Prostaglandin biosynthesis by fat body from larvae of the beetle Zophobas atratus

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 80-93

  Tunaz, Hasan ^a,b   Putnam, Sean M ^a   Stanley, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory drugs; Insect immunity; Prostaglandins; Tenebrionidae; Zophobas atrotus

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; TENEBRIONIDAE; VERTEBRATA; ZOPHOBAS; ZOPHOBAS ATRATUS;

INDOMETACIN; INSECT PROTEIN; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FAT BODY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LARVA; METABOLISM; PH; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BEETLES; FAT BODY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDOMETHACIN; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOTOPE LABELING; LARVA; NAPROXEN; PROSTAGLANDINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036481609     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.10008     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Ali I, Steele JE. 1997a. Hypertrehalosemic hormones increase the concentration of free fatty acids in trophocytes of the cockroach (Periplaneta americana) fat body. Comp Biochem Physiol 118A:1225-1231.
2. 2 and cyclooxygenase. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 27:681-692.
3. Corey EJ, Albright JO, Barton AE, Hashimoto S. 1981. Chemical and enzymic syntheses of 5-HPETE, a key biological precursor of slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxix (SRS) and 5-HETE. J Am Chem Soc 102:1435-1436.
4. Gadelhak GG, Pedibhotla VK, Stanley-Samuelson DW. 1995. Eicosanoid biosynthesis by hemocytes from the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 25:743-749.
5. Horohov DW, Dunn PE. 1983. Phagocytosis and nodule formation by hemocytes of Manduca sexta larvae following injection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Invertebr Pathol 41:203-213.
6. Howard RW, Jurenka JA, Blomquist GJ. 1986. Prostaglandin synthetase inhibitors in the defensive secretion of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Insect Biochem 16:757-760.
7. Howard RW, Miller JS, Stanley DW. 1998. The influence of bacterial species and intensity of infections on nodule formation in insects. J Insect Physiol 157-164.
8. Hurst JS, Flatman S, McDonald-Gibson RG. 1987. Thinlayer chromatography (including radio thin-layer chromatography and autoradiography) of prostaglandins and related compounds. In: Benedetto C, McDonald-Gibson RG, Nigam S, Slater TF, editors. Prostaglandins and related substances: a practical approach. Oxford: IRL Press, p 53-73.
9. Jurenka RA, Miller JS, Pedibhotla VK, Rana RL, Stanley-Samuelson DW. 1997. Eicosanoids mediate microaggregation and nodulation responses to bacterial infections in black cutworms Agrotis ipsilon, and true armyworms, Pseudaletia unipuncta. J Insect Physiol 43:125-133.
10. Jurenka RA, Pedibhotla VK, Stanley DW. 1999. Prostaglandin production in response to a bacterial infection in true armyworm larvae. Arch Insect Biochem Phyisol 41:225-232.
11. Keeley LL, Park JH, Lu K-H, Bradfield JY. 1996. Neurohormone signal transduction for dual regulation of metabolism and gene expression in insects: Hypertrehalosemic hormone as a model. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 33:283-301.
12. Mandato CA, Diehl-Jones WL, Moore SJ, Downer RGH. 1997. The effects of eicosanoid biosynthesis inhibitors on prophenoloxidase activation, phagocytosis and cell spreading in Galleria mellonella. J Insect Physiol 43:1-8.
13. Miller IS, Nguyen T, Stanley-Samuelson DW. 1994. Eicosanoids mediate insect nodulation responses to bacterial infections. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 91:12418-12422.
14. Miller JS, Howard RW, Nguyen T, Nguyen A, Rosario RMT, Stanley-Samuelson DW. 1996. Eicosanoids mediate nodulation responses to bacterial infections in larvae of the tenebrionid beetle, Zophobas atratus. J Insect Physiol 42:3-12.
15. Miller JS, Howard RW, Rana RL, Tunaz H, Stanley DW. 1999. Eicosanoids mediate nodulation reactions to bacterial infections in adults of the cricket, Gryllus assimilis. J Insect Physiol 45:75-83.
16. Morishima I, Yamano Y, Inoue K, Matsuo N. 1997. Eicosanoids mediate induction of immune genes in the fat body of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. FEBS Lett 419:83-86.
17. Pace-Asciak CR. 1989. Mass spectra of prostaglandins and related products. New York: Raven Press.
18. Pedibhotla VK, Sarath G, Sauer IR, Stanley-Samuelson DW. 1995. Prostaglandin biosynthesis and subcellular localization of prostaglandin H synthase activity in the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 25:1027-1039.
19. Pedibhotla VK, Sauer JR, Stanley-Samuelson DW. 1997. Prostaglandin biosynthesis by salivary glands isolated from the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 27:255-261.
20. SAS Institute Inc. 1989. SAS/STAT® User's Guide, Version 6, 4th ed., vol 2. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc.
21. Stanley DW. 2000. Eicosanoids in invertebrate signal transduction systems. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
22. Stanley DW, Hoback WW, Bedick IC, Tunaz H, Rana RL, Nor Aliza AR, Miller JS. 1999. Eicosanoids mediate nodulation reactions to bacterial infections in larvae of the butterfly, Colias eurytheme. Comp Biochem Physiol C217-223.
23. Stanley-Samuelson DW, Loher W. 1986. Prostaglandins in insect reproduction. FORUM: Ann Entomol Soc Am 79:841-853.
24. Stanley-Samuelson DW, Ogg CL. 1994. Prostaglandin biosynthesis by fat body from the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 24:481-491.
25. Stanley-Samuelson DW, Jensen E, Nickerson KW, Tiebel K, Ogg CL, Howard RW. 1991. Insect immune response to bacterial infection is mediated by eicosanoids. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 88:1064-1068.
26. Stanley-Samuelson DW, Pedibhotla VK, Rana RL, Nor Aliza AR, Hoback WW, Miller JS. 1997. Eicosanoids modulate nodulation responses to bacterial infections in larvae of the silkmoth, Bombyx mori. Comp Biochem Phyisol 118A:93-100.
27. 2 and diminished by thiol reagents. Eur I Biochem 231:93-98.
28. Tunaz H, Bedick IC, Miller IS, Hoback WW, Rana RL, Stanley DW. 1999. Eicosanoids mediate nodulation reactions to bacterial infections in adults of two 17-year periodical cicadas, Magicicada septendecim and M. cassini. J Insect Physiol 45:923-931.
29. Tunaz H, Jurenka RA, Stanley DW. 2001. Prostaglandin biosynthesis by fat body from true armyworms, Pseudaletia unipuncta. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 31:435-444.
30. Wakayama EJ, Dillwith IW, Blomquist GJ. 1986. Characterization of prostaglandin synthesis in the housefly, Musca domestica (L). Insect Biochem 16:903-909.