Efficient incorporation of unsaturated fatty acids into volicitin-related compounds in Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2007 Feb;71(2):607-10. doi: 10.1271/bbb.60546. Epub 2007 Feb 7.

Abstract

We introduced efficient incorporation of unsaturated fatty acids into volicitin [N-(17-hydroxylinolenoyl)-L-glutamine] and N-linolenoyl-L-glutamine, insect-derived elicitors of plant volatiles, in the common cutworms Spodoptera litura by the incubation of larval gut tissues with unsaturated (linolenic, linoleic, and oleic acids) or saturated fatty acids (palmitic and stearic acids) sodium salt, and L-[alpha-(15)N]glutamine.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / chemistry
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / metabolism*
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Glutamine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Glutamine / metabolism
  • Lactuca / chemistry
  • Larva / metabolism
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry
  • Spodoptera / metabolism*
  • alpha-Linolenic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • alpha-Linolenic Acid / metabolism

Substances

  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
  • volicitin
  • alpha-Linolenic Acid
  • Glutamine