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Effect of adipokinetic hormone on the structure and properties of lipophorin in locusts

H Chino, RG Downer and K Takahashi

The reversible association of a low molecular weight hemolymph protein (mol wt 20,000 estimated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) with lipophorin, following treatment with adipokinetic hormone (AKH), was demonstrated by density gradient ultracentrifugation and by specific precipitation of lipophorin from the hemolymph of resting and AKH-injected locusts. The injection of AKH also stimulated the loading of diacylglycerol from fat body by lipophorin and resulted in a lower density lipophorin ("activated lipophorin"). The activated lipophorin particles (diameter 21.7 +/- 3.0 nm, 15.8 to 33.6 nm) were larger and more heterogeneous in size than those of resting lipophorin (14.5 +/- 1.6 nm, 11.9 to 19.2 nm). A theoretical analysis based on the experimental data (e.g., density gradient profile, electron microscopic observation, and diacylglycerol content) suggests that very large lipophorin particles result from intermolecular fusion of the lipophorin molecules that are activated by AKH. Attempts to demonstrate the effect of AKH on the structure of lipophorin, in vitro, were unsuccessful.
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