2006
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-230x(06)95002-7
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Order, Disorder, Death: Lessons from a Superorganism

Abstract: Animal models contribute to the understanding of molecular mechanism of cancer, revealing complex roles of altered cellular-signaling networks and deficient surveillance systems. Analogous pathologies are documented in an unconventional model organism that receives attention in research on systems theory, evolution, and aging. The honeybee (Apis mellifera) colony is an advanced integrative unit, a "superorganism" in which order is controlled via complex signaling cascades and surveillance schemes. A facultativ… Show more

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“…This inability to quantify vitellogenin is likely due to relatively low whole-body abundance in the sampled bees. However, our proteomic data suggest that other compounds like GST might contribute to the higher ROS tolerance of nest bees, and that protection mechanisms in foragers may be limited to proteins indispensable for their foraging performance, as we have suggested previously [74-76]. …”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 50%
“…This inability to quantify vitellogenin is likely due to relatively low whole-body abundance in the sampled bees. However, our proteomic data suggest that other compounds like GST might contribute to the higher ROS tolerance of nest bees, and that protection mechanisms in foragers may be limited to proteins indispensable for their foraging performance, as we have suggested previously [74-76]. …”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 50%
“…Honeybees are eusosial insects where the fundamental components that underlie superorganismal order are the female forms [4]. In a social insect superorganism, the non-reproducing workers can be regarded as an extended form of the reproductive queen's soma.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the more highly developed forms, social insect colonies are so tightly integrated that they have been suggested to function as a single organism, a superorganism [1], [2], [3]. Honeybees are eusocial insects where the fundamental components that underlie superorganismal order are the female forms [4]. Like sterile somatic cells, the workers differentiate and communicate to produce coordinated patterns of growth, homeostasis, provisioning and defence before death [4].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Regarding the effect on cognitive abilities, evidence suggests that a JH analogue affects short-term olfactory memory in recently emerged honeybees (Maleszka and Helliwell, 2001). JH positively influences the insulin-like signalling pathway in insects (Amdam and Seehuus, 2006;Corona et al, 2007;Hunt et al, 2007;Tu et al, 2005). Thus, we expect that insulin, with a strong age dependency, will not only affect sucrose and olfactory responsiveness but will also have an effect on learning abilities to discriminate odours in honeybees.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%