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8205141

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
The role of the male accessory glands (MAG) in reproduction was investigated in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. MAG incubated with [14C]acetate synthesized radioactively labeled JH III, JH III bisepoxide and methyl farnesoate. MAG incubated with L-[methyl-3H]methionine synthesized [3H]JH III and a molecule that chromatographed on HPLC with JH I. Analysis of MAG and whole males extract by glass capillary combined gas-chromatography-selected ion monitoring mass spectrometry identified JH III and I as the main analogs that were synthesized by male mosquitoes. MAG of Culex nigripalpus, Anopheles rangeli and Anopheles trinkae also synthesized JH III from L-[methyl-3H]methionine, which indicates that the male mosquito has a complete JH III biosynthetic pathway. Unfed and unmated Culex quinquefasciatus do not develop their ovaries to the resting stage. Females injected with one MAG extract equivalent or implanted with A. aegypti MAG developed their ovaries to the resting previtellogenic stage, whereas females that were injected with saline did not. These results indicate that MAG synthesize and secrete JH III. The corpora allata (CA) of the male Aedes aegypti also synthesize JH III from L-[methyl-3H]methionine. This observation may suggest that JH synthesized by the male's CA is used for internal regulation, whereas JH synthesized by the MAG is transferred with the sperm into the female.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0965-1748
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
437-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
De novo biosynthesis of juvenile hormone III and I by the accessory glands of the male mosquito.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Florida-IFAS, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Vero Beach 32962.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't