EcR/USP-1-mediated Ecdysteroid Signaling Regulates Wolf Spider () Development and Reproduction

Overview

Journal Zool Res

Publisher Science Press

Specialties Biology
Veterinary Medicine

Date 2022 Oct 21

PMID 36266934

Authors

Zhi-Ming Yang

Yang-Yang Yan

Yong Wu

Na Yu

Ze-Wen Liu

Affiliations

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Abstract

Lycosidae females demonstrate meticulous maternal care of offspring by carrying egg sacs and juvenile spiderlings during the reproductive stage. Nuclear receptors (NRs), especially the ecdysone receptor (EcR) and ultraspiracle (USP), have attracted considerable attention in the regulation of arthropod development and reproduction due to their pivotal roles in ecdysteroid signaling cascades. In the present study, 23 , including one and two , were identified in the genome of the predatory wolf spider . RNA interference (RNAi) targeting and inhibited spiderling development and resulted in non-viable eggs in the egg sacs. and responded to changes in ecdysteroid levels, and interference in ecdysteroid biosynthesis led to similar phenotypes as dsEcR and dsUSP-1 treatments. These findings suggest that EcR/USP-1-mediated ecdysteroid signaling regulates development and reproduction. The females with suppressed ecdysteroid signaling proactively consumed their non-viable egg sacs, resulting in a 7.19 d shorter first reproductive cycle than the controls. Termination of the failed reproductive cycle enabled the spiders to produce a new egg sac more rapidly. This reproductive strategy may partially rescue the reduction in population growth due to non-viable eggs and compensate for the physiological expenditure of wasted maternal care, which would be beneficial for the conservation of populations and their natural control of insect pests.

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