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Tolerance of Drosophila Flies to Ibotenic Acid Poisons in Mushrooms

Authors :
Naoya Osawa
Kazuo H. Takahashi
Nobuko Tuno
Chihiro Tanaka
Hiroshi Yamashita
Source :
Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33:311-317
Publication Year :
2006
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2006.

Abstract

The mushroom genus Amanita has a spectrum of chemical compounds affecting survival and performance of animals. Ibotenic acid is one of such compounds found in some Amanita mushrooms. We studied the effects of ibotenic acid and its derivative, muscimol, on egg-to-pupa survival, pupation time, and pupal size in five Drosophila species (Diptera: Drosophilidae), Drosophila bizonata, Drosophila angularis, Drosophila brachynephros, Drosophila immigrans, and Drosophila melanogaster. The first three species are mycophagous and use a wide range of mushrooms for breeding, whereas D. immigrans and D. melanogaster are frugivorous. We reared fly larvae on artificial medium with 500, 250, 125, and 62.5 microg/ml of ibotenic acid and/or musimol. The three mycophagous species were not susceptible to ibotenic acid, whereas the two frugivorous species were affected. In experiments with D. melanogaster, muscimol was less toxic than ibotenic acid.

Details

ISSN :
15731561 and 00980331
Volume :
33
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Chemical Ecology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....1131cd4fc75923115486885a2269e3b4