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| Title |
Ant Trail Pheromone Biosynthesis Is Triggered by a Neuropeptide Hormone
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0050400 |
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| Authors |
Man-Yeon Choi, Robert K. Vander Meer |
| Abstract |
Our understanding of insect chemical communication including pheromone identification, synthesis, and their role in behavior has advanced tremendously over the last half-century. However, endocrine regulation of pheromone biosynthesis has progressed slowly due to the complexity of direct and/or indirect hormonal activation of the biosynthetic cascades resulting in insect pheromones. Over 20 years ago, a neurohormone, pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) was identified that stimulated sex pheromone biosynthesis in a lepidopteran moth. Since then, the physiological role, target site, and signal transduction of PBAN has become well understood for sex pheromone biosynthesis in moths. Despite that PBAN-like peptides (∼200) have been identified from various insect Orders, their role in pheromone regulation had not expanded to the other insect groups except for Lepidoptera. Here, we report that trail pheromone biosynthesis in the Dufour's gland (DG) of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, is regulated by PBAN. RNAi knock down of PBAN gene (in subesophageal ganglia) or PBAN receptor gene (in DG) expression inhibited trail pheromone biosynthesis. Reduced trail pheromone was documented analytically and through a behavioral bioassay. Extension of PBAN's role in pheromone biosynthesis to a new target insect, mode of action, and behavioral function will renew research efforts on the involvement of PBAN in pheromone biosynthesis in Insecta. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Canada | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 25% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 7% |
| Belgium | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 49 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 13 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 7% |
| Lecturer | 3 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 22% |
| Unknown | 6 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 29 | 54% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 13% |
| Chemistry | 5 | 9% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 2% |
| Neuroscience | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 11 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 November 2022.
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#5,996,035
of 23,172,045 outputs
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#73,634
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#61,034
of 278,979 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#1,289
of 4,722 outputs
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