Figure 8.

Organ distribution of ferritin subunits in sugar- and blood-fed female Aedes aegypti. Western blots prepared with extracts of organs dissected from 4 insects, and of thoraces from 2 insects and probed with antibodies against ferritin. Whole midgut from sugar fed females was used. Midgut from blood fed females was separated into the gut wall and gut contents. FER, ferritin purified from iron-loaded pupae; wall, midgut wall; cont, midgut content. Organs and body parts were dissected from sugar-fed or from blood-fed female mosquitoes 24h and 48h after the blood meal, as indicated.