Fire ant worker brain transcriptomes
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2013-03-27 | GSE39959 | GEO
Project description:We used whole-genome fire ant microarrays to examine the molecular basis for division of labor in fire ant workers by comparing foraging and non-foraging workers from monogyne colonies. Fire ant colonies were collected in the field and transported into the lab were they were reared in standard conditions. We created a nesting chamber containing the queen, the brood and workers performing nursing tasks and a foraging area, separated from the nesting chamber and provided with food and water sources. Foraging workers were collected in the foraging area while non-foraging workers were collected in the nesting chamber. Total RNA was isolated from pools of whole workers and processed for microarrays.
2014-01-08 | E-MTAB-2094 | biostudies-arrayexpress
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2013-03-27 | E-GEOD-39959 | biostudies-arrayexpress
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2006-10-14 | GSE5995 | GEO
Project description:The red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta is an invasive pest in the USA, eastern Asia and Australia that causes billions worth of damage where it has been introduced. In the insect colony, workers perform tasks based on their age as well as the subcaste, where the younger workers as well as the members of the smaller subcastes of workers tend to remain in the nest and tend to the brood while the older ants as well as the members of the larger subcastes of workers leave the nest to perform activities such as foraging. In eusocial insects, juvenile hormone has been identified to be a catalyst for behavioral changes among the worker caste, but the involvement of this hormone in S. invicta task allocation has not been investigated. Here, we conducted RNAseq analysis to identify genes associated with worker division of labor by comparing the expression profiles of foragers and nurses from the medium subcaste. Additionally, we evaluated the changes in the transcriptome of nurses in response to the application of the juvenile hormone analog, S-hydroprene. We found 816 differentially expressed genes between foragers and nurses and 100 differentially expressed genes between nurses treated with acetone and nurses treated with S-hydroprene. Here, we focused on the differentially expressed genes between foragers and nurses that were associated with different molecular pathways such as energy metabolism, glycolysis, juvenile hormone synthesis and metabolism, and immunity. Our results showed that the juvenile hormone analog induced changes in worker gene expression, some of which were as expected if the juvenile hormone is involved in regulating the shift from nursing to foraging in S. invicta workers. This analysis and data from this experiment can provide a slew of potential target genes to be used for control of this invasive pest.
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