PMID- 10375018 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990820 LR - 20190813 IS - 0303-7207 (Print) IS - 0303-7207 (Linking) VI - 149 IP - 1-2 DP - 1999 Mar 25 TI - Ligand regulation of juvenile hormone binding protein mRNA in mutant Manduca sexta. PG - 61-9 AB - Insect hemolymph juvenile hormone binding protein (hJHBP) regulates peripheral titers of its ligands, the juvenile hormones. In larvae of the black (bl) strain of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, treatment with small doses of juvenile hormone I (JH I) can also regulate titers of hJHBP. To further investigate this regulation, responsiveness of hJHBP mRNA expression to JH I was characterized in vivo. RNA analyzes revealed that transcript levels in fat body, the site of hJHBP synthesis, increased fivefold within several hours of treatment with physiological doses of hormone and remained elevated for approximately 16 h. Sensitivity to JH treatment was found to vary temporally. To ensure transcript identity, a wild-type cDNA clone and a bl RT-PCR fragment were sequenced and found to be 99% homologous. Together, these results suggest that JH participates in regulating expression of its transport protein in bl larvae by modifying the in vivo abundance of hJHBP's mRNA transcript. FAU - Orth, A P AU - Orth AP AD - Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, USA. FAU - Lan, Q AU - Lan Q FAU - Goodman, W G AU - Goodman WG LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - Ireland TA - Mol Cell Endocrinol JT - Molecular and cellular endocrinology JID - 7500844 RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (DNA, Complementary) RN - 0 (Ecdysteroids) RN - 0 (Insect Hormones) RN - 0 (Insect Proteins) RN - 0 (Juvenile Hormones) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Steroids) RN - 0 (juvenile hormone-binding protein, insect) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Carrier Proteins/*genetics MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - Consensus Sequence MH - DNA, Complementary/genetics MH - Ecdysteroids MH - Fat Body/metabolism MH - Insect Hormones/metabolism MH - *Insect Proteins MH - Juvenile Hormones/*metabolism MH - Larva/metabolism MH - Ligands MH - Manduca/*genetics/growth & development/*metabolism MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Mutation MH - RNA, Messenger/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Steroids/metabolism EDAT- 1999/06/22 00:00 MHDA- 1999/06/22 00:01 CRDT- 1999/06/22 00:00 PHST- 1999/06/22 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/06/22 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/06/22 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0303-7207(98)00258-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0303-7207(98)00258-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Endocrinol. 1999 Mar 25;149(1-2):61-9. doi: 10.1016/s0303-7207(98)00258-5.