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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2015

Homeodomain Protein Scr Regulates the Transcription of Genes Involved in Juvenile Hormone Biosynthesis in the Silkworm.

Meng Meng, Chun Liu, Jian Peng, Wenliang Qian, Heying Qian, Ling Tian, Jiarui Li, Dandan Dai, Anying Xu, Sheng Li and 2 more

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Meng MengState Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. keven190@sina.com.
Chun LiuState Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. mlliuchun@163.com.
Jian PengState Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. theppone@163.com.
Wenliang QianState Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. wenliang20081103@126.com.
Heying QianThe Sericultural Research Institute, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Jiangsu 212018, China. qianheying123@163.com.
Ling TianInstitute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China. tianling@sibs.ac.cn.
Jiarui LiState Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. ljr1994@email.swu.edu.cn.
Dandan DaiState Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. dai_dandan91@163.com.
Anying XuThe Sericultural Research Institute, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Jiangsu 212018, China. srixay@126.com.
Sheng LiInstitute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China. shengli@sippe.ac.cn.
Qingyou XiaState Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. xiaqy@swu.edu.cn.
Daojun ChengState Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China. chengdj@swu.edu.cn.
Southwest University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNJiangsu University of Science and Technology · CN

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Abstract

The silkworm Dominant trimolting (Moltinism, M³) mutant undergoes three larval molts and exhibits precocious metamorphosis. In this study, we found that compared with the wild-type (WT) that undergoes four larval molts, both the juvenile hormone (JH) concentration and the expression of the JH-responsive gene Krüppel homolog 1 (Kr-h1) began to be greater in the second instar of the M³ mutant. A positional cloning analysis revealed that only the homeodomain transcription factor gene Sex combs reduced (Scr) is located in the genomic region that is tightly linked to the M³ locus. The expression level of the Scr gene in the brain-corpora cardiaca-corpora allata (Br-CC-CA) complex, which controls the synthesis of JH, was very low in the final larval instar of both the M³ and WT larvae, and exhibited a positive correlation with JH titer changes. Importantly, luciferase reporter analysis and electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) demonstrated that the Scr protein could promote the transcription of genes involved in JH biosynthesis by directly binding to the cis-regulatory elements (CREs) of homeodomain protein on their promoters. These results conclude that the homeodomain protein Scr is transcriptionally involved in the regulation of JH biosynthesis in the silkworm.

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Gene Expression RegulationTranscription, GeneticAnimalsBombyxChromosome MappingJuvenile HormonesMutationPhenotypePromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingQuantitative Trait Locisrc-Family KinasesJuvenile Hormonessrc-Family Kinasesbiosynthesisjuvenile hormonesex combs reducedsilkwormtranscriptional regulation

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