title: Trehalose, the insect blood sugar, inhibits loading of diacylglycerol by lipophorin from the fat body in locusts.
abstract: Trehalose, the insect blood sugar, was found to inhibit diacylglycerol uptake by lipophorin from the fat body in vitro. Trehalose inhibited diacylglycerol uptake by about 40%-50% at various physiological concentrations. This suggests that trehalose may play a dual role in the hemolymph, i.e. serving as the insect's fuel and as a regulator in lipid transport.
authors.affiliation: Biochemical Laboratory, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Lum
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chino
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000378:metabolism*; D006110:Grasshoppers / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008074:Lipoproteins; D014199:Trehalose / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004075:Diglycerides; D008074:Lipoproteins; C032830:lipophorin; D014199:Trehalose