Depletion of autophagy-related genes ATG3 and ATG5 in Tenebrio molitor leads to decreased survivability against an intracellular pathogen, Listeria monocytogenes.

abstract：:An active corpus allatum (CA) in the blood feeding insect, Rhodnius prolixus, releases a substance that inhibits metamorphosis in larvae, and activates egg production in adults. In adults, transecting the nervus corporis cardiacum II's (NCCII), which are attached posteriorly to each protocerebral lobe, greatly increas...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Chiang RG

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect cellular immune responses include encapsulation, nodule formation, and phagocytosis. Hemichannels and gap junctions are involved in these cellular actions. Innexins (Inxs: analogous to the vertebrate connexins) form hemichannels and gap junctions, but the molecular mechanisms underlying their biology is still u...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Pang Z,Li M,Yu D,Yan Z,Liu X,Ji X,Yang Y,Hu J,Luo K

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:THQ (1-aroyl-4-(arylamino)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline) compounds were identified by FMC Corporation in cell-based assays that used ecdysone receptors from Drosophila melanogaster, Heliothis virescens, or Plodia interpunctata. THQ compounds showed weak insecticidal activity against H. virescens and, therefore, were no...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Palli SR,Tice CM,Margam VM,Clark AM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first day of adult life is the sensitive stage for shifting migrants into the resident morphs of the oriental armyworm (OAW), Mythimna separata (Walker). The juvenile hormone (JH) titer, expression of the allatotropin (AT) gene, and their relationship were investigated in adult female migrants starved in the sensi...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Zhang L,Luo L,Jiang X

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the biochemical characterization and comparative analyses of highly active serine proteases in the larval and pupal developmental stages of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) using substrate-SDS-PAGE. Zymographic analysis of larval stadia detected proteolytic activity in 6-8 bands with apparent molecular mass...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Mesquita-Rodrigues C,Saboia-Vahia L,Cuervo P,Levy CM,Honorio NA,Domont GB,de Jesus JB

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:We exposed midgut cells from primary cultures of Heliothis virescens larvae to cell-free previously used medium, the Vaughn X and HyQ SFtrade mark media used for serum-free culture of insect cell lines which do not support H. virescens midgut cells, and to toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis. A statistically significant...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Loeb MJ,Hakim RS,Martin P,Narang N,Goto S,Takeda M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The larvae and adults of Aedes aegypti were tested for the potential to develop resistance to the synthetic pyrethroid, deltamethrin, alone or a combination of deltamethrin with the synergist, piperonyl butoxide (PBO). Although continuous larval selection for 40 generations resulted in 703-fold resistance, the resista...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Kumar S,Thomas A,Sahgal A,Verma A,Samuel T,Pillai MK

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phototoxic chemicals produced by plants have been studied in a number of contexts, most notably as protective agents against mammalian and insect herbivores. Although there are commonalities in the responses of these two groups of herbivores to plant phototoxins, there are differences as well. Whereas a greater range ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Berenbaum M

更新日期：1995-01-01 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

abstract：:In vivo treatments of female sex pheromone glands of the processionary moth, Thaumetopoea pityocampa, with mass-labeled fatty acids showed that (Z)-13-hexadecen-11-ynyl acetate, the main sex pheromone component, is biosynthesized from palmitic acid by the combined action of delta-11 and delta-13 desaturases. The invol...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Arsequell G,Fabriàs G,Camps F

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molting in crustaceans is induced by ecdysteroids as in insects. The ecdysteroid titre in hemolymph is negatively regulated by molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH) that inhibits the secretion of ecdysteroids from the Y-organ, an ecdysteroid-producing gland of crustaceans, whereas little is known about the molecular mechanism...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Asazuma H,Nagata S,Nagasawa H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Larvae of Sesamia nonagrioides developing under long day (LD) conditions pupate in the 5th or 6th instar, whereas under the short day (SD) conditions, they undergo several supernumerary larval molts and are regarded as diapausing. The development in early larval instars occurs in the LD larvae at a moderate and in the...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Eizaguirre M,López C,Schafellner C,Sehnal F

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lepidopteran larvae show a cellular response to invading foreign substances that are larger than hemocytes, for example, parasitoid eggs or larvae. This response is called hemocyte encapsulation and is often accompanied by phenoloxidase (PO)-catalyzed melanization. In the present study, we artificially transplanted en...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Kato Y,Yoshida T,Miura K,Tanaka T,Nakamatsu Y,Ochiai M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male German cockroaches possess secretory glands that secrete fluid into a pair of transverse depressions on the seventh and eighth abdominal tergites. We investigated the effects of altered juvenoid titer during the first part of the last instar on tergal gland secretory tissue development and the production of terga...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Saltzmann KA,Saltzmann KD,Neal JJ,Scharf ME,Bennett GW

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purified P-glycoprotein ATPase from Helicoverpa armigera (Ha-Pgp), reconstituted in proteoliposomes composed of phospholipids and cholesterol, shows higher ATPase activity in the presence of cholesterol than in its absence. The Ha-Pgp ATPase activity was increased 30-40% with cholesterol. The KM for ATP was found to b...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Aurade RM,Jayalakshmi SK,Udikeri SS,Sreeramulu K

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yolk platelets from Rhodnius prolixus, a blood-sucking bug, are composed mostly of vitellin and here are shown to contain at least two hydrolytic enzymes, a phosphatase and a cathepsin D-like proteinase. Both the proteinase and the phosphatase have an acid pH optimum. No hydrolytic activity was observed under alka...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Nussenzveig RH,Oliveira PL,Masuda H

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At 22°C and under a long-day photoperiod of L:D 16:8, all the last fifth instar Loxostege sticticalis larvae undergo prepupal stage and pupate without diapause. Under a short-day photoperiod of L:D 12:12, in contrast, they all enter diapause with approximately 36 days diapause maintenance and then terminate diapause s...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Jiang X,Huang S,Luo L

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis is a process of programmed cell death that is regulated by genes independently. The Bm30kc6 gene is a kind of small molecular lipoprotein about 30 kDa, expressed highly in the late stage of the silkworm hemolymph. Our study showed that overexpression of Bm30kc6 could decrease caspase-3 activation. Meanwhile,...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Xiao Y,Li LL,Bibi A,Zhang N,Chen T,Mo Y,Yue W,Miao Y

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:V-ATPases are ubiquitous proton pumps found in eukaryotes, and are important in regulating the pH of cell compartments and in creating membrane potentials. The V-ATPase creates a proton gradient that is used as an energy source for the transport of other ions. The 16-kDa proteolipid is the proton-translocating subunit...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Holmes SP,Frazier SK,Pietrantonio PV

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) act in insect olfactory processes. OBPs are expressed in the olfactory organs and serve in binding and transport of hydrophobic odorants through the sensillum lymph to olfactory receptor neurons within the antennal sensilla. In this study, three OBP genes were cloned from the antennal t...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Li GW,Zhang Y,Li YP,Wu JX,Xu XL

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of tebufenozide and methoxyfenozide on vitellogenin (Vg) synthesis/release in the fat body, translocation in hemolymph, uptake by the ovary, and the expression of the ecdysone receptor (EcR) and its heterodimer partner, ultraspiracle protein (USP) in fat body, were investigated in Cydia pomonella. The resu...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Sun X,Song Q,Barrett B

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two blue-pigment binding proteins, BP1 and BP2, are present in larval and pupal haemolymph of cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, and fluctuate in expression during development. Both BP1 and BP2 are found in pupal haemolymph in varying proportions as well as in adult haemolymph, while only small amounts of BP2 are ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Choi CW,Nam KP,Seo DH,Choi JW,Lee CS,Kim HR,Yun CY

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the preparation and characterization of a highly specific antiserum to Helicoverpa zea pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (Hez-PBAN), and the use of this antiserum, in an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), to determine: a) the content of endogenous PBAN in head extracts of male...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Gazit Y,Dunkelblum E,Ben-Aziz O,Altstein M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The glucosidase inhibitor 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-D-arabinitol (DIA) was used to investigate the action of hypertrehalosemic hormone (HTH) on carbohydrate, neutral lipid, and phospholipid metabolism in the hemolymph and fat body of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana. DIA blocked the hypertrehalosemic and hyperglycemic...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Oguri E,Steele JE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prothoracic glands (PGs) taken from the last instar of the common armyworm, Pseudaletia separata, were cultured in various media for the purpose of finding a suitable medium for relatively long-term culture of PGs. Among the tested culture media, MGM-450 medium without serum was the best to maintain PG cells viabl...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Komiya K,Agui N,Mitsuhashi J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile hormone (JH) allows larval molting in response to ecdysteroids but prevents the switching of gene expression necessary for metamorphosis. I first review our efforts to isolate the nuclear receptor for JH in the larval epidermis of Manduca sexta using photoaffinity analogs and our recent findings that the mole...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Riddiford LM

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of the green-colored perivisceral fat body of newly ecdysed Manduca sexta pupae stimulate mitosis in midgut stem cells of Heliothis virescens cultured in vitro. Using a combination of cation- and anion-exchange chromatography, we have isolated a protein from these fat body extracts that accounts for the obser...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Blackburn MB,Loeb MJ,Clark E,Jaffe H

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Capsule formation by the moth Pseudopulsia includens requires that plasmatocytes change from being nonadhesive cells in circulation to strongly adhesive cells capable of attaching to the foreign target and one another. This change in adhesive state is induced by Plasmatocyte Spreading Peptide (PSP1); a 23 amino acid p...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Strand MR,Clark KC,Gardiner EM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00