Adipokinetic hormone (AKH), energy budget and their effect on feeding and gustatory processes of foraging honey bees [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 The adipokinetic hormone (AKH) of insects is considered an equivalent of the mammalian hormone glucagon as it induces fast mobilization of carbohydrates and lipids from the fat body upon starvation.
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The Adipokinetic Hormone (AKH) and the Adipokinetic Hormone/Corazonin-Related Peptide (ACP) Signalling Systems of the Yellow Fever Mosquito Aedes aegypti: Chemical Models of Binding [PDF]
BiomoleculesNeuropeptides are the main regulators of physiological, developmental, and behavioural processes in insects. Three insect neuropeptide systems, the adipokinetic hormone (AKH), corazonin (Crz), and adipokinetic hormone/corazonin-related peptide (ACP), and
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Structure–activity studies of Drosophila adipokinetic hormone (AKH) by a cellular expression system of dipteran AKH receptors [PDF]
General and Comparative Endocrinology, 2012 Structure-activity studies for the adipokinetic hormone receptor of insects were for the first time performed in a cellular expression system. A series of single amino acid replacement analogues for the endogenous adipokinetic hormone of Drosophila melanogaster (pGlu-Leu-Thr-Phe-Ser-Pro-Asp-Trp-NH(2)) were screened for activity with a bioluminescence ...
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Cardiac neurons expressing a glucagon-like receptor mediate cardiac arrhythmia induced by high-fat diet in Drosophila [PDF]
eLifeCardiac arrhythmia leads to increased risks for stroke, heart failure, and cardiac arrest. Arrhythmic pathology is often rooted in the cardiac conduction system, but the mechanism is complex and not fully understood.
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Vanessa cardui adipokinetic hormone (Vanca-AKH) in butterflies and a moth
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 2003 Small neuropeptides of the adipokinetic hormone/red pigment-concentrating hormone (AKH/RPCH) family regulate energy metabolism in insects. Within lepidopterans, the nonapeptide Manduca sexta AKH (Manse-AKH) represents a widely occurring AKH, whereas the decapeptide Helze-HrTH (at first isolated from Heliothis zea) seems to be restricted to moths.
Klaus H Hoffmann
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Elimination of certain honeybee venom activities by adipokinetic hormone [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe primary aim of this study was to analyse the influence of honeybee venom on various aspects of Drosophila melanogaster physiology and to assess the efficacy of adipokinetic hormone (AKH) in mitigating venom toxicity.
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Adipokinetic Hormones and Their Receptor Regulate the Locomotor Behavior in Tribolium castaneum [PDF]
InsectsThe regulation of locomotor behavior is essential for insects to perform their life activities. The central nervous system plays a pivotal role in modulating physiological behaviors, particularly movement, with neuropeptides serving as key modulators of ...
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Peptides, 2002 After translation, the AKH I and AKH II precursors form three dimeric constructs prior to further processing into the respective AKHs and three dimeric Adipokinetic Hormone Precursor Related Peptides or APRPs (two homodimers and one heterodimer). By capillary liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry we demonstrate that the APRPs in Locusta ...
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European Journal of Entomology, 2010 In the present study the hypothesis that there is a feedback between juvenile hormone and adipokinetic hormones (AKHs) was investigated by topical application of the juvenoid methoprene on 9-day-old adult males of the firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus.
Dalibor KODRÍK +2 more
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Molecular Mechanism Underlying ROS-Mediated AKH Resistance to Imidacloprid in Whitefly [PDF]
InsectsSynthetic insecticides used to control Bemisia tabaci include organophosphorus, pyrethroids, insect growth regulators, nicotinoids, and neonicotinoids. Among these, neonicotinoids have been used continuously, which has led to the emergence of high-level ...
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