Title: Interendocrine control by 20-hydroxyecdysone of the corpora allata of Manduca sexta
Abstract: A positive interendocrine control by 20-hydroxyecdysone regulates the corpora allata (CA) and thus the hemolymph titers of the juvenile hormones (JHs) during the fourth and fifth larval stadia of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. The effect of 20-hydroxyecdysone is exerted via the brain-corpora cardiaca (Br-CC), and the kinetics of stimulation by the hormone suggest that its control of the CA is indirect, possibly involving neural effectors. Co-incubation of precommitment CA with Br-CC resulted in a stimulation of the synthesis of JH I acid equivalent to that achieved by the incubation of brain-corpora cardiaca-corpora allata (Br-CC-CA) with 20-hydroxyedcysone, suggesting that a diffusible regulatory factor may be involved in the stimulation. During pharate pupal development, a close temporal relationship exists between the drop in the ecdysteroid titer and declines in CA activity and the JH hemolymph titer, suggesting that 20-hydroxyecdysone may now inhbit the CA. Incubations of day 6 Br-CC-CA with physiological concentrations of 20-hydroxyecdysone resulted in an apparent dose-dependent inhibition of CA activity. Thus in Manduca, 20-hydroxyecdysone may exert varying stage-specific interendocrine effects on the CA which direct the postembryonic development of this species.
Publication Year: 1987
Publication Date: 1987-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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