Evidences for a stage-specific juvenile hormone binding protein in the hemolymph of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L.: identification and characterization by photoaffinity labeling and immunological analyses.

abstract：:The biological activity of venom from Pimpla turionellae L. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) was examined in vivo toward larvae and pupae of Galleriae mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), and in vitro toward bacterial and fungal cultures, as well as cultured insect cells. Pupae of G. mellonella were far more susceptibl...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Ergin E,Uçkan F,Rivers DB,Sak O

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemocyte line BTI-EA-1174-A from the lepidopteran insect Estigmene acraea responds to bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) by an enhanced phagocytic reaction and a dose-dependent increase of lysozyme release [Wittwer et al., Dev Comp Immunol 21:323 (1997)]. This paper provides evidence for a strong proteolytic activ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Wittwer D,Wiesner A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine, 5-6-dihydroxyindole, and N-acetylarterenone were detected by electrochemical methods in the hemolymph of immune reactive larvae of Drosophila melanogaster following parasitization by the wasp Leptopilina boulardi. Determinations of the catechols were made after separation by reverse phase, ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Nappi AJ,Vass E,Carton Y,Frey F

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen 5-phenyloxazoles (5POs) were examined for their ability to modulate adenylate cyclase by measuring cAMP produced in head membrane homogenates of fifth instar larvae of the silkworm Bombyx mori. Among the compounds tested, 5-(4-methoxyphenyl)oxazole (9) and the 2,6-dichlorophenyl congener showed the highest ac...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Khan MA,Nakane T,Ohta H,Ozoe Y

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-proliferation in Drosophila Kc167 cells was inhibited by 50% when cell cultures contained 1.7 x 10(-7) M azadirachtin for 48 h (a tertranortriterpenoid from the neem tree Azadirachta indica). Drosophila Kc167 cells exhibited direct nuclear damage within 6-h exposure to azadirachtin (5 x 10(-7) M and above) or wit...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Robertson SL,Ni W,Dhadialla TS,Nisbet AJ,McCusker C,Ley SV,Mordue W,Mordue 'Luntz' AJ

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE, peptidyl dipeptidase A) in metamorphic- and reproductive-related events in the Egyptian cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) was studied by using the selective ACE inhibitor captopril. Although oral administration of captopril had no effect on ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Vercruysse L,Gelman D,Raes E,Hooghe B,Vermeirssen V,Van Camp J,Smagghe G

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bt crop pyramids produce two or more Bt proteins active to broaden the spectrum of action and to delay the development of resistance in exposed insect populations. The cross-resistance between Bt toxins is a vital restriction factor for Bt crop pyramids, which may reduce the effect of pyramid strategy. In this review,...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Wei J,Zhang Y,An S

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNA encoding neuroparsin A, a polytropic neurohormone of the locust, Locusta migratoria, was inserted into the genome of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus such that transcription was under control of the p10 promoter. A polypeptide having the same charge and the same apparent molecular weight as t...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Girardie J,Chaabihi H,Fournier B,Lagueux M,Girardie A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitin synthase catalyzes chitin synthesis in the exoskeleton, tracheal system and gut during insect development. A chitin synthase 1 (CfCHS1) cDNA was identified and cloned from the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana. The CfCHS1 cDNA is 5,300 bp in length and codes a 1,564-amino acid protein with a molecular ma...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Ampasala DR,Zheng S,Zhang D,Ladd T,Doucet D,Krell PJ,Retnakaran A,Feng Q

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect digestive proteinases are often strongly influenced by ambient physicochemical conditions, such as pH, ionic strength, and oxidation-reduction potential. Although the effects of the former two parameters are well documented, the influence of redox potential on catalytic rates of digestive enzymes is not well un...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Johnson KS,Felton GW

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic engineering of plants using transgenic technology is targeted to enhance agronomic performance or improved quality traits in a wide variety of plant species, and has become a fundamental tool for basic research in plant biotechnology. Constitutive promoters are presently the primary means used to express trans...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Tavva VS,Palli SR,Dinkins RD,Collins GB

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A trypsin inhibitor purified from the seeds of the Manila tamarind, Pithecellobium dulce (PDTI), was studied for its effects on growth parameters and developmental stages of Helicoverpa armigera. PDTI exhibited inhibitory activity against bovine trypsin (∼86%; ∼1.33 ug/ml IC50). The inhibitory activity of PDTI was una...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Pandey PK,Singh D,Jamal F

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioinsecticide Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) is increasingly used worldwide for mosquito control. Although no established resistance to Bti has been described in the field so far, a resistant Aedes aegypti strain (LiTOX strain) was selected in the laboratory using field-collected leaf litter contai...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Tetreau G,Stalinski R,David JP,Després L

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid transfer particle (LTP) is present in hemolymph of the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta. Biosynthesis of LTP, occurrence in hemolymph, and the role of LTP-apoproteins in the lipid transfer reaction were investigated using antibodies specific for LTP or for each of the apoproteins. In vitro protein synthesis follow...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Van Heusden MC,Yepiz-Plascencia GM,Walker AM,Law JH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insect peptide hormone trypsin modulating oostatic factor (TMOF), a decapeptide that is synthesized by the mosquito ovary and controls the translation of the gut's trypsin mRNA was cloned and expressed in the marine alga Chlorella desiccata. To express Aedes aegypti TMOF gene (tmfA) in C. desiccata cells, two plas...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Borovsky D,Sterner A,Powell CA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we have analyzed the changes of the ovarian nutritional resources in Dipetalogaster maxima at representative days of the reproductive cycle: previtellogenesis, vitellogenesis, as well as fasting-induced early and late atresia. As expected, the amounts of ovarian lipids, proteins, and glycogen increased ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Leyria J,Fruttero LL,Aguirre SA,Canavoso LE

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In insect gap junctions, species-specific differences occur in response to the purported gap junction uncoupling agent, 1-octanol. Changes in gap junctional communication between oocytes and their epithelial cells following treatment with 1-octanol were assayed in Oncopeltus fasciatus (the milkweed bug), Hyalophora ce...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Adler EL,Woodruff RI

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral toxicity of the C-type allatostatin, Manduca sexta allatostatin (Manse-AS) and the analogue δR³δR⁵Manse-AS, where R residues were replaced by their D-isomers, were tested against the peach-potato aphid Myzus persicae by incorporation into an artificial diet. Both peptides had significant dose-dependent effect...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Matthews HJ,Down RE,Audsley N

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polyhydroxy structure of ecdysteroids provides a basis for the formation of various derivatives including the acetonides that have been frequently prepared mainly in preparative work. Acetonides can be formed between vicinal diols in cis position such as positions C-2/C-3 and C-20/C-22 in 20-hydroxyecdysone, for e...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Kayser H,Eilinger P

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxides are formed in the midgut fluids of caterpillars when ingested tannins and other phenolic compounds oxidize. If these peroxides broke down in the presence of redox-active metal ions, they would form damaging free radicals (Fenton-type reactions). Elemental iron is present in relatively large amounts in leaves...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Barbehenn R,Dodick T,Poopat U,Spencer B

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relatively little-investigated entomopathogen Conidiobolus coronatus secretes several proteinases into culture broth. Using a combination of ion-exchange and size-exclusion chromatography, we purified to homogeneity a serine proteinase of Mr 30,000-32,000, as ascertained by SDS-PAGE. The purified enzyme showed sub...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Bania J,Samborski J,Bogus M,Polanowski A

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host cytoskeletons facilitate the entry, replication, and egress of viruses because cytoskeletons are essential for viral survival. One mechanism of resisting viral infections involves regulating cytoskeletal polymerization/depolymerization. However, the molecular mechanisms of regulating these changes in cytoskeleton...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Zhang X,Chen M,Ma X,Zhao X,Wang J,Shao H,Song Q,Stanley D

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molting is the result of the expression of a cascade of genes that is sequentially both up and down-regulated by the molting hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E), which is secreted as a pulse during each instar. Benzoyl hydrazine analogs of 20E act like the native molting hormone at the molecular level by binding with th...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Retnakaran A,Krell P,Feng Q,Arif B

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When diapause and non-diapause eggs of the same bivoltine strain of Bombyx mori were chilled at 5 degrees C for more than 30 days, the hatchability of diapause eggs increased while that of non-diapause eggs decreased, respectively. To investigate the relationship between effects of chilling on the hatchability and the...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Zhao LC,Shi LG

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acromelic acid, a naturally occurring kainoid, isolated from the mushroom Clitocybe acromelalga, is a weak displacer of [3H]L-glutamate binding to cockroach (Periplaneta americana) nerve cord membranes. Acromelic acid (1 mM) displaces approximately 60% of specifically bound [3H]L-glutamate. When applied by bath perfus...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Sattelle DB,Sepúlveda MI,Shinozaki H,Ishida M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The actions of acetylcholine and cholinergic ligands have been studied using dorsal midline neurones from the rnetathoracic ganglion of the cockroach Periplaneta americana.Both nicotine and oxotremorine depolarized dorsal midline neuronal cell bodies.Dose-response curves for nicotine and oxotremorine saturated at diff...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Bai D,Erdbrugger H,Breer H,Sattelle DB

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The green rice leafhopper, Nephotettix cincticeps, is a major rice pest in Southeast Asia and Southern China. Novel control strategies must be explored to control the rice pest. Behavior or fitness regulation of insect by modulating the Troponin C (TnC) may be a novel strategy in the comprehensive management of the in...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Lan H,Hong X,Huang R,Lin X,Li Q,Li K,Zhou T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Storage protein-1 (HcSP-1) is a major storage protein found in the hemolymph and fat body of Hyphantria cunea. HcSP-1 has a high methionine (6.0%) and low aromatic amino acid content (8.5%) (Cheon et al., 1998). In this study, the accumulation and expression of HcSP-1 in ovary was investigated using biochemical and im...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Cheon HM,Kim HJ,Chung DH,Kim MO,Park JS,Yun CY,Seo SJ

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sterile insect technique (SIT) was developed to eradicate the new world screwworm from the southern United States and Mexico, and became a component of many area-wide integrated pest management programs, particularly useful in managing tephritid fruit flies. SIT is based on the idea of rearing and sterilizing male...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Chang CL,Goodman CL,Ringbauer J,Geib SM,Stanley D

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The southern green stink bug (SGSB, Nezara viridula) is an emerging polyphagous pest in many regions of the world. RNA interference (RNAi) is a valuable method for understanding gene function and holds great potential for pest management. However, RNAi efficiency is variable among insects and the differences in transp...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Gurusamy D,Howell JL,Chereddy SCRR,Koo J,Palli SR

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00