STIMULATION OF SEX-PHEROMONE PRODUCTION BY PROTEINACEOUS EXTRACTS OF THE BURSA COPULATRIX IN THE REDBANDED LEAFROLLER MOTH

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作者
FABRIAS, G [1 ]
JURENKA, RA [1 ]
ROELOFS, WL [1 ]
机构
[1] CORNELL UNIV,NEW YORK STATE AGR EXPT STN,DEPT ENTOMOL,GENEVA,NY 14456
关键词
ARGYROTAENIA-VELUTINANA; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE; HORMONAL CONTROL; PHEROMONE BIOSYNTHESIS ACTIVATING NEUROPEPTIDE;
D O I
10.1002/arch.940200108
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Pheromone biosynthesis in the redbanded leafroller moth, Argyrotaenia velutinana, was stimulated by homogenates of the bursa copulatrix. Although pheromonotropic activity was also extractable from the ovary, the activity of pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) or bursa extracts was not impaired in isolated abdomens by removal of the ovary. Response to the bursa extracts was dependent on the dose administered and the time of incubation. Amounts of pheromone present in adult females of different ages appeared to be correlated with the extractable amount of pheromonotropic activity from their bursa copulatrix. Decapitation did not result in the suppression of bursa factor production. Homogenates of the bursa elicited similar effects in both isolated gland and isolated abdomen incubations, but the brain neuropeptide, PBAN, was less active in the former than in the latter. Bursa extracts stimulated pheromone production in isolated abdomen incubations deprived of the bursa copulatrix, but PBAN did not. Loss of activity of bursa homogenates after treatment with either pronase E or carboxypeptidase Y indicated that the pheromonotropic factor is a proteinaceous substance. The mechanism through which pheromone production is regulated in redbanded leafroller moths is discussed.
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