Cockroach diuretic hormones: characterization of a calcitonin-like peptide in insects.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Insect diuretic hormones are crucial for control of water balance. We isolated from the cockroach Diploptera punctata two diuretic hormones (DH), Dippu-DH(31) and Dippu-DH(46), which increase cAMP production and fluid secretion in Malpighian tubules of several insect species. Dippu-DH(31) and -DH(46) contain 31 and 46 amino acids, respectively. Dippu-DH(46) belongs to the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)-like insect DH family, whereas Dippu-DH(31) has little sequence similarity to the CRF-like DH, but is similar to the calcitonin family. Dippu-DH(46) and -DH(31) have synergistic effects in D. punctata but have only additive effects in Locusta migratoria. Dippu-DH(31) represents a distinct type of insect DH with actions that differ from those of previously identified insect peptides with diuretic activity.
Medical subject headings
- Calcitonin
- Cockroaches
- Diuretics