Localization and functional characterization of a novel adipokinetic hormone in the mollusk, Aplysia californica. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Increasing evidence suggests that gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), corazonin, adipokinetic hormone (AKH), and red pigment-concentrating hormone all share common ancestry to form a GnRH superfamily.
Joshua I Johnson +3 more
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Current Research in Insect Science, 2021 Insect neuropeptides, play a central role in the control of many physiological processes. Based on an analysis of Nyssorhynchus albimanus brain transcriptome a neuropeptide precursor database of the mosquito was described.
Alejandro Alvarado-Delgado +9 more
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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 ...
Caers, Jelle +5 more
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The Glucagon-Like Adipokinetic Hormone in Drosophila melanogaster – Biosynthesis and Secretion
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 Metabolic homeostasis requires the precise regulation of circulating sugar titers. In mammals, homeostatic control of circulating sugar titers requires the coordinated secretion and systemic activities of glucagon and insulin.
Bryon N. Hughson
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Insect Lipids as Novel Source for Future Applications: Chemical Composition and Industry Applications-A Comprehensive Review. [PDF]
Food Sci NutrFat body (FB) acts as a major metabolic center important for the regulation of a variety of physiological processes such as embryogenesis, reproduction, flight, overwintering, protection, and communication. Lipid amounts and fatty acid (FA) composition vary with species, stage of life, and their diet.
Siddiqui SA, Zeiri A, Asif Shah M.
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Transgenerational Plasticity of Maternal Hemolymph Trehalose in Aphids. [PDF]
Arch Insect Biochem PhysiolMaternal hemolymph trehalose influences aphid transgenerational plasticity and adaptation to environmental stress. Higher trehalose levels in winged aphids are associated with increased trehalose levels in the offspring, potentially aiding resilience.
Soma N, Kikuta S.
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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.
Gabriele V, Köllisch +2 more
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Unusual complement of three AKH octapeptides in two species of grasshoppers (Caelifera)
European Journal of Entomology, 2006 The corpora cardiaca (CC) of the two grasshopper species Zonocerus elegans (Pyrgomorphidae) and Lamarckiana sparrmani (Pamphagidae) contain (a) substance(s) that cause(s) hyperlipaemia in the migratory locust and hypertrehalosaemia in the American ...
Gerd GÄDE
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Adipokinetic hormone enhances nodule formation and phenoloxidase activation in adult locusts injected with bacterial lipopolysaccharide [PDF]
, 2003 Interactions between the locust endocrine and immune systems have been studied in vivo in relation to nodule formation and activation of the prophenoloxidase cascade in the haemolymph.
Chandrakant, S. +2 more
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Bladder grasshoppers (Caelifera: Pneumoridae) contain three adipokinetic peptides
European Journal of Entomology, 2008 The corpora cardiaca (CC) of the pneumorid grasshopper species Bullacris discolor contain at least one substance that causes hyperlipaemia in the migratory locust. Isolation of neuropeptides belonging to the adipokinetic hormone (AKH) family was achieved
Gerd GÄDE
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