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Esmaeily M, Kim Y. Four phospholipase A 2 genes encoded in the western flower thrips genome and their functional differentiation in mediating development and immunity. Sci Rep 2024; 14:9766. [PMID: 38684777 PMCID: PMC11059263 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60522-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
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Eicosanoids are synthesized from phospholipids by the catalytic activity of phospholipase A2 (PLA2). Even though several PLA2s are encoded in the genome of different insect species, their physiological functions are not clearly discriminated. This study identified four PLA2 genes encoded in the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis. Two PLA2s (Fo-PLA2C and Fo-PLA2D) are predicted to be secretory while the other two PLA2s (Fo-PLA2A and Fo-PLA2B) are intracellular. All four PLA2 genes were expressed in all developmental stages, of which Fo-PLA2B and Fo-PLA2C were highly expressed in larvae while Fo-PLA2A and Fo-PLA2D were highly expressed in adults. Their expressions in different tissues were also detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization. All four PLA2s were detected in the larval and adult intestines and the ovary. Feeding double-stranded RNAs specific to the PLA2 genes specifically suppressed the target transcript levels. Individual RNA interference (RNAi) treatments led to significant developmental retardation, especially in the treatments specific to Fo-PLA2B and Fo-PLA2D. The RNAi treatments also showed that Fo-PLA2B and Fo-PLA2C expressions were required for the induction of immune-associated genes, while Fo-PLA2A and Fo-PLA2D expressions were required for ovary development. These results suggest that four PLA2s are associated with different physiological processes by their unique catalytic activities and expression patterns.
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- Mojtaba Esmaeily
- Department of Plant Medicals, College of Life Sciences, Andong National University, Andong, 36729, Korea
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- Department of Plant Medicals, College of Life Sciences, Andong National University, Andong, 36729, Korea.
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Sajjadian SM, Vatanparast M, Stanley D, Kim Y. Secretion of secretory phospholipase A 2 into Spodoptera exigua larval midgut lumen and its role in lipid digestion. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 28:773-784. [PMID: 30980443 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In insects, lipid digestion is controversial because insects have no bile salts to solubilize dietary lipids. One hypothesis is that a secretory type of phospholipase A2 (sPLA2 ) provides lysophospholipid (LPL) from dietary phospholipids (PLs). We identified a sPLA2 , Se-sPLA2 , in beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, that hydrolyses PLs at sn-2. Our goal was to investigate its role in lipid digestion. Se-sPLA2 was expressed in the entire alimentary canal. Incubating the isolated midgut in a cell culture medium led to secretion of Se-sPLA2 and other proteins. Ex vivo RNA interference (RNAi) of Se-sPLA2 expression in isolated midgut culture led to significantly decreased Se-sPLA2 secretion into the medium. Feeding double-stranded RNA specific to Se-sPLA2 to larvae suppressed sPLA2 activity in gut contents. A recombinant Se-sPLA2 was susceptible to benzylideneacetone (BZA), a specific PLA2 inhibitor. After feeding BZA to larvae, we recorded significant decreases in gut content sPLA2 activity, body growth and total haemolymph lipid contents. RNAi against Se-sPLA2 resulted in reduced digestibility. Addition of a specific LPL, 1-palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, to BZA-treated larvae rescued digestibility and larval growth. These results strongly bolster our hypothesis that Se-sPLA2 secreted from the midgut acts in lipid digestion by providing necessary LPL to solubilize dietary neutral lipids.
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- S M Sajjadian
- Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, Korea
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- Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, Korea
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- Biological Control of Insect Research Laboratory, USDA/Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA
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- Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, Korea
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Stanley D, Kim Y. Prostaglandins and Other Eicosanoids in Insects: Biosynthesis and Biological Actions. Front Physiol 2019; 9:1927. [PMID: 30792667 PMCID: PMC6375067 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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This essay reviews the discoveries, synthesis, and biological significance of prostaglandins (PGs) and other eicosanoids in insect biology. It presents the most current - and growing - understanding of the insect mechanism of PG biosynthesis, provides an updated treatment of known insect phospholipase A2 (PLA2), and details contemporary findings on the biological roles of PGs and other eicosanoids in insect physiology, including reproduction, fluid secretion, hormone actions in fat body, immunity and eicosanoid signaling and cross-talk in immunity. It completes the essay with a prospectus meant to illuminate research opportunities for interested readers. In more detail, cellular and secretory types of PLA2, similar to those known on the biomedical background, have been identified in insects and their roles in eicosanoid biosynthesis documented. It highlights recent findings showing that eicosanoid biosynthetic pathway in insects is not identical to the solidly established biomedical picture. The relatively low concentrations of arachidonic acid (AA) present in insect phospholipids (PLs) (< 0.1% in some species) indicate that PLA2 may hydrolyze linoleic acid (LA) as a precursor of eicosanoid biosynthesis. The free LA is desaturated and elongated into AA. Unlike vertebrates, AA is not oxidized by cyclooxygenase, but by a specific peroxidase called peroxinectin to produce PGH2, which is then isomerized into cell-specific PGs. In particular, PGE2 synthase recently identified converts PGH2 into PGE2. In the cross-talks with other immune mediators, eicosanoids act as downstream signals because any inhibition of eicosanoid signaling leads to significant immunosuppression. Because host immunosuppression favors pathogens and parasitoids, some entomopathogens evolved a PLA2 inhibitory strategy activity to express their virulence.
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- David Stanley
- Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service, Columbia, MO, United States
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- Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, South Korea
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Vatanparast M, Ahmed S, Herrero S, Kim Y. A non-venomous sPLA 2 of a lepidopteran insect: Its physiological functions in development and immunity. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 89:83-92. [PMID: 30107251 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2018.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2018] [Revised: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Eicosanoids are oxygenated C20 polyunsaturated fatty acids that mediate various physiological processes in insects. Eicosanoid biosynthesis begins with a C20 precursor, arachidonic acid (5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid: AA). AA is usually released from phospholipids at sn-2 position by catalytic activity of phospholipase A2 (PLA2). Although various PLA2s classified into 16 gene families (= Groups) are known in various biological systems, few PLA2s are known in insects. Only two PLA2s involved in intracellular calcium independent PLA2 (iPLA2) group have been identified in lepidopteran insects with well known eicosanoid physiology. This study reports the first secretory PLA2 (sPLA2) in lepidopteran insects. A partial open reading frame (ORF) of PLA2 was obtained by interrogating Spodoptera exigua transcriptome. Subsequent 3'-RACE resulted in a full ORF (Se-sPLA2A) encoding 194 amino acid sequence containing signal peptide, calcium-binding domain, and catalytic site. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that Se-sPLA2A was clustered with other Group III sPLA2s. Se-sPLA2A was expressed in most larval instars except late last instar. Its expression was inducible by immune challenge and juvenile hormone analog injection. RNA interference of Se-sPLA2A significantly suppressed cellular immunity and impaired larval development. These results suggest that non-venomous sPLA2 plays a crucial role in immune and developmental processes in S. exigua, a lepidopteran insect.
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- Mohammad Vatanparast
- Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, 36729, South Korea
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- Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, 36729, South Korea
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- Department of Genetics, Universitat de València, Dr Moliner 50, 46100, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, 36729, South Korea.
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Weidlich S, Hoffmann KH, Woodring J. SECRETION OF LIPASES IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT OF THE CRICKET Gryllus bimaculatus. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 90:209-217. [PMID: 26446311 DOI: 10.1002/arch.21303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Little is known concerning the sites and the ratios of the lipase secretions in insects, therefore we undertook an examination of the lipase secretion of fed and unfed adult female Gryllus bimaculatus. The ratio of triacylglyceride lipase, diacylglyceride lipase, and phosphatidylcholine lipase secreted by fed females in the caecum and ventriculus is 1:1.4:0.4. These activities decrease in the caecum by 30-40% in unfed females. The total lipase activity (TLA) in the caecum is about 10 times that in the ventriculus. Minimal lipase secretion occurs before and during the final moult, and remains at this level in unfed crickets, indicating a basal secretion rate. In 2-day-old fed females, about 10% of the TLA in the entire gut is found in the crop, about 70% in the caecum, 20% in the ventriculus, and 3% in the ileum. Lipases in the ventriculus are recycled back to the caecum and little is lost in the feces. Oleic acid stimulated in vitro lipase secretion, but lipids did not. Feeding stimulated lipase secretion, starvation reduced lipase secretion, but this does not prove a direct prandal regulation of secretion, because feeding also induced a size and volume increase of the caecum.
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- Sandy Weidlich
- Department of Animal Ecology I, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology I, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology II, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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Karasov WH, Martínez del Rio C, Caviedes-Vidal E. Ecological physiology of diet and digestive systems. Annu Rev Physiol 2011; 73:69-93. [PMID: 21314432 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physiol-012110-142152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The morphological and functional design of gastrointestinal tracts of many vertebrates and invertebrates can be explained largely by the interaction between diet chemical constituents and principles of economic design, both of which are embodied in chemical reactor models of gut function. Natural selection seems to have led to the expression of digestive features that approximately match digestive capacities with dietary loads while exhibiting relatively modest excess. Mechanisms explaining differences in hydrolase activity between populations and species include gene copy number variations and single-nucleotide polymorphisms. In many animals, both transcriptional adjustment and posttranscriptional adjustment mediate phenotypic flexibility in the expression of intestinal hydrolases and transporters in response to dietary signals. Digestive performance of animals depends also on their gastrointestinal microbiome. The microbiome seems to be characterized by large beta diversity among hosts and by a common core metagenome and seems to differ flexibly among animals with different diets.
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- William H Karasov
- Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, USA.
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Afshar K, Dufresne PJ, Pan L, Merkx-Jacques M, Bede JC. Diet-specific salivary gene expression and glucose oxidase activity in Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2010; 56:1798-1806. [PMID: 20688075 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2010] [Revised: 07/20/2010] [Accepted: 07/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Saliva secreted during caterpillar feeding contains enzymes to initiate digestion or detoxify noxious plant compounds. Activity of some salivary enzymes is diet-dependent and may be transcriptionally regulated. In this study, cDNA-amplified fragment length polymorphism was used to identify beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua Hübner, labial salivary genes that are differentially expressed in response to diet. In addition, SeGOX was sequenced based on homology and characterized to confirm that the transcript encodes a functional enzyme. Three labial salivary transcripts, encoding glucose oxidase (GOX) and two proteins of unknown function (Se1H and Se2J), were expressed in a diet-specific manner. Since diet, particularly the protein to digestible carbohydrate levels and ratio, may affect labial salivary enzyme activity, the influence of nutritional quality on gene expression was determined. Transcript levels of the labial salivary genes Se1H, Se2J and SeGOX increased with dietary carbohydrate levels, regardless of protein concentrations. In contrast GOX enzymatic activity increased with increasing dietary carbohydrates when caterpillars were fed protein-rich diets, but not when caterpillars were fed protein-poor diets. Our results suggest that dietary carbohydrates affect SeGOX, Se1H and Se2J transcription, but dietary protein or amino acid levels affect translational and/or post-translational regulation of the enzyme GOX.
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- Khashayar Afshar
- Department of Plant Science, McGill University, 21,111 Lakeshore, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada.
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Christeller JT, Poulton J, Markwick NM, Simpson RM. The effect of diet on the expression of lipase genes in the midgut of the lightbrown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana Walker; Tortricidae). INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 19:9-25. [PMID: 20002216 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00924.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We have identified lipase-like genes from an Epiphyas postvittana larval midgut EST library. Of the 10 pancreatic lipase family genes, six appear to encode active lipases and four encode inactive lipases, based on the presence/absence of essential catalytic residues. The four gastric lipase family genes appear to encode active proteins. Phylogenetic analysis of 54 lepidopteran pancreatic lipase proteins resolved the clade into five groups of midgut origin and a sixth of non-midgut lipases. The inactive proteins formed two separate groups with highly conserved mutations. The lepidopteran midgut lipases formed a ninth subfamily of pancreatic lipases. Eighteen insect and human gastric lipases were analysed phylogenetically with only very weak support for any groupings. Gene expression was measured in the larval midgut following feeding on five artificial diets and on apple leaves. The artificial diets contained different levels of triacylglycerol, linoleic acid and cholesterol. Significant changes in gene expression (more than 100-fold for active pancreatic lipases) were observed. All the inactive lipases were also highly expressed. The gastric lipase genes were expressed at lower levels and suppressed in larvae feeding on leaves. Together, protein motif analysis and the gene expression data suggest that, in phytophagous lepidopteran larvae, the pancreatic lipases may function in vivo as galactolipases and phospholipases whereas the gastric lipases may function as triacylglycerol hydrolases.
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Stanley D. The non-venom insect phospholipases A2. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2006; 1761:1383-90. [PMID: 16824796 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2006.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2006] [Revised: 05/16/2006] [Accepted: 05/23/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Phospholipases A(2) (PLA(2)s) are responsible for releasing the fatty acid moiety from the sn-2 position of phospholipids. These enzymes are virtually ubiquitous proteins known from all major biological taxa. Various PLA(2)s act in a wide array of biological processes, including digestion of dietary lipids, cellular homeostasis, intra- and intercellular signaling, host defense and at least a few ecological interactions. PLA(2) activities have been recorded in a small number of insect species, which can be taken to represent the broad group, Insecta. Within insects, PLA(2)s act in functions expected from the background on these enzymes. So far, we know PLA(2)s act in lipid digestion, cellular host defense signaling, reproduction and in organismal-level metabolism. Additional PLA(2) actions are certain to emerge. This is the first article devoted to assembling the known information on insect PLA(2)s. I review the scant information available on the biological actions of PLA(2)s in insects, relate new findings on insect pathogens that disrupt insect immune functions by inhibiting PLA(2)s and mention the few reports of sequence information on insect PLA(2)s. Finally, I offer a brief prospectus on future research into insect PLA(2)s. There are two overarching points in this paper. One, there remains a great deal to learn about insect PLA(2)s and two, some of the findings on insect PLA(2)s will have meaningful practical significance.
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- David Stanley
- USDA/Agricultural Research Service, Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory, 1503 S. Providence Road, Columbia, MO 65203, USA.
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Tunaz H, Park Y, Büyükgüzel K, Bedick JC, Nor Aliza AR, Stanley DW. Eicosanoids in insect immunity: bacterial infection stimulates hemocytic phospholipase A2 activity in tobacco hornworms. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2003; 52:1-6. [PMID: 12489129 DOI: 10.1002/arch.10056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Intracellular phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) is responsible for releasing arachidonic acid from cellular phospholipids, and is thought to be the first step in eicosanoid biosynthesis. Intracellular PLA(2)s have been characterized in fat body and hemocytes from tobacco hornworms, Manduca sexta. Here we show that bacterial challenge stimulated increased PLA(2) activity in isolated hemocyte preparations, relative to control hemocyte preparations that were challenged with water. The increased activity was detected as early as 15 s post-challenge and lasted for at least 1 h. The increased activity depended on a minimum bacterial challenge dose, and was inhibited in reactions conducted in the presence of oleyoxyethylphosphorylcholine, a site-specific PLA(2) inhibitor. In independent experiments with serum prepared from whole hemolymph, we found no PLA(2) activity was secreted into serum during the first 24 h following bacterial infection. We infer that a hemocytic intracellular PLA(2) activity is increased immediately an infection is detected. The significance of this enzyme lies in its role in launching the biosynthesis of eicosanoids, which mediate cellular immune reactions to bacterial infection.
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- Hasan Tunaz
- Insect Biochemical Physiology Laboratory, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68583-0816, USA
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Sun D, Steele JE. Regulation of phospholipase A(2) activity in cockroach (Periplaneta americana) fat body by hypertrehalosemic hormone: evidence for the participation of protein kinase C. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 48:537-546. [PMID: 12770081 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1910(02)00071-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) associated with the membrane fraction of trophocytes from Periplaneta americana fat body increases by as much as 100% when the cells are incubated with hypertrehalosemic hormone (HTH-II). Activation with HTH-II is approximately halved by inclusion of the PKC inhibitor sphingosine in the incubation medium. Because activation of PLA(2) by HTH-II is blocked by the GDP analogue GDP-beta-S, and the unactivated enzyme is activated by the GTP analogue GTP-gamma-S it is likely that a G protein is involved in activation of the enzyme. Activation of PLA(2) was also achieved by treating the trophocytes with the synthetic diacylglycerol 1-oleoyl-2-acetylglycerol in the presence of thapsigargin. This supports the view that protein kinase C is also involved in the activation process.
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- D Sun
- Department of Zoology, The University of Western Ontario, N6A 5B7, London, ON, Canada
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Sun D, Steele JE. Characterization of cockroach (Periplaneta americana) fat body phospholipase A(2) activity. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 49:149-157. [PMID: 11857675 DOI: 10.1002/arch.10014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A phospholipase has been identified in the fat body of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, which removes fatty acid from the sn-2 acyl position of an artificial substrate. The enzyme has been characterized using a crude preparation obtained by low-speed centrifugation of the homogenized tissue. With 1-hexadecanoyl-2-(1-pyrenedecanoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine as the substrate, the K(m) has been estimated to be 1.17 microM and the v(max) 113.5 pmol/min/mg protein. The phospholipase has a pH optimum close to 7 and shows maximal activity at 50 degrees C. Activity of the phospholipase has been determined in cytosolic and plasma membrane fractions. The specific activity of the latter fraction is approximately twice that of the cytosol. The enzyme in both fractions is Ca(2+)-independent. Arch.
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- D Sun
- Department of Zoology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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Canavoso LE, Wells MA. Role of lipid transfer particle in delivery of diacylglycerol from midgut to lipophorin in larval Manduca sexta. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 31:783-790. [PMID: 11378413 DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(00)00183-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The present work analyzed the function of lipid transfer particle (LTP) in the process of exporting diacylglycerol from larval Manduca sexta midgut cells to lipophorin. When midgut sacs, which had been prelabeled in vivo with [(3)H]oleic acid, were incubated in vitro with a lipophorin-containing medium, a significant amount of radiolabeled diacylglycerol was transferred to lipophorin. Negligible amounts of diacylglycerol were released into lipophorin-free medium. In contrast, lipid-labeled lipophorin did not transfer diacylglycerol to the midgut sacs. The transfer of diacylglycerol from the midgut sac to lipophorin was blocked by preincubation of midgut sacs with antibody against LTP. Diacylglycerol transfer was restored to control values by the addition of purified LTP to midgut sacs that had been treated with antibody against LTP. Under these conditions the amount of diacylglycerol transferred was a function of the LTP concentration. These are the first results showing that LTP is required to export diacylglycerol from the midgut to lipophorin.
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- L E Canavoso
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Center for Insect Science, Biological Sciences West, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0088, USA
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