Trehalose, the insect blood sugar, inhibits loading of diacylglycerol by lipophorin from the fat body in locusts.
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.
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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
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004075:Diglycerides; D008074:Lipoproteins; C032830:lipophorin; D014199:Trehalose