A buckling region in locust hindlegs contains resilin and absorbs energy when jumping or kicking goes wrong

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1151-1161

  Bayley, T G ^a   Sutton, G P ^a   Burrows, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campaniform sensilla; Energy storage; Fluorescent proteins

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; RESILIN;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPER; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; MALE; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSILLUM; TIBIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOVEMENT; SENSILLA; TIBIA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84858627262     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.068080     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Andersen, S. O. (1963). Characterization of a new type of cross-linkage in resilin, a rubber-like protein. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 69, 249-262.
2. Andersen, S. O. and Weis-Fogh, T. (1964). Resilin. A rubberlike protein in arthropod cuticle. Adv. Insect Physiol. 2, 1-65.
3. Barnes, H. A. (1997). Thixotropy -a review. J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. 70, 1-33.
4. Bennell, K. L. and Brukner, P. D. (1997). Epidemiology and site specificity of stress fractures. Clin. Sports Med. 16, 179-192.
5. Bennell, K. L. and Brukner, P. (2005). Preventing and managing stress fractures in athletes. Phys. Ther. Sport 6, 171-180. (Pubitemid 41683627)
6. Bennet-Clark, H. C. (1975). The energetics of the jump of the locust Schistocerca gregaria. J. Exp. Biol. 63, 53-83.
7. Biewener, A. A. and Daley, M. A. (2007). Unsteady locomotion: Integrating muscle function with whole body dynamics and neuromuscular control. J. Exp. Biol. 210, 2949-2960. (Pubitemid 47522690)
8. Branch, T., Clyde, P., Chamberland, P., Emeterio, E. and Sabetelle, M. (1991). Spontaneous fractures of the humerus during pitching: A series of 12 cases. Am. J. Sports Med. 20, 468-470.
9. Brown, R. H. J. (1967). The mechanism of locust jumping. Nature 214, 939.
10. Burrows, M. (2003). Froghopper insects leap to new heights. Nature 424, 509. (Pubitemid 36975765)
11. Burrows, M. (2006). Jumping performance of froghopper insects. J. Exp. Biol. 209, 4607-4621. (Pubitemid 46033357)
12. Burrows, M. (2009). Jumping performance of planthoppers (Hemiptera, Issidae). J. Exp. Biol. 212, 2844-2855.
13. Burrows, M. and Morris, G. (2001). The kinematics and neural control of high speed kicking movements in the locust. J. Exp. Biol. 204, 3471-3481. (Pubitemid 34861326)
14. Burrows, M. and Pflüger, H. J. (1988). Positive feedback loops from proprioceptors involved in leg movements of the locust. J. Comp. Physiol. A 163, 425-440.
15. Burrows, M., Shaw, S. R. and Sutton, G. P. (2008). Resilin and cuticle form a composite structure for energy storage in jumping by froghopper insects. BMC Biol. 6, 41.
16. Burrows, M., Borycz, J. A., Shaw, S. R., Elvin, C. M. and Meinertzhagen, I. A. (2011). Antibody labelling of resilin in energy stores for jumping in plant sucking insects. PLoS ONE 6, e28456.
17. Daley, M. A., Voloshina, A. and Biewener, A. A. (2009). The role of intrinsic muscle mechanics in the neuromuscular control of stable running in the guinea fowl. J. Physiol. 587 11, 2693-2707.
18. Dudek, D. M. and Full, R. J. (2006). Passive mechanical properties of legs from running insects. J. Exp. Biol. 209, 1502-1515.
19. Fung, Y. C. (1993). Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissue, 568pp. New York: Springer.
20. Galko, M. J. and Krasnow, M. A. (2004). Cellular and genetic analysis of wound healing in Drosophila larvae. PLoS Biol. 2, e239.
21. Gorassini, M. A., Prochazka, A., Herbert, G. W. and Gauthier, J. A. (1994). Corrective responses to loss of ground support during walking. I. Intact cats. J. Neurophysiol. 71, 603-610. (Pubitemid 24068591)
22. Gwilliam, G. F. and Burrows, M. (1980). Electrical characteristics of the membrane of an identified insect motor neurone. J. Exp. Biol. 86, 49-61.
23. Heitler, W. J. (1977). The locust jump. III. Structural specializations of the metathoracic tibiae. J. Exp. Biol. 67, 29-36.
24. Heitler, W. J. and Burrows, M. (1977a). The locust jump. I. The motor programme. J. Exp. Biol. 66, 203-219.
25. Heitler, W. J. and Burrows, M. (1977b). The locust jump. II. Neural circuits of the motor programme. J. Exp. Biol. 66, 221-241.
26. Hiebert, G. W., Gorassini, M. A., Jiang, W. and Prochazka, A. (1994). Corrective responses to loss of ground support during walking. II. Comparison of intact and chronic spinal cats. J. Neurophysiol. 71, 611-622. (Pubitemid 24068592)
27. Hillerton, J. E., Reynolds, S. E. and Vincent, J. F. V. (1982). On the indentation hardness of insect cuticle. J. Exp. Biol. 96, 45-52.
28. Howse, P. E. (1965). The structure of the subgenual organ and certain other mechanoreceptors of the termite Zootermpsis angusticollis (Hagen). Proc. R. Ent. Soc. Lond. 40, 137-146.
29. Jeong, M.-J. and Moon, M.-J. (1997). Fine structure of the integumentary wound healing process in the spider Pardosa astrigera. Korean J. Entomol. 27, 29-41.
30. Jindrich, D. L. and Full, R. J. (2002). Dynamic stabilization of rapid hexapedal locomotion. J. Exp. Biol. 205, 2803-2823. (Pubitemid 35180887)
31. Jones, G. L. (2006). Upper extremity stress fractures. Clin. Sports Med. 25, 159-174. (Pubitemid 41743848)
32. Lyons, R. E., Wong, D. C. C., Kim, M., Lekieffre, N., Huson, M. G., Vuocolo, T., Merritt, D. J., Nairn, K. M., Dudek, D. M., Colgrave, M. L. et al. (2011). Molecular and functional characterisation of resilin across three insect orders. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 41, 881-890.
33. Moran, D. T., Chapman, K. M. and Ellis, R. A. (1971). The fine structure of cockroach campaniform sensilla. J. Cell Biol. 48, 155-173.
34. Neff, D., Frazier, S. F., Quimby, L., Wang, R.-T. and Zill, S. (2001). Identification of resilin in the leg of cockroach, Periplaneta americana: Confirmation by a simple method using pH dependence of UV fluorescence. Arthropod Struct. Dev. 29, 75-83.
35. Pearson, K. G., Stein, R. B. and Malhotra, S. K. (1970). Properties of action potentials from insect motor nerve fibres. J. Exp. Biol. 53, 299-316.
36. Pohl, M. B., Mullineaux, D. R., Milner, C. E., Hamill, J. and Davis, I. S. (2008). Biomechanical predictors of retrospective tibial stress fractures in runners. J. Biomech. 41, 1160-1165.
37. Polu, K. R., Schenck, R. C. J., Wirth, M. A., Greeson, J., Cone, R. O. I. and Rockwood, C. A. J. (1999). Stress fracture of the humerus in a collegiate baseball pitcher: A case report. Am. J. Sports Med. 27, 813-816.
38. Qin, G., Lapidot, S., Numata, K., Hu, X., Meirovitch, S., Deke, M., Podoler, I., Shoseyov, O. and Kaplan, D. L. (2009). Expression, cross-linking, and characterization of recombinant chitin binding resilin. Biomacromolecules 14, 3227-3234.
39. Sabick, M. B., Torry, M. R., Kim, Y.-K. and Hawkins, R. J. (2004). Humeral torque in professional baseball pitchers. Am. J. Sports Med. 32, 892-898. (Pubitemid 38669382)
40. Silver, F. H., Ebrahimi, A. and Snowhill, P. B. (2002). Viscoelastic properties of selfassembled type 1 collagen fibers: Molecular basis of elastic and viscous behaviors. Connect. Tissue Res. 43, 569-580. (Pubitemid 36032940)
41. Spinola, S. M. and Chapman, K. M. (1975). Proprioceptive indentation of the campaniform sensilla of cockroach legs. J. Comp. Physiol. 96, 257-272.
42. Usherwood, P. N. R. and Grundfest, H. (1965). Peripheral inhibition in skeletal muscle of insects. J. Neurophysiol. 28, 497-518.
43. Vincent, J. F. V. and Wegst, U. G. K. (2004). Design and mechanical properties of insect cuticle. Arthropod Struct. Dev. 33, 187-199. (Pubitemid 38969904)
44. Zack, T. I., Claverie, T. and Patek, S. N. (2009). Elastic energy storage in the mantis shrimp's fast predatory strike. J. Exp. Biol. 212, 4002-4009.