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The Role Of A Novel Wolbachia (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) Synthetic Peptide, Wolfar, In Regulating Prostaglandin Levels In The Hemolymph Of Acheta Domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae), Muhamad Azmi Mohammed, Ameyra Aman Zuki, Nurul Othman Wahida, Yohsuke Tagami, Salmah Yaakop
The Role Of A Novel Wolbachia (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) Synthetic Peptide, Wolfar, In Regulating Prostaglandin Levels In The Hemolymph Of Acheta Domesticus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae), Muhamad Azmi Mohammed, Ameyra Aman Zuki, Nurul Othman Wahida, Yohsuke Tagami, Salmah Yaakop
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Prostaglandins and other eicosanoids are known as regulating agents for cellular immune responses to pathogen threats in an insect?s hemolymph. A novel synthetic peptide, WolFar, was customized from a conserved region of the Wolbachia surface protein (WSP), isolated from an economically important endoparasitoid species, Fopius arisanus. WolFar consists of nine amino acids (SYY VRL QYN) and was tested on the house cricket, Acheta domesticus. Three concentrations of peptides, 0.83 mmol/L (100%), 0.63 mmol/L (75%), and 0.42 mmol/L (50%), were injected and observed for 72 h. The regulation of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in the hemolymph of A. domesticus was determined using …
Morphological Characterization Of Hemocyte Types In Some Species Belonging Totettigoniidae And Pamphagidae (Insecta: Orthoptera), Gürhan Öztürk, Özlem Çakici, Hüseyi̇n Arikan
Morphological Characterization Of Hemocyte Types In Some Species Belonging Totettigoniidae And Pamphagidae (Insecta: Orthoptera), Gürhan Öztürk, Özlem Çakici, Hüseyi̇n Arikan
Turkish Journal of Zoology
In the present study, the species Eupholidoptera smyrnensis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), Decticus verrucivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), and Glyphotmethis spp. (Orthoptera: Pamphagidae) were studied in order to determine hemocyte types. To that end, hemolymph smear preparations were stained using Wright's stain. According to light microscopic examinations, five hemocyte types, prohemocytes, plasmatocytes, granulocytes, spherulocytes, and oenocytoids, were determined in each species. Prohemocytes are basic and the smallest cell type in the hemolymph. Plasmatocytes show polymorphism and they may have pseudopodia. Granulocytes are characterized by granules in their cytoplasm. Spherulocytes typically include spherical vacuoles. Oenocytoids are the largest cells …