Lamy M, Novak F, Duboscq M F, Ducombs G, Maleville J
Université de Bordeaux I, Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie, UA CNRS 1138, Talence.
Ann Dermatol Venereol. 1988;115(10):1023-32.
The urticating apparatus of the oak processionary caterpillar was studied by electron microscopy at times when this species was exceptionally abundant in France. Proteins of urticating hairs were studied by electrophoresis on acrylamide gel and were compared with thaumetopoein, an urticating protein of the pine processionary caterpillar, using immunological techniques. A thaumetopoein-like protein was found to be present in oak processionary urticating hairs. This protein has a histamine-releasing effect in the guinea-pig. Contact dermatitis caused by the oak processionary caterpillar is described and compared to that produced by the pine processionary caterpillar.
在法国该物种异常繁盛之时，通过电子显微镜对橡树列队蛾幼虫的螫刺器官进行了研究。运用免疫技术，对螫刺毛发的蛋白质进行了聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳研究，并与松列队蛾幼虫的一种螫刺蛋白thaumetopoein作了比较。结果发现，橡树列队蛾的螫刺毛发中存在一种类似thaumetopoein的蛋白。这种蛋白在豚鼠体内具有释放组胺的作用。文中描述了由橡树列队蛾幼虫引起的接触性皮炎，并与松列队蛾幼虫所致的接触性皮炎作了比较。
