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Control mechanisms for vitellogenin synthesis in mosquitoes
Author(s) -
Borovsky Dov
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.950010608
Subject(s) - vitellogenin , vitellogenesis , yolk , hormone , radioimmunoassay , juvenile hormone , biology , peptide hormone , secretion , medicine , endocrinology , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , embryo , oocyte , ecology , gene
Earlier investigations of the hormonal control of vitellogenin (egg‐yolk protein) synthesis in mosquitoes relied on microsurgical manipulations to identify organs that secrete the various hormones that stimulate or inhibit vitellogenesis. Advances in the last 10 years, using radioimmunoassays, HPLC, mass spectrometry and tissue‐culture incubations, have shown that the control mechanism involves a complex interaction between ecdysteroids, juvenile hormones and peptide hormones.