Two-dimensional electrophoresis of proteins in the pre-diapause, diapause and post-diapause larvae of wheat blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana (Gehin)
Abstract:In order to screen diapause associated protein of wheat blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana (Gehin), two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and image analysis system were used to analyze differential expression of proteins extracted from pre-diapause, diapause and post-diapause larvae of wheat blossom midge. On 2-DE gels, about 300 protein spots were detected in the extracts of pre-diapause larvae and 275 for those in each of other stages, and the majority of these spots were located in the area 8.0-50.0kD and pI 4.0-9.0. Among detected proteins, 26 were unique in pre-diapause, 3 were expressed during diapause and post-diapause but missing in pre-diapause, 2 were unique in diapause 200 days, 3 were expressed during pre-diapause and post-diapause but absent in diapause stages, 34 were expressed in all stages but showed different expression levels among larvae in different stages.