PMID- 8919014
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19970318
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 0735-7044 (Print)
IS  - 0735-7044 (Linking)
VI  - 110
IP  - 5
DP  - 1996 Oct
TI  - Inhibition of polyamine biosynthesis alters oviposition behavior in female 
      crickets.
PG  - 1117-25
AB  - The role of polyamines in the expression of cricket oviposition, a juvenile 
      hormone-dependent behavior, was investigated using a specific inhibitor of 
      ornithine decarboxylase, alpha-difluoromethylornithine (alpha-DFMO). The fat body 
      of treated female house crickets (Acheta domesticus) did not show any putrescine 
      and presented reduced levels of spermidine, whereas spermine titres were 
      significantly enhanced. In nervous tissue, alpha-DFMO did not affect spermine 
      titres but induced a severe drop in spermidine levels. In polyamine depleted 
      females, the expression of egg-laying behavior was delayed and was expressed less 
      frequently compared with controls. As drug treatment did not seem to affect 
      juvenile hormone titres, the data suggest that juvenile hormone might act on 
      behavior by way of polyamine metabolism. These results support the view that, in 
      insects, as in vertebrates, the ornithine decarboxylase-polyamine system is 
      involved in the maturation of complex behaviors.
FAU - Cayre, M
AU  - Cayre M
AD  - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, 
      Marseille, France.
FAU - Strambi, C
AU  - Strambi C
FAU - Charpin, P
AU  - Charpin P
FAU - Augier, R
AU  - Augier R
FAU - Renucci, M
AU  - Renucci M
FAU - Strambi, A
AU  - Strambi A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Behav Neurosci
JT  - Behavioral neuroscience
JID - 8302411
RN  - 0 (Juvenile Hormones)
RN  - EC 4.1.1.17 (Ornithine Decarboxylase)
RN  - U87FK77H25 (Spermidine)
RN  - V10TVZ52E4 (Putrescine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Female
MH  - Gryllidae/*physiology
MH  - Juvenile Hormones/physiology
MH  - Ornithine Decarboxylase/physiology
MH  - Oviposition/*physiology
MH  - Putrescine/*biosynthesis
MH  - Spermidine/*biosynthesis
EDAT- 1996/10/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/10/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/10/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/10/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/10/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/10/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Behav Neurosci. 1996 Oct;110(5):1117-25.