Activity of selected hydrolytic enzymes from leeches (Clitellata: Hirudinida) with different feeding strategies
Abstract: Hydrolase activities of extracts from different parts of the bodies of parasitic (Theromyzon tessulatum, Piscicola geometra) and predatory (Erpobdella octoculata, Glossiphonia complanata) leeches were examined. The highest activity was detected in the extracts from sections containing the intestine. Hydrolase activities in the crop and intestine of parasitic leeches were higher than in predatory leeches. The high activity of most of hydrolases in those segments may indicate the intensity of digestion and absorption processes in leeches. A lack of trypsin activity and low chymotrypsin activity are likely to result from the presence of inhibitors of these enzymes. The high activity of the majority of the analyzed hydrolases in extracts derived from the head segment of predatory leeches enables, through digestion of tissues, their easy access to physiological fluids of a host. In turn, in extracts from the head segment of predatory leeches, only four hydrolases were shown to be active. Lipase activity was not found in any of the samples, while α-galactosidase activity was found only in extracts from the head segment of T. tessulatum and P. geometra. Trypsin activity was detected in the extract from the intestine contents of H. sanguisuga and in the extract from the head segment of P. geometra. The results demonstrate the presence of majority of hydrolases occurring in other animals in the alimentary tract of leeches. The study also shows that the crop of leeches is not only a food reservoir, but also the site where digestion and absorption processes take place.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Activity of selected hydrolytic enzymes from leeches (Clitellata: Hirudinida) with different feeding strategies ; volume:64 ; number:2 ; year:2009 ; pages:370-376 ; extent:7
Biologia ; 64, Heft 2 (2009), 370-376 (gesamt 7)
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Dziekońska-Rynko, Janina
Bielecki, Aleksander
Palińska, Katarzyna
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10.2478/s11756-009-0048-0
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409221616108.423999873315
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Dziekońska-Rynko, Janina
- Bielecki, Aleksander
- Palińska, Katarzyna
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