α-Ecdysone is a phytoecdysteroid, synthesized from cholesterol, and one of the major insect molting hormones. Ecdysone is secreted by the ecdysial glands present in insects.
Application
α-Ecdysone has been used:
to study its effects on Drosophila melanogaster′s sexual maturation
to study its effects on specification of neurons in Drosphila male-specific neurite
as a standard to evaluate the ecdysteroid levels by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)
Biochem/physiol Actions
Ecdysone exerts its effects via the ecdysone receptor and regulates larval molting, reproduction, and metamorphosis in insects.
Juvenile hormone (JH) has an ability to repress the precocious metamorphosis of insects during their larval development. Krüppel homolog 1 (Kr-h1) is an early JH-inducible gene that mediates this action of JH; however, the fine hormonal regulation of Kr-h1 and
Current topics in developmental biology, 103, 1-33 (2013-01-26)
The transition from juvenile to adult is a fundamental process that allows animals to allocate resource toward reproduction after completing a certain amount of growth. In insects, growth to a species-specific target size induces pulses of the steroid hormone ecdysone
Developmental and comparative immunology, 114, 103864-103864 (2020-09-13)
Rhodnius prolixus is an insect vector of two flagellate parasites, Trypanosoma rangeli and Trypanosoma cruzi, the latter being the causative agent of Chagas disease in Latin America. The R. prolixus neuroendocrine system regulates the synthesis of the steroid hormone ecdysone
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(16), 5854-5859 (2014-04-09)
Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes are major African vectors of malaria, a disease that kills more than 600,000 people every year. Given the spread of insecticide resistance in natural mosquito populations, alternative vector control strategies aimed at reducing the reproductive success of
Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 915-916, 52-56 (2013-01-22)
The concentration changes of endogenous ecdysteroids are closely related to the regulation of insect growth and development. Although they are frequently measured by immunoassays with anti-steroid antibodies, the separate estimations of the individual concentrations of ecdysone and other ecdysteroids with
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