The LIM Domain Protein BmFHL2 Inhibits Egg Production in Female Silkworm,

Overview

Journal Cells

Publisher MDPI

Specialties Biochemistry
Biophysics
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology

Date 2023 Feb 11

PMID 36766794

Authors

Qian Yuan

Xiaoning Sun

Riming Lu

Zhigang Qu

Xueyan Ding

Taiming Dai

Jianfeng Qiu

Yumei Tan

Ruihong Zhu

Zhonghua Pan

Shiqing Xu

Yanghu Sima

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Abstract

The female accumulates a large amount of egg proteins, mainly Vg and 30K, during egg formation to provide nutrition for embryo development. The synthesis and transport of Vg have been extensively studied, particularly the regulation of Vg transcription induced by 20E; however, the mechanism of 30K protein synthesis is poorly studied. As a model organism of the order Lepidoptera, has high reproduction potential. In the present study, we found that the FHL2 homologous gene () in is involved in inhibiting female egg formation by influencing the synthesis of 30K protein. Interference of expression in silkworm females increased 30K protein synthesis, accelerated ovarian development, and significantly increased the number of eggs produced and laid; however, the 20E pathway was inhibited. The transcription levels of and were significantly downregulated following overexpression in the silkworm ovarian cell line BmN. The Co-IP assay showed that the potential binding protein of BmFHL2 included three types of 30K proteins (30Kc12, 30Kc19, and 30Kc21). These results indicate that BmFHL2 participates in egg formation by affecting 30K protein in female .

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