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In vivo effects of allatostatins in crickets, Gryllus bimaculatus (Ensifera: Gryllidae)
Author(s) -
Lorenz Matthias W.,
Lorenz Judith I.,
Treiblmayr Karl,
Hoffmann KlausH.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
archives of insect biochemistry and physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.576
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1520-6327
pISSN - 0739-4462
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1998)38:1<32::aid-arch4>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - gryllus bimaculatus , hemolymph , juvenile hormone , corpus allatum , biology , endocrinology , medicine , ovary , vitellogenesis , vitellogenins , vitellogenin , in vivo , cricket , orthoptera , hormone , botany , zoology , oocyte , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , embryo , gene
Two types of cricket allatostatins, Grb‐AST A1 and Grb‐AST B1, were injected into adult female crickets three times each day on days 0–3 and once on day 4 after adult emergence to test their activity in vivo. On day 4, body weight, ovary weight, number of eggs per ovary, length of the terminal oocytes, ovarian ecdysteroid biosynthesis, and hemolymph titers of ecdysteroids were lower in the allatostatin‐injected animals compared with untreated and Ringer‐injected controls. Effects of the injected allatostatins on hemolymph juvenile hormone titers were inhomogeneous, and no differences were found in the capacity of the corpora allata to produce juvenile hormone ex vivo. The hemolymph titers of yolk proteins (vitellogenins) were almost twice as high in the allatostatin‐injected animals as in the control animals. The effects of the injected allatostatins and their interactions with the endocrine system of the animal are discussed. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 38:32– 43, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.