Nutrition- and hormone-controlled developmental plasticity in Blattodea

Fangfang Liu; Shuxin Yu; Nan Chen; Chonghua Ren; Sheng Li

doi:10.1016/j.cois.2023.101128

Nutrition- and hormone-controlled developmental plasticity in Blattodea

Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2023 Dec:60:101128. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2023.101128. Epub 2023 Oct 6.

Authors

Fangfang Liu¹, Shuxin Yu², Nan Chen², Chonghua Ren², Sheng Li³

Affiliations

¹ Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; Guangmeiyuan R&D Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, South China Normal University, Meizhou 514779, China.
² Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China.
³ Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, Institute of Insect Science and Technology, School of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China; Guangmeiyuan R&D Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Developmental Biology and Applied Technology, South China Normal University, Meizhou 514779, China. Electronic address: lisheng@scnu.edu.cn.

PMID: 37806339
DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2023.101128

Abstract

Blattodea, which includes cockroaches and termites, possesses high developmental plasticity that is mainly controlled by nutritional conditions and insect hormones. Insulin/insulin-like growth factor signaling (IIS), target of rapamycin complex 1 (TORC1), and adenosine monophosphate-activated protein complex are the three primary nutrition-responsive signals. Juvenile hormone (JH) and 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) constitute the two most vital insect hormones that might interact with each other through the Met, Kr-h1, E93 (MEKRE93) pathway. Nutritional and hormonal signals interconnect to create a complex regulatory network. Here we summarize recent progress in our understanding of how nutritional and hormonal signals coordinately control the developmental plasticity of metamorphosis, reproduction, and appendage regeneration in cockroaches as well as caste differentiation in termites. We also highlight several perspectives that should be further emphasized in the studies of developmental plasticity in Blattodea. This review provides a general landscape in the field of nutrition- and hormone-controlled developmental plasticity in insects.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Cockroaches*
Insecta
Insulin / metabolism
Isoptera*
Juvenile Hormones / metabolism
Metamorphosis, Biological
Signal Transduction

Substances

Juvenile Hormones
Insulin