Glucose and Glucose Esters in the Larval Secretion of Chrysomela Lapponica; Selectivity of the Glucoside Import System from Host Plant Leaves
| Autor: | Ulrike F. Sammer, Enkhmaa Dagvadorj, Jacques M. Pasteels, Maritta Kunert, Roy Kirsch, Karla Tolzin-Banasch, Kerstin Ploss, Wilhelm Boland |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Population Insect Butyrate Carbohydrate metabolism Biochemistry chemistry.chemical_compound Glucosides Glucoside Botany Animals education Betula Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics media_common education.field_of_study Larva biology fungi Biological Transport Esters General Medicine biology.organism_classification Coleoptera Plant Leaves Butyrates Chrysomela lapponica Glucose chemistry Leaf beetle |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Chemical Ecology. 37:195-204 |
| ISSN: | 1573-1561 0098-0331 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10886-011-9913-8 |
| Popis: | Larvae of Chrysomela lapponica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) sequester characteristic O-glucosides from the leaves of their food plants, namely Betula and/or Salix The present study focuses on birch-feeding larvae of C. lapponica from the Altai region in East Kazakhstan. As in other sequestering leaf beetle larvae, the compounds are transported intact via different membrane barriers into the defensive system, followed by glucoside cleavage and subsequent transformations of the plant-derived aglycones. Unlike previous studies with model compounds, we studied the sequestration of phytogenic precursors by analyzing the complex pattern of glucosides present in food plant Betula rotundifolia (39 compounds) and compared this composition with the aglycones present as butyrate esters in the defensive secretion. In addition to the analytic approach, the insect's ability, to transport individual glucosides was tested by using hydrolysis-resistant thioglucoside analogs, applied onto the leaf surface. The test compounds reach the defensive system intact and without intermediate transformation. No significant difference of the transport capacity and selectivity was observed between larvae of birch-feeding population from Kazakhstan, and previous results for larvae of birch-feeding population from the Czech Republic or willow-feeding populations. Overall, the transport of the phytogenic glucosides is highly selective and highly efficient, since only minor compounds of the spectrum of phytogenic glucoside precursors contribute to the limited number of aglycones utilized in the defensive secretion. Interestingly, salicortin 44 and tremulacin 60 were found in the leaves, but no aldehyde or esters of salicylalcohol. Surprisingly, we observed large amounts of free glucose, together with small amounts of 6-O-butyrate esters of glucose (27a/b and 28a/b). |
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