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Immunochemical and biological analysis of pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide in Heliothis peltigera.

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 and female Heliothis peltigera; b) the level of PBAN at different developmental stages; and c) the content of PBAN in four different moth species. Cross-reactivity studies revealed that the antiserum is directed mainly toward the N-terminal region of the neuropeptide, and that it exhibits similar binding affinities toward the oxidized and reduced forms of PBAN. Analysis of PBAN content in head extracts of male and female H. peltigera, at scotophase, revealed the presence of 4.97 and 4.58 pmol, respectively, in 3-day-old moths, and 5.33 and 4.78 pmol, respectively, in 7-day-old moths. The similarity in the content of PBAN at both ages and sexes was in accordance with the amount of pheromonotropic activity in these extracts which stimulated pheromone biosynthesis to a similar level. Analysis of PBAN-like immunoreactivity (IR) in head extracts of H. peltigera larvae and pupae demonstrated the existence of the neuropeptide in the 4th larval instar and continued to increase as a function of development. No IR could be detected in the first three larval instars. The larval and pupal extracts also exerted pheromonotropic activity which followed a similar pattern. The activity in these extracts, however, was considerably lower than that found in adult male and female heads. IR was also detected in head extracts of three other Noctuidae moths: Helicoverpa armigera, Cornutiplusia circumflexa and Spodoptera littoralis, indicating a high degree of chemical and structural similarity of PBAN in these moths.

journal_name

Arch Insect Biochem Physiol

journal_title

Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors

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

doi

10.1002/arch.940190404

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-01-01 00:00:00

pages

247-60

issue

eissn

0739-4462

issn

1520-6327

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Immunochemical and biological analysis of pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide in Heliothis peltigera.