- Short- and long-term effects of proallatotoxin (ethoxyprecocene II) on Rhodnius prolixus females.
Short- and long-term effects of proallatotoxin (ethoxyprecocene II) on Rhodnius prolixus females.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (1987-04-01)
P de Azambuja, E S Garcia
PMID3333534
ZUSAMMENFASSUNG
Oogenesis and oviposition can be inhibited in female of Rhodnius prolixus by means of short-term experiment (first reproductive cycle) of a single dose of ethoxyprecocene II given by ingestion. The inhibition is dose-dependent as measured by oocyte growth, egg maturation and egg deposition. In a long-term experiment (second and third reproductive cycles) egg production and oogenesis can be partially or totally re-established by subsequent blood meals without ethoxyprecocene II. These findings suggest that in female R. prolixus, damage caused to corpus allatum by ethoxyprecocene II, in certain cases, is not irreversible.