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Elisabeth Herniou - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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New Insights into the Evolution of Entomopoxvirinae from the Complete Genome Sequences of Four Entomopoxviruses Infecting Adoxophyes honmai, Choristoneura biennis, Choristoneura rosaceana, and Mythimna separata
Journal of Virology, 2013Co-Authors: Julien Thézé, Julie Gallais, Basil Arif, Madoka Nakai, Daniel Doucet, Jun Takatsuka, Zhen Li, Elisabeth HerniouAbstract:Poxviruses are nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses encompassing two subfamilies, the Chordopoxvirinae and the Entomopoxvirinae, infecting vertebrates and insects, respectively. While chordopoxvirus genomics have been widely studied, only two entomopoxvirus (EPV) genomes have been entirely sequenced. We report the genome sequences of four EPVs of the Betaentomopoxvirus genus infecting the Lepidoptera: Adoxophyes honmai EPV (AHEV), Choristoneura biennis EPV (CBEV), Choristoneura rosaceana EPV (CREV), and Mythimna separata EPV (MySEV). The genomes are 80% AT rich, are 228 to 307 kbp long, and contain 247 to 334 open reading frames (ORFs). Most genes are homologous to those of Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus and encode several protein families repeated in tandem in terminal regions. Some genomes also encode proteins of unknown functions with similarity to those of other insect viruses. Comparative genomic analyses highlight a high colinearity among the Lepidopteran EPV genomes and little gene order conservation with other poxvirus genomes. As with previously sequenced EPVs, the genomes include a relatively conserved central region flanked by inverted terminal repeats. Protein clustering identified 104 core EPV genes. Among betaentomopoxviruses, 148 core genes were found in relatively high synteny, pointing to low genomic diversity. Whole-genome and spheroidin gene phylogenetic analyses showed that the Lepidopteran EPVs group closely in a monophyletic lineage, corroborating their affiliation with the Betaentomopoxvirus genus as well as a clear division of the EPVs according to the orders of insect hosts (Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Orthoptera). This suggests an ancient coevolution of EPVs with their insect hosts and the need to revise the current EPV taxonomy to separate orthopteran EPVs from the Lepidopteran-specific betaentomopoxviruses so as to form a new genus.
Michael D Greenfield - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Development of a Genomic Resource and Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping of Male Calling Traits in the Lesser Wax Moth, Achroia grisella
PloS one, 2016Co-Authors: Jennifer M. Gleason, Jennifer L. Hackett, Yihong Zhou, Bethany R. Harris, Michael D GreenfieldAbstract:In the study of sexual selection among insects, the Lesser Waxmoth, Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), has been one of the more intensively studied species over the past 20 years. Studies have focused on how the male calling song functions in pair formation and on the quantitative genetics of male song characters and female preference for the song. Recent QTL studies have attempted to elucidate the genetic architecture of male song and female preference traits using AFLP markers. We continued these QTL studies using SNP markers derived from an EST library that allowed us to measure both DNA sequence variation and map loci with respect to the Lepidopteran genome. We report that the level of sequence variation within A. grisella is typical among other Lepidoptera that have been examined, and that comparison with the Bombyx mori genome shows that macrosynteny is conserved. Our QTL map shows that a QTL for a male song trait, pulse-pair rate, is situated on the Z chromosome, a prediction for sexually selected traits in Lepidoptera. Our findings will be useful for future studies of genetic architecture of this model species and may help identify the genetics associated with the evolution of its novel acoustic communication.
Julien Thézé - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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New Insights into the Evolution of Entomopoxvirinae from the Complete Genome Sequences of Four Entomopoxviruses Infecting Adoxophyes honmai, Choristoneura biennis, Choristoneura rosaceana, and Mythimna separata
Journal of Virology, 2013Co-Authors: Julien Thézé, Julie Gallais, Basil Arif, Madoka Nakai, Daniel Doucet, Jun Takatsuka, Zhen Li, Elisabeth HerniouAbstract:Poxviruses are nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses encompassing two subfamilies, the Chordopoxvirinae and the Entomopoxvirinae, infecting vertebrates and insects, respectively. While chordopoxvirus genomics have been widely studied, only two entomopoxvirus (EPV) genomes have been entirely sequenced. We report the genome sequences of four EPVs of the Betaentomopoxvirus genus infecting the Lepidoptera: Adoxophyes honmai EPV (AHEV), Choristoneura biennis EPV (CBEV), Choristoneura rosaceana EPV (CREV), and Mythimna separata EPV (MySEV). The genomes are 80% AT rich, are 228 to 307 kbp long, and contain 247 to 334 open reading frames (ORFs). Most genes are homologous to those of Amsacta moorei entomopoxvirus and encode several protein families repeated in tandem in terminal regions. Some genomes also encode proteins of unknown functions with similarity to those of other insect viruses. Comparative genomic analyses highlight a high colinearity among the Lepidopteran EPV genomes and little gene order conservation with other poxvirus genomes. As with previously sequenced EPVs, the genomes include a relatively conserved central region flanked by inverted terminal repeats. Protein clustering identified 104 core EPV genes. Among betaentomopoxviruses, 148 core genes were found in relatively high synteny, pointing to low genomic diversity. Whole-genome and spheroidin gene phylogenetic analyses showed that the Lepidopteran EPVs group closely in a monophyletic lineage, corroborating their affiliation with the Betaentomopoxvirus genus as well as a clear division of the EPVs according to the orders of insect hosts (Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, and Orthoptera). This suggests an ancient coevolution of EPVs with their insect hosts and the need to revise the current EPV taxonomy to separate orthopteran EPVs from the Lepidopteran-specific betaentomopoxviruses so as to form a new genus.
Christer Lofstedt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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functional characterization of odorant receptors from lampronia capitella suggests a non ditrysian origin of the Lepidopteran pheromone receptor clade
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2018Co-Authors: Jothi Kumar Yuvaraj, Martin Andersson, Jacob A Corcoran, Olle Anderbrant, Christer LofstedtAbstract:The odorant receptors (ORs) of insects are crucial for host and mate recognition. In moths (Lepidoptera), specialized ORs are involved in male detection of the sex pheromone produced by females. Most moth sex pheromones are C10-C18 acetates, alcohols, and aldehydes (Type I pheromones), and most pheromone receptors (PRs) characterized to date are from higher Lepidoptera (Ditrysia), responding to these types of compounds. With few exceptions, functionally characterized PRs fall into what has been called the "PR-clade", which also contains receptors that have yet to be characterized. While it has been suggested that moth PRs have evolved from plant odor-detecting ORs, it is not known when receptors for Type I pheromones arose. This is largely due to a lack of functionally characterized PRs from non-ditrysian Lepidoptera. The currant shoot borer moth, Lampronia capitella (Prodoxidae), belongs to a non-ditrysian lineage, and uses Type I pheromone compounds. We identified 53 ORs from antennal transcriptomes of this species, and analyzed their phylogenetic relationships with known Lepidopteran ORs. Using a HEK293 cell-based assay, we showed that three of the LcapORs with male-biased expression (based on FPKM values) respond to Type I pheromone compounds. Two of them responded to pheromone components of L. capitella and one to a structurally related compound. These PRs are the first from a non-ditrysian moth species reported to respond to Type I compounds. They belong to two of the more early-diverging subfamilies of the PR-clade for which a role in pheromone detection had not previously been demonstrated. Hence, our definition of the monophyletic Lepidopteran PR-clade includes these receptors from a non-ditrysian species, based on functional support.
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characterization of odorant receptors from a non ditrysian moth eriocrania semipurpurella sheds light on the origin of sex pheromone receptors in Lepidoptera
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2017Co-Authors: Jothi Kumar Yuvaraj, Martin N. Andersson, Jacob A Corcoran, Richard D Newcomb, Olle Anderbrant, Christer LofstedtAbstract:Pheromone receptors (PRs) are essential in moths to detect sex pheromones for mate finding. However, it remainsunknown from which ancestral proteins these specialized receptors arose. The oldest lineages of moths, so-callednon-ditrysian moths, use short-chain pheromone components, secondary alcohols, or ketones, so called Type 0 pheromonesthat are similar to many common plant volatiles. It is, therefore, possible that receptors for these ancestralpheromones evolved from receptors detecting plant volatiles. Hence, we identified the odorant receptors (ORs) from anon-ditrysian moth, Eriocrania semipurpurella (Eriocraniidae, Lepidoptera), and performed functional characterizationof ORs using HEK293 cells. We report the first receptors that respond to Type 0 pheromone compounds; EsemOR3displayed highest sensitivity toward (2S, 6Z)-6-nonen-2-ol, whereas EsemOR5 was most sensitive to the behavioralantagonist (Z)-6-nonen-2-one. These receptors also respond to plant volatiles of similar chemical structures, but withlower sensitivity. Phylogenetically, EsemOR3 and EsemOR5 group with a plant volatile-responding receptor from thetortricid moth Epiphyas postvittana (EposOR3), which together reside outside the previously defined Lepidopteran PRclade that contains the PRs from more derived Lepidopteran families. In addition, one receptor (EsemOR1) that falls atthe base of the Lepidopteran PR clade, responded specifically to b-caryophyllene and not to any other additional plant orpheromone compounds. Our results suggest that PRs for Type 0 pheromones have evolved from ORs that detectstructurally-related plant volatiles. They are unrelated to PRs detecting pheromones inmore derived Lepidoptera, which,in turn, also independently may have evolved a novel function from ORs detecting plant volatiles. (Less)
Jennifer M. Gleason - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Development of a Genomic Resource and Quantitative Trait Loci Mapping of Male Calling Traits in the Lesser Wax Moth, Achroia grisella
PloS one, 2016Co-Authors: Jennifer M. Gleason, Jennifer L. Hackett, Yihong Zhou, Bethany R. Harris, Michael D GreenfieldAbstract:In the study of sexual selection among insects, the Lesser Waxmoth, Achroia grisella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), has been one of the more intensively studied species over the past 20 years. Studies have focused on how the male calling song functions in pair formation and on the quantitative genetics of male song characters and female preference for the song. Recent QTL studies have attempted to elucidate the genetic architecture of male song and female preference traits using AFLP markers. We continued these QTL studies using SNP markers derived from an EST library that allowed us to measure both DNA sequence variation and map loci with respect to the Lepidopteran genome. We report that the level of sequence variation within A. grisella is typical among other Lepidoptera that have been examined, and that comparison with the Bombyx mori genome shows that macrosynteny is conserved. Our QTL map shows that a QTL for a male song trait, pulse-pair rate, is situated on the Z chromosome, a prediction for sexually selected traits in Lepidoptera. Our findings will be useful for future studies of genetic architecture of this model species and may help identify the genetics associated with the evolution of its novel acoustic communication.
