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Su Z, Zhao C, Huang X, Lv J, Zhao Z, Zheng K, Sun X, Qin S, Wang X, Jin BR, Wu Y. Bombyx mori Ecdysone Receptor B1 May Inhibit BmNPV Infection by Triggering Apoptosis. INSECTS 2023; 14:505. [PMID: 37367321 DOI: 10.3390/insects14060505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) is a serious threat to sericulture. Nevertheless, no effective control strategy is currently available. The innate immunity of silkworm is critical in the antiviral process. Exploring its molecular mechanism provides theoretical support for the prevention and treatment of BmNPV. Insect hormone receptors play an essential role in regulating host immunity. We found a correlation between Bombyx mori ecdysone receptor B1 (BmEcR-B1) and BmNPV infection, whereas the underlying mechanism remains unclear. In this study, the expression patterns and sequence characteristics of BmEcR-B1 and its isoform, BmEcR-A, were initially analyzed. BmEcR-B1 was found to be more critical than BmEcR-A in silkworm development and responses to BmNPV. Moreover, RNAi and an overexpression in BmN cells showed BmEcR-B1 had antiviral effects in the presence of 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E); Otherwise, it had no antiviral activity. Furthermore, BmEcR-B1 was required for 20E-induced apoptosis, which significantly suppressed virus infection. Finally, feeding 20E had no significant negative impacts on larval growth and the cocoon shell, suggesting the regulation of this pathway has practical value in controlling BmNPV in sericulture. The findings of this study provide important theoretical support for understanding the mechanism of the silkworm innate immune system in response to BmNPV infection.
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- Zhihao Su
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
- The Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
- The Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
- The Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Life Science, Dong-A University, Busan 49315, Republic of Korea
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
- The Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture, Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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Ma Y, Wu C, Liu J, Liu Y, Lv J, Sun Z, Wang D, Jiang C, Sheng Q, You Z, Nie Z. The stability and antiapoptotic activity of Bm30K-3 can be improved by lysine acetylation in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2020; 103:e21649. [PMID: 31777104 DOI: 10.1002/arch.21649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Acetylation is an important, highly conserved, and reversible post-translational modification of proteins. Previously, we showed by nano-HPLC/MS/MS that many nutrient storage proteins in the silkworm are acetylated. Among these proteins, most of the known 30K proteins were shown to be acetylated, including 23 acetylated 30K proteins containing 49 acetylated sites (Kac), indicating the importance of the acetylation of 30K proteins in silkworm. In this study, Bm30K-3, a 30K protein containing three Kac sites, was further assessed in functional studies of its acetylation. Increasing the level of Bm30K-3 acetylation by adding the deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA) increased the levels of this protein and further inhibited cellular apoptosis induced by H2 O2 . In contrast, decreasing the level of acetylation by adding the acetylase inhibitor C646 could reduce the level of Bm30K-3 and increase H2 O2 -induced apoptosis. Subsequently, BmN cells were treated with CHX and MG132, and increasing the acetylation level using TSA was shown to inhibit protein degradation and improve the stability of Bm30K-3. Furthermore, the acetylation of Bm30K-3 could compete with its ability to be ubiquitinated, suggesting that acetylation could inhibit the ubiquitin-mediated proteasome degradation pathway, improving the stability and accumulation of proteins in cells. These results further indicate that acetylation might regulate nutrition storage and utilization in Bombyx mori, which requires further study.
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- Yafei Ma
- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A & F University, Linan, China
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- Zhejiang Economic & Trade Polytechnic, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
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Chen L, Meng X, Gu J, Fan W, Abdlli N, Peprah FA, Wang N, Zhu F, Lü P, Ma S, Chen K. Silver nanoparticle toxicity in silkworms: Omics technologies for a mechanistic understanding. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2019; 172:388-395. [PMID: 30731270 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.01.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The widespread use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) has raised public concern due to their potential toxic effects on humans and the environment. Although some studies have evaluated the toxicity of nanomaterials in vertebrates, studies on their hazardous effects on insects are limited. Here we focused on different concentrations of AgNPs to silkworms, a promising model organism, to evaluate their toxic effects by omics analysis. After the silkworms were fed with 100 mg L-1 AgNPs, transcriptomics analysis showed differential expression of 43 genes: 39 upregulated and 4 downregulated. These differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were involved in the digestion process, various metabolic pathways, transmembrane transport and energy synthesis. Proteomic results for silkworms fed with 400 mg L-1 AgNPs revealed 14 significantly differentially expressed proteins: 11 downregulated and 3 upregulated. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) results showed that the expression levels of eight proteins were similar to the transcription levels of their corresponding genes. As the AgNPs concentration was increased, the expression of digestive enzymes was downregulated, which damaged the silkworm tissue and suppressed the activity of the enzyme superoxide dismutase and the protein HSP 1, causing oxidative stress and the production of reactive oxygen species, which had toxic effects on the silkworm digestive system. Histopathological results showed that treatment with 400 mg L-1 AgNPs destroyed the basal lamina and the columnar cells, caused adverse effects on tissues and had the potential to induce harmful effects on the digestive system. The data presented herein provide valuable information on the hazards and risks of nanoparticle contamination. Main finding: AgNPs would downregulate some digestive enzymes, damage the tissue of midgut in silkworm, meantime induce the accumulation of reactive oxygen species which may cause oxidative stress.
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- Liang Chen
- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, 212013 Zhenjiang, China.
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, 212013 Zhenjiang, China.
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, 212013 Zhenjiang, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, 212013 Zhenjiang, China.
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, 212013 Zhenjiang, China.
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, 212013 Zhenjiang, China.
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, 212013 Zhenjiang, China.
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, 212013 Zhenjiang, China.
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, 212013 Zhenjiang, China.
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, 212013 Zhenjiang, China.
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, 212013 Zhenjiang, China.
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Gene Expression Pattern and Regulatory Network of α-Toxin Treatment in Bombyx mori. Int J Genomics 2019; 2019:7859121. [PMID: 30956974 PMCID: PMC6425383 DOI: 10.1155/2019/7859121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Revised: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Bacillus bombyseptieus is a pathogen of Bombyx mori; it can cause bacterial septicemia in silkworm. One of the components of the parasporal crystal toxin of B. bombyseptieus, α-toxin, plays an important role in the process of infection in silkworm. In this study, we investigated the immune response of silkworm induced by α-toxin by using RNA-seq. We compared the changes in gene expression in the midgut, fatbody, and hemocytes of silkworm and in the B. mori embryonic cell line (BmE) after treatment with α-toxin and identified 952 differentially expressed genes and 353 differentially expressed long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs). These regulated genes in different tissues were found to be enriched in different pathways. The upregulated genes in the midgut were mainly involved in peptidoglycan catabolic process and tyrosine kinase signaling pathway, whereas the downregulated genes were mainly involved in chitin metabolic pathways. The upregulated genes in fatbody were also involved in peptidoglycan catabolic process, but they were for a different peptidoglycan subtype. Further, genes encoding cecropins were enriched in the fatbody. The downregulated genes were mainly involved in the metabolic pathways of fundamental substances such as cellular protein metabolic process and nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process. These results suggest that α-toxin can induce various immune responses in silkworm, and further studies are warranted to understand the mechanism of α-toxin action in silkworm. Further, lncRNAs and differentially expressed genes were correlated using coexpression network analysis. Our findings revealed potential candidate genes and lncRNAs that might play important physiological functions in the immune response to α-toxins in silkworm.
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Meng X, Abdlli N, Wang N, Lü P, Nie Z, Dong X, Lu S, Chen K. Effects of Ag Nanoparticles on Growth and Fat Body Proteins in Silkworms (Bombyx mori). Biol Trace Elem Res 2017; 180:327-337. [PMID: 28361388 PMCID: PMC5662678 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-017-1001-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2017] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Ag nanoparticles (AgNPs), a widely used non-antibiotic, antibacterial material, have shown toxic and other potentially harmful effects in mammals. However, the deleterious effects of AgNPs on insects are still unknown. Here, we studied the effects of AgNPs on the model invertebrate organism Bombyx mori. After feeding silkworm larvae different concentrations of AgNPs, we evaluated the changes of B. mori body weights, survival rates, and proteomic differences. The results showed that low concentrations (<400 mg/L) of AgNPs promoted the growth and cocoon weights of B. mori. Although high concentrations (≥800 mg/L) of AgNPs also improved B. mori growth, they resulted in silkworm death. An analysis of fat body proteomic differences revealed 13 significant differences in fat body protein spots, nine of which exhibited significantly downregulated expression, while four showed significantly upregulated expression. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction results showed that at an AgNP concentration of 1600 mg/L, the expression levels of seven proteins were similar to the transcription levels of their corresponding genes. Our results suggest that AgNPs lowered the resistance to oxidative stress, affected cell apoptosis, and induced cell necrosis by regulating related protein metabolism and metabolic pathways in B. mori.
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- Xu Meng
- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, China
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, China.
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Ma L, Xie Y, Gu ZY, Wang BB, Li FC, Xu KZ, Shen WD, Li B. Characteristics of phoxim-exposed gene transcription in the silk gland of silkworms. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 107:391-397. [PMID: 24267702 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2013.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2013] [Revised: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Silkworm (Bombyx mori), a model Lepidoptera insect, is an important economic insect. Its silk gland is the important organ for silk protein synthesis and secretion. Phoxim exposure causes deficient cocooning of silkworm and has become one of the major negative factors for the silk industry. To study the impact of phoxim exposure on silk gland, using gene chip technology, we examined differentially expressed genes in silk gland after silkworms were exposed to phoxim (4.0μg/mL) for 24h. Functional annotation, classification and KEGG signaling pathway analysis were performed. The results showed that out of 3206 genes detected in silk gland after phoxim exposure, 270 were differentially expressed significantly, including 249 up-regulated genes and 21 down-regulated genes. These differentially expressed genes related to apoptosis, detoxification and protein degradation were selected. Using qRT-PCR, the expression levels of 9 genes involved in apoptosis, detoxification and protein degradation were validated. In addition, the expression profiles of three related fibroin synthesis genes (Fib-H, Fib-L and P25) were analyzed. Our results showed that phoxim exposure induced apoptosis of silk gland cells and inhibition of fibroin synthesis. This may be the cause of deficient silkworm cocooning.
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- L Ma
- School of Basic Medicine and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China
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Ji MM, Liu AQ, Gan LP, Xing R, Wang H, Sima YH, Xu SQ. Functional analysis of 30K proteins during silk gland degeneration by a caspase-dependent pathway in Bombyx. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2013; 22:273-283. [PMID: 23496335 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The 30K proteins are involved with important functions in the growth and development of Bombyx mori. In this study, the synthesis and regulation of 30K proteins were examined during the degeneration of Bombyx silk glands. On day 3 of the fifth instar, the protein level of 30Kc19 was low, whereas the silk proteins were rapidly synthesized. However, synthesis and accumulation of the 30Kc19 protein significantly increased at the prepupal stage and on day 1 of the pupal stage. At this stage, the silk gland cells were filled with 30Kc19 and genomic DNA. Moreover, the transcript levels of the 30K-encoding genes, including 30Kc6, 30Kc12, 30Kc19 and 30Kc23 were up-regulated during the degeneration of the Bombyx silk glands. During the time that the levels of the 30Kc19 protein were significantly up-regulated, it is notable that the transcript levels of the BmAtg8, BmAtg6 and BmDronc genes dramatically increased to regulate the programmed cell death of this gland. On day 1 of the pupal stage, intense fragmentation of genomic DNA occurred in the silk gland cells, and the putative active form of caspase was detected in the cytoplasm, showing the complete degradation of the silk glands in one day. In conclusion, the 30K proteins are synthesized in high concentrations, while proteolysis mediates silk gland degeneration in Bombyx by a caspase-dependent pathway. We propose that the 30K proteins may be nutrients and energy vectors to be absorbed by the developing tissues of pupae or moths.
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- M-M Ji
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Biology and Basic Medical Sciences, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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