Prostaglandins and Other Eicosanoids in Insects: Biosynthesis and Biological Actions.

ABSTRACT: This essay reviews the discoveries, synthesis, and biological significance of prostaglandins (PGs) and other eicosanoids in insect biology. It presents the most current - and growing - understanding of the insect mechanism of PG biosynthesis, provides an updated treatment of known insect phospholipase A₂ (PLA₂), and details contemporary findings on the biological roles of PGs and other eicosanoids in insect physiology, including reproduction, fluid secretion, hormone actions in fat body, immunity and eicosanoid signaling and cross-talk in immunity. It completes the essay with a prospectus meant to illuminate research opportunities for interested readers. In more detail, cellular and secretory types of PLA₂, similar to those known on the biomedical backgroun

SUBMITTER: Stanley D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6375067 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature