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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Sajjadian, Seyede Minoo
• Ahmed, Shabbir
• Al Baki, Md. Abdullah
• Kim, Yonggyun

Titel

Prostaglandin D2 synthase and its functional association with immune and reproductive processes in a lepidopteran insect, Spodoptera exigua

Ist Teil von

• General and comparative endocrinology, 2020-02, Vol.287, p.113352-113352, Article 113352

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •PGD2 acts as autocrine/paracrine and plays a crucial role in mediating immunity and reproduction in insects.•The first lepidopteran PGD2 synthase (PGDS) is identified from transcriptome.•RNA interference of PGDS led to immunosuppression in larvae and prevented oocyte development during adults. Several prostaglandins (PGs) have been identified in different insect species. However, their biosynthesis and physiological roles in insects remain unclear. PGD2 is synthesized by isomerization from PGH2 in mammals. This study identified a PGD2 synthase (SePGDS) in a lepidopteran insect, Spodoptera exigua. It showed sequence homology (32.8%) with human PGDS. Based on its conserved active site residues, its N-terminal tyrosine (Y8) was predicted to mediate electron relay from glutathione to PGH2 substrate, which was distinct from the catalysis of PGE2 (=PGD2 isomer) synthase (SePGES). SePGDS was highly expressed in larval and adult stages. RNA interference (RNAi) of SePGDS expression resulted in immunosuppression of cellular immune responses by suppressing the expression of actin polymerization-associated genes. It also suppressed the expression of some antimicrobial genes. Such immunosuppression induced by RNAi treatment was specifically rescued by the addition of PGD2, but not its precursor, arachidonic acid. Such RNAi treatment in adults prevented egg development in females by inhibiting choriogenesis. RNAi treatment also suppressed nurse cell dumping to growing oocytes. However, the addition of PGD2 rescued egg development of RNAi-treated females. These results suggest that SePGDS is responsible for the production of PGD2 which mediates immune and reproductive processes of S. exigua.