Abstract:
:Disruption of the appropriate balance between juvenile hormone (JH) and ecdysteroids causes abnormal insect development. The application of a JH analog (JHA) during the early days of the final (fifth) instar induces dauer larvae with low ecdysteroid titers in insects, but the mechanism that underlies the action of JHA remains unclear. In this study, we clarified the negative effects of JHA on ecdysteroidogenic enzymes. JHA application to Bombyx mori larvae during the early stage of the fifth instar suppressed the expression of four enzymes, i.e., neverland (nvd), spook, phantom, and disembodied but not non-molting glossy and shadow. Furthermore, JHA application reduced the amount of 7-dehydrocholesterol, a metabolite produced by Nvd, in both the prothoracic glands and hemolymph, indicating JHA can disrupt ecdysteroidogenic pathway from the first step. Neck ligation resulted in increased nvd expression, whereas JHA application reversed this increase. These results suggest that the endogenous JH represses ecdysteroidogenesis during the early days in final instar larvae. Neck ligation and JHA application had no substantial effects on the expression of a transcription factor, ftz-f1, or a prothoracicotropic hormone receptor, torso; therefore, the inhibitory regulation of JHA may not involve these factors. Further analysis is required to clarify the regulation of JHA in ecdysteroidogenesis, but this study showed that JHA, and probably endogenous JH, can suppress the transcription of four of six ecdysteroidogenic enzymes. This regulation may be essential for maintaining the appropriate balance between JH and ecdysone during insect development.
journal_name
J Insect Physioljournal_title
Journal of insect physiologyauthors
Ogihara MH,Hikiba J,Iga M,Kataoka Hdoi
10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.03.012subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-09-01 00:00:00pages
42-7eissn
0022-1910issn
1879-1611pii
S0022-1910(15)00068-2journal_volume
80pub_type
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