Abstract:
:Identification of chitin in sensory hairs of olfactory sensilla of silkmoths was performed using two independent methods. Firstly, ultrathin sections were labelled with gold-conjugated wheat germ agglutinin and showed positive labelling in the cuticule of sensilla as well as in the antennal cuticle. Secondly, isolated sensory hairs and body scales were subjected to analytical pyrolysis in combination with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Chromatograms of both sensory hairs and scales, included several pyrolysis products, which unequivocally demonstrate the contribution of chitinous moieties to the chemical composition of both types of cuticle. This study supports the notion that even the very thin cuticle of olfactory sensilla is composed of both an epi- and a true exocuticle. The carbohydrate components of the latter cuticle most probably are responsible for the extremely high resilience and breaking limit of these delicate structures.
journal_name
J Insect Physioljournal_title
Journal of insect physiologyauthors
Steinbrecht RA,Stankiewicz BAdoi
10.1016/s0022-1910(99)00066-9keywords:
subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-08-01 00:00:00pages
785-790issue
8eissn
0022-1910issn
1879-1611pii
S0022191099000669journal_volume
45pub_type
杂志文章abstract::An important component of South Africa's malaria elimination agenda is identifying the entomological drivers of residual transmission, especially those that present opportunities for enhanced vector control. Seasonal mosquito density correlates directly with malaria transmission in South Africa. Transmission is highes...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.103942
更新日期:2019-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The environmental physiology of three speciesof Collembola: Cryptopygus cisantarcticus, Isotoma klovstadi (Isotomidae) and Friesea grisea (Neanuridae) was investigated from November 2002 to February 2003 at Cape Hallett, North Victoria Land, Antarctica. All three species were freeze avoiding, and while supercooling po...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2005.09.002
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We found that in the flesh fly Neobellieria bullata, vitellogenesis can be inhibited in a dose-dependent way by two injections of 60 microg MK-801/g body mass. In the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria, vitellogenesis can also be fully inhibited but only by repeated injections of 200-400 microg/g body mass. In this s...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.07.003
更新日期:2004-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Adult male crayfish Procambarus clarkii exist in two morphotypes. They continue to molt as adults, switching between Form Is and Form IIs. Form Is are primary reproductive types, with large chelae and spines on the ischiopodites of the third and fourth pair of walking legs. Form IIs are non-reproductive types with sma...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2005.02.007
更新日期:2005-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although cytolysis of invading organisms is an innate form of immunity used by invertebrates, so far the underlying mechanism remains less explored. The pupal hemolymph of the mosquito Armigeres subalbatus induces an activity that causes hemolysis of human red blood cells (HRBC). This hemolytic activity was inhibited ...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.02.007
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The study of copulation and the control of egg production in the blood-feeding insect, Rhodnius prolixus, continues to offer a fertile ground for the cultivation of new insights into the physiological processes associated with reproduction. We begin this paper by describing the male organs of copulation showing that t...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2016.06.001
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Animals often alter their food choices following a pathogen infection in order to increase immune function and combat the infection. Whether social animals that collect food for their brood or nestmates adjust their nutrient intake to the infection states of their social partners is virtually unexplored. Here we devel...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2017.08.005
更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::In insects, lipids are stored in the fat body, mainly as triacylglycerol (TAG). In Rhodnius prolixus, a hematophagous hemipteran, lipids are accumulated after blood meal to be used later on. In adult females, at the second day after feeding, the amount of TAG was 57+/-17 microg/fat body, it increased almost five times...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.02.003
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Much work has elucidated the pathways and mechanisms involved in the production of insect immune effector systems. However, the temporal nature of these responses with respect to different immune insults is less well understood. This study investigated the magnitude and temporal variation in phenoloxidase and antimicr...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.04.013
更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Parental care is a behavioral strategy that contributes to increased fitness of progeny. Among terrestrial arthropods, many isopods provide extensive parental care. Few studies have quantified the underlying cost of parental care in terms of energy. We used the terrestrial woodlouse Porcellio laevis (Latreille) as a s...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.10.005
更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nine-day-old decapitated females injected with different doses of Hez-PBAN produced significantly less pheromone than 1-day-old individuals, suggesting that the age-related decline in the pheromone titre of Choristoneura fumiferana and C. rosaceana virgin females was primarily the result of a reduced ability of the gl...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0022-1910(02)00252-4
更新日期:2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In arthropods, the determination of two important parameters of digestive juices, i.e. the total surfactant concentration and the critical micelle concentration (CMC), is challenging due to small sample volumes and low surfactant concentrations. In this work, we report a successful implementation of potentiometric tit...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2016.03.003
更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Predicting how rapid climate change will affect terrestrial biota depends on a thorough understanding of an organism's biology and evolutionary history. Organisms at their range boundaries are particularly sensitive to climate change. As predominantly terrestrial poikilotherms, insects are often geographically limited...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.03.005
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::When honey bees approach blossoms, they are attracted by the color and form of the goal in their visual field, and they use these cues for a successful revisit. Their visual system receives cues by two main types of parallel channels behind the retina; one channel for colors, and a monochrome channel for the orientati...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.04.009
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The roles of juvenile hormone III (JH III) on phase changes and pheromone production were examined in laboratory-reared gregarious desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal). The hormone was applied to 5th instar nymphs and newly emerged adult locusts. Generally, the 5th instar nymphs exhibited a higher sensitivit...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0022-1910(97)00079-6
更新日期:1997-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Wings and legs of the gregarious desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria have been shown to be release sites of phenylacetonitrile (PAN), the major adult male-produced pheromone. However, there is limited information on the distribution of PAN within the locust. Here we show, using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (G...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.03.012
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Endoparasitoid insects have evolved mechanisms to counteract host immune defences. At oviposition, the endoparasitoid Venturia canescens injects virus-like particles (VLPs) together with the egg that interfere with the immune system of the host. These prevent encapsulation of the parasitoid egg. It has been shown that...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2003.09.001
更新日期:2003-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The behaviour of those polistine wasps which found their nests by swarming, suggests that these species use trail pheromones for leading the swarm to the location chosen for the new nest. Apart from a recent report regarding the ropalidine Polybioides tabidus, where the pheromone is thought to originate from the Dufou...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0022-1910(99)00059-1
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Sperm cells are costly to produce; diet should therefore affect sperm number and/or viability. In non-social insects and vertebrates, there is compelling evidence that diet influences sperm production. Less is known about this relationship in eusocial hymenopterans (all ants and some bees and wasps), whose mating syst...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2017.05.012
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Butterfly wing color-patterns are a phenotypically coordinated array of scales whose color is determined as cellular interpretation outputs for morphogenic signals. Here we investigated distribution patterns of scale shape and size in relation to position and coloration on the hindwings of a nymphalid butterfly Junoni...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.11.006
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although scientists know that overheating kills many organisms, they do not agree on the mechanism. According to one theory, referred to as oxygen- and capacity-limitation of thermal tolerance, overheating occurs when a warming organism's demand for oxygen exceeds its supply, reducing the organism's supply of ATP. Thi...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2020.104157
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Dietary restriction (DR) extends lifespan in a wide variety of organisms. Although several genes and pathways associated with this longevity response have been identified, the specific mechanism through which DR extends lifespan is not fully understood. We have recently developed a novel methodology to screen for tran...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2014.05.002
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Carpomya vesuviana (Costa; Diptera: Tephritidae) is an agricultural pest that causes serious damage to jujube fruits. However, the mechanism of olfaction, which is critical for host identification, is not well understood in this pest. In this study, we have identified for the first time five protein types involved in ...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2017.05.013
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) usually act as molecular chaperones to prevent proteins from being denatured in extreme conditions. We first report the sHSP21 gene, named as Ap-sHSP21, in the Chinese oak silkworm Antheraea pernyi (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). The full-length cDNA of Ap-sHSP21 is 976 bp, including a 5'...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.06.001
更新日期:2013-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Elucidating genes that affect life span or that can be used as biomarkers for ageing has received attention in diverse studies in recent years. Using model organisms and various approaches several genes have been linked to the longevity phenotype. For Drosophila melanogaster those studies have usually focussed on one ...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.01.005
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Honey bees have brain structures with specialized and developed systems of communication that account for memory, learning capacity and behavioral organization with a set of genes homologous to vertebrate genes. Many microtubule- and actin-based molecular motors are involved in axonal/dendritic transport. Myosin-Va is...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.06.005
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Certain male fruit flies from the genera Bactrocera and Zeugodacus (Diptera: Tephritidae) actively forage for floral semiochemicals produced by some endemic Bulbophyllum orchids found in tropical and subtropical forests. These floral semiochemicals are largely classified as either phenylbutanoids (e.g., raspberry keto...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.103949
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pseudacteon tricuspis, Pseudacteon obtusus and Pseudacteon curvatus are three species of parasitic phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae), which have been introduced as classical biological control agents of imported, Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the southern USA. Previous studies demonstrated the behav...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.08.010
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::To understand the inhibitory effects of high temperature on insect growth at the cellular level, we investigated the influence of high temperature on the proliferation and division of larval hemocytes in the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Although the total number of hemocytes in the larval body increased enormously over time...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.11.004
更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::In abdominal muscles 202 and 203 of the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus, large and small excitatory junctional potentials (l- and s-EJPs) with similar durations can be recorded from the same muscle fibers. At the normal extracellular calcium ion concentration ([Ca(2+)](o)) of 5mM, the amplitudes of l-EJPs in both muscles...
journal_title:Journal of insect physiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0022-1910(96)00087-x
更新日期:1997-02-21 00:00:00