Adipokinetic hormone and AKH-like peptide demonstrated in the corpora cardiaca and nervous system of Locusta migratoria by immunocytochemistry
- 1 March 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cell and tissue research
- Vol. 230 (1), 67-76
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00216028
Abstract
Summary An antiserum was raised against tyrosine-adipokinetic hormone ([Tyr1]-AKH). In immunohistochemical procedures, it revealed the AKH cells in the glandular lobes of the corpora cardiaca (CC) of Locusta migratoria with high specificity. In addition, an immunologically related peptide was detected in certain neurons of the central nervous system which suggests that this AKH-like peptide may have a neurotransmitter function. The glandular lobes contain immunoreactive AKH cells in all postembryonic stages, and no essential differences in morphology and distribution of the cells in nymphs and adults were seen. The amount of AKH, stored predominantly in the cell projections, differs widely among cells and individuals. The brain of adults and nymphs contains several small populations of intensely stained neurons. In last-instar and adult specimens, each half contains 10–12 “normal”-sized neurons in the protocerebrum (including the optic lobe) and deutocerebrum, and in addition 15–18 small reactive neurons. Their axons and numerous branchings traverse the neuropile of proto-, deuto-, and tritocerebrum, except for the pedunculate bodies and antennal lobes. Some of the axons run into the storage lobe of the CC; it is unknown if their content is released into the haemolymph. Other axons run into the ganglia of the stomatogastric nervous system and into the circumoesophageal connectives. The suboesophageal ganglion also contains 8 immunoreactive neurons. It is unknown to which extent the immunoreactive substances in glandular and nervous tissue are chemically and physiologically related.Keywords
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