Spermidine Enhances the Silk Production by Mulberry Silkworm

Polyamines are ubiquitous low molecular weight polycationic aliphatic amines involved in diverse cellular processes. Spermidine (Spd), a polyamine, has been proved to be crucial for cell survival in various organisms. Our study reports the effect of Spd on the growth of Bombyx mori . Silkworms showe...

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Autores principales: Lattala, Gayatri Manogna, Kandukuru, Kasturaiah, Gangupantula, Shamitha, Mamillapalli, Anitha
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5634025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25502041
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieu069
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author Lattala, Gayatri Manogna
Kandukuru, Kasturaiah
Gangupantula, Shamitha
Mamillapalli, Anitha
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description Polyamines are ubiquitous low molecular weight polycationic aliphatic amines involved in diverse cellular processes. Spermidine (Spd), a polyamine, has been proved to be crucial for cell survival in various organisms. Our study reports the effect of Spd on the growth of Bombyx mori . Silkworms showed improved silk gland weight and economic parameters in the fifth instar larval stage when treated with different concentrations of Spd, in the range of 25–75 µM. The worms treated with Spd produced 31% more silk when compared with the control worms. Altogether, this study establishes that Spd-treated leaves can be fed into the larvae for better silk production.
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spelling pubmed-56340252018-04-05 Spermidine Enhances the Silk Production by Mulberry Silkworm Lattala, Gayatri Manogna Kandukuru, Kasturaiah Gangupantula, Shamitha Mamillapalli, Anitha J Insect Sci Research Polyamines are ubiquitous low molecular weight polycationic aliphatic amines involved in diverse cellular processes. Spermidine (Spd), a polyamine, has been proved to be crucial for cell survival in various organisms. Our study reports the effect of Spd on the growth of Bombyx mori . Silkworms showed improved silk gland weight and economic parameters in the fifth instar larval stage when treated with different concentrations of Spd, in the range of 25–75 µM. The worms treated with Spd produced 31% more silk when compared with the control worms. Altogether, this study establishes that Spd-treated leaves can be fed into the larvae for better silk production. Oxford University Press 2014-01-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5634025/ /pubmed/25502041 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieu069 Text en © The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Entomological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Spermidine Enhances the Silk Production by Mulberry Silkworm
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title_full Spermidine Enhances the Silk Production by Mulberry Silkworm
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title_short Spermidine Enhances the Silk Production by Mulberry Silkworm
title_sort spermidine enhances the silk production by mulberry silkworm
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5634025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25502041
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieu069
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