title: Digestive enzymes during development of Ceratitis capitata (Diptera:Tephritidae) and effects of SBTI on its digestive serine proteinase targets.
abstract: The digestive system of Ceratitis capitata was characterized during its larval development and in the insect stage. Disaccharidases against maltose and sucrose were more evident in the 2nd and 3rd day of larval development and in the adult stage, respectively. Glycosil-hydrolyses with higher specific alpha-galactosidasic and beta-galactosidasic activities were detected in the 2nd and 3rd day of the larval stage, respectively. Specific proteolytic activities against azocasein showed an increase in the 4th and 5th day of the larval stage and in the adult stage. Specific hemoglobin activities were constant between 2nd and 6th day of the larval stage. The larvae used mainly serine proteinases, such as trypsin/chymotrypsin, and the adult insects only chymotrypsin-like enzymes in their digestive process. Two serine proteinases were separated from zymogram between the 4th and 5th day of larval development and in the adult stage. Effect of soybean trypsin inhibitor (SBTI, a serine proteinase inhibitor) on development of C. capitata was examined by bioassay. C. capitata was susceptible to SBTI which affected larval mass at ED50 3.01%.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Química e Função de Proteínas Bioativas, Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 59072-970 Natal, RN, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fátima C B L
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Alonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alcazar
authors.forename: Leonardo L P
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Macedo
authors.forename: Adeliana S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: Francisco P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Macedo
authors.forename: Luiz R D
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Abreu
authors.forename: Elizeu A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Mauricio P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Sales
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002364:Caseins / Q000494:pharmacology; D004175:Diptera / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D014360:Trypsin Inhibitor, Kunitz Soybean / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; C026018:azocasein; D014360:Trypsin Inhibitor, Kunitz Soybean; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; C019822:carbohydrase; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases