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Peripheral regulation by ecdysteroids of olfactory responsiveness in male Egyptian cotton leaf worms, Spodoptera littoralis

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Physiological and behavioral plasticity allows animals to adapt to changes in external (environmental) and internal (physiological) factors. In insects, the physiological state modulates adult behavior in response to different odorant stimuli. Hormones have the potential to play a major role in the plasticity of the olfactory responses. To explore if peripheral olfactory processing could be regulated by steroid hormones, we characterized the molecular, electrophysiological, and behavioral response to changes in endogenous hormone levels in adult male Spodoptera littoralis. The expression of the receptor complex (EcR/USP) was localized by in situ hybridization in the olfactory sensilla of antennae. Injections of 20- hydroxyecdysone (20E) induced an ecdysteroid signaling pathway in antennae and increased expression of the nuclear receptors EcR, USP and E75. Diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) and CaM expression were also up-regulated by 20E. Taken together, these molecular, electrophysiological, and behavioral results suggest a hormonal regulation of the peripheral olfactory processing in S. littoralis.

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hal-00999957 , version 1 (04-06-2014)

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Laetitia L. Bigot, Abdul Haq A. H. Shaik, Françoise F. Bozzolan, Virginie V. Party, Philippe P. Lucas, et al.. Peripheral regulation by ecdysteroids of olfactory responsiveness in male Egyptian cotton leaf worms, Spodoptera littoralis. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2012, 42, pp.22-31. ⟨10.1016/j.ibmb.2011.10.003⟩. ⟨hal-00999957⟩
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