简介：MultitoxinBt-cropsexpressinginsecticidaltoxinswithdifferentmodesofaction,forexample,CryandVip,areexpectedtoimproveresistancemanagementintargetpests.WhileCry1Aresistancehasbeenrelativelywellcharacterizedinsomeinsectspecies,thisisnotthecaseforVip3A,forwhichnomechanismofresistancehasyetbeenidentified.HereweappliedHT-SuperSAGEtoanalyzethetranscriptomeoftheguttissueoftobaccobudwormHeliothisvirescens(F.)laboratory-selectedforVip3Aaresistance.Fromatotalof1324252sequencereads,5895126-bptagswereobtainedrepresenting17751nonsingletonuniquetranscripts(UniTags)fromgeneticallysimilarVip3Aa-resistant(Vip-Sel)andsusceptiblecontrol(Vip-Unsel)strains.Differentialexpressionwassignificant(≥2.5foldor≤0.4;P<0.05)for1989sequences(11.2%oftotalUniTags),where420representedoverexpressed(OE)and1569underexpressed(UE)genesinVip-Sel.BLASTNsearchesmapped419UniTagstoH.virescenssequencecontigs,ofwhich,416(106OEand310UE)wereunambiguouslyannotatedtoproteinsinNCBInonredundantproteindatabases.GeneOntologydistributed345ofannotatedUniTagsin14functionalcategorieswithmetabolism(includingserine-typehydrolases)andtranslation/ribosomebiogenesisbeingthemostprevalent.AUniTaghomologoustoaparticularmemberoftheREsponsetoPAThogen(REPAT)familywasfoundamongmostoverexpressed,whileUniTagsrelatedtotheputativeVip3Aa-bindingribosomalproteinS2(RpS2)wereunderexpressed.qRT-PCRofasubsetofUniTagsvalidatedtheHT-SuperSAGEdata.ThisstudyisthefirstprovidinglepidopteranguttranscriptomeassociatedwithVip3Aaresistanceandafoundationforfutureattemptstoelucidatetheresistancemechanism.

简介：Pheromone-bindingproteins(PBPs)arethoughttobindandtransportsexpheromonesontotheolfactoryreceptorsonthedendritemembraneofolfactoryneurons,andthusplayavitalroleinsexpheromoneperception.However,thefunctionofPBPshasrarelybeendemonstratedinvivo.Inthisstudy,twoPBPs(PBP1andPBP3)ofChilosuppressalis,oneofthemostnotoriouspyralidpests,wereinvivofunctionallycharacterizedusinginsectswiththePBPgeneknockedoutbytheCRISPR/Cas9system.First,throughdirectinjectionofPBP-singleguideRNA(sgRNA)/Cas9messengerRNAintonewlylaideggs,ahighrateoftarget-geneediting(checkedwithpolledeggs)wasinducedat24hafterinjection,21.3%forPBPl-sgRNAinjectedeggsand19.5%forPBP3-sgRNAinjectedeggs.Second,byanin-crossingstrategy,insectswithmutantPBP1orPBP3(bothwithaprematurestopcodon)werescreenedandhomozygousmutantswereobtainedintheG3generation.Third,themutantinsectsweremeasuredforelectroantennogram(EAG)responsetofemalesexpheromones.Asaresult,bothPBPmutantmalesdisplayedsignificantreductioninEAGresponse,andthisreductioninPBP1mutantswashigherthanthatinPBP3mutants,indicatingamoreimportantroleofPBP1.Finally,therelativeimportanceoftwoPBPsandthepossibleofftargeteffectinducedbysgRNA-injectionarediscussed.Takentogether,ourstudyprovidesadeeperinsightintothefunctionofandinteractionbetweendifferentPBPgenesinsexpheromoneperceptionofC.suppressalis,aswellasavaluablereferenceinmethodologyforgenefunctionalstudyinothergenesandothermothspecies.