| The pigment transporter Redboy confers programmed body colour transition in orchid mantises | |
Pei, Xiao-Jin; Zhao, Dong; Luo, Jie; Jia, Pei-Yao; Luo, Yuan; Yuan, Dong-Wei; Hou, Wen-Xin; Zhang, Zhan-Feng; Huang, Dan-Yan; Ni, Jia-Xin; Gao, Hui-Ze; Chen, Zhanqi7 ; Luan, Yun-Xia; Chen, Xue-Xin; Zhang, Wei3,4,9,10,11; Li, Sheng1,2
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| 2025 | |
| Source Publication | NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
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| ISSN | 2397-334X |
| Volume | xIssue:xPages:- |
| Abstract | Programmed phenotypic transition is prevalent throughout the tree of life, yet the concrete mechanisms that underpin this phenomenon are poorly understood. The orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus, Mantodea) is a model study system for programmed body colour transitions that displays a prominent black-red body colour in first-instar nymphs, then switches to a flowery white body colour in later-instar nymphs. Here we reveal that this body colour transition is achieved by the simultaneous excretion of decarboxylated-xanthommatin (red pigment) and the accumulation of uric acid (white pigment) in the epidermis during the first moult. This change in pigmentation is associated with a novel subtype of ABCG pigment transporter that we call 'Redboy' in Polyneoptera, which is upregulated by insect steroid hormone (ecdysone) during the first moult of orchid mantises. RNAi assay and pigment analyses show that Redboy functions together with the co-transporter White, exporting red pigments from and concurrently importing white pigments into the epidermal cells. Spectral reflectance analyses and predation experiments reveal that Redboy-conferred programmed body colour transition enhances predator avoidance during the first instar, and both prey attraction and predator avoidance in later instars. Our findings clarify how gene family evolution and hormone regulation coordinate programmed phenotypic transition and promote ecological adaptation in orchid mantises. |
| Keyword | POLLINATOR DECEPTION RECEPTOR NOISE GENE FAMILY URIC-ACID ALIGNMENT SYSTEM TOOL RECONSTRUCTION ADAPTATION DROSOPHILA |
| Subject Area | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41559-025-02737-0 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS ID | WOS:001499184500001 |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/14787 |
| Collection | 2012年后新成立研究组 |
| Affiliation | 1.South China Normal Univ, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Insect Dev Biol & Appl Tech, Guangzhou Key Lab Insect Dev Regulat & Appl Res, Sch Life Sci,Inst Insect Sci & Technol, Guangzhou 510631, Peoples R China 2.South China Normal Univ, Guangmeiyuan R&D Ctr, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Insect Dev Biol & Appl Tech, Meizhou, Peoples R China 3.Guangdong Lab Lingnan Modern Agr, Guangzhou, Peoples R China 4.Peking Univ, Sch Life Sci, State Key Lab Gene Funct & Modulat Res, Beijing, Peoples R China 5.Peking Univ, Acad Adv Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking Tsinghua Ctr Life Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 6.Northwest A&F Univ, Minist Agr & Rural Affairs, State Key Lab Crop Stress Biol Arid Areas, Yangling, Peoples R China 7.Northwest A&F Univ, Key Lab Integrated Pest Management Crops Northwest, Minist Agr & Rural Affairs, Yangling, Peoples R China 8.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Yunnan, Peoples R China 9.Zhejiang Univ, Inst insect Sci, Key Lab Biol Crop Pathogens & Insects Zhejiang Pro, Key Lab Mol Biol Crop Pathogens & Insect Pests,Min, Hangzhou, Peoples R China 10.Peking Univ, Inst Ecol, Beijing, Peoples R China 11.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Beijing, Peoples R China 12.Medog Biodivers Observat & Res Stn Xizang Autonomo, Nyingchi, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Pei, Xiao-Jin,Zhao, Dong,Luo, Jie,et al. The pigment transporter Redboy confers programmed body colour transition in orchid mantises[J]. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION,2025,x(x):-. |
| APA | Pei, Xiao-Jin.,Zhao, Dong.,Luo, Jie.,Jia, Pei-Yao.,Luo, Yuan.,...&Li, Sheng.(2025).The pigment transporter Redboy confers programmed body colour transition in orchid mantises.NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION,x(x),-. |
| MLA | Pei, Xiao-Jin,et al."The pigment transporter Redboy confers programmed body colour transition in orchid mantises".NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION x.x(2025):-. |
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