中国农业科学 ›› 2024, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (20): 4022-4034.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2024.20.008

• 专题:迁飞性害虫发生与防控 • 上一篇    下一篇

miRNA对褐飞虱鞘脂质代谢基因表达的影响及沉默NlSPT1NlSMase4的small RNA分析

王妮1,2,3,4(), 施哲逸1,2,3, 尤元政1,2,3, 张超1,2,3, 周文武1,2,3, 周瀛2,3, 祝增荣1,2,3()   

  1. 1 浙江大学农业与生物技术学院昆虫科学研究所/水稻生物育种全国重点实验室/农业农村部作物病虫分子生物学重点实验室,杭州 310058
    2 浙江大学海南研究院,海南三亚 572025
    3 浙江余杭稻米科技小院,浙江余杭 311121
    4 新疆农业大学农学院农业有害生物监测与安全防控重点实验室,乌鲁木齐 830052
  • 收稿日期:2024-07-07 接受日期:2024-07-26 出版日期:2024-10-16 发布日期:2024-10-24
  • 通信作者:
    祝增荣,E-mail:
  • 联系方式: 王妮,E-mail:niwang@xjau.edu.cn。
  • 基金资助:
    国家重点研发计划(2021YFD1401105); 国家自然科学基金面上项目(31871962); 浙江省“三农六方”科技协作项目(CTZB-F190625LWZ- SNY1)

Effects of miRNA on Gene Expression of Sphingolipids Metabolism and Small RNA Analysis of Silencing NlSPT1 and NlSMase4 in Nilaparvata lugens

WANG Ni1,2,3,4(), SHI ZheYi1,2,3, YOU YuanZheng1,2,3, ZHANG Chao1,2,3, ZHOU WenWu1,2,3, ZHOU Ying2,3, ZHU ZengRong1,2,3()   

  1. 1 Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University/State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding/Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Hangzhou 310058
    2 Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya 572025, Hainan
    3 Zhejiang Yuhang Rice Science and Technology Institute, Yuhang 311121, Zhejiang
    4 Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Safe Prevention and Control of Agricultural and Forestry Pests, College of Agriculture, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052
  • Received:2024-07-07 Accepted:2024-07-26 Published:2024-10-16 Online:2024-10-24

摘要:

【背景】鞘脂质是第二大类膜脂,作为信号转导物质参与细胞生长发育、繁殖及凋亡等过程。鞘脂质代谢酶调控鞘脂质代谢以维持生物体内代谢的稳态。【目的】以重要水稻害虫褐飞虱(Nilaparvata lugens)为研究对象,通过RNA干扰(RNA interference,RNAi)技术检测微小RNA(microRNA,miRNA)生物合成通路核心组分NlAgo1NlDicer1NlDrosha沉默后褐飞虱鞘脂质代谢通路相关基因的相对转录水平,结合small RNA测序分析沉默丝氨酸棕榈酰转移酶1(serine palmitoyltransferase 1,SPT1)和鞘磷脂酶4(sphingomyelinase 4,SMase4)基因的差异miRNA,探究miRNA在褐飞虱鞘脂质代谢中的作用,为害虫防治提供新的分子靶标。【方法】利用RNAi技术,分别对羽化后第1天(1 PAE,post adult eclosion)的雌成虫NlAgo1NlDicer1NlDrosha进行dsRNA注射,以dsGFP为对照;分别解剖羽化后第5天的卵巢组织,以β-actin作为内参基因,采用实时荧光定量PCR(qRT-PCR)方法检测NlAgo1NlDicer1NlDrosha沉默后鞘脂质代谢通路相关基因的表达量变化;根据已有的小RNA文库联合miRNA-靶基因预测软件对可能调控NlSPT1NlSMase4表达的miRNA进行预测;通过small RNA测序技术对沉默NlSPT1NlSMase4的差异miRNA进行鉴定和靶基因富集性分析。【结果】与对照组相比,沉默NlAgo1NlDicer1NlDrosha显著上调卵巢中NlSPT1NlSMase4等鞘脂质代谢通路相关基因的表达;靶基因预测结果显示,有6条miRNA能与NlSPT1结合,13条miRNA能与NlSMase4结合;沉默NlSPT1NlSMase4的差异miRNA的靶基因显著富集在细胞核和蛋白质结合等生物学过程以及内吞作用、内质网加工、MAPK信号通路、TOR信号通路、凋亡、脂质代谢等代谢通路。【结论】NlAgo1NlDicer1NlDrosha依赖性的miRNA通过影响鞘脂质代谢相关基因的表达影响鞘脂质代谢。NlSPT1NlSMase4沉默引起褐飞虱卵巢miRNA表达水平的改变。研究结果可为基于鞘脂质代谢基因为靶标的害虫防治提供理论依据。

关键词: 褐飞虱, 微小RNA, 鞘脂质, RNA干扰, small RNA测序

Abstract:

【BackgroundSphingolipids are the second major type of membrane lipids and mediate various biological processes as signal transducers, including cell growth, development, reproduction and apoptosis. Sphingolipid metabolism is tightly regulated by sphingolipid metabolizing enzymes to maintain the homeostasis of metabolism in vivo.aaaaa【Objective】The objectives of this study are to investigate the relative transcript levels of genes related to the sphingolipid metabolism pathway after silencing of the core components of microRNA (miRNA) biosynthesis pathway, NlAgo1, NlDicer1 and NlDrosha by RNA interference (RNAi), and analyze the differentially expressed miRNAs after silencing of serine palmitoyltransferase 1 (SPT1) and sphingomyelinase 4 (SMase4) gene combined with small RNA sequencing of Nilaparvata lugens, explore the role of miRNAs in the sphingolipid metabolism of N. lugens, and to provide a new molecular target for pest control.【Method】RNAi was performed with double stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) targeting NlAgo1, NlDicer1 and NlDrosha at 1 day post adult eclosion (1 PAE), respectively, and dsGFP was used as control. The ovaries at 5 PAE were dissected and β-actin was used as internal reference gene, the transcript levels of genes related to the sphingolipid metabolism pathway were detected by reverse-transcription quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR). miRNAs that may regulate the expression of NlSPT1 and NlSMase4 were predicated based on small RNA libraries combined with miRNA-target prediction software. Differentially expressed miRNAs after the silencing of NlSPT1 and NlSMase4 were identified and the target gene enrichment was analyzed by small RNA sequencing.【Result】RNAi-mediated silencing of NlAgo1, NlDicer1 or NlDrosha significantly up-regulated the expression of genes related to the sphingolipid metabolism pathway, including NlSPT1 and NlSMase4 in ovaries. Target gene prediction revealed 6 miRNAs and 13 miRNAs that could bind NlSPT1 and NlSMase4. The target genes of differentially expressed miRNAs that silencing NlSPT1 and NlSMase4 were significantly enriched in biological processes, including nuclear and protein binding, as well as metabolic pathways such as endocytosis, endoplasmic reticulum processing, MAPK signaling pathway, TOR signaling pathway, apoptosis, and lipid metabolism.【Conclusion】NlAgo1, NlDicer1, and NlDrosha-dependent miRNAs affect sphingolipid metabolism by influencing the expression of genes encoding sphingolipid metabolizing enzymes. The silencing of NlSPT1 and NlSMase4 induced changes in miRNA expression levels in N. lugens ovaries. These research results can provide a theoretical basis for pest control based on sphingolipid metabolism genes.

Key words: Nilaparvata lugens, microRNA (miRNA), sphingolipid, RNA interference (RNAi), small RNA sequencing