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Ultrastructure of cuticle deposited in Plodia interpunctella wing discs after various β-ecdysone treatments in vitro

Wilhelm Roux's Archives of Developmental Biology, ISSN: 0340-0794, Vol: 183, Issue: 2, Page: 155-164
1977
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Wing discs of the Indian meal moth may be cultured for extended periods in vitro. The discs produced a tanned cuticle after continuous incubation with β-ecdysone in medium conditioned with fat body or after a 24-h pulse incubation with β-ecdysone in plain medium. We investigated the ultrastructure of the cuticle deposited by such discs. We found that the treatment that produced the most complete cuticle in vitro was the 24-h pulse of hormone. We observed that cuticle formation in vitro was not "all-or-none." Depending on culture conditions, discs produced cuticulin only, complete epicuticle, epicuticle plus diffuse endocuticle, epicuticle plus lamellate endocuticle, or even multiple layers of cuticle. The ultrastructural evidence suggests that continuous incubation with β-ecdysone in plain medium does not always inhibit cuticle formation per se, but does prevent tanning of the partially formed cuticle. © 1977 Springer-Verlag.

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