Journal
INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 5, Pages 619-635Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2011.01093.x
Keywords
serotonin; tryptophan hydroxylase; phenylalanine-tryptophan hydroxylase; aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase; serotonin receptors; Gryllus bimaculatus
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- Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology [17075001]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23300113, 17075001] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Serotonin (5-HT) modulates various aspects of behaviours such as aggressive behaviour and circadian behaviour in the cricket. To elucidate the molecular basis of the cricket 5-HT system, we identified 5-HT-related genes in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer. Complementary DNA of tryptophan hydroxylase and phenylalanine-tryptophan hydroxylase, which convert tryptophan into 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan (5-HTP), and that of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase, which converts 5-HTP into 5-HT, were isolated from a cricket brain cDNA library. In addition, four 5-HT receptor genes (5-HT(1A), 5-HT(1B), 5-HT(2 alpha), and 5-HT(7)) were identified. Expression analysis of the tryptophan hydroxylase gene TRH and phenylalanine-tryptophan hydroxylase gene TPH, which are selectively involved in neuronal and peripheral 5-HT synthesis in Drosophila, suggested that two 5-HT synthesis pathways co-exist in the cricket neuronal tissues. The four 5-HT receptor genes were expressed in various tissues at differential expression levels, suggesting that the 5-HT system is widely distributed in the cricket.
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