Molecular cloning,expression analysis and functional confirmation of two ecdysone receptor isoforms from the rice stem borer Chilo suppressalis |
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Authors: | Minakuchi C Nakagawa Y Kiuchi M Tomita S Kamimura M |
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Institution: | Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan. |
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Abstract: | PCR techniques were used to clone and identify cDNAs for ecdysone receptor A and B1 (EcR-A and EcR-B1) isoforms from the rice stem borer, Chilo suppressalis. They differ only in the N-terminal A/B regions and show high sequence identities to other insects' EcRs. At the wandering stage, EcR-B1 mRNA was expressed more abundantly in the midgut than in the epidermis and fat body, whereas expression levels of EcR-A mRNA were similar in the three tissues. In the epidermis of the last instar larvae, the maximal mRNA expression of both EcR-A and EcR-B1 was observed from the wandering to prepupal stages prior to the peak of ecdysteroid titer in the hemolymph. In gel mobility shift assays, in vitro translated C. suppressalis EcR-B1 (CsEcR-B1) and Bombyx mori ultraspiracle (BmUSP) proteins bound to the Pal 1 and Drosophila melanogaster hsp27 ecdysone response element as a heterodimer. These results indicate that the cDNAs isolated here encode functional ecdysone receptors. |
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