Neuropeptide F and the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea: A midgut peptide revisited
| Autor: | Yongqin Huang, Joe W. Crim, Mark R. Brown, Andrew B. Nuss |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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animal structures
Physiology Molecular Sequence Data Radioimmunoassay Neuropeptide Enteroendocrine cell Biology Biochemistry Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Endocrinology Hemolymph Animals Amino Acid Sequence Peptide sequence Sequence Homology Amino Acid Neuropeptides fungi Midgut Neuropeptide Y receptor biology.organism_classification Immunohistochemistry Gastrointestinal Tract Lepidoptera Peptide YY Helicoverpa zea |
| Zdroj: | Peptides. 32:483-492 |
| ISSN: | 0196-9781 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.peptides.2010.09.014 |
| Popis: | The neuropeptide Y family of peptides is implicated in the regulation of feeding across a broad range of animals, including insects. Among vertebrates, neuropeptide Y exerts its actions mainly centrally, whereas peptide YY and pancreatic polypeptide arise from digestive tissues. Among invertebrates, neuropeptide F (NPF) is the sole counterpart of the NPY family. Shared features of NPF sequences derived for Lepidoptera indicate that the midgut peptide (Hez-MP-I) of the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea, characterized more than a decade ago, is a carboxyl fragment of a full-length NPF. An antibody to Hez-MP-I was used to characterize the peptide's distribution in tissues of larvae, pupae, and adults. Immunostaining demonstrated NPF-related material both in nervous tissues and in abundant endocrine cells of the midgut. Radioimmunoassay of Hez-MP-I in the head, midgut and hemolymph of fifth instar larvae revealed concentration changes corresponding to development and feeding state. As with the vertebrate homologs, NPF may arise both centrally and peripherally to modulate the physiology of feeding and digestion of Lepidoptera. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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