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Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera): effect of metacestodes of Hymenolepis diminuta (Cestoda) on haemolymph amino acids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Hilary Hurd  and
C. Arme
Hilary Hurd
Affiliation:
Parasitology Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Keele, Keele, Staffs ST5 5BG
C. Arme
Affiliation:
Parasitology Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Keele, Keele, Staffs ST5 5BG
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Summary

Haemolymph free amino acids (HFAAs) in adult Tenebrio molitor varied in concentration with beetle age. Between 9 and 30 days post-emergence the concentration range was 34–94 mM with a peak occurring in 15-day-old insects. Much of this age-related variation was due to changes in the concentration of a single amino acid, proline. An analysis of concentrations of individual HFAAs in 15-day-old beetles, following infection with metacestodes of Hymenolepis diminuta, revealed that changes in female insects are more marked than those occurring in males. In the former, changes occurred in the concentration of 9 amino acids (isoleucine, leucine, arginine, serine, threonine, tyrosine, phenylalanine, proline and alanine/citrulline) whereas in the latter only 4 amino acids were affected (threonine, glycine, histidine and arginine). It is suggested that H. diminuta may interact with the endocrine system of its beetle host.

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Parasitology , Volume 89 , Issue 2 , October 1984 , pp. 245 - 252
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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