Abstract:
:Approximately 30-40% of the dry weight of an insect egg consists of lipid, mostly triacylglycerol (TAG). Although this lipid is essential for the energy needed by the developing embryo, little is known about the mechanism that leads to the accumulation of TAG in the insect egg. Insect oocytes can readily synthesize TAG from free fatty acids (FFAs) and glycerol, however, de novo synthesis of FAs by the oocyte is marginal. Hence, FAs have to be imported from the fat body or the diet. Insect hemolymph contains two lipoproteins that transport lipids, lipophorin and vitellogenin. Both are taken up via endocytosis by the oocyte, however, this provides only about 10% of the egg's lipid reserves. The rest is unloaded from circulating lipoprotein particles at the oocyte surface in the form of diacylglycerol (DAG), the major lipid transport form in insects, or as FFA. The mechanism of lipoprotein unloading at the oocyte surface is currently unclear. Possible roles of the lipid transfer particle (LTP), FA transporters, and lipoprotein lipase activity are discussed.
journal_name
Insect Biochem Mol Bioljournal_title
Insect biochemistry and molecular biologyauthors
Ziegler R,Van Antwerpen Rdoi
10.1016/j.ibmb.2006.01.014subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-04-01 00:00:00pages
264-72issue
4eissn
0965-1748issn
1879-0240pii
S0965-1748(06)00006-3journal_volume
36pub_type
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