Differential expression of HR38 in the mushroom bodies of the honeybee brain depends on the caste and division of labor
| Autor: | Yurika Yamazaki, Kenichi Shirai, Takeo Kubo, Akiko Wakamoto, Tomoko Fujiyuki, Hideaki Takeuchi, Rajib Kumar Paul |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Předmět: |
animal structures
Microarray Genome Insect Honeybee Biophysics Receptors Cytoplasmic and Nuclear Hierarchy Social Biology HR38 Biochemistry Structural Biology Complementary DNA Genetics Animals RNA Messenger Molecular Biology Gene Mushroom Bodies Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis Orphan receptor Regulation of gene expression Caste fungi Brain Cell Biology Mushroom body Bees Molecular biology Ecdysteroid DNA-Binding Proteins Gene Expression Regulation Mushroom bodies Insect Proteins Division of labour Transcription Factors |
| Zdroj: | FEBS Letters. (11):2667-2670 |
| ISSN: | 0014-5793 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.04.016 |
| Popis: | We used a cDNA microarray to identify genes expressed in a caste (worker)- and division of labor (nurse bees or foragers)-dependent manner in the honeybee brain. Among the identified genes, one encoded a putative orphan receptor (HR38) homologue that mediates ecdysteroid-signaling. Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction indicated that expression of this gene is higher in forager brains, as compared to nurse bees and queens. In the forager brain, expression was concentrated in a subset of the mushroom body neurons, suggesting that ecdysteroid-signaling in the mushroom bodies might be involved in the division of labor of the workers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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