hemolymph
- Metabolic cost of freeze–thaw and source of CO2 production in the freeze-tolerant cricket Gryllus veletis
Summary: In crickets, freezing does not induce metabolic responses but may liberate buffered CO2 from hemolymph. Recovery from freeze–thaw is metabolically costly, and this cost persists for several days after thaw.
- The impact of persistent colonization by Vibrio fischeri on the metabolome of the host squid Euprymna scolopes
Summary: Study of the squid–vibrio model association reveals that the symbiotic state, the day–night cycle, and the sex of the host together impact the hemolymph metabolome of the host animal.
- Nitric oxide produced by periostial hemocytes modulates the bacterial infection-induced reduction of the mosquito heart rate
Summary: We unveil an exciting new facet of the integration between the immune and circulatory systems of insects, whereby hemocyte-produced nitric oxide drives the infection-induced reduction of mosquito heart rate.
- Octopamine mobilizes lipids from honey bee (Apis mellifera) hypopharyngeal glands
Summary: Octopamine induces the release of lipids from tissue stores in many insects and can also induce lipid mobilization from honey bee hypopharyngeal glands.
- Structural and functional characterization of the contractile aorta and associated hemocytes of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae
Summary: Structural mechanics of hemolymph flow through the aorta and conical chamber of the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.
- A mosquito entomoglyceroporin, Aedes aegypti AQP5, participates in water transport across the Malpighian tubules of larvae
Summary: Aedes aegypti aquaporin 5 participates in transcellular water transport across principal cells of larval mosquito Malpighian tubules.
- The plasticity of extracellular fluid homeostasis in insects
Summary: This Review examines the volume and osmotic concentration of the hemolymph in aquatic, terrestrial and gorging insects. Solute–volume plots illustrate the particular challenges to the hemolymph and the physiological responses.
- CCAP and FMRFamide-like peptides accelerate the contraction rate of the antennal accessory pulsatile organs (auxiliary hearts) of mosquitoes
Summary: Three insect neuropeptides accelerate the contraction rate of the antennal hearts of mosquitoes, as well as the velocity of hemolymph in the antennal space.