The gap gene giant of Rhodnius prolixus is maternally expressed and required for proper head and abdomen formation

Autores
Lavore, Andrés E.; Pagola, Lucía Elena; Esponda Behrens, Natalia; Rivera Pomar, Rolando Víctor
Año de publicación
2012
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inglés
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The segmentation process in insects depends on a hierarchical cascade of gene activity. The first effectors downstream of the maternal activation are the gap genes, which divide the embryo in broad fields. We discovered a sequence corresponding to the leucine-zipper domain of the orthologue of the gene giant (Rp- gt) in traces from the genome of Rhodnius prolixus, a hemipteran with intermediate germ-band development. We cloned the Rp- gt gene from a normalized cDNA library and characterized its expression and function. Bioinformatic analysis of 12.5. kbp of genomic sequence containing the Rp- gt transcriptional unit shows a cluster of bona fide regulatory binding sites, which is similar in location and structure to the predicted posterior expression domain of the Drosophila orthologue. Rp-gt is expressed in ovaries and maternally supplied in the early embryo. The maternal contribution forms a gradient of scattered patches of mRNA in the preblastoderm embryo. Zygotic Rp-gt is expressed in two domains that after germ band extension are restricted to the head and the posterior growth zone. Parental RNAi shows that Rp-gt is required for proper head and abdomen formation. The head lacks mandibulary and maxillary appendages and shows reduced clypeus-labrum, while the abdomen lacks anterior segments. We conclude that Rp-gt is a gap gene on the head and abdomen and, in addition, has a function in patterning the anterior head capsule suggesting that the function of gt in hemipterans is more similar to dipterans than expected.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
Materia
Ciencias Exactas
Gap gene
Giant
Maternal expression
Regulatory cluster
Rhodnius
Segmentation
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spelling The gap gene giant of Rhodnius prolixus is maternally expressed and required for proper head and abdomen formationLavore, Andrés E.Pagola, Lucía ElenaEsponda Behrens, NataliaRivera Pomar, Rolando VíctorCiencias ExactasGap geneGiantMaternal expressionRegulatory clusterRhodniusSegmentationThe segmentation process in insects depends on a hierarchical cascade of gene activity. The first effectors downstream of the maternal activation are the gap genes, which divide the embryo in broad fields. We discovered a sequence corresponding to the leucine-zipper domain of the orthologue of the gene giant (Rp- gt) in traces from the genome of Rhodnius prolixus, a hemipteran with intermediate germ-band development. We cloned the Rp- gt gene from a normalized cDNA library and characterized its expression and function. Bioinformatic analysis of 12.5. kbp of genomic sequence containing the Rp- gt transcriptional unit shows a cluster of bona fide regulatory binding sites, which is similar in location and structure to the predicted posterior expression domain of the Drosophila orthologue. Rp-gt is expressed in ovaries and maternally supplied in the early embryo. The maternal contribution forms a gradient of scattered patches of mRNA in the preblastoderm embryo. Zygotic Rp-gt is expressed in two domains that after germ band extension are restricted to the head and the posterior growth zone. Parental RNAi shows that Rp-gt is required for proper head and abdomen formation. The head lacks mandibulary and maxillary appendages and shows reduced clypeus-labrum, while the abdomen lacks anterior segments. We conclude that Rp-gt is a gap gene on the head and abdomen and, in addition, has a function in patterning the anterior head capsule suggesting that the function of gt in hemipterans is more similar to dipterans than expected.Facultad de Ciencias Exactas2012info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf147-155http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/84164enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0012-1606info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.06.038info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:16:05Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/84164Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:16:05.63SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The gap gene giant of Rhodnius prolixus is maternally expressed and required for proper head and abdomen formation
title The gap gene giant of Rhodnius prolixus is maternally expressed and required for proper head and abdomen formation
spellingShingle The gap gene giant of Rhodnius prolixus is maternally expressed and required for proper head and abdomen formation
Lavore, Andrés E.
Ciencias Exactas
Gap gene
Giant
Maternal expression
Regulatory cluster
Rhodnius
Segmentation
title_short The gap gene giant of Rhodnius prolixus is maternally expressed and required for proper head and abdomen formation
title_full The gap gene giant of Rhodnius prolixus is maternally expressed and required for proper head and abdomen formation
title_fullStr The gap gene giant of Rhodnius prolixus is maternally expressed and required for proper head and abdomen formation
title_full_unstemmed The gap gene giant of Rhodnius prolixus is maternally expressed and required for proper head and abdomen formation
title_sort The gap gene giant of Rhodnius prolixus is maternally expressed and required for proper head and abdomen formation
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lavore, Andrés E.
Pagola, Lucía Elena
Esponda Behrens, Natalia
Rivera Pomar, Rolando Víctor
author Lavore, Andrés E.
author_facet Lavore, Andrés E.
Pagola, Lucía Elena
Esponda Behrens, Natalia
Rivera Pomar, Rolando Víctor
author_role author
author2 Pagola, Lucía Elena
Esponda Behrens, Natalia
Rivera Pomar, Rolando Víctor
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Exactas
Gap gene
Giant
Maternal expression
Regulatory cluster
Rhodnius
Segmentation
topic Ciencias Exactas
Gap gene
Giant
Maternal expression
Regulatory cluster
Rhodnius
Segmentation
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The segmentation process in insects depends on a hierarchical cascade of gene activity. The first effectors downstream of the maternal activation are the gap genes, which divide the embryo in broad fields. We discovered a sequence corresponding to the leucine-zipper domain of the orthologue of the gene giant (Rp- gt) in traces from the genome of Rhodnius prolixus, a hemipteran with intermediate germ-band development. We cloned the Rp- gt gene from a normalized cDNA library and characterized its expression and function. Bioinformatic analysis of 12.5. kbp of genomic sequence containing the Rp- gt transcriptional unit shows a cluster of bona fide regulatory binding sites, which is similar in location and structure to the predicted posterior expression domain of the Drosophila orthologue. Rp-gt is expressed in ovaries and maternally supplied in the early embryo. The maternal contribution forms a gradient of scattered patches of mRNA in the preblastoderm embryo. Zygotic Rp-gt is expressed in two domains that after germ band extension are restricted to the head and the posterior growth zone. Parental RNAi shows that Rp-gt is required for proper head and abdomen formation. The head lacks mandibulary and maxillary appendages and shows reduced clypeus-labrum, while the abdomen lacks anterior segments. We conclude that Rp-gt is a gap gene on the head and abdomen and, in addition, has a function in patterning the anterior head capsule suggesting that the function of gt in hemipterans is more similar to dipterans than expected.
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
description The segmentation process in insects depends on a hierarchical cascade of gene activity. The first effectors downstream of the maternal activation are the gap genes, which divide the embryo in broad fields. We discovered a sequence corresponding to the leucine-zipper domain of the orthologue of the gene giant (Rp- gt) in traces from the genome of Rhodnius prolixus, a hemipteran with intermediate germ-band development. We cloned the Rp- gt gene from a normalized cDNA library and characterized its expression and function. Bioinformatic analysis of 12.5. kbp of genomic sequence containing the Rp- gt transcriptional unit shows a cluster of bona fide regulatory binding sites, which is similar in location and structure to the predicted posterior expression domain of the Drosophila orthologue. Rp-gt is expressed in ovaries and maternally supplied in the early embryo. The maternal contribution forms a gradient of scattered patches of mRNA in the preblastoderm embryo. Zygotic Rp-gt is expressed in two domains that after germ band extension are restricted to the head and the posterior growth zone. Parental RNAi shows that Rp-gt is required for proper head and abdomen formation. The head lacks mandibulary and maxillary appendages and shows reduced clypeus-labrum, while the abdomen lacks anterior segments. We conclude that Rp-gt is a gap gene on the head and abdomen and, in addition, has a function in patterning the anterior head capsule suggesting that the function of gt in hemipterans is more similar to dipterans than expected.
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