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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Aspectos bioquÃmicos da herbivoria de Danaus plexippus (L.) em folhas de Calotropis procera (Ait.) R. Br. / Biochemical Aspects of Herbivory of Danaus plexippus (L.) on leaves Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br.

Danielle AragÃo Pereira 25 February 2010 (has links)
nÃo hà / EvidÃncias foram acumuladas sustentando o papel de lÃtex em proteger as plantas contra diferentes agressores, porÃm à sabido que plantas laticÃferas sÃo fortemente atacados pela lagarta monarca, incluindo Calotropis procera. O presente estudo descreve a atividade proteolÃtica relacionada com a herbivoria do quinto estÃgio da monarca, Dannaus plexippus L. (Lepidoptera: Danaidae). Extratos intestinais da monarca digeriram azocaseÃna, BANA e BApNA. A atividade proteolÃtica sobre azocaseÃna foi inibida pro E-64 e IAA, mas foi fortemente inibida por PMSF e Leupeptina inibidores de proteases serÃnicas. Extrato intestinal digeriu rapidamente as proteÃnas do lÃtex C. procera. No entanto, nÃo digeriu proteÃnas do lÃtex de Cryptostegia grandiflora e apenas uma banda protÃica do lÃtex de Plumeria rubra foi digerida, duas espÃcies livres de herbivoria monarca. Larvas alimentadas com dieta artificial contendo proteÃnas do lÃtex de C. procera nÃo foram afetadas e a taxa de crescimento foi ligeiramente melhor em relaÃÃo ao controle. Os perfis protÃicos dos fluidos laticÃferos extraÃdos de plantas saudÃveis e atacadas apresentaram diferenÃas visÃveis, com o aumento da detecÃÃo de uma proteÃna identificada como glicosÃdeo hidrolase. Danos mecÃnicos nas plantas nÃo foram suficientes para causar esta resposta. As atividades proteolÃtica, quitinolÃtica, de inibiÃÃo de protease e de enzimas antioxidantes nÃo foram alteradas em plantas atacadas pela monarca ou submetidas a danos mecÃnicos. Resultados obtidos neste trabalho fornecem informaÃÃes interessantes sobre a resistÃncia de monarca alimentadas com Calotropis procera e sugerem que a capacidade enzimas proteolÃticas da monarca de prontamente digerir proteÃnas do lÃtex pode, pelo menos em parte, explicar como os insetos superam as proteÃnas de defesa do lÃtex. / Evidence has been accumulated supporting the role of latex in protecting plants against different aggressors; however it is known that milkweeds are heavily attacked by monarch butterfly, including Calotropis procera. The present study describes the proteolytic activity related to the herbivory of 5th instars of the monarch butterfly, Dannaus plexippus L. (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) fed on diets containing latex proteins, and the proteolytic activity of larvae gut extract on latex proteins. Gut extracts of monarch digested azocasein, BANA and BApNA. The proteolytic activity on azocasein was inhibited by cysteine protease inhibitors such as E-64 and iodoacetamide but it was stronger inhibited by PMSF and leupeptin, serine proteases inhibitors. Gut extracts of monarch digested latex proteins promptly. However, gut extracts did not digest latex proteins from Cryptostegia grandiflora and only barely digested laticifer proteins from Plumeria rubra, two species free of monarch herbivory. Larvae fed on artificial diets containing latex proteins were not affected and growth rate was slightly better compared to control. The protein profile of latex proteins extracted of healthy and attacked plants exhibited visible differences with increasing detection of a protein identified as glycoside hydrolase in latex of attacked plants. The proteolytic, chitinolytc, inhibition protease and anti-oxidative activities not were altered in attacked or injured plants. Results present here give interesting information on resistance of monarch fed on Calotropis procera and suggest that the ability of monarch proteolytic enzymes to promptly digest latex proteins can at least in part explain how the insect overcomes defensive proteins of latex.

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