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Table 2 RT-qPCR results for 9 day old larval midguts and non-midgut tissue (restbody) for genes identified by GeneFishing.

From: Bacterial feeding induces changes in immune-related gene expression and has trans-generational impacts in the cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni)

Gene

Midgut

ct value (Bac)

Restbody

ct value (Bac)

Defense

    

cathepsin L-like protease

1.77 ± 0.018

19.99

1.17 ± 0.034

19.22

cytochrome c oxidase polypeptide Vb

1.07 ± 0.074

17.81

-1.08 ± 0.094

18.61

mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIa

-1.02 ± 0.115

17.93

-1.15 ± 0.004

19.3

Mn superoxide dismutase

-1.03 ± 0.026

20.18

-1.75 ± 0.030

20.38

lectin 4 C-type lectin

-3.49 ± 0.048

25.53

-1.96 ± 0.129

21.9

Glutathion S-transferase 1

1.80 ± 0.037

20.35

-9.17 ± 0.058

27.94

ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase

-1.16 ± 0.005

19.27

-1.10 ± 0.014

19.74

Development

    

trypsin-like serine protease

-1.35 ± 0.212

32.96

2.02 ± 0.037

23.89

hypothetical protein AaeL_AAEL012245, contains chitin binding domain

-1.29 ± 0.210

31.98

-1.42 ± 0.163

31.89

Perithrophin A

-78.25 ± 0.067

29.15

-1.28 ± 0.148

28.17

myosin I

-1.27 ± 0.014

22.73

-1.72 ± 0.035

22.47

titin1

-2.32 ± 0.018

20.1

1.29 ± 0.028

16.64

Digestion

    

tyrosine-protein kinase

-1.40 ± 0.134

25

3.96 ± 0.007

28.89

DNA related

    

C14orf124 protein

-1.03 ± 0.023

22.48

-1.15 ± 0.030

21.59

zinc finger protein

-1.05 ± 0.065

21.13

-1.08 ± 0.267

21.97

Metabolism

    

alcohol dehydrogenase (acceptor)

-2.05 ± 0.939

19.8

2.25 ± 0.062

22.76

protease inhibitor 1

-2.45 ± 0.325

29.81

-1.18 ± 0.131

19.04

Serine/threonine-protein kinase polo

-1.45 ± 0.097

31.06

-1.17 ± 0.048

26.2

short-chain dehydrogenase

-1.20 ± 0.018

21.09

6.12 ± 0.117

26.29

protein disulfide isomerase

-1.09 ± 0.078

17.63

1.25 ± 0.074

17.66

Signaling

    

putative G-protein coupled receptor

-1.40 ± 0.25

19.31

9.48 ± 0.129

25.49

  1. Results are shown for animals grown on bacterial diet, where bacteria-free diet treatments were set to 1 (values are mean ± SD).