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ArticleScientific reports2022

TRPA1-mediated repellency behavior in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum.

Kenji Shimomura, Soshi Ino, Kazuya Tamura, Takehito Terajima, Motohiro Tomizawa

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kenji ShimomuraDepartment of Chemistry for Life Sciences and Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Sakuragaoka 1-1-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-8502, Japan. k3shimom@nodai.ac.jp.
Soshi InoDepartment of Chemistry for Life Sciences and Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Sakuragaoka 1-1-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-8502, Japan.
Kazuya TamuraDepartment of Chemistry for Life Sciences and Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Sakuragaoka 1-1-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-8502, Japan.
Takehito TerajimaDepartment of Chemistry for Life Sciences and Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Sakuragaoka 1-1-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-8502, Japan.
Motohiro TomizawaDepartment of Chemistry for Life Sciences and Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Sakuragaoka 1-1-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-8502, Japan.
Tokyo University of Agriculture · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The sensory perception of irritant chemicals results in escape and repellency behavioral patterns in insects. Transient receptor potential channels are cation channels that function as sensor proteins for several types of signals, such as light, sound, temperature, taste, as well as chemical and physical stimuli; among these, the TRPA channel is widely conserved and activated by irritant chemicals. Certain plant-derived essential oils (EOs), produced by secondary metabolism, are mixtures of volatile compounds, which are used as repellents because they contain environmentally sustainable ingredients. Citronellal, which is present in citronella EO from Cymbopogon species, is a potentially viable insect repellent; however, the repellency capability against coleopteran beetles remains limited. We investigated the citronellal-derived repellency behavior for the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, in which TcTRPA1 and odorant receptor co-receptor (Orco) expressions were mediated by RNA interference. Area-preference tests showed dose-dependent repellency behavior for citronellal; additionally, both TcTRPA1 and TcOrco double-strand RNA (dsRNA) micro-injection showed clear TcTRPA1 and TcOrco transcript reductions, and only TcTRPA1 dsRNA treatment significantly impaired repellency behavior. The relative expression level of the TcTRPA1 transcripts, evaluated by quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR), revealed dominant expression in the antennae, indicating the antennae-expressed TcTRPA1-mediated repellency behavior.

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ColeopteraCymbopogonInsect RepellentsOils, VolatileTriboliumAnimalsIrritantsRNA, Double-StrandedInsect RepellentsIrritantsOils, VolatileRNA, Double-Stranded

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PMID36088473
PMCPMC9464225
OpenAlexW4295125141

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