Immunocytochemical localization of leucomyosuppressin-like peptides in the CNS of the cockroach, Leucophaea maderae.
Immunocytochemistry was used to determine sites of synthesis and pathways for the transport of the neuropeptide, Leucomyosuppressin (pQDVDHVFLRFamide) in the cockroach, Leucophaea maderae. This study led to identification of neurons in the brain and thoracic ganglia reactive to polyclonal antibodies raised against this peptide. No immunoreactive cells were found in the subesophageal or abdominal ganglia. Although the corpus cardiacum contained no intrinsic cells immunoreactive to LMS antibodies, the periphery of this organ and that of the nervi corporis allati contain an abundance of LMS-reactive terminals.
Meola
S M
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Animal Protection Research Laboratory, College Station, TX 77840.
Wright
M S
MS
Holman
G M
GM
Thompson
J M
JM
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000737:chemistry*; D003058:Cockroaches / Q000737:chemistry*; D003335:Corpora Allata / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D005724:Ganglia / Q000737:chemistry; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007301:Insect Hormones / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000032:analysis*; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000737:chemistry
D007301:Insect Hormones; D009479:Neuropeptides; C058650:leucomyosuppressin