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Mosaic Evolution of Molecular Pathways for Sex Pheromone bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.04.279224; this version posted September 5, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 1 Mosaic evolution of molecular pathways for sex pheromone 2 communication in a butterfly 3 4 Caroline M. Nieberding1*, Patrícia Beldade2,3, Véronique Baumlé1, Gilles San 5 Martin1, Alok Arun1, Georges Lognay1, Nicolas Montagné4, Lucie Bastin-Héline4, 6 Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly4, Céline Noirot5, Christophe Klopp5 & Bertanne Visser6 7 8 1 Evolutionary Ecology and Genetics group, Biodiversity Research Centre, Earth and Life Institute, 9 UCLouvain, Belgium 10 2 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal 11 3 CE3C: Centre for Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Changes, Faculty of Sciences, University of 12 Lisbon, Portugal 13 4 Sorbonne Université, INRAE, CNRS, IRD, UPEC, Université de Paris, Institute of Ecology and 14 Environmental Sciences of Paris, Paris and Versailles, France 15 5 INRA, Genotoul Bioinfo, Castanet-Tolosan, France 16 6 Evolution and Ecophysiology group, Biodiversity Research Centre, Earth and Life Institute, UCLouvain, 17 Belgium 18 19 *Corresponding author: [email protected] 20 21 Author contributions: CMN conceived and designed the research, collected data, analyzed data, 22 and prepared the manuscript; PB designed the transcriptomic analysis and discussed the 23 manuscript; AA, VB, GSM, NM, and LBH collected data; CN, GSM, CK and GL analyzed data; 24 BV collected data, analyzed data, and prepared the manuscript. All authors edited the manuscript. 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.04.279224; this version posted September 5, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 25 26 Acknowledgments: CMN’s team was supported by the Fonds National de la Recherche 27 Scientifique (FNRS), FRFC grants 2.4600.10 and 2.4560.11 and CR grant 29109376, as well as 28 UCLouvain ARC grant n◦ 10/15-031 and FSR grant n◦372 605031. BV was supported by FNRS 29 CR grant 24905063. EJJ, NM and LBH were funded by the French National Research Agency 30 (ANR-16-CE02-0003-01 and ANR-16-CE21-0002-01 grants). 31 32 Acknowledgments: We would like to thank Prof. Ken-Ichi Moto and Prof. Tetsu Ando for 33 discussions about sex pheromone biosynthesis in Lepidoptera; Dr Jeroen Pijpe for mentoring us 34 about, and providing access to, a Bioanalyzer Systems (Agilent) at the LUMC hospital in Leiden 35 (the Netherlands); Marleen van Eijk for assistance with preparing the butterfly tissues. This is 36 publication BRC321 of the Biodiversity Research Center. 37 38 Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests. 39 40 Abbreviations: MSP, male sex pheromone; OR, odorant receptor; OBP, odorant binding protein; 41 PBAN, pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide. 42 43 Keywords: Olfactory communication; Desaturase; Reductase; Odorant receptor; Odorant binding 44 protein; Chemosensory protein; PBAN; Phylogeny 2 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.04.279224; this version posted September 5, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 45 Abstract 46 Unraveling the origin of molecular pathways underlying the evolution of adaptive traits is essential 47 for understanding how new lineages emerge, including the relative contribution of conserved, 48 ancestral traits, and newly evolved, derived traits. Here, we investigated the evolutionary 49 divergence of sex pheromone communication from moths (mostly nocturnal) to butterflies (mostly 50 diurnal) that occurred ~98 million years ago. In moths, females typically emit pheromones to attract 51 male mates, but in butterflies pheromones and used by females for mate choice. The molecular 52 bases of sex pheromone communication are well understood in moths, but have remained virtually 53 unexplored in butterflies. We used a combination of transcriptomics, real time qPCR, and 54 phylogenetics, to identify genes involved in different steps of sex pheromone communication in 55 the butterfly Bicyclus anynana. Our results show that the biosynthesis and reception of sex 56 pheromones relies both on moth-specific gene families (reductases) and on more ancestral insect 57 gene families (desaturases, olfactory receptors, odorant binding proteins). Interestingly, B. anynana 58 further appears to use what was believed to be the moth-specific neuropeptide Pheromone 59 Biosynthesis Activating Neuropeptide (PBAN) for regulation of sex pheromone production. 60 Altogether, our results suggest that a mosaic pattern best explains how sex pheromone 61 communication evolved in butterflies, with some molecular components derived from moths, and 62 others conserved from more ancient insect ancestors. This is the first large-scale analysis of the 63 genetic pathways underlying sex pheromone communication in a butterfly. 64 65 3 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.04.279224; this version posted September 5, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 66 Introduction 67 Evolution of new life forms occurs through the transition from an ancestral to a descendant clade, 68 where the newly formed clade generally expresses a mosaic of traits conserved from the ancestor, 69 as well as newly evolved, derived, traits. Mosaic evolution is indeed a recurring pattern in 70 paleontology (Cracraft 1970; Gómez-Robles et al. 2014; Xu et al. 2017). For example, Tiktaalik 71 roseae, believed to represent the transition from fishes to amphibians (the “fishapod”; ~375 Mya), 72 shares some traits with more primitive sarcopterygian fishes (e.g. body scales, fin rays, lower jaw 73 and palate) and other traits more typical of tetrapods (e.g. shortened skull roof, a modified ear 74 region, a mobile neck, a functional wrist joint, and other features) (Daeschler et al. 2006). 75 Investigating the genetic bases of ancestral and derived phenotypic traits is essential to obtain a 76 mechanistic explanation of how mosaic evolution takes place. Examples of studies investigating 77 the mechanistic basis of mosaic evolution have accumulated in the last decade, including recent 78 genomic evolution analyses identifying patterns of gene loss, retention, and de novo evolution (e.g. 79 van Gestel et al. 2019; Fernández & Gabaldón 2020; Guijarro-Clarke et al. 2020). Other patterns 80 in the genetic bases of trait evolution have suggested a role for hybridization between species (e.g. 81 Berner & Salzburger 2015; Stryjewski & Sorenson 2017; Marques et al. 2019) or co-option of 82 molecular pathways that acquired new functions (e.g. Shubin et al. 2009, including a butterfly, 83 Shirai et al. 2012). Derived phenotypic traits can thus be generated through different molecular 84 mechanisms that need to be identified case-by-case. 85 Here, we focused on the genetic bases of divergence in sex pheromone communication 86 during the evolutionary transition from moths to butterflies, which occurred ~98 Mya. Sex 87 pheromone communication is used by most insects, including butterfly species, for finding, 88 identifying, and assessing the quality of potential mating partners (Myers 1972; Birch et al. 1990; 4 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.04.279224; this version posted September 5, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 89 Vane-Wright & Boppre 1993; Nieberding et al. 2008; Sarto Monteys et al. 2016). Sex pheromone 90 communication is under strong selection, because it determines mating success and consequently 91 an individual’s contribution to the next generation (Svensson 1996; Moore et al. 1997; Smadja & 92 Butlin 2009; Hansson & Stensmyr 2011; Wyatt 2014). Molecular pathways for sex pheromone 93 biosynthesis, its regulation, and pheromone reception have been identified in several moth species 94 (Tillman et al. 1999; Jurenka 2004; Blomquist et al. 2012; Leal 2013; Yew & Chung 2015; Zhang 95 et al. 2015; Rafaeli 2016). Compared to other insects, moths appear to have evolved moth-specific 96 genes or gene lineages involved in sex pheromone communication (Jurenka 2004; Pelosi et al. 97 2006; Vieira et al. 2007; Leal 2013; de Fouchier et al. 2014; Helmkampf et al. 2015; Yew & Chung 98 2015; Bastin-Héline et al. 2019). For biosynthesis, most moths use a limited number of enzymes 99 for desaturation, chain-shortening, reduction, acetylation or oxidation of de novo synthesized 100 saturated fatty acids (Jurenka 2004; Liénard et al. 2014; Helmkampf et al. 2015; Yew & Chung 101 2015), which generate tremendous chemical diversity of pheromone components and high species- 102 specificity of pheromone blends (Tillman et al. 1999; Jurenka 2004). Some of these enzyme 103 families comprise Lepidoptera-specific subclades, such as the Δ9- and Δ11-desaturases (Jurenka 104 2004; Yew & Chung 2015; Helmkampf et al 2014). Similarly, novel and derived odorant receptor 105 and odorant binding protein subclades have evolved in moths, which bind specifically to sex 106 pheromone chemicals (Pelosi et al. 2006; Vieira et al. 2007; Leal 2013; de Fouchier et al. 2014; 107 Bastin-Héline et al 2019). We aimed to investigate whether butterflies use moth-specific molecular 108 pathways, more ancestral insect pathways, or have evolved butterfly-specific molecular pathways 109 for pheromone communication.
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