Characterization of cockroach (Periplaneta americana) fat body phospholipase A2 activity

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 149-157

  Sun, D ^a   Steele, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fat body; Periplaneta americana; Phospholipase A2; Phospholipid

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA;

CALCIUM; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FAT BODY; METABOLISM; PERIPLANETA; PH;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; FAT BODY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PERIPLANETA; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036514190     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.10014     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Ali I, Finley C, Steele JE. 1998. Evidence for the participation of arachidonic acid metabolites in trehalose efflux from the hormone activated fat body of the cockroach (Periplaneta americana). J Insect Physiol 44:1119-1126.
2. 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.
3. 2 and cyclooxygenase. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 27:681-692.
4. 2. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 39:175-189.
5. 2. J Biol Chem 272:16069-16072.
6. Bradford M. 1976. A rapid and sensitive method for the quantitation of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein dye binding. Anal Biochem 72:248-252.
7. 2. J Biol Chem 270:14855-14858.
8. 2 by quercetin. Inflammation 17:573-582.
9. 2 in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Biochim Biophys Acta. 879:149-156.
10. 2. Crit Rev Immunol 17:225-283.
11. 2 in larval mosquitos, Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 28:561-569.
12. 2 in the primary screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax. Insect Biochem Mol Biol 29:1029-1038.
13. 2 using pyrene-labeled phospholipids in the presence of serum albumin. Anal Biochem 177:103-109.
14. 2 by mid-guts isolated from tobacco hornworms, Manduca sexta. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 42:179-187.
15. 2 associated with oral secretions in adult burying beetles, Nicrophorus marginatus. Comp Biochem Physiol 1186:375-380.
16. Sauer JR, Bowman AS, Shipley MM, Gengler CL, Surdick MR, McSwain JL, Luo C, Essenberg RC, Dillwith JW. 1993. Arachidonate metabolism in tick salivary glands. In: Stanley-Samuelson D, Nelson DR, editors. Insect lipids: chemistry, biochemistry and biology. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. p 99-138.
17. 2 in hemocytes of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 33:63-74.
18. Steele J E, Ireland R. 1994. The preparation of trophocytes from the disaggregated fat body of the cockroach (Periplaneta americana). Comp Biochem Physiol 107A:517-522.
19. 2 in the tiger beetle Cicindela circumpicta. J Insect Physiol 41:135-114.
20. 2 activity in the fat body of the tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta. Arch Insect Biochem Physiol 24:187-201.