Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9147588 | Journal of Insect Physiology | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The larva of the African chironomid Polypedilum vanderplanki can withstand complete desiccation. Our previous reports revealed that even when the larva is dehydrated without a brain, it accumulated a great amount of trehalose and successfully went into anhydrobiosis. In this paper we determined the viability after rehydration in tissues from the larvae followed by complete dehydration. Only fat-body tissues that were the main producer of trehalose could be preserved in a dry state at room temperature for an extended period of more than 18 months in a viable form. Thus we have confirmed that the central nervous system is not involved in the induction of anhydrobiosis, even in this complex multicellular organism.
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Authors
Masahiko Watanabe, Takahiro Kikawada, Akihiko Fujita, Takashi Okuda,