title: [An increase in the immune system activity of the wax moth Galleria mellonella and of the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata under effect of organophosphorus insecticide].
abstract: There has been performed evaluation of the effect of the organophosphorus insecticide (pirimifos-methyl) on some components of the insect immune response. The cellular (a change of the number of hemocytes and of intensity of incapsulation) and the humoral (a change of phenoloxidase activity) components of the immune response were studied in larvae of representatives of two orders--the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera) and the wax moth (Galeriia mellonella, Pyralidae, Lepidoptera). The action of the insecticide has been found to lead to stimulation of immune reactions (an increase of phenoloxidase activities and of intensity of incapsulation, a rise of the number of hemocytes) at the contact treatment of both sublethal and the half-lethal doses of pirimifos-methyl.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Dubovskiy
authors.forename: O N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Yaroslavtseva
authors.forename: V Yu
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Kryukov
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Benkovskaya
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Glupov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology; D006434:Hemocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D007109:Immunity / Q000187:drug effects; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D007306:Insecticides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase / Q000378:metabolism; D009036:Moths / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D019476:Insect Proteins; D007306:Insecticides; D014442:Monophenol Monooxygenase