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作者Chen, C.H.;Gu, S. H.
出版日期2006
著作名稱Stage-dependent effects of starvation on the growth, metamorphosis, and ecdysteroidogenesis by the prothoracic glands of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
刊名Journal of Insect Physiology
52
9
頁數968~974
被收錄索引SCI
關鍵字Bombyx mori; ecdysteroidogenesis; PTTH
摘要The stage-dependent effects of starvation on the growth, metamorphosis, and ecdysteroidogenesis of the prothoracic glands during the last larval instar of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, were studied in the present study. When last instar larvae were starved beginning on day 1 of that instar, all larvae died between days 5 and 7 of the instar. Although the prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) release from the brain-corpus cardiacum-corpus allatum (BR-CC-CA) did not significantly change during starvation, a deficiency in PTTH signal transduction was maintained, which led to very low levels of hemolymph ecdysteroids after the beginning of starvation. However, when starvation began on day 3 of the last larval instar, the major hemolymph ecdysteroid peak, preceding larval-pupal transformation, occurred 1 day earlier than that in control larvae. Protein content of the prothoracic glands in day 3-starved larvae was maintained at a low level as compared to that of control larvae. The secretory activity of the prothoracic glands in day 3-starved larvae was maintained at a level similar to that of control larvae. However, the rate of ecdysteroidogenesis, expressed per microgram of glandular protein, was greatly enhanced in these starved larvae, indicating that upon starvation, larvae increased the ecdysteroid production rate to enhance the rate of survival.
DOI10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.06.011
系統號NO000000213

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