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Binding of de novo synthesized radiolabeled juvenile hormone (JH III) by JH receptors from the Cuban subterranean termite Prorhinotermes simplex and the German cockroach Blattella germanica

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    SYSNO ASEP0546812
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleBinding of de novo synthesized radiolabeled juvenile hormone (JH III) by JH receptors from the Cuban subterranean termite Prorhinotermes simplex and the German cockroach Blattella germanica
    Author(s) Miláček, Matěj (BC-A) ORCID
    Bittová, Lenka (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    Tůmová, Šárka (BC-A) ORCID
    Lukšan, Ondřej (UOCHB-X)
    Hanus, Robert (UOCHB-X) RID, ORCID
    Kyjaková, Pavlína (UOCHB-X) RID
    Machara, Aleš (UOCHB-X) ORCID
    Marek, Aleš (UOCHB-X) RID, ORCID
    Jindra, Marek (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    Number of authors9
    Article number103671
    Source TitleInsect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0965-1748
    Roč. 139, DEC 01 (2021)
    Number of pages9 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    Keywordsjuvenile hormone ; methoprene-tolerant ; hormone receptor
    Subject RIVED - Physiology
    OECD categoryBiochemistry and molecular biology
    R&D ProjectsGX20-05151X GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    LM2015064 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    LM2018131 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    Method of publishingLimited access
    Institutional supportBC-A - RVO:60077344 ; UOCHB-X - RVO:61388963
    UT WOS000711780700006
    EID SCOPUS85117203283
    DOI10.1016/j.ibmb.2021.103671
    AnnotationJuvenile hormone (JH) controls insect reproduction and development through an intracellular receptor complex comprising two bHLH-PAS proteins, the JH-binding Methoprene-tolerant (Met) and its partner Taiman (Tai). Many hemimetabolous insects including cockroaches strictly depend on JH for stimulation of vitellogenesis. In termites, the eusocial hemimetabolans, JH also regulates the development of caste polyphenism. Studies addressing the agonist ligand binding to recombinant JH receptors currently include three species belonging to two holometabolous insect orders, but none that would represent any of the hemimetabolous orders. Here, we examined JH receptors in two representatives of Blattodea, the cockroach Blattella germanica and the termite Prorhinotermes simplex. To test the JH-binding capacity of Met proteins from these species, we performed chemical synthesis and tritium labeling of the natural blattodean JH homolog, JH III. Our improved protocol increased the yield and specific activity of [10-3H]JH III relative to formerly available preparations. Met proteins from both species specifically bound [3H]JH III with high affinity, whereas Met variants mutated at a critical position within the ligand-binding domain were incapable of such binding. Furthermore, JH III and the synthetic JH mimic fenoxycarb stimulated dimerization between Met and Tai components of the respective JH receptors of both species. These data present primary evidence for agonist binding by JH receptors in any hemimetabolous species and provide a molecular basis for JH action in cockroaches and termites.
    WorkplaceBiology Centre (since 2006)
    ContactDana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
    Year of Publishing2022
    Electronic addresshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965174821001545?via%3Dihub
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