Project description:Parasitoids were considered to have the ability to synthesize the lipid. The cotton aphids were parasitized by Lysiphlebia japonica, and Lysiphlebia japonica obtained lipids from cotton aphids. In our study, we get the 3 days larva and pupa from cotton aphids and analysis the expression of the genes involved in the lipid related pathway of these two developmental stages.
Project description:Lipids play an important role in energy storage, membrane structure stabilization and signaling. Parasitoids are excellent models to study lipidomics because a majority of them do not accumulate during their free-living life-stage. Studies on parasitoids have mostly focused on the changes in the lipids and gene transcripts in hosts and little attention has been devoted to lipidomics and transcriptomics changes in parasitoids. In this study, a relative quantitative analysis of lipids and their gene transcripts in 3-days-old Lysiphlebia japonica larva (3 days after spawning) and pupae were performed using liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and RNA-seq. Thirty-three glycerolipids and 250 glycerophospholipids were identified in this study; all triglycerides and the vast majority of phospholipids accumulated in the pupal stage. This was accompanied by differentially regulated lipid uptake and remolding. Furthermore, our data showed that gene transcription was up-regulated in key nutrient metabolic pathways involved in lipid synthesis in 3-days-old larvae. Finally, our data suggests that larva and pupa of L. japonica may lack the ability for fatty acids synthesis. A comprehensive, quantitative, and expandable resource was provided for further studies of metabolic regulation and molecular mechanisms underlying parasitic response to hosts defense.
Project description:IMolting, a special period during which the old cuticle is shed and a new one is produced, is crucial to insect development. During their life cycles, insects that undergo complete metamorphosis may experience several larva-to-larva moltings to become larger, followed by larva-to-pupa and pupa-to-adult moltings to become adults. During the larva-to-larva molting stage, insect larvae stop consuming food and become restful. Whether any changes occur within the molting midgut before ecdysis remains known.
Project description:Parasitoids were considered to have the ability to synthesize the lipid. The cotton aphids were parasitized by Lysiphlebia japonica, and Lysiphlebia japonica obtained lipids from cotton aphids. In our study,we get the 3 days parasitized aphids and unparasitized aphids and analysis the expression of the genes involved in the lipid related pathway.
Project description:With an experimental RNomics, we identified 194 novel ncRNAs in silkworm through four developmental stages (egg, larva, pupa and adult). Oligos of 132 ncRNAs were sucessfully designed, the expression of these ncRNAs were analyzed by dual-channel microarray, results showed that 36 ncRNAs had significantly differential expression during development. The RNA from four samples (egg, larva, pupa and adult) were analyzed, the sample of larva was used as reference.
Project description:We have performed the first systematic identification and analysis of intermediate size ncRNAs (50-500 nt) in the silkworm genome. We identified 194 novel ncRNAs, the expression profiles of them during the transitions from the egg to the first instar larva and from the fifth instar larva to the pupa were anlyzed by dual-channel microarray. Results showed that 12 ncRNAs had significantly differential expression during the two developmental transitions. The first instar larva sample was used for comparison to the sample of embryo, the fifth instar larva sample was used for comparison to the sample of pupa, respectively.
Project description:We investigated the transcriptome of the eye imaginal discs and retinae in wild type (GMR/+) and DeIF6 overexpressing (GMR>DeIF6) flies at the third instar larva stage and pupa 40 hours after puparium formation.