Life,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
13(11), С. 2174 - 2174
Опубликована: Ноя. 7, 2023
This
research
investigates
how
fourth-instar
larvae
of
the
potato
tuber
moth,
Phthorimaea
operculella,
respond
to
plant
secondary
metabolites
(sucrose,
glucose,
nicotine,
and
tannic
acid)
both
in
terms
gustatory
electrophysiology
feeding
behavior.
The
objective
is
establish
a
theoretical
foundation
for
employing
plant-derived
compounds
moth
control.
We
employed
single-sensillum
recording
techniques
dual-choice
leaf
disk
assays
assess
electrophysiological
responses
preferences
these
towards
mentioned
compounds.
Sensory
neurons
responsive
sucrose,
acid
were
identified
larvae’s
medial
lateral
sensilla
styloconica.
Neuronal
activity
was
influenced
by
stimulus
type
concentration.
Notably,
two
types
styloconica
displayed
distinct
response
patterns
sucrose
glucose
while
they
had
similar
firing
nicotine
acid.
Sucrose
significantly
promoted
larval
feeding,
significant
inhibitory
effects.
These
findings
demonstrate
that
house
sensory
sensitive
stimulants
inhibitors,
albeit
with
differing
profiles
sensitivities.
study
suggests
are
promising
candidates
stimulants,
show
potential
as
effective
inhibitors
P.
operculella
larvae.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Фев. 6, 2024
Abstract
Establishing
transepithelial
ion
disparities
is
crucial
for
sensory
functions
in
animals.
In
insect
organs
called
sensilla,
a
potential,
known
as
the
sensillum
potential
(SP),
arises
through
active
transport
across
accessory
cells,
sensitizing
receptor
neurons
such
mechanoreceptors
and
chemoreceptors.
Because
multiple
are
often
co-housed
share
SP,
niche-prevalent
overstimulation
of
single
can
compromise
neighboring
receptors
by
depleting
SP.
However,
how
depletion
prevented
to
maintain
homeostasis
remains
unknown.
Here,
we
find
that
Ih-
encoded
hyperpolarization-activated
cyclic
nucleotide
gated
(HCN)
channel
bolsters
activity
bitter-sensing
gustatory
(bGRNs),
albeit
acting
sweet-sensing
GRNs
(sGRNs).
For
this
task,
HCN
maintains
SP
despite
prolonged
sGRN
stimulation
induced
diet
mimicking
their
sweet
feeding
niche,
overripe
fruit.
We
present
evidence
Ih
-dependent
demarcation
excitability
implemented
throttle
consumption,
which
may
have
facilitated
adaptation
sweetness-dominated
environment.
Thus,
expressed
sGRNs
serves
key
component
simple
yet
versatile
peripheral
coding
regulates
bitterness
optimal
food
intake
two
contrasting
ways:
sweet-resilient
preservation
bitter
aversion
previously
reported
sweet-dependent
suppression
taste.
iScience,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
27(8), С. 110472 - 110472
Опубликована: Июль 6, 2024
Learning,
memorizing,
and
recalling
of
potential
ovipositing
sites
can
influence
oviposition
preference.
Classical
conditioning
experiments
have
shown
that
vinegar
flies
learn
the
association
olfactory,
gustatory,
or
visual
stimuli
with
either
positive
negative
unconditioned
stimuli.
However,
less
is
known
about
whether
similar
associations
are
formed
in
an
ecologically
more
relevant
context
like
during
oviposition.
Our
reveal
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Окт. 12, 2024
Abstract
Food
choice
is
an
important
driver
of
speciation
and
invasion
novel
ecological
niches.
However,
we
know
little
about
the
mechanisms
leading
to
changes
in
dietary
preference.
Here,
use
three
closely-related
species
Drosophila
sechellia
,
D.
simulans
melanogaster
study
taste
circuit
food
evolution.
sechellia,
a
host
specialist,
feeds
exclusively
on
single
fruit
(
Morinda
citrifolia
noni)
-
latter
two
are
generalists
living
various
substrates.
Using
quantitative
feeding
assays,
recapitulate
preference
for
noni
detect
conserved
sweet
but
altered
bitter
sensitivity
via
calcium
imaging
peripheral
neurons.
Noni
surprisingly
activates
sensing
neurons
more
strongly
due
small
deletion
one
gustatory
receptor.
volumetric
ventral
brain,
show
that
instead
physiology,
species-specific
processing
sugar
signals
sensorimotor
circuits
recapitulates
differences
Our
data
support
receptor
alone
cannot
explain
rather
modifications
how
sensory
information
transformed
into
motor
commands.
Insect Molecular Biology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Окт. 31, 2024
Abstract
Deciding
where
to
lay
an
egg
is
critical
for
the
survival
of
insects'
offspring.
Compared
with
our
understanding
chemosensory
assessment
egg‐laying
sites,
mechanisms
texture
detection
are
largely
unknown.
Here,
we
show
that
Bactrocera
dorsalis
,
a
notoriously
agricultural
pest
laying
its
eggs
within
ripening
fruits,
can
discriminate
substrate
during
process.
Exposure
drugs
targeting
transient
receptor
potential
vanilloid
(TRPV)
mechanosensory
channels
abolished
their
oviposition
preference
hard
textures.
BdorNan
and
BdorIav
two
members
TRPV
subfamily,
transcripts
were
detected
in
labellum,
foreleg
tarsi
ovipositor.
Then,
successfully
obtained
knockout
strains
each
gene
using
CRISPR/Cas9
technique.
The
results
showed
required
discrimination
stiffness
difference.
had
no
significant
effect
on
ability
B.
choose
harder
substrates.
Our
study
thus
reveals
plays
substantial
role
behaviour
.
Establishing
transepithelial
ion
disparities
is
crucial
for
sensory
functions
in
animals.
In
insect
organs
called
sensilla,
a
potential,
known
as
the
sensillum
potential
(SP),
arises
through
active
transport
across
accessory
cells,
sensitizing
receptor
neurons
such
mechanoreceptors
and
chemoreceptors.
Because
multiple
are
often
co-housed
share
SP,
niche-prevalent
overstimulation
of
single
can
compromise
neighboring
receptors
by
depleting
SP.
However,
how
depletion
prevented
to
maintain
homeostasis
remains
unknown.
Here,
we
find
that
Ih-encoded
hyperpolarization-activated
cyclic
nucleotide-gated
(HCN)
channel
bolsters
activity
bitter-sensing
gustatory
(bGRNs),
albeit
acting
sweet-sensing
GRNs
(sGRNs).
For
this
task,
HCN
maintains
SP
despite
prolonged
sGRN
stimulation
induced
diet
mimicking
their
sweet
feeding
niche,
overripe
fruit.
We
present
evidence
Ih-dependent
demarcation
excitability
implemented
throttle
consumption,
which
may
have
facilitated
adaptation
sweetness-dominated
environment.
Thus,
expressed
sGRNs
serves
key
component
simple
yet
versatile
peripheral
coding
regulates
bitterness
optimal
food
intake
two
contrasting
ways:
sweet-resilient
preservation
bitter
aversion
previously
reported
sweet-dependent
suppression
taste.