Immunoelectron microscopical studies of regulatory peptides in the nervous system of the monogenean parasite, Diclidophora merlangi
- 1 February 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Parasitology
- Vol. 106 (2), 171-176
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000074965
Abstract
SUMMARY: Specific antisera, directed against the highly conserved C-terminal hexapeptide amide of mammalian pancreatic poly-peptide (PP) and the invertebrate peptide FMRFamide, have been used in conjunction with post-embedding, IgG-conjugated colloidal gold immunostaining to demonstrate peptide immunoreactivity at subcellular level in the nervous system of adult Diclidophora merlangi. Gold labelling revealed that immunoreactivity for PP and FMRFamide was localized exclusively in dense-cored vesicles occupying the majority of axons in the central nervous system. Double-labelling demonstrated an apparent co-localization of PP and FMRFamide in the same dense-cored vesicles. Antigen pre-absorption experiments indicated cross-reactivity of the two antisera as unlikely, and that some if not all of the PP/FMRFamide immunostaining in the parasite was due to a neuropeptide F-like peptide.Keywords
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