Topical application of Pya-AKH stimulates lipid mobilization and locomotion in the flightless bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.)(Heteroptera)

0135786 - ENTU-I 20023005 RIV GB eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Kodrík, Dalibor - Socha, Radomír - Zemek, Rostislav
Topical application of Pya-AKH stimulates lipid mobilization and locomotion in the flightless bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.)(Heteroptera).
Physiological Entomology. Roč. 27, č. 27 (2002), s. 15-20. ISSN 0307-6962. E-ISSN 1365-3032
Grant CEP: GA AV ČR IAA6007202; GA ČR GA206/99/0068; GA MŠMT ME 417
Výzkumný záměr: CEZ:AV0Z5007907
Klíčová slova: adipokinetic response
Kód oboru RIV: ED - Fyziologie
Impakt faktor: 1.278, rok: 2002

Two different methods of Pya-AKH applying to the firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus were compared: both injection and topical application increased the levels of lipids in the haemolymph and stimulated locomotor activity. The stimulatory effect on locomotion was positively correlated with its effect on lipid mobilization only for injection of the hormone. It is argued that a stress factor released by injection could play a role in the appearance of the complex response to adipokinetic hormone.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0033564