简介：设计习俗的核酸酶技术例如定期聚类短palindromic重复(CRISPR)联系了的interspaced(Cas)系统提供为昆虫编辑工具的吸引人的染色体功能的遗传。指向的基因mutagenesis由CRISPR/Cas9系统调停了在包括的几份昆虫订单被完成了双翅目，鳞翅目和翘目。然而，小成功都没在这些由于genomic信息和胚胎的microinjection技术的缺乏在农业害虫被报导昆虫种类。这里，我们报导CRISPR/Cas9系统在重要鳞翅类的害虫Spodopteralitura导致了有效基因mutagenesis。我们指向了S。litura腹A(Slabd--一)是重要胚胎的发展基因并且在决定昆虫的腹的片断的身份起一个重要作用的基因。指导Cas9送信人RNA和Slabd-A-specific单人赛领队RNA(sgRNA)的注射进S。成功地导致的litura胚胎典型abd--缺乏的显型，它在幼虫的阶段期间显示出异常分割和宫外的色素沉着。聚合酶链基于反应的分析表明Cas9/sgRNA建筑群有效地在S导致了指向的mutagenesis。litura。这些结果证明CRISPR/Cas9系统是为在象S那样的鳞翅类的害虫的染色体操作的一个强大的工具。litura。

简介：Pheromone-bindingproteins(PBPs)arethoughttobindandtransportsexpheromonesontotheolfactoryreceptorsonthedendritemembraneofolfactoryneurons,andthusplayavitalroleinsexpheromoneperception.However,thefunctionofPBPshasrarelybeendemonstratedinvivo.Inthisstudy,twoPBPs(PBP1andPBP3)ofChilosuppressalis,oneofthemostnotoriouspyralidpests,wereinvivofunctionallycharacterizedusinginsectswiththePBPgeneknockedoutbytheCRISPR/Cas9system.First,throughdirectinjectionofPBP-singleguideRNA(sgRNA)/Cas9messengerRNAintonewlylaideggs,ahighrateoftarget-geneediting(checkedwithpolledeggs)wasinducedat24hafterinjection,21.3%forPBPl-sgRNAinjectedeggsand19.5%forPBP3-sgRNAinjectedeggs.Second,byanin-crossingstrategy,insectswithmutantPBP1orPBP3(bothwithaprematurestopcodon)werescreenedandhomozygousmutantswereobtainedintheG3generation.Third,themutantinsectsweremeasuredforelectroantennogram(EAG)responsetofemalesexpheromones.Asaresult,bothPBPmutantmalesdisplayedsignificantreductioninEAGresponse,andthisreductioninPBP1mutantswashigherthanthatinPBP3mutants,indicatingamoreimportantroleofPBP1.Finally,therelativeimportanceoftwoPBPsandthepossibleofftargeteffectinducedbysgRNA-injectionarediscussed.Takentogether,ourstudyprovidesadeeperinsightintothefunctionofandinteractionbetweendifferentPBPgenesinsexpheromoneperceptionofC.suppressalis,aswellasavaluablereferenceinmethodologyforgenefunctionalstudyinothergenesandothermothspecies.