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Zhou C, Liu L, Jiang M, Wang L, Pan X. Identification of Philaster apodigitiformis in aquaculture and functional characterization of its β-PKA gene and expression analysis of infected Poecilia reticulata. Parasitology 2024; 151:370-379. [PMID: 38343157 PMCID: PMC11044068 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182024000118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) is a distinctive member of the serine–threonine protein AGC kinase family and an effective kinase for cAMP signal transduction. In recent years, scuticociliate has caused a lot of losses in domestic fishery farming, therefore, we have carried out morphological and molecular biological studies. In this study, diseased guppies (Poecilia reticulata) were collected from an ornamental fish market, and scuticociliate Philaster apodigitiformis Miao et al., 2009 was isolated. In our prior transcriptome sequencing research, we discovered significant expression of the β-PKA gene in P. apodigitiformis during its infection process, leading us to speculate its involvement in pathogenesis. A complete sequence of the β-PKA gene was cloned, and quantified by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction to analyse or to evaluate the functional characteristics of the β-PKA gene. Morphological identification and phylogenetic analysis based on small subunit rRNA sequence, infection experiments and haematoxylin–eosin staining method were also carried out, in order to study the pathological characteristics and infection mechanism of scuticociliate. The present results showed that: (1) our results revealed that β-PKA is a crucial gene involved in P. apodigitiformis infection in guppies, and the findings provide valuable insights for future studies on scuticociliatosis; (2) we characterized a complete gene, β-PKA, that is generally expressed in parasitic organisms during infection stage and (3) the present study indicates that PKA plays a critical role in scuticociliate when infection occurs by controlling essential steps such as cell growth, development and regulating the activity of the sensory body structures and the irritability system.
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- Chunyu Zhou
- Laboratory of Protozoology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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- Laboratory of Protozoology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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- Laboratory of Protozoology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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- Laboratory of Protozoology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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- Laboratory of Protozoology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China
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Kuwabara T, Kohno H, Hatakeyama M, Kubo T. Evolutionary dynamics of mushroom body Kenyon cell types in hymenopteran brains from multifunctional type to functionally specialized types. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadd4201. [PMID: 37146148 PMCID: PMC10162674 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add4201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Evolutionary dynamics of diversification of brain neuronal cell types that have underlain behavioral evolution remain largely unknown. Here, we compared transcriptomes and functions of Kenyon cell (KC) types that compose the mushroom bodies between the honey bee and sawfly, a primitive hymenopteran insect whose KCs likely have the ancestral properties. Transcriptome analyses show that the sawfly KC type shares some of the gene expression profile with each honey bee KC type, although unique gene expression profiles have also been acquired in each honey bee KC type. In addition, functional analysis of two sawfly genes suggested that the functions in learning and memory of the ancestral KC type were heterogeneously inherited among the KC types in the honey bee. Our findings strongly suggest that the functional evolution of KCs in Hymenoptera involved two previously hypothesized processes for evolution of cell function: functional segregation and divergence.
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- Takayoshi Kuwabara
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Division of Insect Advanced Technology, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, Owashi, Tsukuba 305-8634, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Meng L, Huo X, Feng M, Fang Y, Han B, Hu H, Wu F, Li J. Proteomics Reveals the Molecular Underpinnings of Stronger Learning and Memory in Eastern Compared to Western Bees. Mol Cell Proteomics 2017; 17:255-269. [PMID: 29187519 PMCID: PMC5795390 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra117.000159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Revised: 11/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The eastern (Apis cerana cerana, Acc) and western (Apis mellifera ligustica, Aml) honeybee are two major honeybee species. Surprisingly, little is known about the fundamental molecular neurobiology of brain suborgans of Acc and Aml. We characterized and compared the proteomes of mushroom bodies (MBs), antennal lobes (ALs) and optical lobes (OLs) in the brain of both species, and biologically validated the functions related to learning and memory. Acc and Aml have evolved similar proteome signatures in MBs and OLs to drive the domain-specific neural activities. In MBs of both species, commonly enriched and enhanced functional groups related to protein metabolism and Ca2+ transport relative to ALs and OLs, suggests that proteins and Ca2+ are vital for consolidating learning and memory via modulation of synaptic structure and signal transduction. Furthermore, in OLs of both species, the mainly enriched ribonucleoside metabolism suggests its vital role as second messenger in promoting phototransduction. Notably, in ALs of both species, distinct proteome settings have shaped to prime olfactory learning and memory. In ALs of Acc, this is supported by the enriched cytoskeleton organization to sustain olfactory signaling through modulation of plasticity in glomeruli and intracellular transport. In ALs of Aml, however, the enriched functional groups implicated in hydrogen ion transport are indicative of their importance in supporting olfactory processes by regulation of synaptic transmission. The biological confirmation of enhanced activities of protein metabolism and signal transduction in ALs and MBs of Acc relative to in Aml demonstrates that a stronger sense of olfactory learning and memory has evolved in Acc. The reported first in-depth proteome data of honeybee brain suborgans provide a novel insight into the molecular basis of neurobiology, and is potentially useful for further neurological studies in honeybees and other insects.
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- Lifeng Meng
- From the ‡Institute of Apicultural Research/Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Ministry of Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100093, China
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- From the ‡Institute of Apicultural Research/Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Ministry of Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100093, China
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- From the ‡Institute of Apicultural Research/Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Ministry of Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100093, China
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- From the ‡Institute of Apicultural Research/Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Ministry of Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100093, China
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- From the ‡Institute of Apicultural Research/Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Ministry of Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100093, China
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- From the ‡Institute of Apicultural Research/Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Ministry of Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100093, China
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- From the ‡Institute of Apicultural Research/Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Ministry of Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100093, China
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- From the ‡Institute of Apicultural Research/Key Laboratory of Pollinating Insect Biology, Ministry of Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100093, China
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Kaneko K, Suenami S, Kubo T. Gene expression profiles and neural activities of Kenyon cell subtypes in the honeybee brain: identification of novel 'middle-type' Kenyon cells. ZOOLOGICAL LETTERS 2016; 2:14. [PMID: 27478620 PMCID: PMC4967334 DOI: 10.1186/s40851-016-0051-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In the honeybee (Apis mellifera L.), it has long been thought that the mushroom bodies, a higher-order center in the insect brain, comprise three distinct subtypes of intrinsic neurons called Kenyon cells. In class-I large-type Kenyon cells and class-I small-type Kenyon cells, the somata are localized at the edges and in the inner core of the mushroom body calyces, respectively. In class-II Kenyon cells, the somata are localized at the outer surface of the mushroom body calyces. The gene expression profiles of the large- and small-type Kenyon cells are distinct, suggesting that each exhibits distinct cellular characteristics. We recently identified a novel gene, mKast (middle-type Kenyon cell-preferential arrestin-related gene-1), which has a distinctive expression pattern in the Kenyon cells. Detailed expression analyses of mKast led to the discovery of novel 'middle-type' Kenyon cells characterized by their preferential mKast-expression in the mushroom bodies. The somata of the middle-type Kenyon cells are localized between the large- and small-type Kenyon cells, and the size of the middle-type Kenyon cell somata is intermediate between that of large- and small-type Kenyon cells. Middle-type Kenyon cells appear to differentiate from the large- and/or small-type Kenyon cell lineage(s). Neural activity mapping using an immediate early gene, kakusei, suggests that the small-type and some middle-type Kenyon cells are prominently active in the forager brain, suggesting a potential role in processing information during foraging flight. Our findings indicate that honeybee mushroom bodies in fact comprise four types of Kenyon cells with different molecular and cellular characteristics: the previously known class-I large- and small-type Kenyon cells, class-II Kenyon cells, and the newly identified middle-type Kenyon cells described in this review. As the cellular characteristics of the middle-type Kenyon cells are distinct from those of the large- and small-type Kenyon cells, their careful discrimination will be required in future studies of honeybee Kenyon cell subtypes. In this review, we summarize recent progress in analyzing the gene expression profiles and neural activities of the honeybee Kenyon cell subtypes, and discuss possible roles of each Kenyon cell subtype in the honeybee brain.
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- Kumi Kaneko
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan
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Suenami S, Paul RK, Takeuchi H, Okude G, Fujiyuki T, Shirai K, Kubo T. Analysis of the Differentiation of Kenyon Cell Subtypes Using Three Mushroom Body-Preferential Genes during Metamorphosis in the Honeybee (Apis mellifera L.). PLoS One 2016; 11:e0157841. [PMID: 27351839 PMCID: PMC4924639 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The adult honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) mushroom bodies (MBs, a higher center in the insect brain) comprise four subtypes of intrinsic neurons: the class-I large-, middle-, and small-type Kenyon cells (lKCs, mKCs, and sKCs, respectively), and class-II KCs. Analysis of the differentiation of KC subtypes during metamorphosis is important for the better understanding of the roles of KC subtypes related to the honeybee behaviors. In the present study, aiming at identifying marker genes for KC subtypes, we used a cDNA microarray to comprehensively search for genes expressed in an MB-preferential manner in the honeybee brain. Among the 18 genes identified, we further analyzed three genes whose expression was enriched in the MBs: phospholipase C epsilon (PLCe), synaptotagmin 14 (Syt14), and discs large homolog 5 (dlg5). Quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed that expression of PLCe, Syt14, and dlg5 was more enriched in the MBs than in the other brain regions by approximately 31-, 6.8-, and 5.6-fold, respectively. In situ hybridization revealed that expression of both Syt14 and dlg5 was enriched in the lKCs but not in the mKCs and sKCs, whereas expression of PLCe was similar in all KC subtypes (the entire MBs) in the honeybee brain, suggesting that Syt14 and dlg5, and PLCe are available as marker genes for the lKCs, and all KC subtypes, respectively. In situ hybridization revealed that expression of PLCe is already detectable in the class-II KCs at the larval fifth instar feeding stage, indicating that PLCe expression is a characteristic common to the larval and adult MBs. In contrast, expression of both Syt14 and dlg5 became detectable at the day three pupa, indicating that Syt14 and dlg5 expressions are characteristic to the late pupal and adult MBs and the lKC specific molecular characteristics are established during the late pupal stages.
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- Shota Suenami
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan
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Olfactory pathway in Xibalbanus tulumensis: remipedian hemiellipsoid body as homologue of hexapod mushroom body. Cell Tissue Res 2015; 363:635-48. [PMID: 26358175 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-015-2275-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The Remipedia have been proposed to be the crustacean sister group of the Hexapoda. These blind cave animals heavily rely on their chemical sense and are thus rewarding subjects for the analysis of olfactory pathways. The evolution of these pathways as a character for arthropod phylogeny has recently received increasing attention. Here, we investigate the situation in Xibalbanus tulumensis by focal dye injections and immunolabelling of the catalytic subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (DC0), an enzyme particularly enriched in insect mushroom bodies. DC0 labelling of the hemiellipsoid body suggests its subdivision into a cap-like and a core neuropil. Immunofluorescence of the enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), which synthesizes γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), has revealed a cluster of GABAergic interneurons in the hemiellipsoid body, reminiscent of the characteristic feedback neurons of the mushroom body. Thus, the hemiellipsoid body of Xibalbanus shares many of the characteristics of insect mushroom bodies. Nevertheless, the general neuroanatomy of the olfactory pathway in the Remipedia strongly corresponds to the malacostracan ground pattern. Given that the Remipedia are probably the sister group of the Hexapoda, the phylogenetic appearance of the typical neuropilar compartments in the insect mushroom body has to be assigned to the origins of the Hexapoda.
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McNeill MS, Robinson GE. Voxel-based analysis of the immediate early gene, c-jun, in the honey bee brain after a sucrose stimulus. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 24:377-390. [PMID: 25773289 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Immediate early genes (IEGs) have served as useful markers of brain neuronal activity in mammals, and more recently in insects. The mammalian canonical IEG, c-jun, is part of regulatory pathways conserved in insects and has been shown to be responsive to alarm pheromone in honey bees. We tested whether c-jun was responsive in honey bees to another behaviourally relevant stimulus, sucrose, in order to further identify the brain regions involved in sucrose processing. To identify responsive regions, we developed a new method of voxel-based analysis of c-jun mRNA expression. We found that c-jun is expressed in somata throughout the brain. It was rapidly induced in response to sucrose stimuli, and it responded in somata near the antennal and mechanosensory motor centre, mushroom body calices and lateral protocerebrum, which are known to be involved in sucrose processing. c-jun also responded to sucrose in somata near the lateral suboesophageal ganglion, dorsal optic lobe, ventral optic lobe and dorsal posterior protocerebrum, which had not been previously identified by other methods. These results demonstrate the utility of voxel-based analysis of mRNA expression in the insect brain.
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- M S McNeill
- Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA; Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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Qin QH, Wang ZL, Tian LQ, Gan HY, Zhang SW, Zeng ZJ. The integrative analysis of microRNA and mRNA expression in Apis mellifera following maze-based visual pattern learning. INSECT SCIENCE 2014; 21:619-636. [PMID: 24136738 DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The honeybee (Apis mellifera) is a social insect with strong sensory capacity and diverse behavioral repertoire and is recognized as a good model organism for studying the neurobiological basis of learning and memory. In this study, we analyzed the changes in microRNA (miRNA) and messenger RNA (mRNA) following maze-based visual learning using next-generation small RNA sequencing and Solexa/lllumina Digital Gene Expression tag profiling (DGE). For small RNA sequencing, we obtained 13 367 770 and 13 132 655 clean tags from the maze and control groups, respectively. A total of 40 differentially expressed known miRNAs were detected between these two samples, and all of them were up-regulated in the maze group compared to the control group. For DGE, 5 681 320 and 5 939 855 clean tags were detected from the maze and control groups, respectively. There were a total of 388 differentially expressed genes between these two samples, with 45 genes up-regulated and 343 genes down-regulated in the maze group, compared to the control group. Additionally, the expression levels of 10 differentially expressed genes were confirmed by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and the expression trends of eight of them were consistent with the DGE result, although the degree of change was lower in amplitude. The integrative analysis of miRNA and mRNA expression showed that, among the 40 differentially expressed known miRNAs and 388 differentially expressed genes, 60 pairs of miRNA/mRNA were identified as co-expressed in our present study. These results suggest that both miRNA and mRNA may play a pivotal role in the process of learning and memory in honeybees. Our sequencing data provide comprehensive miRNA and gene expression information for maze-based visual learning, which will facilitate understanding of the molecular mechanisms of honeybee learning and memory.
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- Qiu-Hong Qin
- Honeybee Research Institute, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
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Matsumoto Y, Sandoz JC, Devaud JM, Lormant F, Mizunami M, Giurfa M. Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels, calmodulin, adenylyl cyclase, and calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II are required for late, but not early, long-term memory formation in the honeybee. Learn Mem 2014; 21:272-86. [PMID: 24741108 PMCID: PMC3994501 DOI: 10.1101/lm.032037.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Memory is a dynamic process that allows encoding, storage, and retrieval of information acquired through individual experience. In the honeybee Apis mellifera, olfactory conditioning of the proboscis extension response (PER) has shown that besides short-term memory (STM) and mid-term memory (MTM), two phases of long-term memory (LTM) are formed upon multiple-trial conditioning: an early phase (e-LTM) which depends on translation from already available mRNA, and a late phase (l-LTM) which requires de novo transcription and translation. Here we combined olfactory PER conditioning and neuropharmacological inhibition and studied the involvement of the NO-cGMP pathway, and of specific molecules, such as cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (CNG), calmodulin (CaM), adenylyl cyclase (AC), and Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMKII), in the formation of olfactory LTM in bees. We show that in addition to NO-cGMP and cAMP-PKA, CNG channels, CaM, AC, and CaMKII also participate in the formation of a l-LTM (72-h post-conditioning) that is specific for the learned odor. Importantly, the same molecules are dispensable for olfactory learning and for the formation of both MTM (in the minute and hour range) and e-LTM (24-h post-conditioning), thus suggesting that the signaling pathways leading to l-LTM or e-LTM involve different molecular actors.
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- Yukihisa Matsumoto
- Université de Toulouse, UPS, Research Centre on Animal Cognition, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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Wang ZL, Wang H, Qin QH, Zeng ZJ. Gene expression analysis following olfactory learning in Apis mellifera. Mol Biol Rep 2012; 40:1631-9. [PMID: 23073783 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-2212-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The honeybee has a strong learning and memory ability, and is recognized as the best model organism for studying the neurobiological basis of learning and memory. In this study, we analyzed the gene expression difference following proboscis extension response-based olfactory learning in the A. mellifera using a tag-based digital gene expression (DGE) method. We obtained about 5.71 and 5.65 million clean tags from the trained group and untrained group, respectively. A total of 259 differentially expressed genes were detected between these two samples, with 30 genes up-regulated and 229 genes down-regulated in trained group compared to the untrained group. These results suggest that bees tend to actively suppress some genes instead of activating previously silent genes after olfactory learning. Our DGE data provide comprehensive gene expression information for olfactory learning, which will facilitate our understanding of the molecular mechanism of honey bee learning and memory.
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- Zi-Long Wang
- Honeybee Research Institute, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, Jiangxi, China
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Böhm A, Szucsich NU, Pass G. Brain anatomy in Diplura (Hexapoda). Front Zool 2012; 9:26. [PMID: 23050723 PMCID: PMC3585824 DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-9-26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2012] [Accepted: 10/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Background In the past decade neuroanatomy has proved to be a valuable source of character systems that provide insights into arthropod relationships. Since the most detailed description of dipluran brain anatomy dates back to Hanström (1940) we re-investigated the brains of Campodea augens and Catajapyx aquilonaris with modern neuroanatomical techniques. The analyses are based on antibody staining and 3D reconstruction of the major neuropils and tracts from semi-thin section series. Results Remarkable features of the investigated dipluran brains are a large central body, which is organized in nine columns and three layers, and well developed mushroom bodies with calyces receiving input from spheroidal olfactory glomeruli in the deutocerebrum. Antibody staining against a catalytic subunit of protein kinase A (DC0) was used to further characterize the mushroom bodies. The japygid Catajapyx aquilonaris possesses mushroom bodies which are connected across the midline, a unique condition within hexapods. Conclusions Mushroom body and central body structure shows a high correspondence between japygids and campodeids. Some unique features indicate that neuroanatomy further supports the monophyly of Diplura. In a broader phylogenetic context, however, the polarization of brain characters becomes ambiguous. The mushroom bodies and the central body of Diplura in several aspects resemble those of Dicondylia, suggesting homology. In contrast, Archaeognatha completely lack mushroom bodies and exhibit a central body organization reminiscent of certain malacostracan crustaceans. Several hypotheses of brain evolution at the base of the hexapod tree are discussed.
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- Alexander Böhm
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Distribution of Kakugo virus and its effects on the gene expression profile in the brain of the worker honeybee Apis mellifera L. J Virol 2009; 83:11560-8. [PMID: 19726502 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00519-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We previously identified a novel insect picorna-like virus, termed Kakugo virus (KV), obtained from the brains of aggressive honeybee worker bees that had counterattacked giant hornets. Here we examined the tissue distribution of KV and alterations of gene expression profiles in the brains of KV-infected worker bees to analyze possible effects of KV infection on honeybee neural and physiological states. By use of in situ hybridization, KV was broadly detected in the brains of the naturally KV-infected worker bees. When inoculated experimentally into bees, KV was detected in restricted parts of the brain at the early infectious stage and was later detected in various brain regions, including the mushroom bodies, optic lobes, and ocellar nerve. KV was detected not only in the brain but also in the hypopharyngeal glands and fat bodies, indicating systemic KV infection. Next, we compared the gene expression profiles in the brains of KV-inoculated and noninoculated bees. The expression of 11 genes examined was not significantly affected in KV-infected worker bees. cDNA microarray analysis, however, identified a novel gene whose expression was induced in the periphery of the brains of KV-infected bees, which was commonly observed in naturally infected and experimentally inoculated bees. The gene encoded a novel hypothetical protein with a leucine zipper motif. A gene encoding a similar protein was found in the parasitic wasp Nasonia genome but not in other insect genomes. These findings suggest that KV infection may affect brain functions and/or physiological states in honeybees.
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Michel M, Kemenes I, Müller U, Kemenes G. Different phases of long-term memory require distinct temporal patterns of PKA activity after single-trial classical conditioning. Learn Mem 2008; 15:694-702. [PMID: 18772258 DOI: 10.1101/lm.1088408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) is known to play a critical role in both transcription-independent short-term or intermediate-term memory and transcription-dependent long-term memory (LTM). Although distinct phases of LTM already have been demonstrated in some systems, it is not known whether these phases require distinct temporal patterns of learning-induced PKA activation. This question was addressed in a robust form of associative LTM that emerges within a matter of hours after single-trial food-reward classical conditioning in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. After establishing the molecular and functional identity of the PKA catalytic subunit in the Lymnaea nervous system, we used a combination of PKA activity measurement and inhibition techniques to investigate its role in LTM in intact animals. PKA activity in ganglia involved in single-trial learning showed a short latency but prolonged increase after classical conditioning. However, while increased PKA activity immediately after training (0-10 min) was essential for an early phase of LTM (6 h), the late phase of LTM (24 h) required a prolonged increase in PKA activity. These observations indicate mechanistically different roles for PKA in recent and more remote phases of LTM, which may underpin different cellular and molecular mechanisms required for these phases.
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- Maximilian Michel
- Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Sussex Centre for Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QG, United Kingdom
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Bardales JR, Hellman U, Villamarín JA. Identification of multiple isoforms of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit in the bivalve mollusc Mytilus galloprovincialis. FEBS J 2008; 275:4479-89. [PMID: 18671732 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06591.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Several isoforms of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (C-subunit) were separated from the posterior adductor muscle and the mantle tissues of the sea mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis by cation exchange chromatography, and identified by: (a) protein kinase activity; (b) antibody recognition; and (c) peptide mass fingerprinting. Some of the isozymes seemed to be tissue-specific, and all them were phosphorylated at serine and threonine residues and showed slight but significant differences in their apparent molecular mass values, which ranged from 41.3 to 44.5 kDa. The results from the MS analysis suggest that at least some of the mussel C-subunit isoforms arise as a result of alternative splicing events. Furthermore, several peptide sequences from mussel C-subunits, determined by de novo sequencing, showed a high degree of homology with the mammalian Calpha-isoform, and contained some structural motifs that are essential for catalytic function. On the other hand, no significant differences were observed in the kinetic parameters of C-subunit isoforms, determined by using synthetic peptides as substrate and inhibitor. However, the C-subunit isoforms separated from the mantle tissue differed in their ability to phosphorylate in vitro some proteins present in a mantle extract.
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- José R Bardales
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Bioloxía Molecular, Facultade de Veterinaria, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain
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Lissandron V, Rossetto MG, Erbguth K, Fiala A, Daga A, Zaccolo M. Transgenic fruit-flies expressing a FRET-based sensor for in vivo imaging of cAMP dynamics. Cell Signal 2007; 19:2296-303. [PMID: 17689927 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2007.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2007] [Accepted: 07/02/2007] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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3'-5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is a ubiquitous intracellular second messenger that mediates the action of various hormones and neurotransmitters and influences a plethora of cellular functions. In particular, multiple neuronal processes such as synaptic plasticity underlying learning and memory are dependent on cAMP signalling cascades. It is now well recognized that the specificity and fidelity of cAMP downstream effects are achieved through a tight temporal as well as spatial control of the cAMP signals. Approaches relying on real-time imaging and Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)-based biosensors for direct visualization of cAMP changes as they happen in intact living cells have recently started to uncover the fine details of cAMP spatio-temporal signalling patterns. Here we report the generation of transgenic fruit-flies expressing a FRET-based, GFP-PKA sensor and their use in real-time optical recordings of cAMP signalling both ex vivo and in vivo in adult and developing organisms. These transgenic animals represent a novel tool for understanding the physiology of the cAMP signalling pathway in the context of a functioning body.
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- Valentina Lissandron
- Dulbecco Telethon Institute at the Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, via Orus 2, Padova, Italy
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Hunt GJ, Amdam GV, Schlipalius D, Emore C, Sardesai N, Williams CE, Rueppell O, Guzmán-Novoa E, Arechavaleta-Velasco M, Chandra S, Fondrk MK, Beye M, Page RE. Behavioral genomics of honeybee foraging and nest defense. Naturwissenschaften 2006; 94:247-67. [PMID: 17171388 PMCID: PMC1829419 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0183-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2006] [Revised: 10/08/2006] [Accepted: 10/16/2006] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The honeybee has been the most important insect species for study of social behavior. The recently released draft genomic sequence for the bee will accelerate honeybee behavioral genetics. Although we lack sufficient tools to manipulate this genome easily, quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that influence natural variation in behavior have been identified and tested for their effects on correlated behavioral traits. We review what is known about the genetics and physiology of two behavioral traits in honeybees, foraging specialization (pollen versus nectar), and defensive behavior, and present evidence that map-based cloning of genes is more feasible in the bee than in other metazoans. We also present bioinformatic analyses of candidate genes within QTL confidence intervals (CIs). The high recombination rate of the bee made it possible to narrow the search to regions containing only 17–61 predicted peptides for each QTL, although CIs covered large genetic distances. Knowledge of correlated behavioral traits, comparative bioinformatics, and expression assays facilitated evaluation of candidate genes. An overrepresentation of genes involved in ovarian development and insulin-like signaling components within pollen foraging QTL regions suggests that an ancestral reproductive gene network was co-opted during the evolution of foraging specialization. The major QTL influencing defensive/aggressive behavior contains orthologs of genes involved in central nervous system activity and neurogenesis. Candidates at the other two defensive-behavior QTLs include modulators of sensory signaling (Am5HT7 serotonin receptor, AmArr4 arrestin, and GABA-B-R1 receptor). These studies are the first step in linking natural variation in honeybee social behavior to the identification of underlying genes.
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- Greg J. Hunt
- Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 87451, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501 USA
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- Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
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- Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 USA
- Crop Production and Pest Control Research Unit, USDA-ARS, West Lafayette, IN 47906 USA
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- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, 105 Eberhart Bldg., Greensboro, NC 27402 USA
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- Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1 Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Physical Sciences, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL 60605 USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 87451, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501 USA
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- Institut fuer Genetik, Heinrich-Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 87451, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501 USA
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The cAMP-dependent kinase (PKA) plays a crucial part in long-term memory formation in the honeybee (Apis mellifera). One of the putative substrates of the PKA activity is the cAMP response element binding protein (CREB), a transcription factor in the bZIP protein family. We searched the honeybee genome to characterize genes from the CREB/CREM and the PKA families. We identified two genes that encode regulatory subunits and three genes encode catalytic subunits of PKA. Eight genes code for bZIP proteins, but only one gene was found that encodes a member of the CREB/CREM family. The phylogenetic relationship of these genes was analysed with their Drosophila and human counterparts.
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- D Eisenhardt
- Neurobiology, FB Biology/Chemistry/Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Wachten S, Schlenstedt J, Gauss R, Baumann A. Molecular identification and functional characterization of an adenylyl cyclase from the honeybee. J Neurochem 2006; 96:1580-90. [PMID: 16464235 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03666.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cyclic AMP (cAMP) serves as an important messenger in virtually all organisms. In the honeybee (Apis mellifera), cAMP-dependent signal transduction has been implicated in behavioural processes as well as in learning and memory. Key components of cAMP-signalling cascades are adenylyl cyclases. However, the molecular identities and biochemical properties of adenylyl cyclases are completely unknown in the honeybee. We have cloned a cDNA (Amac3) from honeybee brain that encodes a membrane-bound adenylyl cyclase. The Amac3 gene is an orthologue of the Drosophila ac39E gene. The corresponding proteins share an overall amino acid similarity of approximately 62%. Phylogenetically, AmAC3 belongs to group 1 adenylyl cyclases. Heterologously expressed AmAC3 displays basal enzymatic activity and efficient coupling to endogenous G protein signalling pathways. Stimulation of beta-adrenergic receptors induces AmAC3 activity with an EC(50) of about 3.1 microm. Enzymatic activity is also increased by forskolin (EC(50) approximately 15 microm), a specific agonist of membrane-bound adenylyl cyclases. Similar to certain biogenic amine receptor genes of the honeybee, Amac3 transcripts are expressed in many somata of the brain, especially in mushroom body neurones. These results suggest that the enzyme serves in biogenic amine signal transduction cascades and in higher brain functions that contribute to learning and memory of the bee.
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- Sebastian Wachten
- Institut für Biologische Informationsverarbeitung 1, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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Kurshan PT, Hamilton IS, Mustard JA, Mercer AR. Developmental changes in expression patterns of two dopamine receptor genes in mushroom bodies of the honeybee,Apis mellifera. J Comp Neurol 2003; 466:91-103. [PMID: 14515242 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The expression patterns of two dopamine receptor genes, Amdop1 and Amdop2, in the developing mushroom bodies of the honeybee brain were determined by using in situ hybridisation. Both genes were expressed throughout pupal development, but their patterns of expression in the three major divisions of mushroom body intrinsic neurons (outer compact cells, noncompact cells, and inner compact cells) were quite distinct. Amdop1 expression could be detected in all three mushroom body cell groups throughout development. Staining for Amdop1 mRNA was particularly intense in newly born Kenyon cells, suggesting that levels of Amdop1 expression are higher in newborn cells than in more mature mushroom body neurons. This was not the case for Amdop2. Amdop2 expression in the mushroom bodies was restricted to inner and outer compact cells during most of pupal development, appearing in noncompact cells only late in metamorphosis or at adult eclosion. In contrast to the case with Amdop1, staining for Amdop2 mRNA was observed in glial cells. Expression of Amdop2 in glial cells was detected only at early stages of glial cell development, when the cells are reported to be actively dividing. This study not only implicates dopamine in the development of honeybee mushroom bodies but also suggests different roles for the two dopamine receptors investigated.
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- Peri T Kurshan
- Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Eisenhardt D, Friedrich A, Stollhoff N, Müller U, Kress H, Menzel R. The AmCREB gene is an ortholog of the mammalian CREB/CREM family of transcription factors and encodes several splice variants in the honeybee brain. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 12:373-382. [PMID: 12864917 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2003.00421.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The transcription factor CREB (cAMP response element binding protein) is required for the switch from short-term to long-term synaptic plasticity and from short-term to long-term memory. Its activity is regulated by the cAMP-dependent signalling cascade, which has been shown to play a crucial role in the honeybee's long-term memory formation. To elucidate the role of the CREB in honeybee memory formation we analysed a CREB-homologous gene, AmCREB, which is expressed as several transcripts in the honeybee brain. Eight transcripts have been identified (AmCREB 1-8) that are generated by alternate splicing. One antibody generated against a subset of these variants reveals a cytosolic localization in the mushroom body alpha-lobes, the glomeruli of the antennal lobes, the protocerebral lobes, the central complex and in the optical lobes.
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- D Eisenhardt
- Institut für Biologie-Neurobiologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
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Fischer P, Djoha S, Büttner DW, Zipfel PF. Isolation and characterization of the regulatory subunit of cAMP-dependent protein kinase from the filarial parasite Onchocerca volvulus. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2003; 128:33-42. [PMID: 12706794 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-6851(03)00041-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Protein kinases exert major regulatory effects in eukaryotic signaling events. As these proteins play central regulatory and sensory functions they are interesting targets for antiparasitic drug development and serve as vaccine candidates. A cDNA with an open reading frame of 1122 bp coding for the regulatory subunit of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase (Ov-pka-r) of the pathogenic human nematode Onchocerca volvulus has been isolated. The predicted protein displays 84% homology to the corresponding protein of Caenorhabditis elegans and 71% to the human homologue. The O. volvulus protein has unique features, it includes six cysteine residues, as compared to four residues in mammals. Ov-PKA-r was recombinantly expressed as His-tagged protein and under reducing conditions showed a molecular mass of 52 kDa. In sera from O. volvulus patients IgG antibodies were found that strongly reacted with the recombinant Ov-PKA-r. Using rabbit antisera raised against the recombinant protein for immunohistology allowed the localization of the native Ov-PKA-r within the nervous system and sensory organs of adult O. volvulus worms and of microfilariae. The predominant expression in the nervous system and sensory organs as well as the unique structural features identify this signaling molecule of O. volvulus as a new and interesting target for drug or vaccine development.
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- Peter Fischer
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 74, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
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