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RNA interference (RNAi), which employs double-strand RNA (dsRNA) or small interference RNA (siRNA), is a popular reverse genetic manipulation tool to study gene function. Presently, there is few reports on the implementation of RNAi on the insulin-like androgenic gland gene (IAG) in red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii. In this study, the effective sequence of siRNA and optimal injection dose were determined, and the effects of RNAi using dsRNA, siRNA, and long-term RNAi were investigated. The results showed that the doses of 0.5 and 1 µg/g of body weight of IAG-siRNA3 produced significantly better inhibition than 0.1 µg/g. qPCR assays showed that both dsRNA and siRNA silenced the IAG expression in five tissues (brain, ventral nerve cord, androgenic gland, testis, and vas deferens) in adult P. clarkii, with the effectiveness decreasing over time, inhibiting the production of spermatid. dsRNA exhibited a longer interference effect than siRNA in adults. For long-term interference (P. clarkii juveniles were injected 7 times with 1 µg/g of body weight of IAG-dsRNA), and found that the secondary sexual characteristics of juveniles were affected, while the control group developed normally. The results of this study could lay the foundation for crayfish sex reversal with IAG RNAi, and provide the reference for those studies in which the technique of RNAi was used.
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