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The relationship of phosphodiesterase and cyclic AMP to the process of fluid secretion in the salivary glands of the ixodid tickAmblyomma americanum

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Phosphodiesterase (PDE) activity in the salivary glands of the female.Amblyomma americanum decreased as the tick progressed from a slow to a rapid phase of feeding, while the rate of fluid secretion increased, when glands were stimulated with cyclic AMP and theophylline Dopamine stimulated PDE activity and an ‘inhibitory’ factor was found in glands obtained from rapidly engorging ticks which decreased PDE activity. These findings are discussed as they relate to the process of fluid secretion by salivary glands of feeding ixodid ticks.

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  1. Department of Entomology, Oklahoma State University, 74074, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA

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Journal article No. 3360 of Agricultural Experiment Station, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. This research was supported in part of NSF grant PCM-24140A02 from the National Science Foundation.

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McMullen, H.L., Sauer, J.R. The relationship of phosphodiesterase and cyclic AMP to the process of fluid secretion in the salivary glands of the ixodid tickAmblyomma americanum. Experientia 34, 1030–1031 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01915328

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