摘要
Little is known about how the putative juvenile hormone(JH) receptor,the bHLH-PAS transcription factor MET,is involved in 20-hydroxyecdysone(20E;the molting hormone) action.Here we report that two MET proteins found in the silkworm,Bombyx mori,participate in 20 E signal transduction.Met is 20 E responsive and its expression peaks during molting and pupation,when the 20 E titer is high.As found with results from RNAi knockdown of EcR-USP(the ecdysone receptor genes),RNAi knockdown of Met at the early wandering stage disrupts the 20E-triggered transcriptional cascade,preventing tissue remodeling(including autophagy,apoptosis and destruction of larval tissues and generation of adult structures) and causing lethality during the larval-pupal transition.MET physically interacts with EcR-USP.Moreover,MET,EcR-USP and the 20E-response element(EcRE) form a protein-DNA complex,implying that MET might modulate 20E-induced gene transcription by interacting with EcR-USP.In conclusion,the 20 E induction of MET is required for the maximal action of 20 E during Bombyx metamorphosis.
Little is known about how the putative juvenile hormone(JH) receptor,the bHLH-PAS transcription factor MET,is involved in 20-hydroxyecdysone(20E;the molting hormone) action.Here we report that two MET proteins found in the silkworm,Bombyx mori,participate in 20 E signal transduction.Met is 20 E responsive and its expression peaks during molting and pupation,when the 20 E titer is high.As found with results from RNAi knockdown of EcR-USP(the ecdysone receptor genes),RNAi knockdown of Met at the early wandering stage disrupts the 20E-triggered transcriptional cascade,preventing tissue remodeling(including autophagy,apoptosis and destruction of larval tissues and generation of adult structures) and causing lethality during the larval-pupal transition.MET physically interacts with EcR-USP.Moreover,MET,EcR-USP and the 20E-response element(EcRE) form a protein-DNA complex,implying that MET might modulate 20E-induced gene transcription by interacting with EcR-USP.In conclusion,the 20 E induction of MET is required for the maximal action of 20 E during Bombyx metamorphosis.
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