Changes in Carbohydrate Metabolism in Hemolymph and Fat Body of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori L., Exposed to Organophosphorus Insecticides

2000 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Surendra Nath
1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-277
Author(s):  
KINSAKU HASEGAWA ◽  
OKITSUGU YAMASHITA

1. Glycogen synthesis in the ovary of Bombyx mori is accelerated by the diapause hormone. 2. Such glycogen is derived, by way of the trehalose of the haemolymph, from carbohydrate in the fat body. 3. Extirpation of the suboesophageal ganglion has the converse effect: a fall in glycogen in the ovary and an increase in blood trehalose and fat-body glycogen. 4. Mobilization of fat-body glycogen is dependent on the presence of the ovaries, and of the suboesophageal ganglion. 5. The same results can be obtained in male pupae after the implantation of ovaries. 6. These observations on carbohydrate metabolism confirm the belief that the ‘target organ’ of the diapause hormone is the ovary itself. The changes in other tissues are due to feedback.


2017 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
K. Sashindran Nair ◽  
Jula S. Nair ◽  
V.A. Vijayan

A juvenoid. R394 (Ethyl 9-cyclohexyl-3,7-dimethyl-2,4-nonadienoate) was applied topically to 5th instar silkworm, Bombyx mori L. larvae (Hybrid: KA x NB4D2) at a dose of 0.039 nl/larva at 24, 48, 72 and 96 h, for silk yield improvement. Three major selected tissues viz., posterior silk gland (PSG), haemolymph and fat body were collected from fully-grown larvae and the total protein, total carbohydrate and total lipid contents were estimated following standard procedures. The result indicated that the content of these primary metabolites varied significantly in the selected tissues depending on the time of juvenoid application. The highest protein content was observed in the haemolymph and silk gland in the larvae treated at 72 h whereas the fat body protein content was lowest for the same treatment. The total carbohydrate was recorded lowest in the 72 h treated larvae as against the highest in the control both in haemolymph and fat body with no significant change in PSG. The total lipid content did not show any notable variation in the concentration on juvenoid administration except in the silk gland treated up to 72 h which showed a decline. The results indicate that the juvenoid induces tissue-specific responses in terms of turnover in primary metabolites which commensurates with the corresponding changes observed in the cocoon weight and cocoon shell weight.


1994 ◽  
Vol 15 (02) ◽  
pp. 129-137
Author(s):  
S. Janarthanan ◽  
M. Sathiamoorthi ◽  
K. M. Subbu Rathinam ◽  
M. Krishnan

Nature ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 216 (5113) ◽  
pp. 386-387
Author(s):  
C. CHITRA ◽  
M. B. SHYAMALA

Chemosphere ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 245 ◽  
pp. 125660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Jiang ◽  
Li-Li Peng ◽  
Yu-Yao Cao ◽  
Kiran Thakur ◽  
Fei Hu ◽  
...  

Nature ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 182 (4639) ◽  
pp. 880-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
HAJIME SHIGEMATSU

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