Summary
Diapause eggs of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, exposed to 5°C and 0.5°C from 2 or 30 days after oviposition, were examined for changes in contents of glycogen, sorbitol and glycerol. Cold acclimation did not alter the profile of accumulation of sorbitol from that in eggs kept continuously at 25°C. However, acclimation at 5°C resulted in conversion of sorbitol to glycogen, while acclimation at 0.5°C was not accompanied by the utilization of sorbitol. NAD-sorbitol dehydrogenase (NAD-SDH; EC 1.1.1.14) activity was examined in the cold-acclimated eggs. The activity was induced by acclimation at 5°C but not at 0.5°C. Incubation at 0.5°C suppressed any further increase in the activity that had been induced. Temperature-directed changes in NAD-SDH activity paralleled those in sorbitol content. Hatching of the diapause eggs was monitored after cold acclimation for various periods of time and subsequent transfer to 25°C. Incubation at 0.5°C was less effective than 5°C at breaking diapause. The time required for the eggs to hatch in synchrony after acclimation at 5°C coincided with that required for the induction of NAD-SDH activity. These results show that different effects result from acclimation at 5°C and near 0°C with respect to the control of NAD-SDH activity, that utilization of sorbitol is controlled by NAD-SDH activity, and that induction of this activity is temperature-dependent. Furthermore, induction of NAD-SDH activity is involved in the termination of diapause in B. mori.
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Abbreviations
- DH :
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diapause hormone
- NAD :
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nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide
- NAD-SDH :
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NAD-sorbitol-dehydrogenase
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Yaginuma, T., Kobayashi, M. & Yamashita, O. Distinct effects of different low temperatures on the induction of NAD-sorbitol dehydrogenase activity in diapause eggs of the silkworm, Bombyx mori . J Comp Physiol B 160, 277–285 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00302593
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