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Role of DopR in the molecular mechanism of the dopamine control of juvenile hormone metabolism in female Drosophila

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The effect of a decreased availability of the D1-like dopamine receptor (DopR) in Drosophila (caused by DopR antagonist added into food) on the juvenile hormone (JH) synthesis rate in young female D. melanogaster has been studied. The JH degradation rate and the alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and tyrosine decarboxylase (TDC) activities were used as indicators of the JH synthesis rate. Treatment of the flies with butaclamol, a specific DopR antagonist, has been demonstrated to increase the JH degradation rate, and the stress reactivity of the system of JH metabolism and to decrease the ALP activity and stress reactivity, and to increase the TDC activity and stress reactivity. As shown earlier, all this indicates a decrease in the JH synthesis rate in young female drosophila with a decreased DopR availability. It is concluded that the activating effect of dopamine on JH synthesis in Drosophila is mediated by D1-like receptors.

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  1. Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    E. K. Karpova, E. V. Bogomolova, N. E. Gruntenko & I. Yu. Rauschenbach

  2. Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    I. V. Romanova

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Original Russian Text © E.K. Karpova, E.V. Bogomolova, I.V. Romanova, N.E. Gruntenko, I.Yu. Rauschenbach, 2012, published in Genetika, 2012, Vol. 48, No. 8, pp. 999–1002.

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Karpova, E.K., Bogomolova, E.V., Romanova, I.V. et al. Role of DopR in the molecular mechanism of the dopamine control of juvenile hormone metabolism in female Drosophila . Russ J Genet 48, 851–854 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S102279541207006X

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