Protein contents and electrophoresis patterns of the pre-diapause, diapause and post-diapause larvae in the wheat blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana Gehin
Abstract:To elucidate the relationship between protein and diapause in the wheat blossom midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana Gehin, the comassie brilliant blue dying, SDS-PAGE and PAGE techniques were used to analyze protein contents and compositions in pre-diapause, diapause and post-diapause larvae. The protein content at different diapause stages is significantly different, which in pre-diapause and post-diapause larvae are higher than those in diapause larvae. However, no significant differences of protein content were observed between 1st and 2nd year of diapause larvae, as well as between cocooned and non-cocooned larvae in the same diapause periods. Based on the protein contents, the larval diapause in the wheat blossom midge could be divided into two stages during diapause cycle: stage 1 is from June to December, protein average content 19.2269μg/individual in cocooned larvae and 19.5734μg/individual in non-cocooned larvae. The stage 2 is from late February to mid-May of next year, average 20.9578 and 20.7153μg/individual respectively, both higher than stage 1. According to the electrophoresis diagrams, expressive levels of two protein bands (18.3 and 32.0kD) from SDS-PAGE, and four protein bands from PAGE, as well as relatively expressive amounts of protein bands 18.3 and 19.8 kD from SDS-PAGE obviously changed at various periods of pre-diapause, diapause and post-diapause, but their expressions are similar in different stages of diapause period.