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Naturwissenschaften

Title:		Larval salivary glands are a source of primer and releaser pheromone in honey bee (Apis mellifera L.)
Author(s):		Le Conte Y; Becard JM; Costagliola G; de Vaublanc G; El Maataoui M; Crauser D; Plettner E; Slessor KN;
Address:		"UMR INRA/UAPV Ecologie des Invertebres, Laboratoire Biologie et Protection de l'abeille, Site Agroparc, Domaine Saint-Paul, 84914 Avignon Cedex 9, France. leconte@avignon.inra.fr"
Journal Title:		Naturwissenschaften
Year:		2006
Volume:		20060316
Issue:		5
Page Number:		237 - 241
DOI:		10.1007/s00114-006-0089-y
ISSN/ISBN:		0028-1042 (Print) 0028-1042 (Linking)
Abstract:		"A brood pheromone identified in honeybee larvae has primer and releaser pheromone effects on adult bees. Using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to evaluate fatty acid esters--the pheromonal compounds--in different parts of the larvae, we have localized the source of the esters as the larval salivary glands. A histochemical study describes the glands and confirms the presence of lipids in the glands. Epithelial cells of the gland likely secrete the fatty acids into the lumen of the gland. These results demonstrate the salivary glands to be a reservoir of esters, components of brood pheromone, in honeybee larvae"
Keywords:		Animals Bees/anatomy & histology/cytology/*physiology Esters/analysis France Head Histocytochemistry Larva/*anatomy & histology Mouth Pheromones/*metabolism Salivary Glands/*anatomy & histology;
Notes:		"MedlineLe Conte, Yves Becard, Jean-Marc Costagliola, Guy de Vaublanc, Gerard El Maataoui, Mohamed Crauser, Didier Plettner, Erika Slessor, Keith N eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Germany 2006/03/17 Naturwissenschaften. 2006 May; 93(5):237-41. doi: 10.1007/s00114-006-0089-y. Epub 2006 Mar 16"