title: Effect of bisacylhydrazine ecdysteroid mimics (RH-5849 and RH-5992) on chromosomal puffing, imaginal disc proliferation and pupariation in larvae of Drosophila melanogaster.
abstract: Two bisacylhydrazine insecticides with ecdysone-mimetic action, RH-5849 and RH-5992, have been subjected to several bioassay procedures that are prerequisites for ecdysone action in Drosophila larvae: (a) induction of early ecdysone-specific puffs on the polytene chromosomes of the larval salivary glands; (b) secretion of glycoprotein glue into the lumen of the salivary glands; (c) evagination of imaginal discs of adult wings and legs; and (d) partial rescue of wild-type phenotypic expression in ecdysone-deficient mutants (ecdysoneless1 (ecd1) and suppressor of forkedts67g (su(f)ts67g). In all these bioassays on Drosophila larvae, the two purely synthetic hydrazines exhibited similar dose-response relationships as did the natural steroid hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone. In assays involving induction of early chromosomal puffs (74EF, 75B) or regression of the preexisting puffs (25AC, 68C), the dosages required for induction of standard ED-50 effects were one order of magnitude larger for the hydrazines in comparison with 20-hydroxyecdysone. In the assays related to glycoprotein glue secretion, evagination of imaginal discs, or rescue of phenotypic expression in ecdysone-deficient mutants, 20-hydroxyecdysone was two orders of magnitude more active than RH-5849 and RH-5992. We conclude that, in spite of these quantitative differences, the two hydrazine compounds studied are able to duplicate in Drosophila larvae the complex of qualitative biological effects that are a prerequisite for ecdysteroid hormones. The hormonomimetic stimulus of RH-compounds has been given at very low, intracellular, chromosomal level.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Experimental Endocrinology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. ueenfark@savba.savba.sk
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Farkas
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sláma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001681:Biological Assay; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000187:drug effects*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D004440:Ecdysone / Q000494:pharmacology; D006834:Hydrazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007814:Larva / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D018978:Molting / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D006834:Hydrazines; D007306:Insecticides; C056565:1,2-dibenzoyl-tert-butylhydrazine; D004440:Ecdysone; C082026:tebufenozide