Hot breath, quick exit: aphids flee mammalian heat via TRPA1

Bing Wang; Lulu Yang; Jinjin Wei; Tianyu Huang; Bo Zhang; Jonathan Bohbot; Guirong Wang

doi:10.1007/s11427-025-2925-9

Hot breath, quick exit: aphids flee mammalian heat via TRPA1

Bing Wang
, Lulu Yang
, Jinjin Wei
, Tianyu Huang
, Bo Zhang
, Jonathan Bohbot
, Guirong Wang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Entomology

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Animals have developed scent-triggered avoidance for threat evasion and survival. Here, we found that aphids exhibit a unique heat-guided herbivore-avoidance mechanism. We identified the TRP channel ApisTRPA1 in Acyrthosiphon pisum as a key receptor for sensing rapid temperature increases. Two isoforms of ApisTRPA1, ApisTRPA1-A and ApisTRPA1-B, are both expressed in neurons located in the primary rhinaria, which are essential for acute heat detection. Among them, ApisTRPA1-B exhibits a stronger response to temperature gradients. These findings shed light on aphid physiological adaptations to thermal cues and may inform the development of eco-friendly aphid management strategies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3088-3101
Number of pages	14
Journal	Science China Life Sciences
Volume	68
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-025-2925-9
State	Published - Oct 2025

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Keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum
heat avoidance
pre-encounter escape behavior
thermal sense
thermosensitive neuron
transient receptor potential A1

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