Abstract：
:Insect chitinases are a multigene family that is encoded by a rather large and diverse group of genes. The main function of chitinases is to digest the chitin contained in tissues such as the cuticles and gut lining during molting. In this study, we examined the role of a chitinase (SeChi) and a bacterial type chitinase (SeChi-h) during the pupation and eclosion stages of Spodoptera exigua. First, efficient silencing of the SeChi and SeChi-h genes through specific double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) injection led to a significant reduction in the mRNA levels of SeChi and SeChi-h. Additionally, different phenotypic defects were observed at the pupal and adult stages after injection of the SeChi and SeChi-h dsRNAs. After injecting SeChi dsRNA in the pupal stage, the cuticle of the head split open and the pupal cuticle was visible under the old larval cuticle. However, after injecting the SeChi-h dsRNA, animals died without exhibiting any special phenotypes. At the adult death stage, animals injected with dsSeChi could not shed their pupal shell completely, and their old cuticles remained attached to their head or chest. However, the main lethal phenotype was that insects did not emerge after dsSeChi-h injection. Additionally, the average survival rates of S. exigua were 52.02% and 40.38% at the pupal and adult stages, respectively, after injection with SeChi dsRNA. For the insects injected with SeChi-h dsRNA, the survival rates were 72.38% and 48.52%, respectively. These results suggest that SeChi and SeChi-h may have different biologic functions during the pupal-adult molting.
journal_name
Arch Insect Biochem Physioljournal_title
Archives of insect biochemistry and physiologyauthors
Zhang D,Chen J,Yao Q,Pan Z,Chen J,Zhang Wdoi
10.1002/arch.21018subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-04-01 00:00:00pages
220-34issue
4-5eissn
0739-4462issn
1520-6327journal_volume
79pub_type
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