Genome‐wide characterization and transcriptomic analyses of neuropeptides and their receptors in an endoparasitoid wasp, Pteromalus puparum. Issue 2 (29th September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xu, Gang; Teng, Zi‐Wen; Gu, Gui‐Xiang; Qi, Yi‐Xiang; Guo, Lei; Xiao, Shan; Wang, Fei; Fang, Qi; Wang, Fang; Song, Qi‐Sheng; Stanley, David; Ye, Gong‐Yin
• Other Names: Kim Yonggyun guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology. Volume 103:Issue 2(2020)
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• Publication Date: 2019-09-29
• Subjects: expression profiles -- neuropeptide receptors -- Pteromalus puparum -- neuropeptides; Insects -- Physiology -- Periodicals; Insect biochemistry -- Periodicals; 595.701572
• DOI: 10.1002/arch.21625
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0739-4462

Abstract

Abstract: In insects, neuropeptides constitute a group of signaling molecules that act in regulation of multiple physiological and behavioral processes by binding to their corresponding receptors. On the basis of the bioinformatic approaches, we screened the genomic and transcriptomic data of the parasitoid wasp, Pteromalus puparum, and annotated 36 neuropeptide precursor genes and 33 neuropeptide receptor genes. Compared to the number of precursor genes in Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera), Chilo suppressalis (Lepidoptera), Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera), Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera), Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera), and Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera), P. puparum (Hymenoptera) has the lowest number of neuropeptide precursor genes. This lower number may relate to its parasitic life cycle. Transcriptomic data of embryos, larvae, pupae, adults, venom glands, salivary glands, ovaries, and the remaining carcass revealed stage‐, sex‐, and tissue‐specific expression patterns of the neuropeptides, and their receptors. These data provided basic information about the identity and expression profiles of neuropeptides and their receptors that are required to functionally address their biological significance in an endoparasitoid wasp. Abstract : Integrated genomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal neuropeptidergic signaling systems in an endoparasitoid wasp, Pteromalus puparum