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<journal-id>0120-548X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Biológica Colombiana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta biol.Colomb.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-548X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0120-548X2022000200186</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/abc.v27n2.89981</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[CARACTERIZACIÓN Y DISMINUCIÓN EN LA EXPRESIÓN DE UNA QUITINA SINTASA MEDIADA POR ARNi EN Hypothenemus hampei (CURCULIONIDAE)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Characterization and RNAi-mediated knockdown of a chitin synthase in Hypothenemus hampei (Curculionidae)]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[OSSA-OSSA]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gustavo A.]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[VILLEGAS-ESTRADA]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Bernardo]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[VALENCIA-JIMÉNEZ]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Arnubio]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Caldas Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Manizales ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Caldas Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Manizales ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>27</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>186</fpage>
<lpage>198</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-548X2022000200186&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-548X2022000200186&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-548X2022000200186&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La broca del café, Hypothenemus hampei, es un insecto plaga que causa daños significativos al grano de café y grandes pérdidas económicas a los productores en todo el mundo. Al igual que otros insectos, la broca de café requiere de quitina sintasas (CHS) para la biosíntesis de la quitina, componente principal del exoesqueleto del insecto, y de vital importancia para su crecimiento y desarrollo. En este estudio, el gen CHS1 de la broca del café (HhCHS1) fue identificado, caracterizado y posteriormente silenciado mediante el uso de ARNi, mecanismo que permite degradar el ARNm e interrumpir la expresión de proteínas de interés en un organismo. Los perfiles de expresión del gen HhCHS1, medidos por RT-qPCR, mostraron niveles de expresión diferencial en las diferentes etapas del desarrollo del insecto. Los niveles más altos de expresión se encontraron en larvas de segundo estadio (L2) y machos adultos. El ARNcd administrado por vía oral, a concentraciones de 2 µg/100 µL, generó un silenciamiento efectivo del gen HhCHS1 (84 %) después de 7 días de tratamiento. Estos resultados sugieren que el gen HhCHS1 desempeña un papel importante en el desarrollo del insecto, y que, por ende, podría usarse como objetivo para desarrollar nuevas estrategias de manejo de este insecto plaga, mediante el uso de ARNi.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei, is an insect pest that causes significant damage to the grain and profound economic losses to coffee crops and producers worldwide. Like other insects, the coffee berry borer requires chitin synthases (CHS) for the biosynthesis of chitin, which is the main component of the insect exoskeleton, as well as a component of vital importance for their growth and development. In this study, the coffee berry borer CHS1 gene (HhCHS1) was identified, characterized, and subsequently silenced by using RNAi, a mechanism that allows mRNA to be degraded, interrupting the expression of the proteins of interest in an organism. The expression profiles of the HhCHS1 gene, measured by RT-qPCR, showed levels of differential expression in the different stages of insect development. The highest levels of expression were found in second instar (L2) larvae and adult males. Orally administered dsRNA, at concentrations of 2 µg/100 µL, was able to generate effective HhCHS1 silencing (84 %) after 7 days of treatment. These results suggest that the HhCHS1 gene plays an important role in the development of the coffee berry borer that could be used as target to develop new management strategies of this insect pest by using RNAi.]]></p></abstract>
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