Apple Polyphenol Oxidase Inhibitor(s) from Common Housefly (Musca Domestica L.)

ABSTRACT: A new natural apple polyphenol oxidase (PPO) inhibitor(s) from housefly ( Musca domestica L.) was discovered. Crude inhibitor (s) isolated by buffer extraction, heat treatment, and dialysis from housefly pupae inhibited the activity of apple PPO up to 90% at pH values above 5.0. Inhibition was strictly pH-dependent. The inhibitor(s) was further characterized by employing heat, freezing and thawing, irradiation, pH adjustment, and ultrafiltration studies. The potential PPO inhibitor(s) was stable to heating at 100 °C for 1 h, repeated freezing and thawing, and irradiation. The inhibitor(s) was most stable at pH around 5.0 and least stable at alkaline pH. The PPO inhibition profile of housefly during metamorphosis also was evaluated.     

Effects of Edible Insect Tenebrio molitor Larva Fermentation Extract as a Substitute Protein on Hepatosteatogenesis and Proteomic Changes in Obese Mice Induced by High-Fat Diet

Mealworms (Tenebrio molitor larva) are an edible insect and a protein-rich food; however, research on mealworms as a substitute protein is insufficient. In this study, mealworm fermentation extract (TMP) was assessed as a replacement for soy protein (SP) in a control diet (CON) or a high-fat diet (HFD) of mice for 12 weeks. TMP substitution reduced body weight, body weight gain, body fat mass (perirenal and mesenteric), fat size, glucose intolerance, and insulin resistance compared to the HFD-SP group. TMP alleviated hepatic steatosis (lipid contents and lipid droplets) in high-fat-fed mice and down-regulated the PPARγ, CD36, and DGAT2 gene levels. Proteomic analysis showed that a HFD for 12 weeks up-regulated 20 proteins and down-regulated 17 proteins in mice fed SP. On the other hand, TMP reversed the protein profiles. TMP significantly down-regulated KHK, GLO1, ATP5H, SOD, and DDAH1 and up-regulated DLD, Mup1, CPS1, Ces3b, PDI, and HYOU1 compared to the HFD-SP group. These proteins are involved in the glucose, lipid, and amino acid metabolism, as well as in oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum stress. Thus, substituting SP for TMP helped improve HFD-induced obesity, steatosis, and insulin resistance in mice. These results suggest that TMP is a potential substitute for commonly used protein sources.     

固氮作物紫云英苜蓿叶象甲药剂筛选试验初探

为有效防治危害紫云英的苜蓿叶象甲,笔者测定了5种杀虫剂对叶象甲的田间防治效果.结果表明,每667 m2喷施10％联苯菊酯乳油30 mL防治苜蓿叶象甲幼虫,速效性和持效性优异,药后7 d和14 d的平均防效分别为92.2％和98.2％;喷施60 g/L乙基多杀菌素悬浮剂30 mL和4.5％高效氯氰菊酯乳油30 mL的防效...     

樟树和黄花蒿浸提物对菜粉蝶幼虫的生物活性

研究了樟树和黄花蒿的乙醇、氯仿、石油醚浸提物对菜粉蝶幼虫的拒食作用、触杀作用。结果表明黄花蒿乙醇浸提物和樟树石油醚浸提物的活性较好,48 h拒食率分别为72.11%、57.86%;干物质触杀作用的LC50分别为1.232 g/L、1.275 g/L。     

黄粉虫幼虫粉酶解及体外抗氧化性研究

主要研究了Alcalase蛋白酶水解脱脂黄粉虫幼虫粉的工艺,并对水解产物的体外抗氧化能力进行测定.在单因素基础上以还原力为指标设计正交试验得到水解最佳条件为:温度60℃,pH值8.5,加酶量150μL,反应时间100 min.抗氧化试验结果表明,脱脂黄粉虫幼虫粉水解液清除1,1-二苯基-2-苦基苯肼(DPPH)自由基和羟自由基的半抑制率(IC_(50))分别为0.45 mg/mL和4.1 mg/mL,分别是VC的IC_(50)值的112.5倍和19.5倍,还原能力是VC的1/100.将水解前后的脱脂黄粉虫幼虫粉溶液进行高效毛细管电泳(HPCE)测定,测定结果表明,经Alcalase蛋白酶水解后,溶液中可溶性组分增多.     

Isolation,identification, and bioassay of chemicals affecting nonpreference carrot-root resistance to carrot-fly larva

Roots of the carrot cultivars Vertou L.D. (resistant) and Long Chantenay (susceptible) were subjected to detailed chemical analysis to identify extracts and compounds influencing larval host-finding (preference/non-preference) behavior and to compare concentrations of these compounds in resistant and susceptible cultivars. Vertou yielded threefold less volatile material in headspace extracts of pureed roots. Extracts of chopped root in methanol, steam, hexane, and chloroform were inactive in behavioral assays. However, ether extracts were active and their hydrocarbon and carbonyl-rich fractions contained potent attractants. The principal constituent of the carbonyl-rich fraction of each cultivar was the carotatoxin complex comprising the neurotoxin falcarinol (carotatoxin), falcarindiol, and falcarindiol monoacetate, the latter compound here reported for the first time from carrot. Falcarinol (50 and 100 g) was active in a behavioral assay, and all three ingredients of the complex were potent electrophysiological stimuli, eliciting maximum single unit responses to source concentrations of 10 ng. Furthermore, the complex was more abundant by about 1000 g/root in Long Chantenay. As this comprised extra amounts of 70, 862, and 110 g of falcarinol, falcarindiol, and falcarindiol monoacetate, respectively, the observed differences seem both behaviorally and physiologically relevant. It is generally accepted that coevolution has transformed the role of many toxins into host-location cues, but this seems a relatively rare example of a neurotoxin (falcarinol) evincing, in decreased concentrations, nonpreference host resistance. This evolved response to a toxin present in large concentrations is contrasted with that totrans-2-nonenal, which paralyses and kills the larva and is present in only trace amounts in the root.     

H2O2对家蝇蛹内部几种酶活性的影响

目的研究外源H2O2对家蝇蛹内与抗性相关的几种酶活性的影响。方法通过H2O2诱导,测定家蝇蛹内过氧化氢酶(CAT)、过氧化物酶(POD)、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶(AsA-POD)以及多酚氧化酶(PPO)的活性变化。结果H2O2处理后蛹内CAT和AsA-POD的活性变化规律与处理前差别不大;POD活性在H2O2处理后12h内出现活性高峰,约为对照组的2.5倍,此后稍高于对照组,最后基本与对照组持平;PPO活性在处理后12h内与对照组相当,此后活性骤然升高,处理后24h达到对照组的2.13倍,然后变化速度减慢,但一直维持在对照组的1.3倍左右,48h后活性开始下降。结论H2O2对CAT和AsA-POD的活性影响较小,对POD和PPO的活性有一定的影响。     

H2O2对家蝇蛹内部几种酶活性的影响

目的研究外源H2O2对家蝇蛹内与抗性相关的几种酶活性的影响。方法通过H2O2诱导,测定家蝇蛹内过氧化氢酶（CAT）、过氧化物酶（POD）、抗坏血酸过氧化物酶（AsA-POD）以及多酚氧化酶（PPO）的活性变化。结果H2O2处理后蛹内CAT和AsA-POD的活性变化规律与处理前差别不大;POD活性在H2O2处理后12h内出现活性高峰,约为对照组的2.5倍,此后稍高于对照组,最后基本与对照组持平;PPO活性在处理后12h内与对照组相当,此后活性骤然升高,处理后24h达到对照组的2.13倍,然后变化速度减慢,但一直维持在对照组的1.3倍左右,48h后活性开始下降。结论H2O2对CAT和AsA-POD的活性影响较小,对POD和PPO的活性有一定的影响。     

Metabolically blocked analogs of housefly sex pheromone: I. Synthesis of alternative substrates for the cuticular monooxygenases

Cuticular monooxygenases in the cuticle of the female houseflyMusca domestica oxidize (Z)-9-tricosene to m-9,10-epoxytricosane and to (Z)-9-tricosen-14-one. One possible explanation for these two products is that a single monooxygenase accepts the alkene substrate in two different orientations. Eleven analogs of (Z)-9-tricosene bearing methyl substituents, cyclopropyl groups, fluorine substituents, deuterium substituents, and additional double bonds were synthesized to probe the substrate requirements of this monooxygenase system. In addition, the 11 corresponding epoxides were prepared to aid in identification of the metabolites of each modified alkene.