WYATT G R, MEYER W L
J Gen Physiol. 1959 May 20;42(5):1005-11. doi: 10.1085/jgp.42.5.1005.
Free glycerol has been identified as a major solute in plasma of pupae of the silk moth, Hyalophora cecropia. Glycerol is not found in the blood of larvae; it appears about the time of pupation, and then gradually accumulates during diapause to reach after 6 months a level of about 0.3 M. When diapause is broken and the adult develops, glycerol rapidly disappears. In diapausing pupae of the related species, Telea polyphemus, about 0.05 M glycerol was found; in 3 other saturniid species, there was little or none. It is suggested that glycerol may be a product of a modified glycolytic pathway.
游离甘油已被确认为天蚕蛾蛹血浆中的主要溶质。幼虫血液中未发现甘油；它大约在化蛹时出现，然后在滞育期间逐渐积累，6个月后达到约0.3M的水平。当滞育被打破且成虫发育时，甘油迅速消失。在相关物种多音天蚕滞育蛹中，发现约0.05M的甘油；在其他3种天蚕蛾科物种中，甘油含量很少或几乎没有。有人认为甘油可能是糖酵解途径改变后的产物。
