一个与核受体HR96相关的基因是一般性草食动物中排毒基因表达的巨大转变驱动差异的基础
Meiyuan Ji1, Marilou Vandenhole2, Berdien De Beer2
1School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Nature communications
|August 17, 2023
概括
研究人员确定了一个单一的遗传热点,控制抗农药耐药蜘蛛 (Tetranychus urticae) 的排毒基因表达. 这种热点与重复的基因有关,解释了对农药和各种宿主植物的快速适应.
科学领域:
- * 基因组学和分子进化
- * 关节动物害虫管理
- * 毒理学和生物化学
背景情况:
- *了解关节动物抗农药性遗传基础对于有效的害虫管理至关重要.
- *转基因驱动的基因表达变异在适应中起着重要作用,但其分子机制在很大程度上仍未知.
- *双斑蜘蛛 (Tetranychus urticae) 是研究农药耐药性的模型生物,因为它的快速进化.
研究的目的:
- * 确定导致抗农药性Tetranychus urticae中排毒基因上调的遗传因素和分子机制.
- * 调查跨作用元素在赋予抗性的作用.
- *阐明适应农药和宿主植物的进化潜力.
主要方法:
- *表达量性特征位点 (eQTL) 映射在458个来自耐药和易受性Tetranychus urticae菌株的个体上进行.
- *使用RNA干扰 (RNAi) 基因淘汰来验证基因功能.
- * 用比较基因组学和遗传学分析来描述基因家族.
主要成果:
- * 确定了一个单一的trans eQTL热点,显著影响了多个排毒基因和宿主植物利用基因的表达.
- *编码核激素受体 (HR96相关) 的重复基因被确定为表达差异的因果因素.
- * 鉴定出来的基因解释了耐药性和易受性菌株之间的基因表达的巨大差异.
结论:
- * 一个重复的HR96相关基因作为Tetranychus urticae中排毒和宿主植物适应的主调节者.
- * HR96基因家族的扩展提供了一个模块化控制适应性特征的机制.
- *这种遗传结构促进了农药耐药性和宿主范围扩展的快速演变,在这个重要的农作物害虫.
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