Premium
Effect of plasma components on the feeding response of the mosquito Aedes aegypti L. to adenine nucleotides
Author(s) -
GALUN RACHEL,
OREN NAAMA,
ZECHARIA M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
physiological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0307-6962
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1984.tb00781.x
Subject(s) - biology , bicarbonate , gtp' , nucleotide , aedes aegypti , albumin , biochemistry , adenine nucleotide , phytic acid , phosphate , adenosine triphosphate , endocrinology , enzyme , botany , larva , gene
. The gorging response of Aedes aegypti to the ATP dissolved in platelet‐poor plasma is greater than that of ATP dissolved in 0.15 m NaCl. The plasma components NaHCO 3 and albumin account for the full effect of the potentiation. Phosphate or tris buffers do not duplicate the bicarbonate effect. In 0.15 m NaCl with bicarbonate but lacking albumin the concentrations inducing 50% feeding are 58 μM ATP, 140 μM ADP, 460 μM AMP and 1500 μM cAMP. Non‐adenine nucleotides such as ITP and GTP and phytic acid, and 2,3‐diphosphoglyceric acid had no activity.