| Ingestion of saliva during carbohydrate feeding by Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera; Psychodidae). | |
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PMID: 16699714 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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The aim of this study was to obtain experimental evidence that phlebotomine saliva is actually ingested during the carbohydrate ingestion phase (before and after blood digestion). The ingestion of carbohydrate was simulated as it occurs in the field by offering the insects balls of cotton soaked in sucrose, sucrose crystals or orange juice cells. The results obtained here showed that ingestion occurred under each condition investigated, as indicated by the presence of apyrase, an enzyme used as a marker to detect saliva in the insect gut and/or carbohydrate sources. Saliva ingestion by phlebotomine during the carbohydrate ingestion phase is important to explain how it could promote starch digestion and to trigger Leishmania promastigotes to follow a differentiation pathway as proposed previously by some authors. |
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Authors:
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Reginaldo R Cavalcante; Marcos H Pereira; Jorge M Freitas; Nelder de F Gontijo |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2006-05-12 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Volume: 101 ISSN: 0074-0276 ISO Abbreviation: Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz Publication Date: 2006 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-05-15 Completed Date: 2006-08-07 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7502619 Medline TA: Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz Country: Brazil |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 85-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Departamento de Parasitologia e Microbiologia, CCS, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brazil. |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Animals Apyrase / analysis* Biological Markers / analysis Calorimetry Carbohydrates* Diptera / physiology* Eating / physiology* Female Phosphates / analysis Saliva / enzymology, physiology* |
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0/Biological Markers; 0/Carbohydrates; 0/Phosphates; EC 3.6.1.5/Apyrase |
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