Moulting hormone,juvenile hormone and the ultrastructure of the fat body of adult Sarcophaga bullata (Diptera) |
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Authors: | Dr. P. Stoppie T. Briers R. Huybrechts A. De Loof |
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Affiliation: | (1) Zoological Institute, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;(2) Zoological Institute, University of Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Summary In the ovoviviparous fly, Sarcophaga bullata, vitellogenesis is cyclic; a process reflected in ultrastructural changes in the fat body cells and oenocytes. At eclosion the larval fat body has not yet completely disappeared. During vitellogenesis the fat body cells are specialized for intensive protein synthesis showing a very extensive RER and numerous invaginations of the plasma membrane. These features disappear when the eggs descend into the oviducts to complete embryogenesis. The predominant feature of the oenocytes is their very prominent SER. The fat body cells of the males are never as specialized for protein synthesis as those of the females. Feeding of ecdysterone to males for 3 or more days induces a rather extensive subcellular apparatus for protein synthesis, i.e., invaginations of the plasma membrane and an extensive RER. Juvenile hormone is completely ineffective in this respect. Both ecdysterone and juvenile hormone have pronounced but different effects on the oenocytes of males. |
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Keywords: | Moulting hormone Juvenile hormone Vitellogenesis Fat body Insects |
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