Endocrine Regulation of Sex Phermone Production in the Housefly

建议工作的目标是获得详细的了解 卵巢的产物通过生化过程 引发家蝇产生性信息素。的 家蝇性信息素是一种化学引诱剂， 雌性吸引雄性交配。更好地理解性 信息素的生产需要利用这一重要的 昆虫的化学通讯方式。性的调节 昆虫的信息素产生是通过大脑因子进行的， 鳞翅目昆虫，通过蟑螂和甲虫的保幼激素， 家蝇和其他双翅目昆虫的蜕皮激素。没有一 在这些系统中，清楚地了解哪些酶活性 控制性信息素的产生工作提出的 这里的目的是为了获得酶的清晰理解， 受蜕皮激素的影响，导致性信息素的产生， 提供昆虫发育所需的基本信息 基于抑制性信息素产生的控制策略。

The goal of the proposed work is to gain a detailed understanding of the biochemical processes by which a product from the ovary initiates sex pheromone production in the common housefly. The housefly sex pheromone is a chemical attractant produced by the female to attract males for mating. A better understanding of sex pheromone production is needed to take advantage of this essential form of chemical communication in insects. The regulation of sex pheromone production in insects occurs via a brain factor in Lepidoptera, by juvenile hormones in cockroaches and beetles and by ecdysteroids in the housefly and perhaps in other Diptera. In none of these systems is it clearly understood which enzyme activities are affected to control sex pheromone production. The work proposed here is designed to gain a clear understanding of the enzymes influenced by ecdysone which result in sex pheromone production and to provide the basic information necessary to develop insect control strategies based on inhibiting sex pheromone production.