Bastin-Héline, Lucie and de Fouchier, Arthur and Cao, Song and Koutroumpa, Fotini and Caballero-Vidal, Gabriela and Robakiewicz, Stefania and Monsempes, Christelle and François, Marie-Christine and Ribeyre, Tatiana and Maria, Annick and Chertemps, Thomas and de Cian, Anne and Walker, William B. and Wang, Guirong and Jacquin-Joly, Emmanuelle and Montagne, Nicolas
(2019).
A novel lineage of candidate pheromone receptors for sex communication in moths.
eLife. 8
, 1-17
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Abstract
Sex pheromone receptors (PRs) are key players in chemical communication between mating partners in insects. In the highly diversified insect order Lepidoptera, male PRs tuned to female-emitted type I pheromones (which make up the vast majority of pheromones identified) form a dedicated subfamily of odorant receptors (ORs). Here, using a combination of heterologous expression and in vivo genome editing methods, we bring functional evidence that at least one moth PR does not belong to this subfamily but to a distantly related OR lineage. This PR, identified in the cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis, is highly expressed in male antennae and is specifically tuned to the major sex pheromone component emitted by females. Together with a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of moth ORs, our functional data suggest two independent apparitions of PRs tuned to type I pheromones in Lepidoptera, opening up a new path for studying the evolution of moth pheromone communication.
Authors/Creators: | Bastin-Héline, Lucie and de Fouchier, Arthur and Cao, Song and Koutroumpa, Fotini and Caballero-Vidal, Gabriela and Robakiewicz, Stefania and Monsempes, Christelle and François, Marie-Christine and Ribeyre, Tatiana and Maria, Annick and Chertemps, Thomas and de Cian, Anne and Walker, William B. and Wang, Guirong and Jacquin-Joly, Emmanuelle and Montagne, Nicolas | ||||
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Title: | A novel lineage of candidate pheromone receptors for sex communication in moths | ||||
Series Name/Journal: | eLife | ||||
Year of publishing : | 2019 | ||||
Volume: | 8 | ||||
Page range: | 1-17 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 17 | ||||
Publisher: | eLife Sciences Publications Ltd | ||||
ISSN: | 2050-084X | ||||
Language: | English | ||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||
Version: | Published version | ||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Evolutionary Biology (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Ecology (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | ||||
Keywords: | Sex pheromone receptors (PRs), Lepidoptera, moths, odorant receptors (ORs), moth pheromone communication | ||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-103237 | ||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-103237 | ||||
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ID Code: | 16531 | ||||
Faculty: | LTV - Fakulteten för landskapsarkitektur, trädgårds- och växtproduktionsvetenskap | ||||
Department: | (LTJ, LTV) > Department of Plant Protection Biology | ||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||
Deposited On: | 06 Feb 2020 08:15 | ||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 06 Feb 2020 08:15 |
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