abstract：:Rhodnius prolixus is an obligatorily hematophagous insect known as an important vector of Chagas disease. Autophagy is a conserved cellular mechanism that acts in response to nutrient starvation, where components of the cytoplasm are sequestered by a double membrane organelle, named autophagosome, which is targeted to...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Santos-Araujo S,Bomfim L,Araripe LO,Bruno R,Ramos I,Gondim KC

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triatomines are vectors of Chagas disease and important model organisms in insect physiology. "Kissing bugs" are obligatory hematophagous insects. A blood meal is required to successfully complete oogenesis, a process primarily controlled by juvenile hormone (JH). We used Dipetalogaster maxima as an experimental model...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Ramos FO,Leyria J,Nouzova M,Fruttero LL,Noriega FG,Canavoso LE

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In Drosophila melanogaster mating triggers profound changes in the behaviour and reproductive physiology of the female. Many of these post-mating effects are elicited by sex peptide (SP), a 36-mer pheromone made in the male accessory gland and passed to the female in the seminal fluid. The peptide comprises several st...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Sturm S,Dowle A,Audsley N,Isaac RE

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are membrane-bound receptors that are considered prime candidates for the development of novel insect pest management strategies. However, the molecular signaling properties of insect GPCRs remain poorly understood. In fact, most studies on insect GPCR signaling are limited to analy...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Lismont E,Verbakel L,Vogel E,Corbisier J,Degroot GN,Verdonck R,Verlinden H,Marchal E,Springael JY,Vanden Broeck J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EFLamide (EFLa) is a neuropeptide known for a long time from crustaceans, chelicerates and myriapods. Recently, EFLa-encoding genes were identified in the genomes of apterygote hexapods including basal insect species. In pterygote insects, however, evidence of EFLa was limited to partial sequences in the bed bug (Cime...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Kotwica-Rolinska J,Krištofová L,Chvalová D,Pauchová L,Provazník J,Hejníková M,Sehadová H,Lichý M,Vaněčková H,Doležel D

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short days of late summer and early fall are the environmental cues that most temperate insects and other animals use to predict winter's arrival. Although it is still unclear precisely how insects measure daylength, there is mounting evidence that the circadian clock regulates seasonal responses including photope...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Chang V,Meuti ME

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Life history trade-offs lead to various strategies that maximize fitness, but the developmental mechanisms underlying these alternative strategies continue to be poorly understood. In insects, trade-offs exist between size and developmental time. Recent studies in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster have suggested t...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Xu LC,Nunes C,Wang VR,Saito A,Chen T,Basak P,Chang JJ,Koyama T,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most moths utilize sex pheromones released by the female to attract a mate. Females produce the sex pheromone in the pheromone gland in a biosynthetic pathway which consists of several key enzymes. Fatty acyl-CoA reductase is one of the key enzymes, which catalyzes the conversion of fatty acyl-CoA to the corresponding...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Dou X,Zhang A,Jurenka R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete mitochondrial genome of the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura), a major agricultural pest in the world, is described for the first time, which consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, as well as a large repeat region between tRNA-Glu and tRNA-Phe, and an AT-rich control regi...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Song H,Donthu RK,Hall R,Hon L,Weber E,Badger JH,Giordano R

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wings are an indispensable structure in many insects for their foraging, courtship, escape from predators, and migration. Cuticular proteins are major components of the insect cuticle and wings, but there is limited information on how cuticular proteins may play an essential role in wing morphogenesis. We identified a...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Zhao X,Gou X,Liu W,Ma E,Moussian B,Li S,Zhu K,Zhang J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine is an alkaloid and potent parasympathomimetic stimulant found in the leaves of many plants including Nicotiana tabacum, which functions as an anti-herbivore chemical and an insecticide. Chemoreceptors embedded in the gustatory receptor neurons (GRNs) enable animals to judge the quality of bitter compounds and...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Rimal S,Lee Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Oriental armyworm, Mythimna separata, has been described to emit geographic population-specific sex pheromones, with either Z11-16:Ald or Z11-16:Ac as the major component. Using a comprehensive set of electrophysiological, behavioral, and genetic analyses, we study the sex pheromone communication of M. separata in...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Jiang NJ,Tang R,Wu H,Xu M,Ning C,Huang LQ,Wang CZ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eicosanoids play crucial roles in mediating insect immune responses. In vertebrates, phospholipase A2 (PLA2) releases arachidonic acid (AA) from phospholipids (PLs) for biosynthesis of various eicosanoids. However, little AA is found in PLs of lepidopteran insects. Spodoptera exigua, a lepidopteran insect, is known to...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Hasan MA,Ahmed S,Kim Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference is a crucial antiviral mechanism in arthropods, including in mosquito vectors of arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses). Although the exogenous small interfering RNA (siRNA) pathway constitutes an efficient antiviral response in mosquitoes, virus-derived P-element induced wimpy testis (PIWI)-interactin...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Rückert C,Prasad AN,Garcia-Luna SM,Robison A,Grubaugh ND,Weger-Lucarelli J,Ebel GD

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uridine diphosphate (UDP)-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) catalyze the addition of UDP-sugars to small hydrophobic molecules, turning them into more water-soluble metabolites. While their role in detoxification is well documented for vertebrates, arthropod UGTs have only recently been linked to the detoxification and sequ...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Snoeck S,Pavlidi N,Pipini D,Vontas J,Dermauw W,Van Leeuwen T

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrition is vital to health and the availability of resources has long been acknowledged as a key factor in the ability to fight off parasites, as investing in the immune system is costly. Resources have typically been considered as something of a "black box", with the quantity of available food being used as a proxy...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Cotter SC,Reavey CE,Tummala Y,Randall JL,Holdbrook R,Ponton F,Simpson SJ,Smith JA,Wilson K

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a component of the mediator complex, the intersex (ix) gene product is involved in the sex determination pathway of the Drosophila melanogaster. IX functions together with the female-specific product of doublesex (dsx) at the bottom of the hierarchy to implement female sexual differentiation. Here we analyzed the f...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Xu J,Yu Y,Chen K,Huang Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In moth species that utilize alkenyl sex pheromones, the epoxidation of alkenes confers further diversity on the chemical structures of pheromone components. Hc_epo1 (CYP341B14), the first pheromone gland (PG)-specific epoxidase identified from the fall webworm Hyphantria cunea (Erebidae), specifically epoxidizes the ...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Rong Y,Fujii T,Ishikawa Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, is a model species for hemimetabolous development and the most important pest insect in rice, which is the major staple crop for about half of the world population. Despite its importance, little is known of the N-glycosylation process in this insect. Here we report on the N-...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Scheys F,De Schutter K,Shen Y,Yu N,Smargiasso N,De Pauw E,Van Damme EJM,Smagghe G

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The male ejaculate contains a multitude of seminal fluid proteins (SFPs), many of which are key reproductive molecules, as well as sperm. However, the identification of SFPs is notoriously difficult and a detailed understanding of this complex phenotype has only been achieved in a few model species. We employed a rece...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Bayram H,Sayadi A,Immonen E,Arnqvist G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phytophagous stink bug, Nezara viridula (L.) infests multiple plant species and impacts agricultural production worldwide. We analyzed the transcriptomes of N. viridula accessory salivary gland (ASG), principal salivary gland (PSG) and gut, with a focus on putative digestive proteases and nucleases that present a ...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Liu S,Lomate PR,Bonning BC

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is noted that insect insulin/insulin-like growth factor/target of rapamycin signaling is critical for the regulation of metamorphosis in holometabolous insects. However, the molecular mechanism remains undetermined. Our previous findings reveal that RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated knockdown of an insulin gene (LdI...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Deng P,Xu QY,Fu KY,Guo WC,Li GQ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile hormone (JH) is known to promote cell polyploidization for insect vitellogenesis and egg production, but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Using the migratory locust Locusta migratoria as a model system, we report here that the expression of cyclin-dependent kinase 6 (Cdk6) and adenovirus E2...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Wu Z,Guo W,Yang L,He Q,Zhou S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current knowledge of sand fly salivary components has been based solely on Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus species which feed mainly on mammals; their hyaluronidases and apyrases were demonstrated to significantly affect blood meal intake and transmission of vector-borne pathogens. Members of the third sand fly genus Sergen...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Volfova V,Volf P

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding salivation in hematophagous arthropod vectors is crucial to developing novel methods to prevent vector-borne disease transmission. The interactions between the tick, host, and pathogens during salivation are highly complex, and are dynamically regulated by the tick central nervous system (synganglion). R...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Kim D,Šimo L,Park Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitinases, key enzymes involved in degradation of chitin, have been repeatedly shown to play an indispensable role during insect post-embryonic molting processes at stage transitions. However, how chitinases affect insect embryonic development remains to be analyzed. In this study, we investigated the role of chitina...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Zhang T,Liu W,Li D,Gao L,Ma E,Zhu KY,Moussian B,Li S,Zhang J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using transcriptome analysis of tissues of the brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens, we identified a gene tentatively designated NlCP21.92 that was expressed at high levels in the integument. Spatiotemporal expression profiling with quantitative PCR and Western blotting verified its integument-specific expressi...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Lu JB,Luo XM,Zhang XY,Pan PL,Zhang CX

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Aedes aegypti mosquito is the principal vector for many dangerous human viral diseases. Carbohydrate metabolism (CM) is essential for supplying the energy necessary for host seeking, blood digestion and rapid egg development of this vector insect. The steroid hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) and the ecdysone recep...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Dong D,Zhang Y,Smykal V,Ling L,Raikhel AS

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing interest in the development of effective mosquito repellents of natural origin to reduce transmission of diseases such as malaria and yellow fever. To achieve this we have employed an in vitro competition assay involving odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) of the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, wi...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Kröber T,Koussis K,Bourquin M,Tsitoura P,Konstantopoulou M,Awolola TS,Dani FR,Qiao H,Pelosi P,Iatrou K,Guerin PM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potato type II protease inhibitors (Pin-II PIs) impede the growth of lepidopteran insects by inhibiting serine protease-like enzymes in the larval gut. The three amino acid reactive centre loop (RCL) of these proteinaceous inhibitors is crucial for protease binding and is conserved across the Pin-II family. However, t...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Saikhedkar NS,Joshi RS,Bhoite AS,Mohandasan R,Yadav AK,Fernandes M,Kulkarni KA,Giri AP

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect exoskeletons are composed of the cuticle, a biomaterial primarily formed from the linear and relatively rigid polysaccharide, chitin, and structural proteins. This extracellular material serves both as a skin and skeleton, protecting insects from environmental stresses and mechanical damage. Despite its rather ...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Noh MY,Muthukrishnan S,Kramer KJ,Arakane Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Single von Willebrand factor C-domain proteins (SVCs) are a group of short proteins mainly found in arthropods. They are proposed to be responsive in relation to environmental challenges including the nutritional status, bacterial and viral infections. The SVC protein Vago acts as a cross-talk molecule between the...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Wang H,Smagghe G,Meeus I

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In planta RNAi against essential insect genes offers a promising route to control insect crop pests, but is constrained for many insect groups, notably phloem sap-feeding hemipterans, by poor RNAi efficacy. This study conducted on the phloem-feeding whitefly Bemisia tabaci reared on tomato plants investigated the caus...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Luo Y,Chen Q,Luan J,Chung SH,Van Eck J,Turgeon R,Douglas AE

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A binary mosquitocidal toxin composed of a three-domain Cry-like toxin (Cry48Aa) and a binary-like toxin (Cry49Aa) was identified in Lysinibacillus sphaericus. Cry48Aa/Cry49Aa has action on Culex quinquefasciatus larvae, in particular, to those that are resistant to the Bin Binary toxin, which is the major insecticida...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Rezende TMT,Romão TP,Batista M,Berry C,Adang MJ,Silva-Filha MHNL

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The encapsulation reaction in invertebrates is analogous to granuloma formation in vertebrates, and this reaction is severely compromised when ecdysone signaling is blocked. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the encapsulation reaction and its regulation by ecdysone remains obscure. In our previous study, we ...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Wang P,Zhuo XR,Tang L,Liu XS,Wang YF,Wang GX,Yu XQ,Wang JL

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diapause, an alternative developmental pathway characterized by changes in developmental timing and metabolism, is coordinated by molecular mechanisms that are not completely understood. MicroRNA (miRNA) mediated gene silencing is emerging as a key component of animal development and may have a significant role in ini...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Reynolds JA,Peyton JT,Denlinger DL

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of proteins is modified with carbohydrate structures. This modification, called glycosylation, was shown to be crucial for protein folding, stability and subcellular location, as well as protein-protein interactions, recognition and signaling. Protein glycosylation is involved in multiple physiological pr...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Walski T,De Schutter K,Van Damme EJM,Smagghe G

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect ryanodine receptors (RyR) are the molecular target-site for the recently introduced diamide insecticides. Diamides are particularly active on Lepidoptera pests, including tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). High levels of diamide resistance were recently described in some European popula...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Roditakis E,Steinbach D,Moritz G,Vasakis E,Stavrakaki M,Ilias A,García-Vidal L,Martínez-Aguirre MDR,Bielza P,Morou E,Silva JE,Silva WM,Siqueira ΗAA,Iqbal S,Troczka BJ,Williamson MS,Bass C,Tsagkarakou A,Vontas J,Naue

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Divergence in chemosensory traits has been posited as an important component of chemosensory speciation in insects. In particular, chemosensory genes expressed in the peripheral sensory neurons are likely to influence insect behaviors such as preference for food, oviposition sites, and mates. Despite their key role in...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Zhang B,Zhang W,Nie RE,Li WZ,Segraves KA,Yang XK,Xue HJ

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insect pests are real threat to farmers as they affect the crop yield to a great extent. The use of chemical pesticides for insect pest control has always been a matter of concern as they pollute the environment and are also harmful for human health. Bt (Bacillus thuringensis) technology helped the farmers to get ...

journal_title：Insect biochemistry and molecular biology

authors： Yogindran S,Rajam MV

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00