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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2018, Vol. 17 Issue (05): 1012-1022    DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(17)61737-4
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Genes encoding heat shock proteins in the endoparasitoid wasp, Cotesia chilonis, and their expression in response to temperatures
PAN Dan-dan1, CAO Shuang-shuang1, LU Ming-xing1, HANG San-bao1, DU Yu-zhou1, 2
1 School of Horticulture and Plant Protection & Institute of Applied Entomology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, P.R.China
2 Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education/Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, P.R.China
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Abstract  Five genes encoding heat shock proteins (HSPs), Cchsp40, Cchsp60, Cchsp70, Cchsc70 and Cchsp90, were cloned and sequenced from Cotesia chilonis using RT-PCR and RACE.  The cDNA sequences of Cchsp40, Cchsp60, Cchsp70, Cchsc70 and Cchsp90 were 1 265, 2 551, 2 094, 2 297 and 2 635 bp in length, respectively, with a molecular weight (MW) of 39.1, 60.6, 71.45, 70.19 and 82.92 kDa, respectively.  The predicted amino acid sequences of these proteins showed high similarities with published HSPs of other insects in Hymenoptera.  Analysis of genomic DNAs indicated that Cchsp40, Cchsp60, Cchsp70, Cchsc70 and Cchsp90 lacked introns, but Cchsc70 contained an intron.  The results also suggested that CcHSP40 in C. chilonis was the Type II HSP40, CcHSP60 was a member of the mitochondrial HSP60 family, and CcHSP90 was a part of cytoplasmic HSP90A family.  Expression patterns varied in the five Cchsps in response to temperature.  Expression of Cchsp40 and Cchsp60 was induced significantly by cold but not heat stress.  Cchsp70 and Cchsc70 showed similar response to the thermal stress and could be induced by both cold and heat, but their expression levels were consistently lower than that of Cchsp40 and Cchsp60Cchsp90 could be induced by heat stress and mild cold, but not cold stress.  In addition, the results demonstrated Cchsc70 might be constitutive and inducible protein that was expressed during normal cell functioning and also up-regulated in response to stressful stimuli while Cchsp70 was solely inducible protein induced by temperature changes.  Overall, results generated from this study could significantly advance the understanding of Cchsps in response to temperature and provide important biological information for C. chilonis insects that reared under different temperatures.  
Keywords:  Cotesia chilonis        HSPs        genomic structure        temperature        expression  
Received: 20 June 2017   Accepted:
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This research was funded by the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFD0200400) and the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2013CB127604).

Corresponding Authors:  Correspondence DU Yu-zhou, E-mail: yzdu@yzu.edu.cn   

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