1. Response of α-glucosidase in gypsy moth larvae to acute and chronic dietary cadmium.
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Vlahović, Milena S., Mataruga, Vesna D. Perić, Lazarević, Jelica M., Mrdaković, Marija M., Matić, Dragana R., Todorović, Dajana D., and Ilijin, Larisa A.
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CADMIUM , *GLUCOSIDASES , *LYMANTRIA dispar , *DIETARY supplements , *FOOD dehydration , *LYMANTRIA , *ENZYME inhibitors - Abstract
We investigated the effects of acute and chronic treatments with cadmium at 10 μg Cd/g dry food and 30 μg Cd/g dry food on α-glucosidase activity of the 4th instar larvae ofLymantria dispar(Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) as well as subsequent recovery. Enzyme inhibition was recorded during acute exposure to 30 μg Cd/g dry food and during chronic treatment at the lower metal concentration. After three days recovery from 10 μg Cd/g dry food, the α-glucosidase activity returned to the control level. One-way ANOVA showed that cadmium significantly influenced the activity of α-glucosidase during all treatments. The index of phenotypic plasticity was higher during chronic treatment at 10 μg Cd/g dry food than at 30 μg Cd/g as well as during the recovery. We detected four glucosidase isoforms by NATIVE PAGE. The activities and expressions of the isoforms depended on both larval genotype and cadmium treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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