Testis ecdysiotropic peptides in Rhodnius prolixus: Biological activity and distribution in the nervous system and testis

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1227-1239

  Vafopoulou, Xanthe ^a   Steel, Colin G H ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecdysiotropins; Ecdysteroids; Prothoracic glands; Testis

Indexed keywords

ECDYSIOTROPIN; ECDYSTEROID; INSECT HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; TISSUE EXTRACT;

NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; HEMOLYMPH; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROSECRETION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RHODNIUS; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ECDYSTEROIDS; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT HORMONES; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; REPRODUCTION; RHODNIUS; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

INSECTA; LYMANTRIA; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

EID: 27644497989     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. P.A. Buxton Biology of a blood sucking bug, Rhodnius prolixus Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 78 1930 227 236
2. J.B. Dumser In vitro effects of ecdysterone on the spermatogonial cell cycle in Locusta Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 2 1980 165 174
3. J.B. Dumser The regulation of spermatogenesis in insects Annual Review of Entomology 25 1980 341 369
4. M. Friedländer, and S.E. Reynolds Intratesticular ecdysteroid titres and the arrest of sperm production during pupal diapause in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta Journal of Insect Physiology 38 1992 693 703
5. H. Fugo, M. Yamauchi, and S.G. Dedos Testicular ecdysteroids in the silkmoth, Bombyx mori Proceedings of the Japan Academy 72 1996 34 37
6. D.B. Gelman, C.W. Woods, and A.B. Bořcovec Ecdysteroid profiles for haemolymph and testes from larvae, pupae and pharate adults of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 7 1988 267 279
7. D.B. Gelman, C.W. Woods, and A.B. Bořcovec Effects of ecdysone and 20-hydroxyecdysone on apyrene spermiogenesis in the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis Journal of Insect Physiology 34 1988 733 738
8. D.B. Gelman, C.W. Woods, M.J. Loeb, and A.B. Bořcovec Ecdysteroid synthesis by testes of 5th instars and pupae of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner) International Journal of Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 15 1989 177 184
9. J.M. Giebultowicz, M.J. Loeb, and A.B. Bořkovec In vitro spermatogenesis in Lepidoptera larvae: role of the testis sheath Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 11 1987 211 226
10. L.I. Gilbert, W. Goodman, and W.E. Bollenbacher Biochemistry of regulatory lipids and sterols in insects International Review of Biochemistry 14 1977 1 50
11. C. Gillott, and P.M. Ismail In vitro synthesis of ecdysteroids by the male accessory reproductive glands, testis and abdominal integument of the adult migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 27 1995 65 71
12. M. Jacob In vitro spermatogenesis in Oryctes rhinoceros (Coleoptera, Scarabeidae): the role of ecdysone and juvenile hormone Zoological Science 9 1992 457 461
13. T.D. Jarvis, G.P. Earley, and H.H. Rees Ecdysteroid biosynthesis in larval testes of Spodoptera littoralis Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 24 1994 531 537
14. J. Koolman, K. Scheller, and D. Bodenstein Ecdysteroids in the adult male blowfly Calliphora vicina Experientia 35 1979 134 135
15. N.J. Lane, R.A. Leslie, and L.S. Swales Insect peripheral nerves: accessibility of neurohaemal regions to lanthanum Journal of Cell Science 18 1975 179 197
16. M.J. Loeb Development of isolated spermducts from Heliothis virescens (Lepidoptera) in vitro Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 20 1991 67 73
17. M.J. Loeb Growth and development of spermducts of the tobacco budworm moth Heliothis virescens, in vivo and in vitro Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 19 1991 97 105
18. M.J. Loeb Genital tract growth factors from a moth, the tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens in vitro Cell and Developmental Biology 30A 1994 702 708
19. M.J. Loeb, and C.W. Woods Metabolism of ecdysteroids by testes of the tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 10 1989 83 92
20. M.J. Loeb, C.W. Woods, T.P. Brandt, and A.B. Bořkovec Larval testes of the tobacco budworm: a new source of insect ecdysteroids Science 218 1982 896 898
21. M.J. Loeb, E.P. Brandt, C.W. Woods, and A.B. Bořkovec An ecdysiotropic factor from brains of Heliothis virescens induces testes to produce immunodetectable ecdysteroid in vitro Journal of Experimental Zoology 243 1987 275 282
22. M.J. Loeb, D.B. Gelman, and R.A. Bell Second messengers mediating the effects of testis ecdysiotropin in testes of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 23 1993 13 28
23. M.J. Loeb, R.M. Wagner, C.W. Woods, D.G. Gelman, D. Harrison, and R.A. Bell Naturally occurring analogs of Lymantria testis ecdysiotropin, a gonadotropin isolated from brains of Lymantria dispar pupae Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 36 1997 37 50
24. M.J. Loeb, A. De Loof, D.B. Gelman, R.S. Hakim, H. Jaffe, J.P. Kochansky, S.M. Meola, L. Schoofs, C.G.H. Steel, X. Vafopoulou, R.M. Wagner, and C.W. Woods Testis ecdysiotropin, an insect gonadotropin that induces synthesis of ecdysteroid Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 47 2001 181 188
25. G. Manière, I. Rondot, E. Büllesbach, F. Gautron, E. Vanhems, and J.P. Delbecque Control of ovarian steroidogenesis by insulin-like peptides in the blowfly (Phormia regina) Journal of Endocrinology 181 2004 147 156
26. S.M. Meola, M. Loeb, J.P. Kochansky, R. Wagner, P. Beetham, M.S. Wright, Y. Mouneimne, and M.W. Pendleton Immunocytochemical localization of testis ecdysiotropin in the pupa of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (L.) (Lepidoptera:Lymantriidae) Journal of Molecular Neuroscience 9 1998 197 210
27. G.P. Morris, and C.G.H. Steel Ultrastructure of neurosecretory cells in the pars intercerebralis of Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera) Tissue and Cell 7 1975 73 90
28. D.R. Nässel Neuropeptides in the nervous system of Drosophila and other insects: multiple roles of neuromodulators and neurohormones Progress in Neurobiology 68 2002 1 84
29. I. Orchard, and C.G.H. Steel Electrical activity of neurosecretory axons from the brain of Rhodnius prolixus: relation of changes in the pattern of activity to endocrine events during the moulting cycle Brain Research 191 1980 53 65
30. A.S. Raikhel, M.R. Brown, and X. Belles Hormonal control of reproduction L.I. Gilbert K. Iatrou S. Gill Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science vol. 3 2005 Elsevier Science Oxford 433 492
31. M.A. Riehle, and M.R. Brown Insulin stimulates ecdysteroid production through a conserved signalling cascade in the mosquito Aedes aegypti Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 29 1999 855 860
32. M. Ross, and L. Peters Double staining to increase the sensitivity of protein detection in polyacrylamide gels BioTechniques 9 1990 532 533
33. R.P. Ruegg, F.L. Kriger, K.G. Davey, and C.G.H. Steel Ovarian ecdysone elicits release of a myotropic ovulation hormone in Rhodnius (Insecta: Hemiptera) International Journal of Invertebrate Reproduction 3 1981 357 361
34. R. Rybczynski Prothoracicotropic hormone L.I. Gilbert K. Iatrou S. Gill Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science vol. 3 2005 Elsevier Science Oxford 61 124
35. T. Shimizu, and E. Ohnishi The stimulatory effect of 2-deoxyecdysone on spermiogenesis of the diapausing cabbage armyworm, Mamestra brassicae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in vitro Zoological Science 6 1989 177 179
36. T. Shimizu, A. Moribayashi, and N. Agui In vitro analysis of spermiogenesis and testicular ecdysteroids in the cabbage armyworm, Mamestra brassicae L. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Applied Entomology and Zoology 20 1985 56 61
37. H. Shinbo, and G.M. Happ Effects of ecdysteroids on the growth of the post-testicular reproductive organs in the silkworm, Bombyx mori Journal of Insect Physiology 35 1989 855 864
38. C.G.H. Steel Parameters and timing of synthesis, transport and release of neurosecretion in the insect brain D.S. Farner K. Lederis Neurosecretion: Molecules, Cells, Systems 1982 Plenum New York 223 233
39. C.G.H. Steel, W.E. Bollenbacher, S.L. Smith, and L.I. Gilbert Hemolymph ecdysteroid titres during larval-adult development in Rhodnius prolixus: correlations with molting hormone action and brain neurosecretory cell activity Journal of Insect Physiology 28 1982 519 525
40. P.W. Tsang, and I. Orchard Distribution of FMRF-amide-related peptides in the blood feeding bug Rhodnius prolixus Journal of Comparative Neurology 311 1991 17 32
41. X. Vafopoulou, and C.G.H. Steel Developmental and diurnal changes in ecdysteroid biosynthesis by prothoracic glands of Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera) in vitro during the last larval instar General and Comparative Endocrinology 74 1989 484 493
42. X. Vafopoulou, and C.G.H. Steel Release in vitro of prothoracicotropic hormone from the brain of male Rhodnius prolixus during larval-adult development: identification of novel and predicted release times Journal of Insect Physiology 39 1993 65 71
43. X. Vafopoulou, and C.G.H. Steel The insect neuropeptide prothoracicotropic hormone is released with a daily rhythm: re-evaluation of its role in development Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 93 1996 3368 3372
44. X. Vafopoulou, and C.G.H. Steel Circadian regulation of a daily rhythm of release of prothoracicotropic hormone from the brain-retrocerebral complex of Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera) during larva-adult development General and Comparative Endocrinology 102 1996 123 129
45. X. Vafopoulou, and C.G.H. Steel Prothoracicotropic hormone of Rhodnius prolixus: partial characterization and rhythmic release of neuropeptides related to Bombyx PTTH and bombyxin Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 42 2002 111 120
46. X. Vafopoulou, and C.G.H. Steel Circadian organization of the endocrine system L.I. Gilbert K. Iatrou S. Gill Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science vol. 3 2005 Elsevier Science Oxford 551 614
47. X. Vafopoulou, C.-H. Sim, and C.G.H. Steel Prothoracicotropic hormone in Rhodnius prolixus: in vitro analysis and changes in amounts in the brain and retrocerebral complex during larval-adult development Journal of Insect Physiology 42 1996 407 415
48. R.M. Wagner, M.J. Loeb, J.P. Kochansky, D.B. Gelman, W.R. Lusby, and R.A. Bell Identification and characterization of an ecdysiotropic peptide from brain extracts of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 34 1997 175 189
49. V.B. Wigglesworth The breakdown of the thoracic gland in the adult insect, Rhodnius prolixus Journal of Experimental Biology 29 1955 561 570
50. I. Yoshida, K. Moto, S. Sakurai, and M. Iwami A novel member of the bombyxin gene family: structure and expression of bombyxin G1 gene, an insulin-related peptide gene of the silkmoth, Bombyx mori Development, Genes and Evolution 208 1998 407 410