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dc.date.accessioned 2014-05-14T19:19:08Z
dc.date.available 2014-05-14T19:19:08Z
dc.date.issued 2009-01
dc.identifier.uri http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/35434
dc.description.abstract Background. The triatomine bugs are vectors of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease. Aggregation behavior plays an important role in their survival by facilitating the location of refuges and cohesion of aggregates, helping to keep them safely assembled into shelters during daylight time, when they are vulnerable to predators. There are evidences that aggregation is mediated by thigmotaxis, by volatile cues from their faeces, and by hexane-extractable contact chemoreceptive signals from their cuticle surface. The epicuticular lipids of Triatoma infestans include a complex mixture of hydrocarbons, free and esterified fatty acids, alcohols, and sterols. Results. We analyzed the response of T. infestans fifth instar nymphs after exposure to different amounts either of total epicuticular lipid extracts or individual lipid fractions. Assays were performed in a circular arena, employing a binary choice test with filter papers acting as aggregation attractive sites; papers were either impregnated with a hexane-extract of the total lipids, or lipid fraction; or with the solvent. Insects were significantly aggregated around papers impregnated with the epicuticular lipid extracts. Among the lipid fractions separately tested, only the free fatty acid fraction promoted significant bug aggregation. We also investigated the response to different amounts of selected fatty acid components of this fraction; receptiveness varied with the fatty acid chain length. No response was elicited by hexadecanoic acid (C16:0), the major fatty acid component. Octadecanoic acid (C18:0) showed a significant assembling effect in the concentration range tested (0.1 to 2 insect equivalents). The very long chain hexacosanoic acid (C26:0) was significantly attractant at low doses ( 1 equivalent), although a repellent effect was observed at higher doses. Conclusion. The detection of contact aggregation pheromones has practical application in Chagas disease vector control. These data may be used to help design new tools against triatomine bugs. en
dc.language en es
dc.subject hexane en
dc.subject lipid en
dc.subject Chagas disease en
dc.subject Triatoma infestans en
dc.subject Hexapoda en
dc.subject Protozoa en
dc.subject Trypanosoma cruzi en
dc.title Epicuticular lipids induce aggregation in Chagas disease vectors en
dc.type Articulo es
sedici.identifier.uri http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/pdf/1756-3305-2-8.pdf es
sedici.identifier.other eid:2-s2.0-64949137056
sedici.identifier.other https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-2-8
sedici.identifier.issn 1756-3305 es
sedici.creator.person Lorenzo Figueiras, Alicia N. es
sedici.creator.person Girotti, Juan Roberto es
sedici.creator.person Mijailovsky, Sergio Javier es
sedici.creator.person Juárez, Marta Patricia es
sedici.subject.materias Ciencias Médicas es
sedici.description.fulltext true es
mods.originInfo.place Facultad de Ciencias Médicas es
sedici.subtype Articulo es
sedici.rights.license Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
sedici.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
sedici.description.peerReview peer-review es
sedici.relation.journalTitle Parasites and Vectors es
sedici.relation.journalVolumeAndIssue vol. 2, no. 1 es


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