ArticleScientific reports2016
Tissue, developmental, and caste-specific expression of odorant binding proteins in a eusocial insect, the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta.
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- The antennal transcriptome analysis and characterizations of odorant-binding proteins in Megachile saussurei (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae).BMC genomics · 2023Article
- Sublethal Exposure to Cadmium Induces Chemosensory Dysfunction in Fire Ants.Environmental science & technology · 2022Article
- The Odorant Binding Protein, SiOBP5, Mediates Alarm Pheromone Olfactory Recognition in the Red Imported Fire Ant,Biomolecules · 2021Article
- Early behavioral and molecular events leading to caste switching in the antGenes & development · 2021Article
- Altered Expression of Chemosensory and Odorant Binding Proteins in Response to Fungal Infection in the Red Imported Fire Ant,Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Antennal Proteome of the Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Caste Differences in Olfactory Receptors and Chemosensory Support Proteins.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2020Article
- Red Imported Fire Ant (Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- Has gene expression neofunctionalization in the fire ant antennae contributed to queen discrimination behavior?Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
- Differential Gene Expression in Red Imported Fire Ant (Insects · 2018Article
- Antennal Protein Profile in Honeybees: Caste and Task Matter More Than Age.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
- Fire ant social chromosomes: Differences in number, sequence and expression of odorant binding proteins.Evolution letters · 2017Article
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Abstract
Insects interact with the surrounding environment via chemoreception, and in social insects such as ants, chemoreception functions to mediate diverse behaviors including food acquisition, self/non-self recognition, and intraspecific communication. The invasive red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, has spread worldwide, displaying a remarkable environmental adaptability. Odorant binding proteins (OBPs) are chemical compound carriers, involved in diverse physiological processes including odor detection and chemical transport. S. invicta contains a highly divergent 17-member OBP gene family, that includes an ant-specific expansion and the social organization implicated Gp-9 (OBP3) gene. A systematic gene expression analysis of the SiOBP repertoire was performed across social caste (workers, male and female alates), tissues (antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen), and developmental stages (egg, larvae, and pupae), revealing that although SiOBPs were expressed in the antennae, the major regions of expression were in the head and thorax across all castes, and the abdomen in male and female alates. SiOBPs were very highly expressed in female alates and at somewhat lower levels in male alates and workers. SiOBPs were differentially expressed, with unique signatures in various castes and tissues, suggesting functionality of SiOBPs beyond olfaction Expression patterns of SiOBP subgroups also showed relationships with their evolutionary relatedness.
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