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Induction of antimicrobial peptide synthesis by the fat body cells of maggots of Calliphora vicina R.-D. (Diptera, Calliphoridae). / Yakovlev, A. Yu.
In: Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology, Vol. 47, No. 6, 01.12.2011, p. 543-551.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Induction of antimicrobial peptide synthesis by the fat body cells of maggots of Calliphora vicina R.-D. (Diptera, Calliphoridae)
AU - Yakovlev, A. Yu
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - Fat body is the major site of peptide antibiotic synthesis in insects. The goal of this work was to search in Calliphora vicina maggot for humoral factors that induce synthesis of antimicrobial peptides by the fat body cells in trauma. The preliminary analysis has shown that the activation factor revealed in hemolymph is a thermostable hydrophilic compound with a molecular mass lower than 3 kDa. The integument epitheliocytes were also found to release the humoral factors directly stimulating synthesis of antimicrobial peptides by the fat body.
AB - Fat body is the major site of peptide antibiotic synthesis in insects. The goal of this work was to search in Calliphora vicina maggot for humoral factors that induce synthesis of antimicrobial peptides by the fat body cells in trauma. The preliminary analysis has shown that the activation factor revealed in hemolymph is a thermostable hydrophilic compound with a molecular mass lower than 3 kDa. The integument epitheliocytes were also found to release the humoral factors directly stimulating synthesis of antimicrobial peptides by the fat body.
KW - antimicrobial peptides
KW - fat body
KW - hemocytes
KW - insect immunity
KW - integuments
KW - Spaetzle
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84856749332&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1134/S0022093011060056
DO - 10.1134/S0022093011060056
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84856749332
VL - 47
SP - 543
EP - 551
JO - Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology
JF - Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology
SN - 0022-0930
IS - 6
ER -
ID: 45756912