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Messinger DI, Kutz KK, Le T, Verley DR, Hsu YWA, Ngo CT, Cain SD, Birmingham JT, Li L, Christie AE. Identification and characterization of a tachykinin-containing neuroendocrine organ in the commissural ganglion of the crab Cancer productus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 208:3303-19. [PMID: 16109892 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A club-shaped, tachykinin-immunopositive structure first described nearly two decades ago in the commissural ganglion (CoG) of three species of decapod crustaceans has remained enigmatic, as its function is unknown. Here, we use a combination of anatomical, mass spectrometric and electrophysiological techniques to address this issue in the crab Cancer productus. Immunohistochemistry using an antibody to the vertebrate tachykinin substance P shows that a homologous site exists in each CoG of this crab. Confocal microscopy reveals that its structure and organization are similar to those of known neuroendocrine organs. Based on its location in the anterior medial quadrant of the CoG, we have named this structure the anterior commissural organ (ACO). Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization Fourier transform mass spectrometry shows that the ACO contains the peptide APSGFLGMRamide, commonly known as Cancer borealis tachykinin-related peptide Ia (CabTRP Ia). Using the same technique, we show that CabTRP Ia is also released into the hemolymph. As no tachykinin-like labeling is seen in any of the other known neuroendocrine sites of this species (i.e. the sinus gland, the pericardial organ and the anterior cardiac plexus), the ACO is a prime candidate to be the source of CabTRP Ia present in the circulatory system. Our electrophysiological studies indicate that one target of hemolymph-borne CabTRP Ia is the foregut musculature. Here, no direct CabTRP Ia innervation is present, yet several gastric mill and pyloric muscles are nonetheless modulated by hormonally relevant concentrations of the peptide. Collectively, our findings show that the C. productus ACO is a neuroendocrine organ providing hormonal CabTRP Ia modulation to the foregut musculature. Homologous structures in other decapods are hypothesized to function similarly.
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- Daniel I Messinger
- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, USA
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Wegener C, Reinl T, Jänsch L, Predel R. Direct mass spectrometric peptide profiling and fragmentation of larval peptide hormone release sites in Drosophila melanogaster reveals tagma-specific peptide expression and differential processing. J Neurochem 2006; 96:1362-74. [PMID: 16441518 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03634.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Regulatory peptides represent a diverse group of messenger molecules. In insects, they are produced by endocrine cells as well as secretory neurones within the CNS. Many regulatory peptides are released as hormones into the haemolymph to regulate, for example, diuresis, heartbeat or ecdysis behaviour. Hormonal release of neuropeptides takes place at specialized organs, so-called neurohaemal organs. We have performed a mass spectrometric characterization of the peptide complement of the main neurohaemal organs and endocrine cells of the Drosophila melanogaster larva to gain insight into the hormonal communication possibilities of the fruit fly. Using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) and MALDI-TOF-TOF tandem mass spectrometry, we detected 23 different peptides of which five were unpredicted by previous genome screenings. We also found a hitherto unknown peptide product of the capa gene in the ring gland and transverse nerves, suggesting that it might be released as hormone. Our results show that the peptidome of the neurohaemal organs is tagma-specific and does not change during metamorphosis. We also provide evidence for the first case of differential prohormone processing in Drosophila.
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- Christian Wegener
- Emmy Noether Neuropeptide Group, Animal Physiology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
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Hummon AB, Amare A, Sweedler JV. Discovering new invertebrate neuropeptides using mass spectrometry. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2006; 25:77-98. [PMID: 15937922 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Neuropeptides are a complex set of messenger molecules controlling a wide array of regulatory functions and behaviors within an organism. These neuromodulators are cleaved from longer protein molecules and often experience numerous post-translational modifications to achieve their bioactive form. As a result of this complexity, sensitive and versatile analysis schemes are needed to characterize neuropeptides. Mass spectrometry (MS) through a variety of approaches has fueled the discovery of hundreds of neuropeptides in invertebrate species in the last decade. Particularly successful are direct tissue and single neuron analyses by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) MS, which has been used to elucidate approximately 440 neuropeptides, and examination of neuronal homogenates by electrospray ionization techniques (ESI), also leading to the characterization of over 450 peptides. Additional MS methods with great promise for the discovery of neuropeptides are MS imaging and large-scale peptidomics studies in combination with a sequenced genome.
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- Amanda B Hummon
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Christie AE, Stemmler EA, Peguero B, Messinger DI, Provencher HL, Scheerlinck P, Hsu YWA, Guiney ME, de la Iglesia HO, Dickinson PS. Identification, physiological actions, and distribution of VYRKPPFNGSIFamide (Val1-SIFamide) in the stomatogastric nervous system of the American lobsterHomarus americanus. J Comp Neurol 2006; 496:406-21. [PMID: 16566002 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In this study, the peptide VYRKPPFNGSIFamide (Val(1)-SIFamide) was identified in the stomatogastric nervous system (STNS) of the American lobster, Homarus americanus, using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-Fourier transform mass spectrometry (MALDI-FTMS). When bath-applied to the stomatogastric ganglion (STG), synthetic Val(1)-SIFamide activated the pyloric motor pattern, increasing both burst amplitude and duration in the pyloric dilator (PD) neurons. To determine the distribution of this novel SIFamide isoform within the lobster STNS and neuroendocrine organs, a rabbit polyclonal antibody was generated against synthetic Val(1)-SIFamide. Whole-mount immunolabeling with this antibody showed that this peptide is widely distributed within the STNS, including extensive neuropil staining in the STG and commissural ganglia (CoGs) as well as immunopositive somata in the CoGs and the oesophageal ganglion. Labeling was also occasionally seen in the pericardial organ (PO), but not in the sinus gland. When present in the PO, labeling was restricted to fibers-of-passage and was never seen in release terminals. Adsorption of the antibody by either Val(1)-SIFamide or Gly(1)-SIFamide abolished all Val(1)-SIFamide staining within the STNS, including the STG neuropil, whereas adsorption by other lobster neuropeptides had no effect on immunolabeling. These data strongly suggest that the staining we report is a true reflection of the distribution of this peptide in the STNS. Collectively, our mass spectrometric, physiological, and anatomical data are consistent with Val(1)-SIFamide serving as a locally released neuromodulator in the lobster STG. Thus, our study provides the first direct demonstration of function for an SIFamide isoform in any species.
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- Andrew E Christie
- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195-1800, USA.
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Yew JY, Kutz KK, Dikler S, Messinger L, Li L, Stretton AO. Mass spectrometric map of neuropeptide expression in Ascaris suum. J Comp Neurol 2005; 488:396-413. [PMID: 15973679 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A mass spectrometric method was used for the localization and sequence characterization of peptides in the nervous system of the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum. Mass spectrometric techniques utilizing MALDI-TOF, MALDI-TOF/TOF, and MALDI-FT instruments were combined with in situ chemical derivatization to examine the expression of known and putative neuropeptides in the A. suum nervous system. This first attempt at peptidomic characterization in A. suum mapped the expression of 39 neuropeptides, 17 of which are considered to be novel and whose expression has not been previously reported. These analyses also revealed that the peptide expression profile is unique to each nervous structure and that the majority of peptides observed belong to the RFamide family of neuropeptides. In addition, four new peptide sequences with a shared C-terminal PNFLRFamide motif are proposed based on in situ sequencing with mass spectrometry.
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- Joanne Y Yew
- Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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Fu Q, Christie AE, Li L. Mass spectrometric characterization of crustacean hyperglycemic hormone precursor-related peptides (CPRPs) from the sinus gland of the crab, Cancer productus. Peptides 2005; 26:2137-50. [PMID: 16269349 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.03.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2005] [Revised: 03/15/2005] [Accepted: 03/17/2005] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) precursor-related peptides (CPRPs) are produced during the proteolytic processing of CHH preprohormones. Currently, the physiological roles played by CPRPs are unknown. Due to their large size, direct mass spectrometric sequencing of intact CPRPs is difficult. Here, we describe a novel strategy for sequencing Cancer productus CPRPs directly from a tissue extract using nanoflow liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry. Four novel CPRPs were characterized with the aid of MS/MS de novo sequencing of 27 truncated CPRP peptides. Extensive modifications (methionine oxidation and carboxy-terminal methylation) were identified in both the full-length and truncated peptides. To investigate the origin of the modifications and truncations, a full-length CPRP was synthesized and subjected to the same storage and extraction protocols used for the characterization of the native peptides. Here, some methionine oxidation was seen, however, no methylation or truncation was evident suggesting much of the chemical complexity seen in the native CPRPs is unlikely due to a sample preparation artifact. Collectively, our study represents the most complete characterization of CPRPs to date and provides a foundation for future investigation of CPRP function in C. productus.
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- Qiang Fu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Fu Q, Goy MF, Li L. Identification of neuropeptides from the decapod crustacean sinus glands using nanoscale liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 337:765-78. [PMID: 16214114 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2005] [Accepted: 09/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Neurosecretory systems are known to synthesize and secrete a diverse class of peptide hormones which regulate many physiological processes. The crustacean sinus gland (SG) is a well-defined neuroendocrine site that produces numerous hemolymph-borne agents including the most complex class of endocrine signaling molecules--neuropeptides. As an ongoing effort to define the peptidome of the crustacean SG, we determine the neuropeptide complements of the SG of the Jonah crab, Cancer borealis, and the Maine lobster, Homarus americanus, using nanoflow liquid chromatography electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight (ESI-QTOF) MS/MS. Numerous neuropeptides were identified, including orcokinins, orcomyotropin, crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH), CHH precursor-related peptides (CPRPs), red pigment concentrating hormone (RPCH), beta-pigment dispersing hormone (beta-PDH), proctolin and HL/IGSL/IYRamide. Among them, two novel orcokinins were de novo sequenced from the SG of H. americanus. Three CPRPs including a novel isoform were sequenced in H. americanus. Four new CPRPs were sequenced from the SG of C. borealis. Our results show that structural polymorphisms in CPRPs (and thus the CHH precursors) are common in Dendrobranchiata as well as in Pleocyemata. The evolutionary relationship between the CPRPs is also discussed.
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- Qiang Fu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Billimoria CP, Li L, Marder E. Profiling of neuropeptides released at the stomatogastric ganglion of the crab, Cancer borealis with mass spectrometry. J Neurochem 2005; 95:191-9. [PMID: 16181423 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2005.03355.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Studies of release under physiological conditions provide more direct data about the identity of neuromodulatory signaling molecules than studies of tissue localization that cannot distinguish between processing precursors and biologically active neuropeptides. We have identified neuropeptides released by electrical stimulation of nerves that contain the axons of the modulatory projection neurons to the stomatogastric ganglion of the crab, Cancer borealis. Preparations were bathed in saline containing a cocktail of peptidase inhibitors to minimize peptide degradation. Both electrical stimulation of projection nerves and depolarization with high K+ saline were used to evoke release. Releasates were desalted and then identified by mass using MALDI-TOF (matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time-of-flight) mass spectrometry. Both previously known and novel peptides were detected. Subsequent to electrical stimulation proctolin, Cancer borealis tachykinin-related peptide (CabTRP), FVNSRYa, carcinustatin-8, allatostatin-3 (AST-3), red pigment concentrating hormone, NRNFLRFa, AST-5, SGFYANRYa, TNRNFLRFa, AST-9, orcomyotropin-related peptide, corazonin, Ala13-orcokinin, and Ser9-Val13-orcokinin were detected. Some of these were also detected after high K+ depolarization. Release was calcium dependent. In summary, we have shown release of the neuropeptides thought to play an important neuromodulatory role in the stomatogastric ganglion, as well as numerous other candidate neuromodulators that remain to be identified.
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- Cyrus P Billimoria
- Department of Biology, Volen Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
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Huybrechts J, Verleyen P, Schoofs L. Mass spectrometric analysis of head ganglia and neuroendocrine tissue of larval Galleria mellonella (Arthropoda, Insecta). JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2005; 40:271-276. [PMID: 15706623 DOI: 10.1002/jms.835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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A brain-retrocerebral complex-subesophageal ganglion acidified methanolic extract of 100 larval Galleria mellonella (greater wax moth) was prepared for the isolation and identification of (neuro)peptides. To reduce sample complexity, the isolated peptides were roughly separated using a single, conventional chromatographic separation step. Subsequently, screening of these fractions with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry in combination with nanoflow electrospray ionization quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry resulted in the identification of 12 lepidopteran peptides. None of these had been previously isolated or characterized within this species. VIFTPKLamide encoded by the diapause hormone-pheromone biosynthesis activating neuropeptide precursor was for the first time isolated and biochemically identified in a tissue extract, providing irrefutable evidence of its expression in larval nervous tissue. Another pentapeptide, AMVRFamide, with no resemblance to other lepidopteran peptides, was de novo sequenced and is most related to the neuropeptide F peptide family.
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- Jurgen Huybrechts
- Laboratory of Developmental Physiology, Genomics and Proteomics, K.U. Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Fu Q, Kutz KK, Schmidt JJ, Hsu YWA, Messinger DI, Cain SD, de la Iglesia HO, Christie AE, Li L. Hormone complement of theCancer productus sinus gland and pericardial organ: An anatomical and mass spectrometric investigation. J Comp Neurol 2005; 493:607-26. [PMID: 16304631 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In crustaceans, circulating hormones influence many physiological processes. Two neuroendocrine organs, the sinus gland (SG) and the pericardial organ (PO), are the sources of many of these compounds. As a first step in determining the roles played by hemolymph-borne agents in the crab Cancer productus, we characterized the hormone complement of its SG and PO. We show via transmission electron microscopy that the nerve terminals making up each site possess dense-core and/or electron-lucent vesicles, suggesting diverse complements of bioactive molecules for both structures. By using immunohistochemistry, we show that small molecule transmitters, amines and peptides, are among the hormones present in these tissues, with many differentially distributed between the two sites (e.g., serotonin in the PO but not the SG). With several mass spectrometric (MS) methods, we identified many of the peptides responsible for the immunolabeling and surveyed the SG and PO for peptides for which no antibodies exist. By using MS, we characterized 39 known peptides [e.g., beta-pigment-dispersing hormone (beta-PDH), crustacean cardioactive peptide, and red pigment-concentrating hormone] and de novo sequenced 23 novel ones (e.g., a new beta-PDH isoform and the first B-type allatostatins identified from a non-insect species). Collectively, our results show that diverse and unique complements of hormones, including many previously unknown peptides, are present in the SG and PO of C. productus. Moreover, our study sets the stage for future biochemical and physiological studies of these molecules and ultimately the elucidation of the role(s) they play in hormonal control in C. productus.
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- Qiang Fu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1396, USA
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Verleyen P, Huybrechts J, Sas F, Clynen E, Baggerman G, De Loof A, Schoofs L. Neuropeptidomics of the grey flesh fly, Neobellieria bullata. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 316:763-70. [PMID: 15033466 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.02.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2004] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A peptidomics approach was applied to determine the peptides in the larval central nervous system of the grey flesh fly, Neobellieria bullata. Fractions obtained by high performance liquid chromatography were analysed by MALDI-TOF and ESI-Q-TOF mass spectrometry. This provided biochemical evidence for the presence of 18 neuropeptides, 11 of which were novel Neobellieria peptides. Most prominently present were the FMRFamide-related peptides: 7 FMRFamides, 1 FIRFamide, and Neb-myosuppressin. The three putative capa-gene products Neb-pyrokinin and the periviscerokinins Neb-PVK-1 and -2 were detected, as well as another pyrokinin. This Neb-PK-2 was also present in the ring gland along with corazonin, Neb-myosuppressin, and Neb-AKH-GK, an intermediate processing product of the adipokinetic hormone. Furthermore, the central nervous system contained Neb-LFamide, proctolin, and FDFHTVamide, designated as Neb-TVamide. With this study, we considerably increased our knowledge of the neuropeptidome of the pest fly N. bullata, which is an important insect model for physiological research.
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- Peter Verleyen
- Laboratory of Developmental Physiology, Genomics and Proteomics, K.U.Leuven, Naamsestraat 59, Louvain B-3000, Belgium.
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CHRISTIE ANDREWE, STEIN WOLFGANG, QUINLAN JOHNE, BEENHAKKER MARKP, MARDER EVE, NUSBAUM MICHAELP. Actions of a histaminergic/peptidergic projection neuron on rhythmic motor patterns in the stomatogastric nervous system of the crab Cancer borealis. J Comp Neurol 2004; 469:153-69. [PMID: 14694531 PMCID: PMC6494454 DOI: 10.1002/cne.11003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Histamine is a neurotransmitter with actions throughout the nervous system of vertebrates and invertebrates. Nevertheless, the actions of only a few identified histamine-containing neurons have been characterized. Here, we present the actions of a histaminergic projection neuron on the rhythmically active pyloric and gastric mill circuits within the stomatogastric ganglion (STG) of the crab Cancer borealis. An antiserum generated against histamine labeled profiles throughout the C. borealis stomatogastric nervous system. Labeling occurred in several somata and neuropil within the paired commissural ganglia as well as in neuropil within the STG and at the junction of the superior oesophageal and stomatogastric nerves. The source of all histamine-like immunolabeling in the STG neuropil was one pair of neuronal somata, the previously identified inferior ventricular (IV) neurons, located in the supraoesophageal ganglion. These neurons also exhibited FLRFamide-like immunoreactivity. Activation of the IV neurons in the crab inhibited some pyloric and gastric mill neurons and, with inputs from the commissural ganglia eliminated, terminated both rhythms. Focal application of histamine had comparable effects. The actions of both applied histamine and IV neuron stimulation were blocked, reversibly, by the histamine type-2 receptor antagonist cimetidine. With the commissural ganglia connected to the STG, IV neuron stimulation elicited a longer-latency activation of commissural projection neurons which in turn modified the pyloric rhythm and activated the gastric mill rhythm. These results support the hypothesis that the histaminergic/peptidergic IV neurons are projection neurons with direct and indirect actions on the STG circuits of the crab C. borealis.
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- ANDREW E. CHRISTIE
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
- Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454
- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Box 351800, Seattle, Washington 98195
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
- Correspondence to: Michael P. Nusbaum, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 215 Stemmler Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6074.
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Birmingham JT, Billimoria CP, DeKlotz TR, Stewart RA, Marder E. Differential and history-dependent modulation of a stretch receptor in the stomatogastric system of the crab, Cancer borealis. J Neurophysiol 2003; 90:3608-16. [PMID: 12944539 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00397.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Neuromodulators can modify the magnitude and kinetics of the response of a sensory neuron to a stimulus. Six neuroactive substances modified the activity of the gastropyloric receptor 2 (GPR2) neuron of the stomatogastric nervous system (STNS) of the crab Cancer borealis during muscle stretch. Stretches were applied to the gastric mill 9 (gm9) and the cardio-pyloric valve 3a (cpv3a) muscles. SDRNFLRFamide and dopamine had excitatory effects on GPR2. Serotonin, GABA, and the peptide allatostatin-3 (AST) decreased GPR2 firing during stretch. Moreover, SDRNFLRFamide and TNRNFLRFamide increased the unstimulated spontaneous firing rate, whereas AST and GABA decreased it. The actions of AST and GABA were amplitude- and history-dependent. In fully recovered preparations, AST and GABA decreased the response to small-amplitude stretches proportionally more than to those evoked by large-amplitude stretches. For large-amplitude stretches, the effects of AST and GABA were more pronounced as the number of recent stretches increased. The modulators that affected the stretch-induced GPR2 firing rate were also tested when the neuron was operating in a bursting mode of activity. Application of SDRNFLRFamide increased the bursting frequency transiently, whereas high concentrations of serotonin, AST, and GABA abolished bursting altogether. Together these data demonstrate that the effects of neuromodulators depend on the previous activity and current state of the sensory neuron.
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- John T Birmingham
- Department of Physics, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California 95053, USA.
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