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The effect of the entomopathogenic fungus Conidiobolus coronatus on the composition of cuticular and internal lipids of Blatta orientalis females
Authors:Monika Paszkiewicz  Marek Go??biowski  Joanna Sychowska  Mieczys?awa I Bogu?  Emilia W?óka  Piotr Stepnowski
Institution:1. Department of Environmental Analysis, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland;2. Laboratory of Analysis of Natural Compounds, Department of Environmental Analysis, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland;3. Laboratory of Chemical Environmental Risks, Department of Environmental Analysis, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland;4. Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warszawa, Poland
Abstract:The composition of cuticular and internal lipids in females of the cockroach Blatta orientalis L. exposed to the entomopathogenic fungus Conidiobolus coronatus is investigated. The compositions of the fatty acids, n‐alkanes, alcohol, sterols and methyl esters in the lipids are chemically characterized. Although contact with virulent colonies of the fungus does not induce insect mortality, significant changes in the lipid profiles, both cuticular and internal, are found. The cuticular extracts of a control group of B. orientalis females contain 24 compounds varying in carbon chain length from C6 to C22. The main cuticular fatty acids identified are: C16:1, C16:0, C18:1 and C18:0. The cuticular lipids of B. orientalis females after exposure to C. coronatus contain only 14 free fatty acids from C8 to C20. The highest concentrations identified are C16:0, C18:2 and C18:1. Analysis by gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry identifies the presence of a homologous series of n‐alkanes containing from 25 to 31 carbon atoms. In the case of the insects after fungal exposure, the content of the n‐alkanes in the cuticular lipid is two‐fold higher compared with the controls. Of the cuticular lipids, 11 alcohols are found, ranging from C12:0 to C20:0. There is no presence of alcohols in the internal lipids of the control B. orientalis females and in all of the extracts from the B. orientalis females after fungal exposure. In the samples analyzed, the most common sterol is cholesterol. This is present in the cuticular lipids and the internal lipids of all of the insects sampled. The cuticular and internal lipids of females contain five fatty acid methyl esters, ranging in size from C15 to C19.
Keywords:Blatta orientalis  Conidiobolus coronatus  gas chromatography  gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry  GC  GC‐MS  lipids
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