title: Presence and activity of a Dippu-DH31-like peptide in the blood-feeding bug, Rhodnius prolixus.
abstract: The blood-feeding bug, Rhodnius prolixus, ingests large blood meals, then undergoes a period of rapid diuresis which is under neurohormonal control. In both cockroach (Diploptera punctata) and fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) a calcitonin-like DH31 neuropeptide has been identified [Coast GM, Webster SG, Schegg KM, Tobe SS, Schooley DA. The Drosophila melanogaster homologue of an insect calcitonin-like diuretic peptide stimulates V-ATPase activity in fruit fly Malpighian tubules. J Exp Biol 2001;204:1795-804; Furuya K, Milchak RJ, Schegg KM, Zhang J, Tobe SS, Coast GM, et al. Cockroach diuretic hormones: characterization of a calcitonin-like peptide in insects. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2000;97:6469-74] and demonstrated to be active on Malpighian tubule secretion [Coast GM, Webster SG, Schegg KM, Tobe SS, Schooley DA. The Drosophila melanogaster homologue of an insect calcitonin-like diuretic peptide stimulates V-ATPase activity in fruit fly Malpighian tubules. J Exp Biol 2001;204:1795-804; Furuya K, Milchak RJ, Schegg KM, Zhang J, Tobe SS, Coast GM, et al. Cockroach diuretic hormones: characterization of a calcitonin-like peptide in insects. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2000;97:6469-74]. Using an antibody raised against D. punctata (Dippu) DH31, we demonstrate the presence of Dippu-DH31-like immunoreactivity in the CNS, salivary glands, hindgut and neurohemal sites of 5th instar Rhodnius. Double-label immunohistochemistry for Dippu-DH31-like and serotonin-like immunoreactivity demonstrates some co-localization of these factors in cells of the mesothoracic ganglionic mass (MTGM) and in neurohemal sites on the abdominal nerves. When tested on Rhodnius 5th instar Malpighian tubules, Dippu-DH31 stimulated minor increases in rate of secretion. Dippu-DH31 tested in combination with serotonin resulted in increases in the rate of secretion which were at least additive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ont., Canada L5L 1C6. vtebrugg@utm.utoronto.ca
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Te Brugge
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Schooley
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Orchard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004064:Digestive System / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007814:Larva / Q000378:metabolism; D008317:Malpighian Tubules / Q000187:drug effects; D009420:Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D012239:Rhodnius / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D012701:Serotonin