Abstract
As revealed in a previous microarray study to identify genes regulated by 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) and juvenile hormone (JH) in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, E93 expression in the fat body was markedly low prior to the wandering stage but abundant during larval-pupal metamorphosis. Induced by 20E and suppressed by JH, E93 expression follows this developmental profile in multiple silkworm alleles. The reduction of E93 expression by RNAi disrupted 20E signaling and the 20E-induced autophagy, caspase activity, and cell dissociation in the fat body. Reducing E93 expression also decreased the expression of the 20E-induced pupal-specific cuticle protein genes and prevented growth and differentiation of the wing discs. Importantly, the two HTH domains in E93 are critical for inducing the expression of a subset of 20E response genes, including EcR, USP, E74, Br-C, and Atg1. By contrast, the LLQHLL and PLDLSAK motifs in E93 inhibit its transcriptional activity. E93 binds to the EcR-USP complex via a physical association with USP through its LLQHLL motif; and this association is enhanced by 20E-induced EcR-USP interaction, which attenuates the transcriptional activity of E93. E93 acts through the two HTH domains to bind to GAGA-containing motifs present in the Atg1 promoter region for inducing gene expression. In conclusion, E93 transcriptionally modulates 20E signaling to promote Bombyx larval-pupal metamorphosis.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-6-2015
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M115.687293
Funding Information
This study was supported by National Science Foundation of China Grant 31330072, 973 program Grant 2012CB114605, and National Program for the Development of New Transgenic Species of China Grant 2014ZX08010-016B (to S. L.), National Science Foundation of China Grants 31472042 (to L. T.) and 31201747 (to L. M.), 863 Program Grant 2013AA102507 (to F. D.), and State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology Grant 20120003 (to S. L.). The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest with the contents of this article.
Repository Citation
Liu, Xi; Dai, Fangyin; Guo, Enen; Li, Kang; Ma, Li; Tian, Ling; Cao, Yang; Zhang, Guozheng; Palli, Subba Reddy; and Li, Sheng, "20-Hydroxyecdysone (20E) Primary Response Gene E93 Modulates 20E Signaling to Promote Bombyx Larval-Pupal Metamorphosis" (2015). Entomology Faculty Publications. 99.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/entomology_facpub/99
Notes/Citation Information
Published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, v. 290, no. 45, p. 27370-27383.
This research was originally published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry. Xi Liu, Fangyin Dai, Enen Guo, Kang Li, Li Ma, Ling Tian, Yang Cao, Guozheng Zhang, Subba R. Palli, and Sheng Li. 20-Hydroxyecdysone (20E) Primary Response Gene E93 Modulates 20E Signaling to Promote Bombyx Larval-Pupal Metamorphosis. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2015; 290:27370-27383. © the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
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