Prothoracicotropic activity of SBRPs, the insulin-like peptides of the saturniid silkworm Samia cynthia ricini

Copyright 1999 Academic Press..

Synthesis and secretion of the insect molting hormone ecdysteroid in the prothoracic glands (PGs) are stimulated by the prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) secreted by the brain. Bombyxins, insulin-like peptides of the silkworm Bombyx mori, show prothoracicotropic activity when administered to the saturniid silkworm Samia cynthia ricini, but they are inactive to B. mori itself. Recently, the genes for the bombyxin homologs of S. cynthia ricini (referred to as Samia bombyxin-related peptides, SBRPs) were cloned. To examine the prothoracicotropic activity of SBRPs on S. cynthia ricini, we synthesized two representative molecules, SBRP-A1 and -B1. They promoted pupa-to-adult development with ED(50) of 50 and 10 ng/pupa (EC(50) of 5 and 1 nM), respectively.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1999

Erschienen:

1999

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:266

Enthalten in:

Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 266(1999), 2 vom: 20. Dez., Seite 575-8

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nagata, K [VerfasserIn]
Maruyama, K [VerfasserIn]
Kojima, K [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, M [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, M [VerfasserIn]
Kataoka, H [VerfasserIn]
Nagasawa, H [VerfasserIn]
Isogai, A [VerfasserIn]
Ishizaki, H [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, A [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

110098-88-9
61583-57-1
Bombyxins
Insect Hormones
Journal Article
Neuropeptides
Prothoracicotropic hormone
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 18.01.2000

Date Revised 15.11.2006

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM10530333X