Abstract
Cadmium (Cd) pollution is widespread in paddy filed soil in China. In this study, the toxicity of Cd with regard to the female reproductive system of paddy spider Pardosa pseudoannulata was investigated by means of multi-omics analyses (transcriptome, proteome, and miRNAs). Decreased activities of detoxifying enzymes including peroxidase (POD), Glutathione S-transferases (GST), and superoxide dismutase were detected in the ovary of P. pseudoannulata. Of these, GST and POD were consistently down-regulated at the transcriptional and translational levels. Vitellogenin content and fecundity of the spider were also reduced by Cd burden. Five vitellogenin encodes genes were down-regulated while only vitellogenin-6 protein was up-regulated. But protein lipovitellin-1, the main composition of vitellin, was down-regulated. In addition, the correlation between the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway and Cd stress was identified. A down-regulated gene that encoding connector of kinase to AP-1 in the MAPK signaling pathway was regulated by the up-regulated miRNA (miRNA id: miRNA dan-miR- 318>der-miR-318>dgr-miR-318>dme-miR-318–3p > dmo-miR-318>dpe-miR-318>dps-miR-318>dse-miR-318>dsi-miR-318>dvi-miR-318>dwi-miR-318>dya-miR-318). In conclusion, Cd stress possesses distinct female reproductive toxicity on P. pseudoannulata through impairing antioxidant system and synthesis of vitellin.
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