Distribution and activity of a Dippu DH31-like peptide in the large milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus
Distribution and activity of a Dippu DH31-like peptide in the large milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus
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DOI:
10.1016/j.peptides.2007.10.031
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发表时间:
2008-02-01
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3
通讯作者:
Orchard, I.
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作者:
Brugge, V. A. Te;Orchard, I.
The milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus, is a plant feeding hemipteran. While there has been much research done on the neurohormonal control of the post-feeding diuresis in the blood-feeding hemipteran, Rhodnius prolixus, little is known about the control of the post-feeding diuresis in O. fasciatus. One of the neurohormones that may play a role in this rapid diuresis belongs to the calcitonin-like diuretic hormone (DH31) family of insect peptides. In this study we demonstrate the presence of DH31-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system (CNS) and gut of O. fasciatus 5th instars. As well, DH31-like material was quantified and partially purified from the CNS of 5th instar O. fasciatus using reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) and monitored with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). When tested on O. fasciatus 5th instar Malpighian tubules, DH31-like peptides significantly increased the rate of secretion over saline controls. The results suggest that there is a DH31-like peptide(s) present in the CNS of O. fasciatus and that this peptide may play a role in the control of Malpighian tubule secretion. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.