Prostaglandins and Other Eicosanoids in Insects: Biosynthesis and Biological Actions

Frontiers in Physiology
David Stanley, Yonggyun Kim

Abstract

This essay reviews the discoveries, synthesis, and biological significance of prostaglandins (PGs) and other eicosanoids in insect biology. It presents the most current - and growing - understanding of the insect mechanism of PG biosynthesis, provides an updated treatment of known insect phospholipase A2 (PLA2), and details contemporary findings on the biological roles of PGs and other eicosanoids in insect physiology, including reproduction, fluid secretion, hormone actions in fat body, immunity and eicosanoid signaling and cross-talk in immunity. It completes the essay with a prospectus meant to illuminate research opportunities for interested readers. In more detail, cellular and secretory types of PLA2, similar to those known on the biomedical background, have been identified in insects and their roles in eicosanoid biosynthesis documented. It highlights recent findings showing that eicosanoid biosynthetic pathway in insects is not identical to the solidly established biomedical picture. The relatively low concentrations of arachidonic acid (AA) present in insect phospholipids (PLs) (< 0.1% in some species) indicate that PLA2 may hydrolyze linoleic acid (LA) as a precursor of eicosanoid biosynthesis. The free LA is desatura...Continue Reading

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May 8, 2019·Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology·Seyede Minoo SajjadianYonggyun Kim
Oct 5, 2019·Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology·David Stanley, Yonggyun Kim
Jul 19, 2020·Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology·David StanleyQisheng Song
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Sep 27, 2020·The Journal of Experimental Biology·Shabbir Ahmed, Yonggyun Kim
Dec 29, 2020·Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences·Marcia GumielNicolas Carels
Nov 10, 2020·General and Comparative Endocrinology·Shabbir AhmedYonggyun Kim
Mar 21, 2020·Journal of Invertebrate Pathology·Jiaqi Sun, Yaoyu Bai
Mar 20, 2021·Developmental and Comparative Immunology·Md Abdullah Al BakiYonggyun Kim
Apr 6, 2021·Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology·Bastian BroschwitzJoachim Ruther
Jun 29, 2021·Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Toxicology & Pharmacology : CBP·Yunchao WangZewen Liu
Aug 14, 2021·Developmental and Comparative Immunology·Shabbir Ahmed, Yonggyun Kim
Aug 28, 2021·Insects·Cynthia L GoodmanDavid Stanley

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