Phylogeny and evolution of chemical communication: an endocrine approach

Stoka, AM

doi:10.1677/jme.0.0220207

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“…In these groups, the ovipositor is long, sting-like, and the precursor of the sting of Aculeata, and thereby secretions of the Dufour's gland (perhaps involved in oviposition and other reproductive functions) can get co-opted to be used as semiochemicals used to avoid oviposition in a host that is already parasitized. This is particularly interesting from the perspective of evolution of semiochemicals, be-cause chemicals that already exist for other purposes often get co-opted later for being used as a signal (Stoka 1999). Since the Dufour's gland chemicals may be involved in oviposition, they will inadvertently get deposited on the host when the parasite injects her eggs.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Function of the Dufour’s gland in solitary and social Hymenoptera

Mitra¹

2013

JHR

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The poison gland and Dufour's gland are the two glands associated with the sting apparatus in female Apocrita (Hymenoptera). While the poison gland usually functions as an integral part of the venom delivery system, the Dufour's gland has been found to differ in its function in various hymenopteran groups. Like all exocrine glands, the function of the Dufour's gland is to secrete chemicals, but the nature and function of the secretions varies in different taxa. Functions of the Dufour's gland secretions range from serving as a component of material used in nest building, larval food, and pheromones involved in communicative functions that are important for both solitary and social species. This review summarizes the different functions reported for the Dufour's gland in hymenopterans, illustrating how the Dufour's gland secretions can be adapted to give rise to various functions in response to different challenges posed by the ways of life followed by different taxa. Aspects of development, structure, chemistry and the evolution of different functions are also touched upon briefly.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Function of the Dufour’s gland in solitary and social Hymenoptera

Mitra¹

2013

JHR

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“…Since sexual signals can derive from feeding stimulants (Stoka 1999), and nucleotides function as such, it will be interesting to establish how complex signaling systems involving sexual and feeding behavior have evolved in crustaceans. Structure-activity relationships found for amino acid and nucleotide feeding responses are very similar to those for their uses in internal signal reception .…”

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Identification of a female sex pheromone in Carcinus maenas

Hardege

Bartels‐Hardege²,

Fletcher³

et al. 2011

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…Uni-and multicellular organisms share many mechanisms of chemical communication (39,521), indicating that cellto-cell signaling predates the origin of metazoan (2,259,474). Still, metazoan cells communicate by many more different ways that are not used by prokaryotes (162,164).…”

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“…With the progressive growth and diverging differentiation of multicellular systems, the chemical signaling has rapidly imposed the development of signaling units sizably larger than the unicellular exocrine systems, which are considered their primordial precursors (20,34,35,302,303,433,435,436,521). Thus, in mammals, most of the vital endocrine functions are now dependent on the proper functioning of multicellular glands.…”

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Connexins: Key Mediators of Endocrine Function

Bosco

Haefliger

Meda

2011

Physiological Reviews

155

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The appearance of multicellular organisms imposed the development of several mechanisms for cell-to-cell communication, whereby different types of cells coordinate their function. Some of these mechanisms depend on the intercellular diffusion of signal molecules in the extracellular spaces, whereas others require cell-to-cell contact. Among the latter mechanisms, those provided by the proteins of the connexin family are widespread in most tissues. Connexin signaling is achieved via direct exchanges of cytosolic molecules between adjacent cells at gap junctions, for cell-to-cell coupling, and possibly also involves the formation of membrane “hemi-channels,” for the extracellular release of cytosolic signals, direct interactions between connexins and other cell proteins, and coordinated influence on the expression of multiple genes. Connexin signaling appears to be an obligatory attribute of all multicellular exocrine and endocrine glands. Specifically, the experimental evidence we review here points to a direct participation of the Cx36 isoform in the function of the insulin-producing β-cells of the endocrine pancreas, and of the Cx40 isoform in the function of the renin-producing juxtaglomerular epithelioid cells of the kidney cortex.

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Phylogeny and evolution of chemical communication: an endocrine approach

Cited by 40 publications

References 137 publications

Function of the Dufour’s gland in solitary and social Hymenoptera

Function of the Dufour’s gland in solitary and social Hymenoptera

Identification of a female sex pheromone in Carcinus maenas

Connexins: Key Mediators of Endocrine Function

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