title: Periviscerokinin (Pea-PVK): a novel myotropic neuropeptide from the perisympathetic organs of the American cockroach.
abstract: A myotropic neuropeptide was isolated from extracts of 1000 abdominal perisympathetic organs of males of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana. This peptide, termed periviscerokinin, has excitatory actions on the hyperneural muscle of Periplaneta americana. After peptide sequence analysis and mass spectrometry, the structure of this peptide was confirmed by chemical synthesis and bioassay to be Gly-Ala-Ser-Gly-Leu-Ile-Pro-Val-Met-Arg-Asn-NH2. This sequence is different from the other known myotropic peptides in insects. The threshold concentration for stimulatory effects of the synthetic peptide on the isolated hyperneural muscle was about 10(-9) M, suggesting a physiological role as a neurohormone.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Institut für Allgemeine Zoologie und Tierphysiologie, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Predel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Linde
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rapus
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vettermann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Penzlin
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000294:innervation; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D009129:Muscle Tonus; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000737:chemistry; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010526:Periplaneta / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System; D014020:Tissue Extracts
chemical_list: D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D014020:Tissue Extracts; C093061:periviscerokinin