prof. Ing. Vladimír Košťál, CSc.

Job Position: Statutory representative , Head of Laboratory - Laboratory of Insect Diapause

Contact details

Phone: +420 387775324, +420 387775230
E-mail: kostal@entu.cas.cz

Description

Insect diapause and cold hardiness

Publications
Total found: 131 records
Štětina T., Košťál V. (2024) Extracellular freezing induces a permeability transition in the inner membrane of muscle mitochondria of freeze-sensitive but not freeze-tolerant Chymomyza costata larvae. Frontiers in Physiology 15 : 1358190.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2024.1358190
Štětina T., Košťál V. (2023) Mortality caused by extracellular freezing is associated with fragmentation of nuclear DNA in larval haemocytes of two drosophilid flies. Journal of Experimental Biology 226 : jeb246456.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.246456
Grgac R., Rozsypal J., Des Marteaux L. E., Štětina T., Košťál V. (2022) Stabilization of insect cell membranes and soluble enzymes by accumulated cryoprotectants during freezing stress Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 119 : e2211744119.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2211744119
Hůla P., Moos M., Des Marteaux L. E., Šimek P., Košťál V. (2022) Insect cross-tolerance to freezing and drought stress: role of metabolic re-arrangement. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289 : 20220308.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0308
Kučera L., Moos M., Štětina T., Korbelová J., Vodrážka P., Des Marteaux L. E., Grgac R., Hůla P., Rozsypal J., Faltus M., Šimek P., Sedlacek R., Košťál V. (2022) A mixture of innate cryoprotectants is key for freeze tolerance and cryopreservation of a drosophilid fly larva. Journal of Experimental Biology 225 : jeb243934.
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.243934
Moos M., Korbelová J., Štětina T., Opekar S., Šimek P., Grgac R., Košťál V. (2022) Cryoprotective metabolites are sourced from both external diet and internal macromolecular reserves during metabolic reprogramming for freeze tolerance in drosophilid fly, Chymomyza costata. Metabolites 12 : 163.
DOI: 10.3390/metabo12020163
Kim B.Y., Matute D.R., Petrov D.A., plus 36 consortial authors, Košťál V. (2021) Highly contiguous assemblies of 101 drosophilid genomes. eLife 10 : e66405.
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.66405
Popovic Z., Maier V., Avramov R., Uzelac I., Gošic-Dondo S., Blagojevic D., Blagojevic D., Košťál V. (2021) Acclimations to cold and warm conditions differently affect the energy metabolism of diapausing larvae of the European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis (Hbn.). Frontiers in Physiology 12 : 768593.
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.768593
Rozsypal J., Moos M., Rudolf Ivo, Košťál V. (2021) Do energy reserves and cold hardiness limit winter survival of Culex pipiens? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 255 : 110912.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.110912
Bayley J.S., Sorensen J., Moos M., Košťál V., Overgaard J. (2020) Cold acclimation increases depolarization resistance and tolerance in muscle fibers from a chill-susceptible insect, Locusta migratoria. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology 319 : R439-R447.
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00068.2020.
Potts L.J., Košťál V., Šimek P., Teets N. M. (2020) Energy balance and metabolic changes in an overwintering wolf spider, Scizocosa stridulans. Journal of Insect Physiology 126 : 104112.
DOI: 10.1016/j. jinsphys.2020.104112
Štětina T., Des Marteaux L. E., Košťál V. (2020) Insect mitochondria as targets of freezing-induced injury. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287 : 20201273.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1273
Des Marteaux L. E., Hůla P., Košťál V. (2019) Transcriptional analysis of insect extreme freeze tolerance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 : 20192019.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2019
Košťál V., Grgac R., Korbelová J. (2019) Delayed mortality and sublethal effects of cold stress id Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology 113 : 24-32.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.01.003
Rozsypal J., Toxopeus J., Moos M., Berková P., Šimek P., Košťál V. (2019) Fat body disintegration after freezing stress is a consequence rather than a cause of freezing injury in larvae of Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Insect Physiology 115 : 12-19 .
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.03.008
Štětina T., Poupardin R., Moos M., Šimek P., Šmilauer Petr, Košťál V. (2019) Larvae of Drosophila melanogaster exhibit transcriptional activation of immune response pathways and antimicrobial peptides during recovery from supercooling stress. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 105 : 60-68.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.01.006
Toxopeus J., Košťál V., Sinclair B. (2019) Evidence for non-colligative function of small cryoprotectants in a freeze-tolerant insect. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 : 20190050.
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0050
Des Marteaux L. E., Štětina T., Košťál V. (2018) Insect fat body cell morphology and response to cold stress is modulated by acclimation. Journal of Experimental Biology 221 : jeb189647.
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.189647
Lehmann P., Pruisscher P., Košťál V., Moos M., Šimek P., Nylin S., Agren R., Varemo L., Wiklund C., Wheat C.W., Gotthard K. (2018) Metabolome dynamics of diapause in the butterfly Pieris napi: distinguishing maintenance, termination and post-diapause phases. Journal of Experimental Biology 221 : jeb.169508.
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.169508
Rozsypal J., Košťál V. (2018) Supercooling and freezing as eco-physiological alternatives rather than mutually exclusive strategies: A case study in Pyrrhocoris apterus. Journal of Insect Physiology 111 : 53-62.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.10.006

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