Cross-talk between low temperature and other environmental factors

L Boardman - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Low temperatures are rarely experienced in isolation. The impacts of low temperatures on
insects can be exacerbated or alleviated by the addition of other environmental factors …

Mitochondrion of the Trypanosoma brucei long slender bloodstream form is capable of ATP production by substrate-level phosphorylation

G Taleva, M Husová, B Panicucci, C Hierro-Yap… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The long slender bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei maintains its essential
mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) through the proton-pumping activity of the FoF1 …

Stabilization of insect cell membranes and soluble enzymes by accumulated cryoprotectants during freezing stress

R Grgac, J Rozsypal, L Des Marteaux… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Most multicellular organisms are freeze sensitive, but the ability to survive freezing of the
extracellular fluids evolved in several vertebrate ectotherms, some plants, and many insects …

Blood-feeding adaptations and virome assessment of the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae guided by RNA-seq

JM Ribeiro, D Hartmann, P Bartošová-Sojková… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Dermanyssus gallinae is a blood-feeding mite that parasitises wild birds and farmed poultry.
Its remarkably swift processing of blood, together with the capacity to blood-feed during most …

Metabolomics as a tool to elucidate biochemical cold adaptation in insects

SAL Hayward, H Colinet - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Untargeted screening, without effective metabolite identification, limits
insight.•Well-curated metabolite databases are essential.•Time-series and tissue-specific …

Insect cross-tolerance to freezing and drought stress: role of metabolic rearrangement

P Hůla, M Moos, L Des Marteaux… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The accumulation of trehalose has been suggested as a mechanism underlying insect cross-
tolerance to cold/freezing and drought. Here we show that exposing diapausing larvae of the …

Unveiling winter survival strategies: physiological and metabolic responses to cold stress of Monochamus saltuarius larvae during overwintering

F Shi, Y Xing, Y Niu, L Cheng, Y Xu, X Li… - Pest Management …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Monochamus saltuarius is a destructive trunk‐borer of pine forest and an
effective dispersal vector for pinewood nematode (PWN), a causative agent of pine wilt …

Cold tolerance and metabolism of red-haired pine bark beetle Hylurgus ligniperda (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) during the overwintering period

L Cheng, J Pei, X Chen, F Shi, Z Bao… - Journal of Economic …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Hylurgus ligniperda invaded Shandong, China, through imported forest timber,
posing a threat to China's forest health. Exotic insects with broad environmental tolerance …

[HTML][HTML] Two distinct aphid diapause strategies: slow development or development arrest

R Durak, M Materowska, B Borowiak-Sobkowiak… - Journal of Insect …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aphids adapt to unfavourable environmental conditions, such as low temperatures in winter,
by laying diapausing eggs that overwinter. Diapause is a stress-resistant and …

Metabolism of glucose and trehalose by cyclic pentose phosphate pathway is essential for effective immune response in Drosophila

M Kazek, L Chodáková, K Lehr, L Strych, P Nedbalová… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Activation of immune cells requires the remodeling of cell metabolism in order to support
immune function. We study these metabolic changes through the infection of Drosophila …