Diuresis in the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris brassicae: Fluid secretion by the malpighian tubules

1976 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 1347-1356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan W. Nicolson
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Secretion ◽  
Pieris Brassicae ◽  
Malpighian Tubules ◽  
Cabbage White Butterfly

Excretion of alkaloids by malpighian tubules of insects

1976 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. H. Maddrell ◽  
B. O. Gardiner
Keyword(s):  
Organic Anion ◽  
Physiological State ◽  
Fluid Secretion ◽  
Pieris Brassicae ◽  
Malpighian Tubules ◽  
Benzyl Penicillin ◽  
Calliphora Erythrocephala ◽  
Transport Inhibitor ◽  
Saturation Kinetics ◽  
Ion Movements

Nicotine is transported at high rates by Malpighian tubules of larvae of Manduca sexta, Pieris brassicae and Rhodnius prolixus and the transport persists in the absence of alkaloid from the diet. In the fluid-secreting portion of Rhodnius tubules this transport is not coupled to ion transport, nor is it dependent on the physiological state of the animal. The transport, which can occur against a steep electrochemical gradient, shows saturation kinetics with a maximal rate of 700 pmol. min-1 per tubule and is half saturated at 2–3 mM. Nicotine transport independent of ion movements also occurs in the lower resorptive parts of Rhodnius tubules. Both portions of Rhodnius tubules can transport morphine and atropine. These alkaloids and nicotine compete with one naother and are presumed to be carried by the smae transport system. Nicotine transport in Rhodnius was unaffected by organic anions, such as amaranth and benzyl penicillin, or by the organic anion transport inhibitor, probenecid. Fluid secretion in 5-HT-stimulated tubules was reduced by atropine and nicotine, probably by blocking the 5-HT receptors. The Malpighian tubules of adult Calliphora erythrocephala and Musca domestica remove nicotine from bathing solutions, an unknown metabolic accumulating in the tubules. Adult P. brassicae and M. sexta do not exhibit transport of nicotine by their Malpighian tubules.

scholarly journals The hormonal control of diuresis in the cabbage white butterfly Pieris brassicae

1976 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 565-575
Author(s):  
S. W. Nicolson
Keyword(s):  
Pieris Brassicae ◽  
Corpus Allatum ◽  
Hormonal Control ◽  
Malpighian Tubules ◽  
Storage Site ◽  
Diuretic Activity ◽  
Corpus Cardiacum ◽  
Diuretic Hormone ◽  
Cabbage White Butterfly ◽  
The Brain

The diuresis which follows the pupal-adult ecdysis of Pieris brassicae is hormonally controlled. Use of the isolated Malpighian tubules as a bioassay shows the presence of substantial diuretic activity in homogenates of the brain and corpus cardiacum-corpus allatum complex. The hormone is probably produced in the brain and released from a storage site in the corpora cardiaca. The tubules of the butterfly are maximally responsive to the diuretic hormone at the time of eclosion.

Dibutyryl cAMP activates bumetanide-sensitive electrolyte transport in Malpighian tubules

1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (3) ◽  
pp. C521-C529 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Hegarty ◽  
B. Zhang ◽  
T. L. Pannabecker ◽  
D. H. Petzel ◽  
M. D. Baustian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Yellow Fever ◽  
Apical Membrane ◽  
Basolateral Membrane ◽  
Fluid Secretion ◽  
Ringer Solution ◽  
Malpighian Tubules ◽  
Membrane Voltage ◽  
Dibutyryl Camp ◽  
K Secretion ◽  
Transepithelial Voltage

The effects of dibutyryl adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (DBcAMP) and bumetanide (both 10(-4) M) on transepithelial Na+, K+, Cl-, and fluid secretion and on tubule electrophysiology were studied in isolated Malpighian tubules of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. Peritubular DBcAMP significantly increased Na+, Cl-, and fluid secretion but decreased K+ secretion. In DBcAMP-stimulated tubules, bumetanide caused Na+, Cl-, and fluid secretion to return to pre-cAMP control rates and K+ secretion to decrease further. Peritubular bumetanide significantly increased Na+ secretion and decreased K+ secretion so that Cl- and fluid secretion did not change. In bumetanide-treated tubules, the secretagogue effects of DBcAMP are blocked. In isolated Malpighian tubules perfused with symmetrical Ringer solution, DBcAMP significantly hyperpolarized the transepithelial voltage (VT) and depolarized the basolateral membrane voltage (Vbl) with no effect on apical membrane voltage (Va). Total transepithelial resistance (RT) and the fractional resistance of the basolateral membrane (fRbl) significantly decreased. Bumetanide also hyperpolarized VT and depolarized Vbl, however without significantly affecting RT and fRbl. Together these results suggest that, in addition to stimulating electroconductive transport, DBcAMP also activates a nonconductive bumetanide-sensitive transport system in Aedes Malpighian tubules.

A cellular pathway for Cl− during fluid secretion in ant Malpighian tubules: Evidence from ion-sensitive microelectrode studies?

1995 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 695-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Dijkstra ◽  
A. Leyssens ◽  
E. Van Kerkhove ◽  
W. Zeiske ◽  
P. Steels
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Secretion ◽  
Malpighian Tubules ◽  
Cellular Pathway

THE EFFECTS OF MANDUCA SEXTA DIURETIC HORMONE ON FLUID TRANSPORT BY THE MALPIGHIAN TUBULES AND CRYPTONEPHRIC COMPLEX OF MANDUCA SEXTA

1993 ◽  
Vol 178 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Audsley ◽  
G. M. Coast ◽  
D. A. Schooley
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Manduca Sexta ◽  
Fluid Transport ◽  
Basal Membrane ◽  
Fluid Secretion ◽  
Hormonal Control ◽  
Malpighian Tubules ◽  
Proximal Tubules ◽  
Fluid Absorption ◽  
Diuretic Hormone

1. Manduca sexta diuretic hormone (Mas-DH) stimulates fluid secretion by adult Malpighian tubules of M. sexta, demonstrating its site of diuretic action in M. sexta for the first time. It was not possible to develop a suitable bioassay to measure fluid secretion in larval proximal tubules. 2. Mas-DH has an antidiuretic action on the cryptonephric complex of larval M. sexta because it increases fluid absorption from the rectum. It appears that in this complex Mas-DH is acting on a Na+/K+/2Cl- co-transporter, presumably on the basal membrane of the cryptonephric Malpighian tubules, because Mas-DH-stimulated fluid absorption by the cryptonephric complex is inhibited by bumetanide or the removal of Cl-, Na+ or K+ from the haemolymph side of the tissue. This is the first demonstration of hormonal control of fluid absorption by the cryptonephric complex. 3. Concomitant with the stimulation of fluid transport, Mas-DH increases the amount of cyclic AMP secreted by adult Malpighian tubules and the cryptonephric complex. In addition, Mas-DH promotes cyclic AMP production by the larval proximal tubules.

Anti-diuresis in the blood-feeding insect Rhodnius prolixus Stål: the peptide CAP2b and cyclic GMP inhibit Malpighian tubule fluid secretion.

1997 ◽  
Vol 200 (17) ◽  
pp. 2363-2367 ◽  
Author(s):  
M C Quinlan ◽  
N J Tublitz ◽  
M J O'Donnell
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Gmp ◽  
Physiological Role ◽  
Malpighian Tubule ◽  
Fluid Secretion ◽  
Blood Feeding ◽  
Rhodnius Prolixus ◽  
Malpighian Tubules ◽  
Tubule Fluid ◽  
Secretion Rates

Rhodnius prolixus eliminates NaCl-rich urine at high rates following its infrequent but massive blood meals. This diuresis involves stimulation of Malpighian tubule fluid secretion by diuretic hormones released in response to distention of the abdomen during feeding. The precipitous decline in urine flow that occurs several hours after feeding has been thought until now to result from a decline in diuretic hormone release. We suggest here that insect cardioacceleratory peptide 2b (CAP2b) and cyclic GMP are part of a novel mechanism of anti-diuresis. Secretion rates of 5-hydroxytryptamine-stimulated Malpighian tubules are reduced by low doses of CAP2b or cyclic GMP. Maximal secretion rates are restored by exposing tubules to 1 mmol l-1 cyclic AMP. Levels of cyclic GMP in isolated tubules increase in response to CAP2b, consistent with a role for cyclic GMP as an intracellular second messenger. Levels of cyclic GMP in tubules also increase as urine output rates decline in vivo, suggesting a physiological role for this nucleotide in the termination of diuresis.

Membrane dynamics in insect malpighian tubules

1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (5) ◽  
pp. R967-R972
Author(s):  
T. J. Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Ion Transport ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Fluid Secretion ◽  
Membrane Dynamics ◽  
Malpighian Tubules ◽  
Membrane Insertion ◽  
Cation Pump ◽  
Active Ion Transport ◽  
Urine Formation ◽  
Apical Membranes

Urine formation in insects occurs in the Malpighian tubules by means of active ion transport and osmotically coupled water flow. The rates of urine formation can vary with time and can be modulated by diuretic hormones, developmental events, and intracellular parasitism. This paper reviews a number of recent studies in which it has been demonstrated that variations in transport rate are associated with substantial changes in tubule ultrastructure in the form of membrane insertion into and deletion from the apical microvilli. The principal driving force for fluid movement in Malpighian tubules is thought to be a common cation pump located in the apical membranes. It is proposed that modulation of the apical microvillar membrane may reflect regulation by the cells of the number of common cation pump units involved in fluid secretion.

The initial stages in the action of an insecticidal delta-endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis on the epithelial cells of the malpighian tubules of the insect, Rhodnius prolixus

1988 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-144
Author(s):  
S.H. Maddrell ◽  
N.J. Lane ◽  
J.B. Harrison ◽  
J.A. Overton ◽  
R.B. Moreton
Keyword(s):  
Bacillus Thuringiensis ◽  
Intercellular Junctions ◽  
Fluid Secretion ◽  
Malpighian Tubules ◽  
Ultrastructural Changes ◽  
Cytoplasmic Vacuolization ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Delta Endotoxin ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Very High

The effects of the 27 X 10(3) Mr insecticidal delta-endotoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis have been studied using, as a model system, isolated insect Malpighian tubules. At all concentrations of the toxin higher than 1 microgram ml-1 (4 X 10(−8) moll-1) applied to the outer surface of the tubules, fluid secretion failed within about 30 min. Except at very high concentrations, where failure always takes at least 30 s, there was an inverse relationship between the concentration of toxin and the time of failure of toxin-treated tubules. During exposure to toxin, the tubules were initially unaffected for a relatively long period and then rapid failure occurred. If the tubules were removed into toxin-free saline just before failure would have occurred, fluid secretion remained normal for at least 2 h, but on return to the origin toxin-containing saline failure was almost immediate. The toxin was found not to bind to the basement membrane. Ultrastructural changes became evident as tubule failure occurred. These initially involved modifications to the basal side of the cells, but later also to the luminal microvilli. Intercellular junctions became disassociated and cytoplasmic vacuolization occurred. The population of intramembranous particles in the basal membranes became reduced with time. Our findings suggest the following hypothesis for the initial stages in the interaction of the toxin with the tubules. Toxin molecules attach to the accessible cell membranes progressively and irreversibly. They do not readily associate by diffusing laterally in the membrane, so that toxic effects develop only when sufficiently large numbers of them attach close together. The molecules may then associate in some way as a complex, perhaps forming a pore in the membrane. Relatively few such pores lead rapidly to cell failure and death.

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