Clonidine, octopaminergic receptor agonist, reduces protein feeding in the blow fly, Phormia regina (Meigen) |
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Authors: | Stoffolano J G Lim M A Downer K E |
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Institution: | Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences, Division of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, 270 Stockbridge Road, Fernald Hall, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. stoff@ent.umass.edu |
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Abstract: | Results in this study are consistent with those of Murdock and his colleagues who clearly demonstrated that clonidine, an agonist of octopaminergic receptors in some insects, significantly increases sucrose feeding. Their studies, however, did not examine the effect of clonidine on protein feeding. Injection of a 20 microg/microl/fly dose of clonidine significantly reduces protein feeding in both sexes of Phormia regina, instead of stimulating feeding as is observed with carbohydrate feeding. The manner in which the flies are fed prior to starvation and the method of testing influences the amounts of diet consumed. It is proposed that the biogenic amines influence the state of hunger (i.e., protein versus carbohydrates) while other chemicals and neural mechanisms (i.e., such as sulfakinins and stretch receptors, respectively) affect satiety. |
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Keywords: | Biogenic amine Octopamine Regulation of fly feeding Satiety control Hunger control |
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