Ecdysteroids During Embryogenesis in Locusta migratoria |
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Authors: | LAGUEUX MARIE; SALL CATHERINE; HOFFMANN JULES A |
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Affiliation: | Equipe de Recherche Associée au CNRS, n° 118, "Biologie Humorale des Insectes," Laboratoire de Biologie Générate de I'Université Louis Pasteur, 12, rue de I'Université 67000 Strasbourg, France |
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Abstract: | SYNOPSIS. Ovaries of Locusta migratoria synthesize large amountsof ecdysteroids at the end of oöcyte maturation. The predominantecdysteroids in mature ovaries are conjugated 2-deoxyecdysone(100 µM) and conjugated ecdysone (50 µM) which outnumberthe corresponding free compounds by 50100 fold. Thesevarious ecdysteroids persist during ovulation and are recoveredfrom newly-laid eggs. The conjugated maternal ecdysteroids aregradually metabolized as embryonic development proceeds; theyhave disappeared as such on day 6 after oviposition, that isafter blastokinesis and shortly after dorsal closure. Concomitantlyto this metabolism of the maternal conjugated ecdysteroids,other ecdysteroid conjugates appear in the eggs which have differentchromatographic behaviors and some of which are conjugates ofecdysone metabolites formed by the embryo. The data availableso far are compatible with the hypothesis that the maternalconjugates are hydrolysed to free 2-deoxyecdysone and ecdysoneby the embryo during early stages of development and subsequentlyconjugated to inactivation compounds. During the later stagesof embryonic development however, a de novo synthesis of ecdysoneis probable, the maternal conjugates having been metabolizedduring the earlier stages. |
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