title: Phosphate metabolites of Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: tenebrionidae) infected with metacestodes of Hymenolepis diminuta.
abstract: In vivo phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (31P NMR) spectra and those of extracts of Tenebrio molitor L. infected with metacestodes of Hymenolepis diminuta R. showed modifications in the amounts of phosphorous-containing metabolites when compared with those of uninfected beetles. Infected females were more affected than infected males, having significantly more glucose-6-phosphate (Glu-6-P), glycerol-3-phosphate (Gly-3-P), and phosphorylethanolamine (PE), but less inorganic orthophosphate (Pi), glycerophosphorylethanolamine (GPE), gylcerolphosphorylcholine (GPC), phosphoarginine (PAr), and adenosine diphosphate (ADP). Infected males had more Glu-6-P and PE, but less Pi, GPE, and GPC. These changes directly reflected the phosphorylation potential of infected hosts, which increased approximately 100% and 50% in infected females and males, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Blackburn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Modha
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Novak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006926:Hymenolepis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D013712:Tenebrio / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates