Type-A allatostatins from the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda: molecular cloning, expression and tissue-specific localization.

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：:Protein digestion in insects is a result of the action of a complex of proteinases present in the midgut. In this report we describe the cloning and sequencing of a trypsin cDNA from larvae of the lepidopteran herbivore Plutella xylostella. We investigated the expression of this gene and enzymatic activity of its tran...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Shi M,Huang F,Chen YF,Meng XF,Chen XX

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Habrobracon brevicornis venom to elevate the nutritional suitability of a host by affecting the host larvae fat body condition was studied. To understand whether H. brevicornis crude venom impacts the host biochemical profile, the concentrations of total lipids and main sugars in the host larvae lymph w...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Kryukova NA,Mozhaytseva KA,Rotskaya UN,Glupov VV

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Larvae of Chironomus riparius respond to ion-poor and brackish water (IPW, BW) conditions by activating ion uptake mechanisms in the anal papillae and reducing ion absorption at the rectum, respectively. The role that the Malpighian tubules play in ion and osmoregulation under these conditions is not known in this spe...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Zadeh-Tahmasebi M,Bui P,Donini A

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：: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：:Pteromalus puparum is a gregarious pupal endoparasitoid with a wide host range. It deposits eggs into pierid and papilionid butterfly pupae. Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) are a family of multifunctional detoxification enzymes that act in xenobiotic metabolism in insects. Insect genome projects have facilitated ide...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Xu G,Teng ZW,Gu GX,Guo L,Wang F,Xiao S,Wang JL,Wang BB,Fang Q,Wang F,Song QS,Stanley D,Ye GY

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：: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：:Insects synthesize several types of hemolymph proteins in response to bacterial infection. The objective of this study was to characterize a 48,000 dalton hemolymph protein induced in larvae of Manduca sexta after injection of bacteria. The protein, isolated by cation exchange and gel filtration chromatography from he...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Ladendorff NE,Kanost MR

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:Labial glands of Helicoverpa zea produced a glucose oxidase (GOX), which was present in the saliva and midgut lumen. We purified GOX 23-fold by isoelectric focusing of labial gland homogenates and investigated physical and kinetic properties of the enzyme. D-glucose and 6-deoxy-D-glucose were the optimal substrates of...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Eichenseer H,Mathews MC,Bi JL,Murphy JB,Felton GW

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gene encoding heat shock transcription factor (HSF) was cloned and sequenced from cultured cells of the cabbage armyworm, Mamestra brassicae. The cDNA potentially encoded a 699-aa protein, with a calculated molecular weight of 77.8 kDa. Deduced amino acid identities to HSFs from Aedes aegypti and Drosophila melanoga...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Sonoda S,Tsumuki H

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Destruxins have been implicated in the infection process by entomopathogenic fungi and have been also found to be highly toxic when applied topically or ingested by different insect species. To gain insight into the mechanism of action of this toxin on insect internal organs, we have evaluated the effects of destruxin...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Ruiz-Sanchez E,O'Donnell MJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salivary enzyme, glucose oxidase (GOX) from the caterpillar Helicoverpa zea, catalyzes the conversion of glucose to gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide. Because hydrogen peroxide has well-known antimicrobial properties, we examined whether caterpillar labial saliva could reduce the infectivity of bacterial pathogens. ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Musser RO,Kwon HS,Williams SA,White CJ,Romano MA,Holt SM,Bradbury S,Brown JK,Felton GW

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Farnesoic acid O-methyl transferase (FAMeT) is the enzyme that catalyzes the formation of methyl farnesoate (MF) from farnesoic acid (FA) in the biosynthetic pathway of juvenile hormone (JH). This work reports the cloning, sequencing, and expression of FAMeT gene from the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris (MsFAMeT). ...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Vieira CU,Bonetti AM,Simões ZL,Maranhão AQ,Costa CS,Costa MC,Siquieroli AC,Nunes FM

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:Insect eye coloration arises from the accumulation of various pigments. A number of genes that function in the biosynthesis (vermilion, cinnabar, and cardinal) and importation (karmoisin, white, scarlet, and brown) of these pigments, and their precursors, have been identified in diverse species and used as markers for...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Brent CS,Hull JJ

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:Treatment of last-instar larvae of multi-resistant cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis with four dibenzoylhydrazines, methoxyfenozide (RH-2485), tebufenozide (RH-5992), halofenozide (RH-0345), and RH-5849, resulted in premature molting leading to death. Methoxyfenozide was the most toxic followed by tebufenozide, ha...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Smagghe G,Carton B,Decombel L,Tirry L

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aphid, a short germband insect, displays an embryogenesis different from that of long germband insect species. Furthermore, the development of its parthenogenetic and viviparous embryo is different from that of the embryo resulting from sexual reproduction. To better understand the genetic regulation of this type of e...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Mao J,Liu C,Zeng F

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, larvae of silkworm Bombyx mori were subjected to low temperature, hypoxia, and viral infection to evaluate stressor-mediated oxidative stress (OS) and the induction of antioxidant enzymes (AOEs). Exposure to cold, hypoxia, and nuclear polyhedral virus for 24 h resulted in a significant increase in hydro...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Micheal AS,Subramanyam MV

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkaline phosphatase activity was histochemically localized in adult whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci B biotype, syn. B. argentifolii) with a chromogenic substrate (5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolylphosphate) and a fluorogenic substrate (ELF-97). The greatest amount of staining was in the basal regions of adult salivary glands wit...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Funk CJ

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:Prostaglandins (PGs) are oxygenated metabolites of arachidonic acid and two other C20 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Among other actions in invertebrates, PGs act in ovarian development, renal functions, immunity, hemocyte migration, and gene/protein expression. Reversible phosphorylation is a major mechanism of regulat...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Stanley D,Goodman CL,Ringbauer JA,Song Q

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding sites for vitellogenin were solubilized and analyzed either with a filter assay or with ligand blotting. We tested sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS), Chaps, octyl-beta-D-glucoside, and sodium deoxycholate and found SDS and sodium deoxycholate to be most effective in solubilizing both high and low molecular weight bi...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Indrasith LS,Kindle H,Lanzrein B

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：:Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), plays roles in a variety of cellular responses. However, limited information is available on the relationship between ERKs and environmental stresses. In this report, an ERK gene, AccERK2, was cloned and characterized from Apis cer...

journal_title：Archives of insect biochemistry and physiology

authors： Li Y,Zhang L,Kang M,Guo X,Baohua Xu

更新日期：2012-03-01 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