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Gen Comp Endocrinol

Title:		"Studies of sex pheromone production under neuroendocrine control by analytical and morphological means in the oriental armyworm, Pseudaletia separata, Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)"
Author(s):		Fonagy A; Moto K; Ohnishi A; Kurihara M; Kis J; Matsumoto S;
Address:		"Ecotoxicology and Environmental Analysis Department, Plant Protection Institute of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Herman Otto u. 15, H-1022, Hungary. h7191fon@ella.hu"
Journal Title:		Gen Comp Endocrinol
Year:		2011
Volume:		20110224
Issue:		1
Page Number:		62 - 76
DOI:		10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.02.018
ISSN/ISBN:		1095-6840 (Electronic) 0016-6480 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Most female moths produce species-specific sex pheromone blends in the modified epidermal pheromone gland (PG) cells generally located between the 8 and 9th abdominal segments. The biosynthesis is often regulated by pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide (PBAN) either in or prior to de novo fatty acid synthesis or at the formation of oxygenated functional group. In Pseudaletia separata, information about life span, calling, PG morphology, daily fluctuation of pheromone production and its hormonal regulation is limited. We measured pheromone titer daily (16:8; L:D) at 2h intervals in scotophase. Blend ratio stabilized during the 2nd day (till 4-5th) at 6th hour of scotophase, with the ratio of 27.5:12.8:44.4:15.3 for Z-11-16OH:16OH:Z-11-16Ac:16Ac, respectively. Females showed calling behavior from this time. We found with light and fluorescence microscopy that PG consisted of intersegmental membrane (A part), and dorso-lateral region of 9th abdominal segment (B part), encountering for approximately 35% of total production revealed by gas chromatography. Ratios did not reveal difference. We did not find precursor (triacylglycerols) accumulation in form of lipid droplets, implying that PBAN stimulates de novo biosynthesis of 16:acyl precursors. In vivoHez-PBAN injections (1-3 x 5 pmol, 2h intervals) into 3 days old 16-18 h decapitated females stimulated pheromone production, both in A and B parts. Blend analyses including ratios suggest stimulation of the initial phase of synthesis, but desaturation of fatty acyl intermediates do not follow proportionally. More saturated fatty acid is converted from the available pool to the final OH and Ac, compared to females kept intact in scotophase. In vitro studies (PGs incubated 4-6h in the presence of 0.25 or 0.5 muM Hez-PBAN, especially with surplus 2mM malonyl-CoA) revealed higher saturated component ratio than the unsaturated, compared to natural blend or in vivo injections"
Keywords:		"Anatomy, Comparative Animals Chemistry Techniques, Analytical Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Female Lepidoptera/*anatomy & histology/*metabolism/physiology/ultrastructure Lipid Metabolism/physiology Male Microscopy, Fluorescence Neurosecretory Syste;"
Notes:		"MedlineFonagy, Adrien Moto, Ken'ichi Ohnishi, Atsushi Kurihara, Masaaki Kis, Janos Matsumoto, Shogo eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2011/03/01 Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2011 May 15; 172(1):62-76. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.02.018. Epub 2011 Feb 24"