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Cloning and Functional Characterization of Oct?2-Receptor and Tyr1-Receptor in the Chagas Disease Vector, Rhodnius prolixus.

ABSTRACT: Octopamine and tyramine, both biogenic amines, are bioactive chemicals important in diverse physiological processes in invertebrates. In insects, octopamine and tyramine operate analogously to epinephrine and norepinephrine in the vertebrates. Octopamine and tyramine bind to G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) leading to changes in second messenger levels and thereby modifying the function in target tissues and insect behavior. In this paper, we report the cDNA sequences of two GPCRs, RhoprOct?2-R, and RhoprTyr1-R, have been cloned and functionally characterized from Rhodnius prolixus. Octopamine and tyramine each activate RhoprOct?2-R and RhoprTyr1-R in a dose-dependent manner. Octopamine is one order of magnitude more potent than tyramine in activating RhoprOct?2-R. Tyramine is two orders of magnitude more potent than octopamine in activating RhoprTyr1-R. Phentolamine and gramine significantly antagonize RhoprOct?2-R, whereas yohimbine and phenoxybenzamine are effective blockers of RhoprTyr1-R. The transcripts of both receptors are enriched in the central nervous system (CNS) and are expressed throughout the adult female reproductive system. It has been shown in other insects that Oct?2-R is essential for processes such as ovulation and fertilization. We previously reported that octopamine and tyramine modulate oviducts and bursa contractions in R. prolixus. Our data confirm the importance of octopamine and tyramine signaling in the reproductive system of R. prolixus.

SUBMITTER: Hana S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623054 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cloning and Functional Characterization of Octβ2-Receptor and Tyr1-Receptor in the Chagas Disease Vector, <i>Rhodnius prolixus</i>.

Hana Sam S Lange Angela B AB

Frontiers in physiology 20170926

Octopamine and tyramine, both biogenic amines, are bioactive chemicals important in diverse physiological processes in invertebrates. In insects, octopamine and tyramine operate analogously to epinephrine and norepinephrine in the vertebrates. Octopamine and tyramine bind to G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) leading to changes in second messenger levels and thereby modifying the function in target tissues and insect behavior. In this paper, we report the cDNA sequences of two GPCRs, RhoprOctβ2 ...[more]

PMID: 29018364

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Project description:SIFamides are a family of highly conserved neuropeptides in arthropods, and in insects are mainly expressed in four medial neurons in the pars intercerebralis of the brain. Although SIFamide has been shown to influence sexual behavior, feeding, and sleep regulation in holometabolous insects such as Drosophila melanogaster, little is known about its role in hemimetabolous insects, including the blood-sucking bug, Rhodnius prolixus. In this study, we confirm the nucleotide sequence for R. prolixus SIFamide (Rhopr-SIFa) and find characteristic phenotypic expression of SIFamide in four cells of the pars intercerebralis in the brain. In addition to extensive SIFa projections throughout the entire central nervous system, SIFamidergic processes also enter into the corpus cardiacum, and project along the dorsal vessel, suggestive of Rhopr-SIFa acting as a neurohormone. Physiologically, Rhopr-SIFamide induces dose-dependent increases in heartbeat frequency in vitro suggesting the presence of peripheral receptors, and thereby indicating Rhopr-SIFa is released to act upon peripheral targets. We also explore the function of Rhopr-SIFa in R. prolixus, specifically in relation to feeding, since R. prolixus is a blood-gorging insect and a vector for Chagas disease. The intensity of SIFamide-like staining in the neurons in the brain is diminished 2 h following feeding, and restocking of those cells is finished 24 h later, indicating Rhopr-SIFa may be released at feeding. The results of temporal qPCR analysis were consistent with the immunohistochemical findings, showing an increase in Rhopr-SIFa transcript expression in the brain 2 h after feeding. We also observed enhanced feeding (size of meal) in insects injected with Rhopr-SIFa whereas insects with RNAi-mediated knockdown of the Rhopr-SIFa transcript consumed a significantly smaller blood meal relative to controls. These data suggest that the four SIFamidergic neurons and associated arborizations may play an important function in the neuronal circuitry controlling R. prolixus feeding, with Rhopr-SIFa acting as a central and peripheral neuromodulator/neurohormone.

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Cloning and Functional Characterization of Oct?2-Receptor and Tyr1-Receptor in the Chagas Disease Vector, Rhodnius prolixus.

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Cloning and Functional Characterization of Octβ2-Receptor and Tyr1-Receptor in the Chagas Disease Vector, <i>Rhodnius prolixus</i>.

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