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TISSUE & CELL
Volume 37, Issue 6, Pages 457-468Publisher
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2005.08.001
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Aedes aegypti; larva; midgut morphology; Bacillus thuringiensis toxin; electrophysiology
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Analysis of larval Aedes aegypti midgut using scanning electron microscopy, nuclear and mitochondrial dyes, response to Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis CryIVB toxin, and electrophysiology is described. The anterior ventriculus ('' stomach '') region is found to have much lower mitochondrial densities than other midgut regions. The transitional region is distinguished by apical surface architecture, and by region-specific effects of CryIVB endotoxin. In this region CryIVB causes holes ranging from 1.0 to 7.0 mu m in diameter (mean 3.3 +/- 0.53 mu m, N = 12), blisters 16.9 +/- 1.54 mu m in diameter (N = 10), and separation of adjacent cells. The holes are not consistent with damage due to the colloid osmotic lysis model of delta-endotoxin activity. The posterior ventriculus possesses a distinctive cellular architecture consisting of hemispherical, domed apical membranes surrounded by deep clefts. Functional and morphological heterogeneity is revealed within the posterior ventriculus, with the anterior end dominating the electrical profile of isolated, perfused preparations and showing the greatest response to serotonin. Hyperpolarization of the transepithelial potential by serotonin occurred in conjunction with a decrease in the space constant lambda, ruling out closure of ion channels as the mechanism of action of serotonin. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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