ANP (Atrial Natriuretic Peptide) presence in the heart of a tunicate, Ciona intestinalis.
Atrial natriuretic peptide was found in the heart of vertebrates, we studied the ANP presence in the heart of Ciona intestinalis. This is animal is very important because of the its evolutionary position between invertebrates and vertebrates. ANP presence was only revealed in myoepithelial cells of the myocardium. Results suggest the hypothesis that ANP is present not only in the vertebrates but also in the invertebrates and in Ciona heart ANP might play a similar role like in the heart of vertebrates.
Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche, Sez. Istologia ed Embriologia, Universitá di Palermo, Italy.
Luana
L
Lipari
Aldo
A
Gerbino
Diego
D
Lipari
Elvira
E
Vittoria Farina
D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D002938:Ciona intestinalis / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*
D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor