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Hormonal control of expression of a pupal cuticular protein gene during metamorphosis in Galleria
Author(s) -
Krämer Bettina,
Wolbert Peter
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
archives of insect biochemistry and physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.576
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1520-6327
pISSN - 0739-4462
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1996)32:3/4<467::aid-arch18>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - metamorphosis , biology , hormone , gene expression , pupa , gene , juvenile hormone , microbiology and biotechnology , endocrinology , medicine , botany , genetics , larva
To trace the developmentally regulated expression of a gene coding for a pupal cuticle protein (GmPCP52), total RNA of carcasses was extracted at different times during metamorphosis and subjected to Northern blot analysis. Blots were probed with a dig‐labelled antisense in vitro transcript of GmPCP52 cDNA. In untreated animals, GmPCP52 mRNA is absent during the wandering stage in last instar larvae. The amount of mRNA rises after pupal ecdysis to a maximum at a pupal age of 18 h. At 42 h it again becomes undetectable. Injection of the JH analogue epofenonane immediately after pupal ecdysis delays the decline of GmPCP52 mRNA, without the transcript have completely disappeared at 60 h. Thereafter it comes up again from day 3 to day 7 in the course of synthesis of a secondary pupal cuticle. Injection of 20E causes precocious disappearance of GMPCP52 mRNA. It becomes undetectable at day 2. Comparison of the Northern blot data with results of in vitro translation experiments reveals participation of translational control. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.