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Disinhibition of oocyte growth in adult, virgin Periplaneta americana by corpus allatum denervation: Age dependency and relatedness to mating
Author(s) -
Pipa Rudolph
Publication year - 1986
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/arch.940030507
Subject(s) - corpus allatum , periplaneta , biology , endocrinology , medicine , dictyoptera , denervation , insemination , mating , oocyte , juvenile hormone , andrology , cockroach , sperm , hormone , zoology , botany , microbiology and biotechnology , embryo , ecology
Unilateral section of the nervi corporis allati I (NCA‐1) of isolated, starved, adult, virgin Periplaneta americana disinhibited oocyte growth during a specific period following their adult emergence. The effect required that the corpus allatum (CA) be free of NCA‐1 innervation for 4 days beyond the time the females were 7–8 days old. The onset of this sensitive period corresponds to when most isolated, starved virgins become sexually receptive. The results suggest that NCA‐1 inhibition of CA activity, initiated about 7 days, is relieved by mating. When done on sexually receptive, starved virgins, unilateral NCA‐1 section was as effective as insemination for stimulating growth and chorionation of the first generation of oocytes. Neural inhibition of juvenile hormone (JH) secretion by the CA may also explain diminished production of oocytes by isolated, fed virgins, for during 30 days following unilateral NCA‐1 section they produced 2.6 to 5 times more oothecae than did controls with a single CA removed or after the sham operation. The number of oothecae deposited by fed virgins was similarly increased after bilateral NCA‐1 section, but to a lesser extent than when the operation was done on fed, inseminated females of the same age. Specificity of the response of the CA to denervation was substantiated by experiments in which the CA were extirpated and reimplanted, by topically applying C 16 JH, and by experiments in which the nervus corporis cardiaci 1 and 2 on the right or left side were severed.