Insects (2021) 12 (3 - 237)

Hong-Yue Ma, Yan-Yan Li, Ling Li, Yao Tan and Bao-Ping Pang (2021)
Regulation of juvenile hormone on summer diapause of Galeruca daurica and its pathway analysis
Insects 12 (3 - 237)
Abstract: Juvenile hormone (JH) signaling plays an important role in regulation of reproductive diapause in insects. However, we have little understanding of the effect of JH on gene expression at the transcriptome level in diapause. Galeruca daurica is a new pest in the Inner Mongolia grasslands with obligatory summer diapause in the adult stage. Topical application of a JH analog methoprene at the pre-diapause stage delayed the adults entering diapause and inhibited lipid accumulation whereas it did not during diapause. Using Illumina sequencing technology and bioinformatics tools, 54 and 138 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were detected at 1 and 2 d after treatment, respectively. The KEGG analysis showed that the DEGs were mainly enriched in the metabolism pathways. qRT-PCR analysis indicated that methoprene promoted the expression of genes encoding vitellogenin, fork head transcription factor and Krüppel homolog 1, whereas suppressed the expression of genes encoding juvenile hormone-binding protein, juvenile hormone esterase, juvenile hormone acid methyltransferase, juvenile hormone epoxide hydrolase and fatty acid synthase 2. These results indicate that JH signaling plays an important role in regulating reproductive diapause of G. daurica.
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Database assignments for author(s): Bao-Ping Pang

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Galeruca daurica		Mongolia
	Galeruca daurica	Grasses/turf/rangeland	China (NE)