浙江农业学报 ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (6): 1285-1292.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20240530

• 植物保护 • 上一篇    下一篇

GTP环化水解酶——一种防治褐飞虱(Nilaparvata lugens)的RNAi靶标基因

董代幸1(), 羊桂英2, 王爱英2, 罗举2, 刘淑华2,*()   

  1. 1.杭州市富阳区农业技术推广中心,浙江 杭州 311400
    2.中国水稻研究所,浙江 杭州 311401
  • 收稿日期:2024-06-21 出版日期:2025-06-25 发布日期:2025-07-08
  • 作者简介:董代幸(1984—),男,浙江温州人,硕士,农艺师,主要从事植物病虫害研究与技术推广。E-mail:15167120905@163.com
  • 通讯作者: *刘淑华,E-mail:liushuhua@caas.cn
  • 基金资助:
    浙江省农业产业技术团队项目

GTP cyclohydrolase: a RNAi target gene against the brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens)

DONG Daixing1(), YANG Guiying2, WANG Aiying2, LUO Ju2, LIU Shuhua2,*()   

  1. 1. Fuyang District Agricultural Technology Extension Center, Hangzhou City, Hangzhou 311400, China
    2. China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 311401, China
  • Received:2024-06-21 Online:2025-06-25 Published:2025-07-08

摘要: 磷酸鸟苷环化水解酶I(guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase I, GCHI)是全变态昆虫重要的生长发育调节因子,参与黑色素形成和蜕皮过程。为探讨了GCHI编码基因作为褐飞虱RNA干扰(RNA interference, RNAi)防控靶标基因的可行性,克隆了褐飞虱的NlGCHI基因,分析了其时空表达特征,并采用显微注射方式进行了功能验证。结果表明,NlGCHI有2个转录本,分别命名为NlGCHIaNlGCHIb。其中,NlGCHIb在高龄褐飞虱若虫期存在周期性表达动态,且在表皮中表达水平最高。无论是注射dsNlGCHI还是喂食GCHI抑制剂(3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate, DAHP),褐飞虱都有极高的死亡率,主要是死于蜕皮障碍,表现为虫蜕不能顺利脱离虫体。dsNlGCHI处理试虫还表现出不能正常黑化的现象。以上结果表明,GCHI在全变态昆虫和不完全变态昆虫中的功能相对保守,影响昆虫的表皮形成和蜕皮过程,其编码基因可用于开发防治褐飞虱的RNAi农药。

关键词: 褐飞虱, RNA干扰, 磷酸鸟苷环化水解酶I, 表皮

Abstract:

Guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase I (GCHI) is a crucial regulatory factor for the growth and development of holometabolous insects, involved in melanin synthesis and the molting process. To evaluate the feasibility of the GCHI gene as a target for RNA interference (RNAi) in controlling the hemimetabolous insect Nilaparvata lugens(brown planthopper, BPH), this study cloned the NlGCHI gene from BPH, analyzed its spatiotemporal expression patterns, and validated gene function through microinjection experiments. The results indicated that NlGCHI has two transcripts, designated as NlGCHIa and NlGCHIb. Notably, NlGCHIb exhibited periodic expression dynamics in late-instar nymphs and was highly expressed in the cuticle. Treatment of BPH with dsNlGCHI injection or feeding with the GCHI inhibitor 3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate-7-phosphate (DAHP) resulted in high mortality rates, primarily due to molting defects characterized by failure to shed the old cuticle properly. Additionally, dsNlGCHI-treated individuals displayed abnormal melanization. The above results indicate that the function of GCHI remains relatively conserved in both holometabolous insects and hemimetabolous insect, influencing cuticle formation and molting processes in insects. Its encoding gene can be utilized to develop RNAi-based pesticides for controlling N. lugens.

Key words: Nilaparvata lugens, RNA interference, guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase I, cuticle

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