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The thermal sensitivity and heat shock response of the different races of the mulberry silkwormBombyx mori have been analysed. The multivoltine race, strainsC. Nichi andPure Mysore showed better survival rates than the bivoltine race, strainNB4D2 exposed to 41°C and above. In general, the fifth instar larvae and the pupae exhibited maximum tolerance compared to the early larval instars, adult moths or the eggs. Exposure up to 39°C for 1 or 2 h was tolerated equally whereas temperatures above 43°C proved to be lethal for all. Treatment of larvae at 41°C for 1 h resulted in a variety of physiological alterations including increased heart beat rates, differential haemocyte counts, enlargement of granulocytes and the presence of additional protein species in the tissues and haemolymph. The appearance of a 93 kDa protein in the haemolymph, fat bodies and cuticle, following the heat shocking of larvaein vivo was a characteristic feature in all the three strains examined although the kinetics of their appearance itself was different. In haemolymph, the protein appeared immediately in response to heat shock inC. Nichi reaching the maximal levels in 2–4 h whereas its presence was noticeable only after 2–4 h recovery time inPure Mysore and bivoltine races. The fat body from bothC. Nichi andNB4D2 showed the presence of 93 kDa, 89 kDa and 70 kDa proteins on heat shock. The haemocytes, on the other hand, expressed only a 70 kDa protein consequent to heat shock. The 93 kDa protein in the haemolymph, therefore could have arisen from some other tissue, possibly the fat body. The 93 kDa protein was detected after heat shock in pupae and adult moths as well, although the presence of an additional (56 kDa) protein was also apparent in the adults. The presence of 46 kDa and 28 kDa bands in addition to the 93 kDa band in the cuticular proteins immediately following heat shock was clearly discernible. The 70 kDa band did not show much changes in the cuticular proteins on heat shock. In contrast to the changes in protein profiles seen in tissues and haemolymph following heat shockin vivo, the heat treatment of isolated fat body or haemolymphin vitro resulted in protein degradation.
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Joy, O., Gopinathan, K.P. Heat shock response in mulberry silkworm races with different thermotolerances. J. Biosci. 20, 499–513 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02703533
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