Developmental changes in the ability to synthesize juvenile hormone in vitro by corpora allata from the Eri silkworm, Samia cynthia ricini (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

Title:

Developmental changes in the ability to synthesize juvenile hormone in vitro by corpora allata from the Eri silkworm, Samia cynthia ricini (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

Creator:

Li, Sheng, Jiang, Rong-Jing, and Cao, Mei-Xun

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:33577197-da73-4e90-a6b5-2c169bf6b46a
uuid:33577197-da73-4e90-a6b5-2c169bf6b46a

Subject:

Samia cynthia ricini, developmental changes, corpora allata, juvenile hormone, and radiochemical assay

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

A radiochemical assay (RCA) has been used for the measurement of juvenile hormone (JH) synthesis in vitro by corpora allata (CA) from the Eri silkworm, Samia cynthia ricini. Using CA from newly emerged female adults for the bioassay, the most suitable incubation conditions were determined. A high rate of JH synthesis was found in medium TC199 at pH 6.5, 30°C and 4 mM Ca2+. The time course of JH synthesis showed a steady decrease during the first 6 hours of incubation. Under optimal incubation conditions, CA from the 4th and 5th larval instars, pupae and adults were used for measuring JH synthesis in vitro. The highest rates of JH synthesis were found on the 1st day of both larval stages, and then JH synthesis decreased steadily during the following two days of each instar. From the 4th day of the 5th larval instar to the 2nd day after pupation, CA could still synthesize small amounts of JH. However, from the 3rd day of the pupal stage to 12 hours before adult emergence, no JH release was observed. About 6 hours before emergence, CA of both female and male pharate adults regained the ability to synthesize JH. JH synthesis increased to a maximum shortly after emergence and then decreased again during the following two days. During this period, JH synthesis in vitro by CA from females was always higher than that of males. This is the first report on JH synthesis in vitro by CA from both female and male pharate adults and adults of a lepidopteran species, where the adults do not feed, are relatively short-lived, mate only once, and ovarian maturation and vitellogenesis are completed before emergence.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2002 Volume:99 | Number:4

Harvested from:

CDK

Metadata only:

false