title: Occurrence and distribution of insulin receptor-like immunoreactivity in molluscan brains.
abstract: Insulin receptor-like immunoreactivity (IR) was investigated in the central ganglia of different gastropod molluscs using a monoclonal antiserum raised against an epitope of the human placental insulin receptor. A well detectable and clear location of immunoreactive material was mainly found in the CNS of the freshwater snails Planorbarius corneus and Lymnaea stagnalis. This evidence correlates quite suggestively with the occurrence in these snails of a molluscan insulin peptide (MIP) previously shown. The widespread and discrete distribution of IR over a variety of physiologically distinct regions of P. corneus and L. stagnalis ganglia argues that these "receptors" may modulate multiple functions within the CNS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Biology, University of Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sonetti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bianchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005724:Ganglia / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008195:Lymnaea / Q000502:physiology; D008974:Mollusca / Q000502:physiology*; D010920:Placenta / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000032:analysis*; D012908:Snails / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D011972:Receptor, Insulin