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ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY
卷 77, 期 1, 页码 1-16出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20414
关键词
Rhodnius prolixus; lipid; oogenesis; lipophorin; triacylglycerol; oocyte; egg
资金
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)
- Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia em Entomologia Molecular (INCT-EM)
Insect eggs must contain the necessary nutrients for embryonic growth. In this article, we investigated the accumulation of triacylglycerol (TAG) in growing oocytes and its utilization during embryonic development. TAG makes up about 60% of the neutral lipids in oocytes and accumulates as oocytes grow, from 2.2 +/- 0.1 mu g in follicles containing 1.0 mm length oocytes to 10.2 +/- 0.8 mu g in 2.0 mm length oocytes. Lipophorin (Lp), the hemolymphatic lipoprotein, radioactively labeled in free fatty acid (FFA) or diacylglycerol (DAG), was used to follow the transport of these lipids to the ovary. Radioactivity from both lipid classes accumulated in the oocytes, which was abolished at 4 degrees C. The capacity of the ovary to receive FFA or DAG from Lp varied according to time after a blood meal and reached a maximum around the second day. H-3-DAG supplied by Lp to the ovaries was used in the synthesis of TAG as, 48 hr after injection, most of the radioactivity was found in TAG (85.7% of labeling in neutral lipids). During embryogenesis, lipid stores were mobilized, and the TAG content decreased from 16.4 +/- 2.1 mu g/egg on the first day to 10.0 +/- 1.3 mu g on day 15, just before hatching. Of these, 7.4 +/- 0.9 mu g were found in the newly emerged nymphs. In unfertilized eggs, the TAG content did not change. Although the TAG content decreased during embryogenesis, the relative lipid composition of the egg did not change. The amount of TAG in the nymph slowly decreased during the days after hatching. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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