of L. migratoria. The chitin content was detected by chemical method. The transmission electron microscope (TEM) was applied to study whether the LmCDA4 and LmCDA5 have effects on the cuticle structure.【Result】The three full length cDNA sequences putatively encoded chitin deacetylase were identified from locust transcriptome database. The bioinformatics analysis showed that they possess the signal peptide, the open reading frame contains two functional domains: chitin binding domain (ChBD) and chitin deacetylase catalytic domain (CDA). Alignment with the CDAs from T. castaneum showed that partial sequences of two CDAs from L. migratoria were different, and the splicing sites are similar to two alternatively spliced variants of TcCDA5 from T. castaneum, which indicated two CDAs were alternatively spliced variants. The phylogenetic analysis showed that three LmCDAs were closely grouped with the CDA4 and CDA5 from other six insect species with high bootstrap value, and named as LmCDA4, LmCDA5a and LmCDA5b, respectively. Tissues expression pattern showed that both LmCDA4 and LmCDA5 were mainly expressed in the integument, foregut and hindgut. Besides, LmCDA5 also had a high expression in the fat body. Expression of CDAs in integuments of different days of 5th instar nymph showed that both of LmCDA4 and LmCDA5 were highly expressed in the 1st and 2nd days of 5th instar nymph, then decreased gradually. After injection of dsLmCDA4 and dsLmCDA5, the expression of target gene was significantly reduced at 24 h compared with dsGFP injected controls, and the silence efficiency of gene was 98.1% and 95.6%, respectively. Phenotypic analysis showed no visible phenotypes were observed and both treatment and control insects could molt to adult successfully. Chitin content detection and TEM observation suggested that silencing the expression of both LmCDA4 and LmCDA5 did not affect the chitin content and chitin organization.【Conclusion】LmCDA4 and LmCDA5 are highly expressed in the integument, foregut and hindgut. Biologic functional analysis suggested both of them are not essential in the molting process of L. migratoria, silencing of their expression showed no effect on locust development and cuticle structure.

Key words: Locusta migratoria, chitin deacetylase, tissues, days, phenotype, chitin content and organization

于荣荣，丁国伟，刘卫敏，张敏，赵小明，韩鹏飞，马恩波，张建珍. 飞蝗几丁质脱乙酰基酶基因的分子特性和生物学功能[J]. 中国农业科学, 2017, 50(13): 2498-2507.

YU RongRong, DING GuoWei, LIU WeiMin, ZHANG Min, ZHAO XiaoMing, HAN PengFei, MA EnBo, ZHANG JianZhen. Molecular Characterization and Biological Function of Chitin Deacetylase Genes in Locusta migratoria[J]. Scientia Agricultura Sinica, 2017, 50(13): 2498-2507.

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