Recent advances in neuropeptide signaling in Drosophila, from genes to physiology and behavior

DR Nässel, M Zandawala - Progress in neurobiology, 2019 - Elsevier
This review focuses on neuropeptides and peptide hormones, the largest and most diverse
class of neuroactive substances, known in Drosophila and other animals to play roles in …

Ecdysone receptor agonism leading to lethal molting disruption in arthropods: review and adverse outcome pathway development

Y Song, DL Villeneuve, K Toyota, T Iguchi… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Molting is critical for growth, development, reproduction, and survival in arthropods.
Complex neuroendocrine pathways are involved in the regulation of molting and may …

Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

M Gulia-Nuss, AB Nuss, JM Meyer… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Ticks transmit more pathogens to humans and animals than any other arthropod. We
describe the 2.1 Gbp nuclear genome of the tick, Ixodes scapularis (Say), which vectors …

[图书][B] Insect physiology and biochemistry

JL Nation Sr - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect
Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide …

More than two decades of research on insect neuropeptide GPCRs: an overview

J Caers, H Verlinden, S Zels… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
This review focuses on the state of the art on neuropeptide receptors in insects. Most of
these receptors are G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and are involved in the regulation …

Genomics, Transcriptomics, and Peptidomics of Daphnia pulex Neuropeptides and Protein Hormones

H Dircksen, S Neupert, R Predel… - Journal of proteome …, 2011 - ACS Publications
We report 43 novel genes in the water flea Daphnia pulex encoding 73 predicted
neuropeptide and protein hormones as partly confirmed by RT-PCR. MALDI-TOF mass …

Endocrine network essential for reproductive success in Drosophila melanogaster

M Meiselman, SS Lee, RT Tran, H Dai… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Ecdysis-triggering hormone (ETH) was originally discovered and characterized as a molt
termination signal in insects through its regulation of the ecdysis sequence. Here we report …

Similarities between decapod and insect neuropeptidomes

JA Veenstra - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Background. Neuropeptides are important regulators of physiological processes and
behavior. Although they tend to be generally well conserved, recent results using …

The power of next-generation sequencing as illustrated by the neuropeptidome of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii

JA Veenstra - General and comparative endocrinology, 2015 - Elsevier
Transcriptomes of the crayfish Procambarus clarkii were analyzed for the presence of
transcripts encoding neurohormones, neuropeptides and their receptors. A total of 58 …

Transcriptomic analysis of crustacean neuropeptide signaling during the moult cycle in the green shore crab, Carcinus maenas

A Oliphant, JL Alexander, MT Swain, SG Webster… - BMC genomics, 2018 - Springer
Background Ecdysis is an innate behaviour programme by which all arthropods moult their
exoskeletons. The complex suite of interacting neuropeptides that orchestrate ecdysis is well …