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Site‐specific profiles of biochemical properties in the larval digestive tract of Japanese rhinoceros beetle,Trypoxylus dichotomus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Authors:Noriko Wada  Noriyuki Iwabuchi  Michio Sunairi  Mutsuyasu Nakajima  Ryûtar Iwata  Hirosi Anzai
Institution:Noriko Wada,Noriyuki Iwabuchi,Michio Sunairi,Mutsuyasu Nakajima,Ryûtarô Iwata,Hirosi Anzai
Abstract:The larvae of Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus, feed on dead plant material in forest soils that are derived from fallen leaves broken down by basidiomycete fungi. Our previous work provided an understanding of the degradation of polysaccharides in dead plant material by T. dichotomus larvae and reported the complexity of the physicochemical and biochemical environment of the larval gut. Here, we examined ten divisions of the digestive tract of T. dichotomus larvae for physicochemical and biochemical conditions to elucidate site‐specifically functional properties along the tract. The distribution of potassium ions, pH, and acetic acid differed markedly along the length of the digestive tract with the potassium ion concentration profile closely reflecting that of pH along the length of the digestive tract. Distinct physicochemical environments were maintained in the digestive tract along with site‐specific polysaccharide degradation. Based on these findings, we suggest that there are metabolic relationships between the activities of the enzymes involved in polysaccharide degradation, the presence of intermediate metabolites and location along the digestive tract. Furthermore, we revealed that the anterior region of the gut plays an important role in the degradation of polysaccharides in the digestive tract of T. dichotomus larvae.
Keywords:acetic acid  Coleoptera  litter transformer  polysaccharide digestion  Scarabaeidae  site‐specific environment  Trypoxylus dichotomus larvae
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