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1: Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2001 Mar 15;31(4-5):435-44.Click here to read Links

Prostaglandin biosynthesis by fat body from true armyworms, Pseudaletia unipuncta.

Tunaz H, Jurenka RA, Stanley DW.

Insect Biochemical Physiology Laboratory, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0816, USA.

We describe prostaglandin (PG) biosynthesis by microsomal-enriched fractions of fat body prepared from true armyworms, Pseudaletia unipuncta. PG biosynthesis was sensitive to experimental conditions, including incubation time, temperature, pH, substrate and protein concentration. Optimal PG biosynthesis conditions included 1 mg of microsomal-enriched protein, incubated at 28 degrees C for 7.5 min at pH 8. These preparations yielded four major PGs: PGA(2), PGE(2), PGD(2) and PGF(2alpha). PGA(2) and PGE(2) were the predominant eicosanoids produced under these conditions. Two non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, indomethacin and naproxen, effectively inhibited PG biosynthesis. Unlike other invertebrate PG biosynthetic systems studied so far, the true armyworm system appeared to be independent of the usual exogenous co-factors required by mammalian and other invertebrate systems. These findings are discussed with respect to PG biosynthesis in other invertebrate and vertebrate systems.

PMID: 11222953 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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