Changes in vitellin and other yolk proteins during embryonic development in the silkworm, Bombyx mori
Changes in vitellin and other yolk proteins during embryonic development in the silkworm, Bombyx mori
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-1910(80)90097-9
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发表时间:
1980
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
Kenichi Irie;O. Yamashita
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作者:
Kenichi Irie;O. Yamashita
Changes in the amounts of vitellin and other yolk proteins of the eggs of the silkworm,Bombyx moriwere investigated during embryonic development using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunotitration techniques. In the newly laid eggs, soluble proteins were separated into at least nine bands after electrophoresis. The major band was identified as vitellin, accounting for about 40% of the total proteins. The four predominant bands including vitellin exhibited the same mobility as the proteins of haemolymph, but one other major band was specific to the eggs, accounting for about 20% of the proteins.During embryonic differentiation 6–7 days after oviposition, the total protein content did not decrease and the banding patterns and their relative concentrations remained unchanged as a whole. However the concentration of the egg specific protein steadily decreased. During subsequent larval differentiation until hatching, the total proteins were utilized to about 50% of the initial levels: the rapid degradation was observed in almost every species of proteins.An immunotitration experiment further demonstrated that vitellin was not utlilized during embryonic differentiation but was consumed markedly during larval differentiation. However, about 30% of initial level was reserved in the newly hatched larvae. Such a prolonged persistence of vitellin is discussed in relation to protein metabolism during embryonic development in silkworms.