کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5922306 | 1165363 | 2010 | 6 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Ontogeny of hemocyanin in the ovoviviparous cockroach Blaptica dubia suggests an embryo-specific role in oxygen supply
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علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک
دانش حشره شناسی
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چکیده انگلیسی
For a long time it had been assumed that specific oxygen transport proteins are absent in insects. Only recently it has been demonstrated that hemocyanins occur in the hemolymph of many ametabolous and hemimetabolous insect taxa, but not in the Eumetabola (Hemiptera + Holometabola). Therefore, the loss of respiratory hemocyanin in insects is not correlated with the evolution of an efficient tracheal system. The specific contribution of hemocyanin to oxygen supply in insects, however, has remained uncertain. Here we investigate the stage-specific expression of hemocyanin in the ovoviviparous cockroach Blaptica dubia (Blattaria), which consists of two distinct subunit types (Hc1 and Hc2). Employing quantitative real-time RT-PCR and Western blotting, we showed that the expression of hemocyanin is restricted to late embryos, thus being detectable also in whole female extracts and oothecae. Hemocyanin protein is also present in 1st instar nymphs, but not in later developmental stages. The ontogeny of hemocyanin in cockroaches is distinct from that known from Zygentoma and Plecoptera, in which hemocyanin occurs in both nymphal and adult stages. Our findings suggest a specific role of hemocyanin in embryonic cockroaches, which may be related to an enhanced oxygen supply in the oothecae. For some reason, the fundamental physiological changes associated to the evolution of holometaboly have made hemocyanin unnecessary.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Insect Physiology - Volume 56, Issue 5, May 2010, Pages 455-460
Journal: Journal of Insect Physiology - Volume 56, Issue 5, May 2010, Pages 455-460
نویسندگان
Christian Pick, Marco Schneuer, Thorsten Burmester,