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Title: 'Does my Diet Affect my Perfume?' Identification and Quantification of Cuticular Compounds in Five Drosophila melanogaster Strains Maintained over 300 Generations on Different Diets
Authors: Pavković Lučić, Sofija 
Todosijević, Marina
Savić, Tatjana
Vajs, Vlatka
Trajković, Jelena 
Andjelković, Boban
Lučić, Luka 
Krstić, Gordana
Makarov, Slobodan 
Tomić, Vladimir 
Miličić, Dragana 
Vujisić, Ljubodrag
Keywords: cis-Vaccenyl acetate;Cuticular hydrocarbons;Diet;Drosophila melanogaster
Issue Date: 1-Feb-2016
Rank: M22
Project: Natural products of wild, cultivated and edible plants: structure and bioactivity determination 
Journal: Chemistry and Biodiversity
Volume: 13
Issue: 2
Start page: 224
End page: 232
Abstract: 
Copyright © 2016 Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta AG. Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) in Drosophila melanogaster represent the basis of chemical communication being involved in many important biological functions. The aim of this study was to characterize chemical composition and variation of cuticular profiles in five D. melanogaster strains. These strains were reared for approximately 300 generations on five diets: standard cornmeal medium and substrates prepared with apple, banana, tomato, and carrot. Differences in quantity and/or quality in CHCs were assumed as a result of activation of different metabolic pathways involved in food digestion and adaptations to the particular diet type. In total, independently of sex and strain, 66 chemical compounds were identified. In females of all strains, 60 compounds were identified, while, in males, 47 compounds were extracted. Certain new chemical compounds for D. melanogaster were found. MANOVA confirmed that CHC amounts significantly depend on sex and substrates, as well as on their interactions. Discriminant analysis revealed that flies belonging to 'apple' and 'carrot' strains exhibited the most noticeable differences in CHC repertoires. A non-hydrocarbon pheromone, cis-vaccenyl acetate (cVA) also contributed to the variation in the pheromone bouquet among the strains. Variability detected in CHCs and cVA may be used in the explanation of differences in mating behaviour previously determined in analyzed fly strains.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/338
ISSN: 1612-1872
DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201500064
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