Entomologia Sinica (1995) 2, 188-192

Xiaojun Pan and Ping Jin (1995)
Phenol oxidase activity in Anopheles sinensis and Aedes albopictus exposed to microfilariae of Brugia malayi
Entomologia Sinica 2 (2), 188-192
Abstract: Phenol oxidase (PO activity was investigated in cell-free hemolymph collected from Anopheles sinensis and Aedes albopictlcs female adults intrathoracically inoculated with Brugia dayi microfilariae (mff), inoculated with saline alone, or from uninoculated mosquitoes. The activity of PO from uninoculated 1-day-old mosquitoes was significantly greater than those of mosquitoes on 3, 12 and 16 day. PO activity in mff-inoculated A. sinensis at 24 h postinoculation (PI) was 2-3 times higher as compared with uninoculated or saline-inoculated mosquitoes. Inoculation of B. malayi mff into A. albopictus elicited ?-fold increase in PO activity at 24 h PI as compared with uninoculated mosquitoes. Immune-activated levels of PO activity in A. alboplctus was significantly higher as compared with those seen in A. sinensis. The relationship of observed differences in PO activity to differences in immunological capability between A. sinensis and A. albopictus is discussed.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Aedes albopictus
	Anopheles sinensis