文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Yan, Zhengwen ¹ ; Tong, Xiaoling ¹ ; Xiong, Gao ¹ ; Yang, Weike ¹ ; Lu, Kunpeng ¹ ; Yuan, Yajie ¹ ; Han, Minjin ¹ ; Hu, Hai ¹ ; Wei, Wei ⁴ ; Dai, Fangyin ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Southwest Univ, State Key Lab Silkworm Genome Biol, Key Lab Sericultural Biol & Genet Breeding, Minist Agr & Rural Affairs,Coll Sericulture Text, Chongqing 400715, Peoples R China

2.Wenshan Univ, Coll Notoginseng Med & Pharm, Wenshan 663000, Peoples R China

3.Yunnan Acad Agr Sci, Sericultural & Apicultural Res Inst, Honghe 661100, Peoples R China

4.Guangxi Acad Sericultural Sci, Nanning 530007, Peoples R China

关键词： insect cuticle; cuticle structure; transcriptome analysis; gene family identification; protein components; knockout

期刊名称：INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES （ 影响因子：6.208； 五年影响因子：6.628 ）

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年卷期： 2022 年 23 卷 9 期

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摘要： Insect cuticle is critical for the environmental adaptability and insecticide resistance of insects. However, there is no clear understanding of the structure and protein components of the cuticle during each developmental stage of holometabolous insects, and knowledge about the protein components within each layer is vague. We conducted serial sectioning, cuticular structure analysis, and transcriptome sequencing of the larval, pupal, and adult cuticles of Bombyx mori. The deposition processes of epicuticle, exocuticle, and endocuticle during larval, pupal, and adult cuticle formation were similar. Transcriptome analysis showed that these cuticle formations share 74% of the expressed cuticular protein (CP) genes and 20 other structural protein genes, such as larval serum protein and prisilkin. There are seven, six, and eleven stage-specific expressed CP genes in larval, pupal, and adult cuticles, respectively. The types and levels of CP genes may be the key determinants of the properties of each cuticular layer. For example, the CPs of the RR-2 protein family with high contents of histidine (His) are more essential for the exocuticle. Functional analysis suggested that BmorCPAP1-H is involved in cuticle formation. This study not only offers an in-depth understanding of cuticle morphology and protein components but also facilitates the elucidation of molecular mechanisms underlying cuticle formation in future studies.