Analysis of pteridines in Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.) (Heteroptera, Pyrrhocoridae) during development and in body-color mutants
1997
Bel, Y. | Porcar, M. | Socha, R. | Nemec, V. | Ferre, J.
By using thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), five different pteridines have been quantified in extracts from Pyrrhocoris apterus: neopterin, isoxanthopterin, isoxantholumazine (violapterin), 7-methylxanthopterin, and erythropterin. Biopterin was also detected using HPLC. Pteridines have been analyzed separately in bodies and eyes of the wild type regarding developmental stage and sex. The pteridine content in both bodies and eyes increased from nymphs to 2-day-old adults. After this period, the concentration of pteridines in the eyes of adults remained approximately constant, while in the bodies isoxantholumazine, 7-methylxanthopterin, and isoxanthopterin kept increasing until 20 days. Considering the total amount of pteridines per insect, no qualitative or quantitative differences between males and females have been observed except a lower concentration of erythropterin in female bodies. But when pteridines are analyzed per unit body weight, a lower amount of pteridines is always detected in females due to its bigger size. A new body-color mutant, the yolk body mutant, that goes through developmental colour changes, was also analyzed during development, showing a general deficient accumulation of all pteridines, especially of 7-methylxanthopterin and isoxantholumazine in adult bodies. The effect on pteridine content of three other recessive (white, yellow, mosaic) and two dominant (Pale and Apricot) body-color mutations, has also been studied. A specific pteridine pattern different from the wild type was obtained for each mutant.
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