Odorant and gustatory receptors in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans.
Tsetse flies use olfactory and gustatory responses, through odorant and gustatory receptors (ORs and GRs), to interact with their environment. Glossina morsitans morsitans genome ORs and GRs were annotated using homologs of these genes in Drosophila melanogaster and an ab initio approach based on OR...
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| author | George F O Obiero Paul O Mireji Steven R G Nyanjom Alan Christoffels Hugh M Robertson Daniel K Masiga |
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| description | Tsetse flies use olfactory and gustatory responses, through odorant and gustatory receptors (ORs and GRs), to interact with their environment. Glossina morsitans morsitans genome ORs and GRs were annotated using homologs of these genes in Drosophila melanogaster and an ab initio approach based on OR and GR specific motifs in G. m. morsitans gene models coupled to gene ontology (GO). Phylogenetic relationships among the ORs or GRs and the homologs were determined using Maximum Likelihood estimates. Relative expression levels among the G. m. morsitans ORs or GRs were established using RNA-seq data derived from adult female fly. Overall, 46 and 14 putative G. m. morsitans ORs and GRs respectively were recovered. These were reduced by 12 and 59 ORs and GRs respectively compared to D. melanogaster. Six of the ORs were homologous to a single D. melanogaster OR (DmOr67d) associated with mating deterrence in females. Sweet taste GRs, present in all the other Diptera, were not recovered in G. m. morsitans. The GRs associated with detection of CO2 were conserved in G. m. morsitans relative to D. melanogaster. RNA-sequence data analysis revealed expression of GmmOR15 locus represented over 90% of expression profiles for the ORs. The G. m. morsitans ORs or GRs were phylogenetically closer to those in D. melanogaster than to other insects assessed. We found the chemoreceptor repertoire in G. m. morsitans smaller than other Diptera, and we postulate that this may be related to the restricted diet of blood-meal for both sexes of tsetse flies. However, the clade of some specific receptors has been expanded, indicative of their potential importance in chemoreception in the tsetse. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-73fa1b5784d144558e8693554ef716ee2025-02-22T05:36:34ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases1935-27271935-27352014-04-0184e266310.1371/journal.pntd.0002663Odorant and gustatory receptors in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans.George F O ObieroPaul O MirejiSteven R G NyanjomAlan ChristoffelsHugh M RobertsonDaniel K MasigaTsetse flies use olfactory and gustatory responses, through odorant and gustatory receptors (ORs and GRs), to interact with their environment. Glossina morsitans morsitans genome ORs and GRs were annotated using homologs of these genes in Drosophila melanogaster and an ab initio approach based on OR and GR specific motifs in G. m. morsitans gene models coupled to gene ontology (GO). Phylogenetic relationships among the ORs or GRs and the homologs were determined using Maximum Likelihood estimates. Relative expression levels among the G. m. morsitans ORs or GRs were established using RNA-seq data derived from adult female fly. Overall, 46 and 14 putative G. m. morsitans ORs and GRs respectively were recovered. These were reduced by 12 and 59 ORs and GRs respectively compared to D. melanogaster. Six of the ORs were homologous to a single D. melanogaster OR (DmOr67d) associated with mating deterrence in females. Sweet taste GRs, present in all the other Diptera, were not recovered in G. m. morsitans. The GRs associated with detection of CO2 were conserved in G. m. morsitans relative to D. melanogaster. RNA-sequence data analysis revealed expression of GmmOR15 locus represented over 90% of expression profiles for the ORs. The G. m. morsitans ORs or GRs were phylogenetically closer to those in D. melanogaster than to other insects assessed. We found the chemoreceptor repertoire in G. m. morsitans smaller than other Diptera, and we postulate that this may be related to the restricted diet of blood-meal for both sexes of tsetse flies. However, the clade of some specific receptors has been expanded, indicative of their potential importance in chemoreception in the tsetse.https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0002663&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | George F O Obiero Paul O Mireji Steven R G Nyanjom Alan Christoffels Hugh M Robertson Daniel K Masiga Odorant and gustatory receptors in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| title | Odorant and gustatory receptors in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans. |
| title_full | Odorant and gustatory receptors in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans. |
| title_fullStr | Odorant and gustatory receptors in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Odorant and gustatory receptors in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans. |
| title_short | Odorant and gustatory receptors in the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans. |
| title_sort | odorant and gustatory receptors in the tsetse fly glossina morsitans morsitans |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0002663&type=printable |
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