distribution and Quantitative Change of Vitellogenin During Egg Formation of Bombyx mori L.

누에(Bombyx mori)의 卵形成過程에 따른 Vitellogenin의 分布 및 量的 變化

Vitellogenin was purified from the haemolymph of female pupae during egg formation of Bombyx mori using DEAE-cellulose column and its quantitative change in various organs with age ws examined by electrophoresis and immunodiffusion. Vitellogenin is distributed in the haemolymph, fat body, and over the egg maturation and especially maintainsa constant level in the haemolymph until just before emergence, indicating that vitellogenin in released into the haemolymph at the same amount as it is taken up by oocytes during pupal period. Immunologically vitellogenin was confirmed to be in the fat body until 7 days after pupation and to undergo a drastic decline thereafter. Also, the interaction of anti-ovary proteins with haemolymph proteins showed at least 3 homogeneous proteins, indicating that other proteins as well as vitellogenin are involved in egg formation.

누에의 卵形成時期동안 자성 혈림프에서 DEAE-cellullose column을 使用하여 vitellogenin을 순수하게 分離해 낸 후, 電氣泳動法과 免疫學的 方法을 使用하여 각 器官에 따른 vitellogenin의 分布와 이의 量的 變化를 調査하였다. 누에의 vitellogenin은 난성숙시기에 걸쳐 혈림프, 脂肪體 및 卵巢에 모두 分布하고 있으며, 특히 포화후 7일까지만 확인되었으며 그 이후 급격한 量的 減少를 나타내었으며, 또한 血蛋白質은 卵巢蛋白質과 最小한 3개의 同質인 蛋白質을 갖고 있는 것으로 보아 卵形成에 vitellogenin 이외의 다른 血蛋白質도 관여 되는 것 같다.