title: Immunocytochemical distribution of locustamyoinhibiting peptide (Lom-MIP) in the nervous system of Locusta migratoria.
abstract: Locustamyoinhibiting peptide (Lom-MIP) is one of the 4 identified myoinhibiting neuropeptides, isolated from brain-corpora cardiaca-corpora allata-suboesophageal ganglion complexes of the locust, Locusta migratoria. An antiserum was raised against Lom-MIP for use in immunohistochemistry. Locustamyoinhibiting peptide-like immunoreactivity (Lom-MIP-LI) was visualized in the nervous system and peripheral organs of Locusta migratoria by means of the peroxidase-antiperoxidase method. A total of 12 specific immunoreactive neurons was found in the brain. Processes of these neurons innervate the protocerebral bridge the central body complex and distinct neuropil areas in the proto- and tritocerebrum but not in the deuterocerebrum nor in the optic lobes. The glandular cells of the corpora cardiaca, known to produce adipokinetic hormones, are contacted by Lom-MIP-LI fibers. The corpora allata were innervated by the nervus corporis allati I containing immunoreactive fibers. Lom-MIP-LI cell bodies were also found in the subesophageal ganglion, the metathoracic ganglion and the abdominal ganglia I-IV. In peripheral muscles, Lom-MIP-LI fibers innervate the heart, the oviduct, and the hindgut. In the salivary glands, Lom-MIP-LI was detected in the intracellular ductule of the parietal cells. Possible functions of Lom-MIP are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute of the University, Leuven, Belgium. liliane.schoofs@bio.kuloeuven.ac.be
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schoofs
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Veelaert
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Broeck
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Loof
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006110:Grasshoppers; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007301:Insect Hormones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D019476:Insect Proteins; D009420:Nervous System / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D007301:Insect Hormones; D019476:Insect Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D010455:Peptides; C073324:locustamyoinhibiting peptide, Locusta migratoria