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JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 51, Issue 4, Pages 455-464Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.12.013
Keywords
insulin receptor substrate; chico; Drosophila; ovarian development; receptor mediated endocytosis
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [SF19106] Funding Source: researchfish
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [SF19106] Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [AG08761] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM/OD54905] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
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It has been suggested that insulin signaling mutations of Drosophila melanogaster are sterile and long-lived because of juvenile hormone (JH) and ecdysteroid deficiency. However, female sterility of an insulin/IGF-like signaling mutant (chico(1)) of D. melanogaster is not mediated by downstream systemic signaling in terms of major alterations in JH or ecdysteroid levels. chico(1) is a null mutation in the insulin substrate protein (CHICO) gene of D. melanogaster. Homozygous chico(1) females are sterile and their oocytes do not mature beyond the last previtellogenic stage. Homozygous chico(1) females exhibit approximately wild-type rates of JH biosynthesis, ovarian release of ecdysteroids and haemolymph ecdysteroid levels, suggesting that these two major hormone systems play no role in producing the sterility. Previtellogenic wild-type ovaries transplanted into homozygous chico(1) females underwent vitellogenesis, showing that systemic factors present in mutant females are sufficient to support normal vitellogenesis. chico(1) ovaries transplanted into wild-type females did not undergo vitellogenesis indicating that CHICO is necessary in the ovary for vitellogenic maturation. The ovary transplant experiments corroborate the endocrine results and demonstrate that insulin/insulin-like signaling (IIS) is necessary for vitellogenesis even when sufficient levels of JH, ecdysteroids or other factors are present. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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