Analysis of the lipids mobilized by adipokinetic hormones in the firebug pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-520

  Bártů, Iva ^a,b   Tomčala, Aleš ^a,c   Socha, Radomír ^a   Šimek, Petr ^a   Kodrík, Dalibor ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

AKH; Diacylglycerol; ESI MS; Fat body; Fatty acid; Haemolymph; Heteroptera; HPLC; Linden seed; Lipid; Mass spectrometry; Pyrrhocoris apterus; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

FAT; FATTY ACID; HORMONE; INSECT; LIPID; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; PYRRHOCORIDAE; PYRRHOCORIS APTERUS;

EID: 77957921584     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2010.058     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. ARRESE E.L. & SOULAGES J.L. 2010: Insect fat body: energy, metabolism, and regulation. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 55: 207-225.
2. ARRESE E.L. & WELLS M.A. 1994: Purification and properties of a phosphorylatable triacylglycerol lipase from the fat body of an insect, Manduca sexta. J. Lipid Res. 35: 1652-1659.
3. ARRESE E.L. & WELLS M.A. 1997: Adipokinetic hormoneinduced lipolysis in the fat body of an insect, Manduca sexta: synthesis of sn-1,2-diacylglycerols. J. Lipid Res. 38: 68-76.
4. ARRESE E.L., ROJAS-RIVAS B.I. & WELLS M.A. 1996: The use of decapitated insects to study lipid mobilization in adult Manduca sexta, effects of adipokinetic hormone and trehalose on fat body lipase activity. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 26: 775-782.
5. BEENAKKERS A.M.T. & SCHERES J.M.J.C. 1971: Dietary lipids and lipid composition of the fat body of Locusta migratoria. Insect Biochem. 1: 125-129.
6. BEENAKKERS A.M.T., VAN DER HORST D.J. & VAN MARREWIJK W.J.A. 1985: Insect lipids and lipoproteins, and their role in physiological processes. Prog. Lipid Res. 24: 19-67.
7. CANAVOSO L.E. & WELLS M.A. 2000: Metabolic pathways for diacylglycerol biosynthesis and release in the midgut of larval Manduca sexta. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 30: 1173-1180.
8. CANAVOSO L.E., BERTELLO L.E., DE LEDERKREMER R.M. & RUBIOLO E.R. 1998: Effect of fasting on the composition of the fat body lipid of Dipetalogaster maximus, Triatoma infestans and Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). J. Comp. Physiol. (B) 168: 549-554.
9. CANAVOSO L.E., JOUNI Z.E., KARNAS K.J., PENNINGTON J.E. & WELLS M.A. 2001: Fat metabolism in insects. Annu. Rev. Nutr. 21: 23-46.
10. CANAVOSO L.E., FREDE S. & RUBIOLO E.R. 2004: Metabolic pathways for dietary lipids in the midgut of hematophagous Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 34: 845-854.
11. CHINO H. & DOWNER R.G.H. 1982: Insect hemolymph lipophorin: a mechanism of lipid transport in insects. Adv. Biophys. 15: 67-92.
12. CVAČKA J., KRAFKOVÁ E., JIROŠ P. & VALTEROVÁ I. 2006: Computer-assisted interpretation of atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation mass spectra of triacylglycerols. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 20: 3586-3594.
13. DOWNER R.G.H. 1985: Lipid metabolism. In Kerkut G.A. & Gilbert L.I. (eds): Comprehensive Insect Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology. Vol. 10. Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp. 77-113.
14. FOLCH J., LEES M. & SLOANE-STANLEY G.H. 1957: A simple method for the isolation and purification of total lipids from animal tissues. J. Biol. Chem. 226: 497-509.
15. GÄDE G. 2009: Peptides of the adipokinetic hormone/red pigment-concentrating hormone family: a new take on biodiversity. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1163: 125-136.
16. GÄDE G. & GOLDSWORTHY G.J. 2003: Insect peptide hormones: a selective review of their physiology and potential application for pest control. Pest Manag. Sci. 59: 1063-1075.
17. GÄDE G., HOFFMANN K.H. & SPRING H. 1997: Hormonal regulation in insects: facts, gaps, and future directions. Physiol. Rev. 77: 963-1032.
18. GOLDSWORTHY G.J. 1994: The insect adipokinetic hormones: are they the insect glucagons? In Davey K.G., Peter R.E. & Tobe S.S. (eds): Perspectives in Endocrinology: Proceedings of XII. International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology. National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, pp. 486-492.
19. HOFFMAN A.G.D. & DOWNER R.G.H. 1979: End product specificity of triacylglycerol lipases from intestine, fat body, muscle and haemolymph of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana L. Lipids 14: 893-899.
20. HOWARD R.W. & STANLEY-SAMUELSON D.W. 1996: Fatty acid composition of fat body and Malpighian tubules of the tenebrionid beetle, Zophobas atratus: significance in eicosanoidmediated physiology. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. (B) 115: 429-437.
21. KEELEY L.L. 1985: Physiology and biochemistry of the fat body. In Kerkut G.A. & Gilbert L.I. (eds): Comprehensive Insect Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology. Vol. 3. Pergamon Press, Oxford, pp. 211-248.
22. KODRÍK D. 2008: Adipokinetic hormone functions that are not associated with insect flight. Physiol. Entomol. 33: 171-180.
23. KODRÍK D., SOCHA R., ŠIMEK P., ZEMEK R. & GOLDSWORTHY G.J. 2000: A new member of the AKH/RPCH family that stimu-lates locomotory activity in the firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera). Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 30: 489-498.
24. KODRÍK D., ŠIMEK P., LEPŠA L. & SOCHA R. 2002: Identification of the cockroach neuropeptide Pea-CAH-II as a second adipokinetic hormone in the firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus. Peptides 23: 585-587.
25. KODRÍK D., SOCHA R. & SYROVÁ Z. 2003: Developmental and diel changes of adipokinetic hormone in CNS and haemolymph of the flightless wing-polymorphic bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.). J. Insect Physiol. 49: 53-61.
26. KODRÍK D., SOCHA R., SYROVÁ Z. & ZEMEK R. 2005: The effect of constant darkness on the content of adipokinetic hormone, adipokinetic response and walking activity in macropterous females of Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.). Physiol. Entomol. 30: 248-255.
27. KODRÍK D., MARCO H.G., ŠIMEK P., SOCHA R., ŠTYS P. & GÄDE G. 2010: The adipokinetic hormones of Heteroptera: a comparative study. Physiol. Entomol. 35: 117-127.
28. KOŠTAÁL V. & ŠIMEK P. 1998: Changes in fatty acid composition of phospholipids and triacylglycerols after cold-acclimation of an aestivating insect prepupa. J. Comp. Physiol. (B) 168: 453-460.
29. MARTIN J.S. 1969a: Lipid composition of fat body and its contribution to the maturing oocytes in Pyrrhocoris apterus. J. Insect Physiol. 15: 1025-1045.
30. MARTIN J.S. 1969b: Studies on assimilation, mobilization, and transport of lipids by the fat body and haemolymph of Pyrrhocoris apterus. J. Insect Physiol. 15: 2319-2344.
31. MAXOVÁ A., KODRÍK D., ZEMEK R. & SOCHA R. 2001: Diel changes in adipokinetic response and walking activity of Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.) (Heteroptera) in relation to physiological status and wing dimorphism. Eur. J. Entomol. 98: 433-438.
32. MAYER R.J. & CANDY D.J. 1969: Control of haemolymph lipid concentration during locust flight: an adipokinetic hormone from the corpora cardiaca. J. Insect Physiol. 15: 611-620.
33. MU H. & HOY C.E. 2000: Application of atmospheric pressure chemical ionization liquid chromatography mass spectrometry in identification of lymph triacylglyceroles. J. Chromatogr. (B) 48: 425-437.
34. MURATA M. & TOJO S. 2002: Utilization of lipid for flight and reproduction in Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Eur. J. Entomol. 99: 221-224.
35. RANGAN V.S. & SMITH S. 2002: Fatty acid synthesis in eukaryotes. In Vance D.E. & Vance J.E. (eds): Biochemistry of Lipids, Lipoproteins and Membranes. Elsevier Science B.V., Paris, pp. 151-180.
36. SCHNEIDER M. & DORN A. 1994: Lipid storage and mobilization by flight in relation to phase and age of Schistocerca gregaria females. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 24: 883-889.
37. SOCHA R. 1993: Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera) an experimental model species: a review. Eur. J. Entomol. 90: 241-286.
38. SOCHA R. & KODRÍK D. 1999: Differences in adipokinetic response of Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera) in relation to wing dimorphism and diapause. Physiol. Entomol. 24: 278-284.
39. SOCHA R. & ŠULA J. 1996: Differences in haemolymph proteins in relation to diapause and wing dimorphism in Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.) (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae). J. Comp. Physiol. (B) 166: 382-387.
40. SOCHA R. & ŠULA J. 2008: Regulation of the development of flight muscles in long-winged adults of the flightless bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae). Eur. J. Entomol. 105: 575-583.
41. SOCHA R. & ZEMEK R. 2003: Wing morph-related differences in the walking pattern and dispersal in a flightless bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.) (Heteroptera). Oikos 100: 35-43.
42. SOCHA R., ŠULA J. & ZEMEK R. 1997: Feeding, drinking and digestive enzyme activities in long-and short-day females of Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera). Physiol. Entomol. 22: 161-169.
43. SOCHA R., ŠULA. J. & ZEMEK R. 1998: Feeding behaviour, digestive physiology and lipid content in macropterous females of Pyrrhocoris apterus (L) (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae). Physiol. Entomol. 23: 91-96.
44. SOCHA R., KODRÍK D. & ZEMEK R. 1999: Adipokinetic hormone stimulates insect locomotor activity. Naturwissenschaften 88: 85-86.
45. SOCHA R., KODRÍK D., ŠIMEK P. & PATOČKOVÁ M. 2004: The kind of AKH-mobilized energy substrates in insects can be predicted without a knowledge of the hormone structure. Eur. J. Entomol. 101: 29-35.
46. SOCHA R., KODRÍK D. & ŠULA J. 2005: Wing morph-specific differences in the metabolism and endocrine control of reserve mobilisation in adult males of a flightless bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.) (Heteroptera). J. Comp. Physiol. (B) 175: 557-565.
47. TOMČALA A., TOLLAROVÁ M., OVERGAARD J., ŠIMEK P. & KOŠTAÁL V. 2006: Seasonal acquisition of chill tolerance and restructuring of membrane glycerophospholipids in an overwintering insect: triggering by low temperature, desiccation and diapause progression. J. Exp. Biol. 209: 4102-4114.
48. TOMČALA A., BÁRTŮ I., ŠIMEK P. & KODRÍK D. 2010: Locust adipokinetic hormones mobilize diacylglycerols selectively. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. (B) 156: 26-32.
49. TURUNEN S. & CRAILSHEIM K. 1996: Lipid and sugar absorption. In Lehane M.J. & Billingsley P.F. (eds): Biology of Insect Midgut. Chapman and Hall, London, pp. 293-320.
50. VAN DER HORST D.J. 1982: Lipid transport in insects. In Mittler T.E. & Dadd R.H. (eds): Metabolic Aspects of Lipid Nutrition in Insects. Westview Press, Boulder, CO, pp. 183-202.
51. VAN DER HORST D.J. & RYAN R.O. 2005: Lipid transport. In Gilbert L.I., Iatrou K. & Gill S.S. (eds): Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science. Vol. 4. Elsevier Pergamon, Kidlington, pp. 225-246.
52. VAN HEUSDEN M.C. & LAW J.H. 1989: An insect lipid transfer particle promotes lipid loading from fat body to lipoprotein. J. Biol. Chem. 264: 17287-17292.