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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 201, Issue 16 2425-2432, Copyright © 1998 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Biosynthetic activity of corpora allata, growth of sex accessory glands and mating in the male moth agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel)

L Duportets, MC Dufour, F Couillaud and C Gadenne
Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie, Universite Bordeaux I, ER CNRS 629, Avenue des Facultes, France and INRA, Unite de Zoologie, Domaine de la Grande Ferrade, BP 81 33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France. gadenne@invertebre.u-bordeaux.fr.

The involvement of both juvenile hormone acid (JHA) and the sex accessory glands (SAGs) in the reproduction of the male moth Agrotis ipsilon was studied as a function of age and mating status. Total protein content analysis followed by gel electrophoresis of the SAGs, radiochemical assay for JHA biosynthesis and surgical and behavioural experiments were performed. Both the protein content of the SAGs and the biosynthetic activity of the corpora allata (CA) increased with age. Allatectomy and JHA/JH treatments showed that the protein content of the SAGs is linked with the activity of the CA. The protein content of the glands, but not the rate of JHA biosynthesis, decreased just after mating, and both increased sharply 24 h later. Injection of fluvastatin, an inhibitor of JH biosynthesis, in males immediately after mating prevented the increase in JHA synthesis and lowered the total protein content of the SAGs. Moreover, fluvastatin disrupted normal spermatophore transfer during the next mating of the injected males. Our results show that JHA controls the reproduction of A. ipsilon males by its separate actions on the sex accessory glands and on sexual behaviour.


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