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Insect Neuropeptides - Diuretic Hormone 44

Introduction

The first insect diuretic hormone was isolated from 10000 Manduca sexta heads using an in vivo assay (Kataoka et al, 1989). The isolated peptide had considerable sequence similarity with corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), urotensin-I and sauvagine (a peptide isolated from frog thought to be the amphibian CRF). The peptide comprised 41 amino acid residues and was thus termed Manse-DH41. Afterwards, a shorter peptide (Manse-DH30) was isolated from dissected neuroendocrine cells of brains M. sexta (Blackburn et al, 1991). The first CRF/DH gene was also cloned from M. sexta (Digan et al, 1992). Tribolium castanuem has two CRF/DHs (Trica-DH37 and Trica-DH47) and Bombyx mori has three (Bommo-DH34, Bommo-DH41 and Bommo-DH45) that arise from alternate splicing (Roller et al, 2008). CRF/DH receptors belong to the family of secretin-like GPCRs (subfamily B1). The first CRF/DH receptor was cloned and characterized in M. sexta (Reagan, 1994). This was followed by the cloning and functional expression of Acheta domesticus CRF/DH receptor (Reagan, 1996). In some insects, including Drosophila, there are two CRF/DH receptors that are functionally different (Cardoso et al, 2014; Hector et al, 2009).

Location

CRF/DH expression has been mapped using immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization in various insects. Within the central nervous system, CRF/DH is expressed in median neurosecretory cells or the brain and lateral neurosecretory cells in the abdominal ganglia (Cabrero et al, 2002; Cannell et al, 2016; Te Brugge et al, 1999; Veenstra and Hagedorn, 1991). The latter cells have also been shown to co-express kinin in some insects (Chen et al, 1994; Te Brugge et al, 2001). CRF-DH-like immunoreactive cells are also found in the gut of few insects (Johard et al, 2003; Wiehart et al, 2002).

Function

The role of insect CRF/DHs in fluid excretion (in vivo and in vitro) has been well established (Cannell et al, 2016; Furuya et al, 2000; Kay et al, 1992; Te Brugge et al, 2011). These peptides also modulate other processes/behaviors besides diuresis. CRF/DHs induces satiety in Schistocerca gregaria and M. sexta (Keeley et al, 1992; Van Wielendele et al, 2012), initiates pre-ecdysis in M. sexta (Kim et al, 2006), retards oocyte growth in S. gregaria (Van Wielendele et al, 2012), modulates normal rest: activity rhythms and control sperm ejection and storage in D. melanogaster (Cavanaugh et al, 2014; Lee et al, 2015).

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Suggested Reviews

  • Nässel, D.R., Winther, Å.M.E., 2010. Drosophila neuropeptides in regulation of physiology and behavior. Prog. Neurobiol. 92, 42–104.
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  • Schooley, D. A., Horodyski, F.M., Coast, G.M., 2012. Hormones Controlling Homeostasis in Insects, Insect Endocrinology. Elsevier.
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References

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