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Marco HG, Glendinning S, Ventura T, Gäde G. The gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) superfamily across Pancrustacea/Tetraconata: A role in metabolism? Mol Cell Endocrinol 2024; 590:112238. [PMID: 38616035 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2024.112238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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- Heather G Marco
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa.
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- Centre for BioInnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, 4556, Australia; School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, 4556, Australia
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- Centre for BioInnovation, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, 4556, Australia; School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, 4556, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
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Zandawala M, Bilal Amir M, Shin J, Yim WC, Alfonso Yañez Guerra L. Proteome-wide neuropeptide identification using NeuroPeptide-HMMer (NP-HMMer). Gen Comp Endocrinol 2024; 357:114597. [PMID: 39084320 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2024.114597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2024] [Revised: 07/20/2024] [Accepted: 07/27/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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Neuropeptides are essential neuronal signaling molecules that orchestrate animal behavior and physiology via actions within the nervous system and on peripheral tissues. Due to the small size of biologically active mature peptides, their identification on a proteome-wide scale poses a significant challenge using existing bioinformatics tools like BLAST. To address this, we have developed NeuroPeptide-HMMer (NP-HMMer), a hidden Markov model (HMM)-based tool to facilitate neuropeptide discovery, especially in underexplored invertebrates. NP-HMMer utilizes manually curated HMMs for 46 neuropeptide families, enabling rapid and accurate identification of neuropeptides. Validation of NP-HMMer on Drosophila melanogaster, Daphnia pulex, Tribolium castaneum and Tenebrio molitor demonstrated its effectiveness in identifying known neuropeptides across diverse arthropods. Additionally, we showcase the utility of NP-HMMer by discovering novel neuropeptides in Priapulida and Rotifera, identifying 22 and 19 new peptides, respectively. This tool represents a significant advancement in neuropeptide research, offering a robust method for annotating neuropeptides across diverse proteomes and providing insights into the evolutionary conservation of neuropeptide signaling pathways.
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- Meet Zandawala
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA; Integrative Neuroscience Program, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA; Neurobiology and Genetics, Theodor-Boveri-Institute, Biocenter, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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- School of Biology, University of Southampton, University Road SO17 1BJ, Southampton, UK; Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, University Road SO17 1BJ, Southampton, UK.
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Knigge T. Antidepressants - The new endocrine disruptors? The case of crustaceans. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2024; 583:112155. [PMID: 38185462 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2024.112155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/09/2024]
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Antidepressants are high-volume pharmaceuticals that accumulate to concentrations in the μg·L-1 range in surface waters. The release of peptide hormones via neurosecretory cells appears as a natural target for antidepressants. Here I review research that suggests that antidepressants indeed disrupt endocrine signalling in crustaceans, by acting on the synthesis and release of neurohormones, such as crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone, moult inhibiting hormone and pigment dispersing hormone in decapods, as well as methyl farnesoate in Daphnids. Hence, antidepressants can affect hormonal regulation of physiological functions: increase in energy metabolism and activity, lowered ecdysteroid levels, potentially disrupting moult and somatic growth, reducing colour change capacity and compromising camouflage, as well as induction of male sex determination. Several studies further suggest effects of antidepressants on crustacean reproduction, but the hormonal regulation of these effects remains elusive. All things considered, a body of evidence strongly suggests that antidepressants are endocrine disrupting compounds in crustaceans.
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- Thomas Knigge
- Normandie Univ, Unilehavre, FR CNRS 3730 Sciences Appliquées à L'Environnement, UMR-I02, Environmental Stress and Biomonitoring of Aquatic Environments, University of Le Havre Normandy, France.
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Huang J, Jin J, Gu L, Sun Y, Zhang L, Huang Y, Yang Z. Persistent and sex-independent effects of decreased calcium concentration inhibiting morphological defense of Daphnia: Evidences from morphological traits and expression of the associated genes. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 877:162909. [PMID: 36934936 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 02/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The continuous decline in calcium concentration in freshwater as a widespread environmental stress can have complex effects on the interspecific relationships of organisms, such as interference with the anti-predation defenses of Daphnia with high calcium demand. The natural population of Daphnia includes individuals with different developmental stages and sexes. Here, we measured the effects of decreased calcium concentration on morphological defense of Daphnia after different numbers of molts or under various sexes and the expression of genes related to signal recognition, carapace formation, reproductive allocation, and stress defense. Results showed that decreased Ca concentration resulted in the altered effects of fish kairomone on the change rates of body size, change rates of spine length, and change rates of relative spine length disappear. Furthermore, male Daphnia also developed morphological defense under fish predation risk, which was also inhibited by decreased Ca concentration, but no significant difference was observed in the intensity of induced defense between male and female Daphnia at low Ca concentrations. Importantly, decreased Ca concentrations did not alter the increase in expressions of genes related to neural signaling by fish kairomone. Fish kairomone promoted the expression of reproduction-related genes, whereas decreased Ca concentration inhibited their expression. Fish kairomone altered the expression of carapace-related genes, but most were disturbed by decreased Ca concentration. Decreased Ca concentration inhibited the increased expression of stress defense-related genes by fish kairomone. This study contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the effects of environmental changes on interspecific relationships among aquatic organisms of different developmental stages and different sexes.
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- Jing Huang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China; College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing 210023, China.
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Paloma Álvarez-Rendón J, Manuel Murillo-Maldonado J, Rafael Riesgo-Escovar J. The insulin signaling pathway a century after its discovery: Sexual dimorphism in insulin signaling. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2023; 330:114146. [PMID: 36270337 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2022.114146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Since practically a century ago, the insulin pathway was discovered in both vertebrates and invertebrates, implying an evolutionarily ancient origin. After a century of research, it is now clear that the insulin signal transduction pathway is a critical, flexible and pleiotropic pathway, evolving into multiple anabolic functions besides glucose homeostasis. It regulates paramount aspects of organismal well-being like growth, longevity, intermediate metabolism, and reproduction. Part of this diversification has been attained by duplications and divergence of both ligands and receptors riding on a common general signal transduction system. One of the aspects that is strikingly different is its usage in reproduction, particularly in male versus female development and fertility within the same species. This review highlights sexual divergence in metabolism and reproductive tract differences, the occurrence of sexually "exaggerated" traits, and sex size differences that are due to the sexes' differential activity/response to the insulin signaling pathway.
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- Jéssica Paloma Álvarez-Rendón
- Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo y Neurofisiología, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico
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- Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo y Neurofisiología, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico
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- Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo y Neurofisiología, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico.
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Marciniak P, Pacholska-Bogalska J, Ragionieri L. Neuropeptidomes of Tenebrio molitor L. and Zophobas atratus Fab. (Coleoptera, Polyphaga: Tenebrionidae). J Proteome Res 2022; 21:2247-2260. [PMID: 36107737 PMCID: PMC9552230 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Paweł Marciniak
- Department of Animal Physiology and Developmental Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań 61-614, Poland
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- Department of Animal Physiology and Developmental Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań 61-614, Poland
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- Department for Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Cologne 50674, Germany
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Kim DH, Lee YH, Sayed AEDH, Choi IY, Lee JS. Genome-wide identification of 194 G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) genes from the water flea Daphnia magna. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART D, GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2022; 42:100983. [PMID: 35367896 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2022.100983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
In crustaceans, G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest transmembrane receptor family and function by mediating various environmental stimuli in cells. Understanding GPCR signaling is crucial to better understanding of crustacean endocrinology. GPCRs evolved from early eukaryotes, and genome-wide identification of GPCRs in a particular taxon can provide insight into evolutionary tendencies and adaptive strategies of GPCR response to environmental stimuli. Here, we identified 194 full-length GPCR genes in the water flea Daphnia magna that can be divided into five distinct classes (A, B, C, F, and other). A strong orthologous relationship for amine, neuropeptide, and opsin receptors was found in the phylogenetic comparison of D. magna GPCRs to those of humans and two well-known insects (Drosophila melanogaster and Solenopsis invicta). Our results based on phylogenetic relationships suggest that most GPCRs subfamilies have undergone sporadic evolutionary processes for adaptation to environmental pressures. Despite the dynamics of GPCR evolution, some GPCRs are highly conserved between species. This study provides a better understanding of the evolution of GPCRs and expands our knowledge of the potential physiological mechanisms in D. magna in response to various environmental stimuli.
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- Duck-Hyun Kim
- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea
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- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, 71516 Assiut, Egypt
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- Department of Agricultural Life Industry, College of Lifelong Learning, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, South Korea.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea.
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Ragionieri L, Verdonck R, Verlinden H, Marchal E, Vanden Broeck J, Predel R. Schistocerca neuropeptides - An update. JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 136:104326. [PMID: 34767790 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2021.104326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
We compiled a comprehensive list of 67 precursor genes encoding neuropeptides and neuropeptide-like peptides using the Schistocerca gregaria genome and several transcriptome datasets. 11 of these 67 precursor genes have alternative transcripts, bringing the total number of S. gregaria precursors identified in this study to 81. Based on this precursor information, we used different mass spectrometry approaches to identify the putative mature, bioactive peptides processed in the nervous system of S. gregaria. The thereby generated dataset for S. gregaria confirms significant conservation of the entire neuropeptidergic gene set typical of insects and also contains precursors typical of Polyneoptera only. This is in striking contrast to the substantial losses of peptidergic systems in some holometabolous species. The neuropeptidome of S. gregaria, apart from species-specific sequences within the known range of variation, is quite similar to that of Locusta migratoria and even to that of less closely related Polyneoptera. With the S. gregaria peptidomics data presented here, we have thus generated a very useful source of information that could also be relevant for the study of other polyneopteran species.
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- Lapo Ragionieri
- University of Cologne, Department of Biology, Institute for Zoology, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674 Cologne, Germany.
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- Division of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Zoological Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Centre for Environmental Sciences, Environmental Biology, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Division of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Zoological Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Zoological Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Zoological Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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- University of Cologne, Department of Biology, Institute for Zoology, Zülpicher Str. 47b, 50674 Cologne, Germany.
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Harzsch S, Dircksen H, Hansson BS. Local olfactory interneurons provide the basis for neurochemical regionalization of olfactory glomeruli in crustaceans. J Comp Neurol 2021; 530:1399-1422. [PMID: 34843626 DOI: 10.1002/cne.25283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 11/18/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
The primary olfactory centers of metazoans as diverse as arthropods and mammals consist of an array of fields of dense synaptic neuropil, the olfactory glomeruli. However, the neurochemical structure of crustacean olfactory glomeruli is largely understudied when compared to the insects. We analyzed the glomerular architecture in selected species of hermit crabs using immunohistochemistry against presynaptic proteins, the neuropeptides orcokinin, RFamide and allatostatin, and the biogenic amine serotonin. Our study reveals an unexpected level of structural complexity, unmatched by what is found in the insect olfactory glomeruli. Peptidergic and aminergic interneurons provide the structural basis for a regionalization of the crustacean glomeruli into longitudinal and concentric compartments. Our data suggest that local olfactory interneurons take a central computational role in modulating the information transfer from olfactory sensory neurons to projection neurons within the glomeruli. Furthermore, we found yet unknown neuronal elements mediating lateral inhibitory interactions across the glomerular array that may play a central role in modulating the transfer of sensory input to the output neurons through presynaptic inhibition. Our study is another step in understanding the function of crustacean olfactory glomeruli as highly complex units of local olfactory processing.
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- Steffen Harzsch
- Department of Cytology and Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.,Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
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Diesner M, Bläser M, Eckardt S, Iliffe TM, Boelen Theile E, Predel R. Expression pattern of CAPA/pyrokinin neuropeptide genes in Remipedia and silverfish: Rapid differentiation after gene duplication in early Hexapoda, followed by strong conservation of newly established features in insects. Peptides 2021; 144:170610. [PMID: 34242680 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2021.170610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 06/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Only few genes are known from insects that encode multiple neuropeptides, i.e., peptides that activate different receptors. Among those are the capa and pk genes, which differentiated within Hexapoda following gene duplication. In our study, we focus on the early stages of differentiation of these genes. Specifically: (1) What was the expression pattern of the ancestral capa/pk gene, i.e., prior to gene duplication? (2) What is the expression pattern of capa and pk in silverfish, whose ancestors diverged from Pterygota more than 400 mya? Our results suggest the location and projection of CAPA immunoreactive Va cells in abdominal ganglia (trunk ganglia in Remipedia) are a plesiomorphic trait that was already present in the ancestor of Remipedia and Hexapoda. General features of serial homology such as location of cells bodies, contralateral projection of primary neurites, and presumed peripheral peptide release from segmentally arranged neurohemal release sites could be observed in Remipedia and silverfish, but also in all Pterygota studied so far. Differences are mainly in the specific location of these peripheral release sites. This hypothetical basic pattern of capa/pk neurons underwent modifications in the anterior ganglia of the ventral nerve cord already in Remipedia. In silverfish, as in all Pterygota studied so far, pk expression in the CNS is apparently restricted to the gnathal ganglia, whereas capa expression is typical of abdominal Va cells. Thus, differentiation in the expression pattern of capa and pk genes occurred early in the evolution of Hexapoda; likely soon after the appearance of two separate genes.
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- Max Diesner
- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, 77554, USA
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, D-50674, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, D-50674, Cologne, Germany.
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Insights into the Activation of a Crustacean G Protein-Coupled Receptor: Evaluation of the Red Pigment-Concentrating Hormone Receptor of the Water Flea Daphnia pulex (Dappu-RPCH R). Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11050710. [PMID: 34068800 PMCID: PMC8151907 DOI: 10.3390/biom11050710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The validation of a previously developed model of the interaction between the red pigment-concentrating hormone of Daphnia pulex and its cognate receptor (Jackson et al., IJBM 106, 969-978, 2018) was undertaken. Single amino acid replacements, noticeably an Ala scan, of the ligand, Dappu-RPCH, were docked to the receptor, and the binding energies calculated and compared to the one with Dappu-RPCH. As a second step, the same molecules were docked using molecular dynamics (MD) in a 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) membrane. Changes in binding energy were compared to previous results on in vitro receptor activation (Marco et al., Sci. Rep. 7, 6851, 2017). Residue scanning and MD simulations both gave comparable results for binding energy. For most mutants, there was a good inverse correlation between in vitro activity and binding. There were, however, exceptions; for example: [Ala4]Dappu-RPCH bound as tightly as the cognate ligand but had little activity. This seeming discrepancy was explained when the MD data were analyzed in detail, showing that, although [Ala4]Dappu-RPCH had multiple interactions with the receptor accounting for the high binding energy, the interacting residues of the receptor were quite different to those of Dappu-RPCH. The MD calculations show clearly that the strong binding affinity of the ligand to the receptor is not sufficient for activation. Interaction of the binding of the ligand to two residues of the receptor, Ser 155 and Gln 237, is also essential. A comparison of our computational results with the experimental results of Marco et al. and comparison with the extensive data on GnRH supports the validity of our Dappu-RPCH R model.
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Hu M, Helfenbein K, Buchberger AR, DeLaney K, Liu Y, Li L. Exploring the Sexual Dimorphism of Crustacean Neuropeptide Expression Using Callinectes sapidus as a Model Organism. J Proteome Res 2021; 20:2739-2750. [PMID: 33872031 PMCID: PMC8106671 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
The impact of numerous diseases has been linked to differences in sex between organisms, including various neurological diseases. As neuropeptides are known to be key players in the nervous system, studying the variation of neuropeptidomic profiles between males and females in a crustacean model organism is of interest. By using high-resolution mass spectrometry with two complementary ionization sources in conjunction with quantitative chemical labeling (isotopic reductive dimethylation), differences were observed in five key neural tissues and hemolymph. Interestingly, while males and females possess numerous neuropeptide isoforms that are unique to their sex, the represented families of each sex remain largely consistent. However, some differences in familial isoforms were also observed, such as the relative numbers of neuropeptides belonging to RFamide and allatostatin A-type families. Additionally, >100 neuropeptides detected across five neural tissues and hemolymph were found to have statistically significant differences in abundance between male and female blue crab samples. Also, hundreds of putative peptide sequences were identified by de novo sequencing that may be indicative of previously undiscovered neuropeptides, highlighting the power of using a multifaceted MS approach.
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- Mengzhou Hu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706
- School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705
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Nässel DR, Wu SF. Leucokinins: Multifunctional Neuropeptides and Hormones in Insects and Other Invertebrates. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:1531. [PMID: 33546414 PMCID: PMC7913504 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22041531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Leucokinins (LKs) constitute a neuropeptide family first discovered in a cockroach and later identified in numerous insects and several other invertebrates. The LK receptors are only distantly related to other known receptors. Among insects, there are many examples of species where genes encoding LKs and their receptors are absent. Furthermore, genomics has revealed that LK signaling is lacking in several of the invertebrate phyla and in vertebrates. In insects, the number and complexity of LK-expressing neurons vary, from the simple pattern in the Drosophila larva where the entire CNS has 20 neurons of 3 main types, to cockroaches with about 250 neurons of many different types. Common to all studied insects is the presence or 1-3 pairs of LK-expressing neurosecretory cells in each abdominal neuromere of the ventral nerve cord, that, at least in some insects, regulate secretion in Malpighian tubules. This review summarizes the diverse functional roles of LK signaling in insects, as well as other arthropods and mollusks. These functions include regulation of ion and water homeostasis, feeding, sleep-metabolism interactions, state-dependent memory formation, as well as modulation of gustatory sensitivity and nociception. Other functions are implied by the neuronal distribution of LK, but remain to be investigated.
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- Dick R. Nässel
- Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- College of Plant Protection, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China;
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Fuertes I, Barata C. Characterization of neurotransmitters and related metabolites in Daphnia magna juveniles deficient in serotonin and exposed to neuroactive chemicals that affect its behavior: A targeted LC-MS/MS method. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 263:127814. [PMID: 32822934 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Neurotransmitters are endogenous metabolites that play a crucial role within an organism, at the chemical synapses. There is a growing interest in their analytical determination for understanding the neurotoxic effect of contaminants. Daphnia magna represents an excellent aquatic model for these environmental studies, due to its similarities with vertebrates in several neurotransmitters and related gene pathways and because of its wide application in ecotoxicological studies. Within this study, an accurate and sensible method of analysis of 17 neurotransmitters and related precursors and metabolites was developed. The method was validated in terms of sensitivity, reproducibility, precision, and accuracy, and also matrix effect was evaluated. As an independent probe of method validation and applicability, the method was applied to two different scenarios. First, it was used for the study of neurotransmitter levels in genetically mutated tryptophan hydrolase D. magna clones, confirming the absence of serotonin and its metabolite 5-HIAA. Additionally, the method was applied for determining the effects of chemical compounds known to affect different neurotransmitter systems and to alter Daphnia behavior. Significant changes were observed in 13 of the analyzed neurotransmitters across treatments, which were related to the neurotransmitter systems described as being affected by these neurochemicals. These two studies, which provide results on the ways in which the neurotransmitter systems in D. magna are affected, have corroborated the applicability of the presented method, of great importance due to the suitability of this organism for environmental neurotoxicity studies.
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- Inmaculada Fuertes
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Research Council (IDAEA, CSIC), Jordi Girona 18, 08034, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Research Council (IDAEA, CSIC), Jordi Girona 18, 08034, Barcelona, Spain.
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Knigge T, LeBlanc GA, Ford AT. A Crab Is Not a Fish: Unique Aspects of the Crustacean Endocrine System and Considerations for Endocrine Toxicology. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2021; 12:587608. [PMID: 33737907 PMCID: PMC7961072 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.587608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Crustaceans-and arthropods in general-exhibit many unique aspects to their physiology. These include the requirement to moult (ecdysis) in order to grow and reproduce, the ability to change color, and multiple strategies for sexual differentiation. Accordingly, the endocrine regulation of these processes involves hormones, receptors, and enzymes that differ from those utilized by vertebrates and other non-arthropod invertebrates. As a result, environmental chemicals known to disrupt endocrine processes in vertebrates are often not endocrine disruptors in crustaceans; while, chemicals that disrupt endocrine processes in crustaceans are often not endocrine disruptors in vertebrates. In this review, we present an overview of the evolution of the endocrine system of crustaceans, highlight endocrine endpoints known to be a target of disruption by chemicals, and identify other components of endocrine signaling that may prove to be targets of disruption. This review highlights that crustaceans need to be evaluated for endocrine disruption with consideration of their unique endocrine system and not with consideration of the endocrine system of vertebrates.
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- Thomas Knigge
- Normandy University, FR CNRS 3730 SCALE, UMR-I 02 INERIS-URCA-ULH Environmental Stress and Aquatic Biomonitoring (SEBIO), Université Le Havre Normandie, Le Havre, France
- *Correspondence: Thomas Knigge,
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- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Hull JJ, Stefanek MA, Dickinson PS, Christie AE. Cloning of the first cDNA encoding a putative CCRFamide precursor: identification of the brain, eyestalk ganglia, and cardiac ganglion as sites of CCRFamide expression in the American lobster, Homarus americanus. INVERTEBRATE NEUROSCIENCE 2020; 20:24. [PMID: 33244646 DOI: 10.1007/s10158-020-00257-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Over the past decade, many new peptide families have been identified via in silico analyses of genomic and transcriptomic datasets. While various molecular and biochemical methods have confirmed the existence of some of these new groups, others remain in silico discoveries of computationally assembled sequences only. An example of the latter are the CCRFamides, named for the predicted presence of two pairs of disulfide bonded cysteine residues and an amidated arginine-phenylalanine carboxyl-terminus in family members, which have been identified from annelid, molluscan, and arthropod genomes/transcriptomes, but for which no precursor protein-encoding cDNAs have been cloned. Using routine transcriptome mining methods, we identified four Homarus americanus (American lobster) CCRFamide transcripts that share high sequence identity across the predicted open reading frames but more limited conservation in their 5' terminal ends, suggesting the Homarus gene undergoes alternative splicing. RT-PCR profiling using primers designed to amplify an internal fragment common to all of the transcripts revealed expression in the supraoesophageal ganglion (brain), eyestalk ganglia, and cardiac ganglion. Variant specific profiling revealed a similar profile for variant 1, eyestalk ganglia specific expression of variant 2, and an absence of variant 3 expression in the cDNAs examined. The broad distribution of CCRFamide transcript expression in the H. americanus nervous system suggests a potential role as a locally released and/or circulating neuropeptide. This is the first report of the cloning of a CCRFamide-encoding cDNA from any species, and as such, provides the first non-in silico support for the existence of this invertebrate peptide family.
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- J Joe Hull
- Pest Management and Biocontrol Research Unit, US Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, USDA Agricultural Research Services, 21881 North Cardon Lane, Maricopa, AZ, 85138, USA.
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- Pest Management and Biocontrol Research Unit, US Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, USDA Agricultural Research Services, 21881 North Cardon Lane, Maricopa, AZ, 85138, USA
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- Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, 6500 College Station, Brunswick, ME, 04011, USA
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- Békésy Laboratory of Neurobiology, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1993 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA
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Homberg U, Hensgen R, Rieber E, Seyfarth J, Kern M, Dippel S, Dircksen H, Spänig L, Kina YP. Orcokinin in the central complex of the locust Schistocerca gregaria: Identification of immunostained neurons and colocalization with other neuroactive substances. J Comp Neurol 2020; 529:1876-1894. [PMID: 33128250 DOI: 10.1002/cne.25062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The central complex is a group of highly interconnected neuropils in the insect brain. It is involved in the control of spatial orientation, based on external compass cues and various internal needs. The functional and neurochemical organization of the central complex has been studied in detail in the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria. In addition to classical neurotransmitters, immunocytochemistry has provided evidence for a major contribution of neuropeptides to neural signaling within the central complex. To complement these data, we have identified all orcokinin-immunoreactive neurons in the locust central complex and associated brain areas. About 50 bilateral pairs of neurons innervating all substructures of the central complex exhibit orcokinin immunoreactivity. Among these were about 20 columnar neurons, 33 bilateral pairs of tangential neurons of the central body, and seven pairs of tangential neurons of the protocerebral bridge. In silico transcript analysis suggests the presence of eight different orcokinin-A type peptides in the desert locust. Double label experiments showed that all orcokinin-immunostained tangential neurons of the lateral accessory lobe cluster were also immunoreactive for GABA and the GABA-synthesizing enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase. Two types of tangential neurons of the upper division of the central body were, furthermore, also labeled with an antiserum against Dip-allatostatin I. No colocalization was found with serotonin immunostaining. The data provide additional insights into the neurochemical organization of the locust central complex and suggest that orcokinin-peptides of the orcokinin-A gene act as neuroactive substances at all stages of signal processing in this brain area.
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- Uwe Homberg
- Department of Biology, Animal Physiology & Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Animal Physiology & Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Animal Physiology & Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Marburg, Germany.,Behavioral Physiology and Sociobiology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Animal Physiology & Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Animal Physiology & Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Animal Physiology & Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Animal Physiology & Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Animal Physiology & Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Marburg, Germany
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Minh Nhut T, Mykles DL, Elizur A, Ventura T. Ecdysis triggering hormone modulates molt behaviour in the redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus, providing a mechanistic evidence for conserved function in molt regulation across Pancrustacea. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2020; 298:113556. [PMID: 32687930 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Molting enables growth and development across ecdysozoa. The molting process is strictly controlled by hormones - ecdysteroids. Ecdysteroidogenesis occurs in theprothoracic glands and stimulated by prothoracicotropic hormone in insects, while it ensues in the Y-organ and regulated by the molt inhibiting hormone in crustaceans. A peak in ecdysteroids in the hemolymph induces a cascade of multiple neuropeptides including Ecdysis Triggering Hormone (ETH) and Corazonin. The role of ETH is well defined in controlling the molt process in insects, but it is yet to be defined in crustaceans. In this study, we investigated the behavioral response of intermolt crayfish to ETH and Corazonin injections as well as the impact of ETH on the molt period using in vivo assays. Injection of Corazonin and ETH resulted in a clear and immediate eye twitching response to these two neuropeptides. The Corazonin injection induced eye twitching in slow and asynchronous manner, while ETH injection caused eye twitching in a relatively fast and synchronous way. A single injection of ETH to crayfish resulted in a remarkable prolong molt period, at twice the normal molting cycle, suggesting that ETH plays a key role in controlling the molt cycle in decapod crustaceans. Given the key significance of ETH in molt regulation and its plausible application in pest control, we characterized ETH across the pancrustacean orders. Bioinformatic analysis shows the mature ETH sequence is identical in all studied decapod species. ETH can be classified into specific groups based on the associated motif in each insect order and shows an insect motif -KxxPRx to be conserved in crustaceans.
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- Tran Minh Nhut
- GeneCology Research Centre, School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland 4556, Australia.
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
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- GeneCology Research Centre, School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland 4556, Australia.
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- GeneCology Research Centre, School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland 4556, Australia.
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Chen HY, Toullec JY, Lee CY. The Crustacean Hyperglycemic Hormone Superfamily: Progress Made in the Past Decade. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2020; 11:578958. [PMID: 33117290 PMCID: PMC7560641 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2020.578958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Early studies recognizing the importance of the decapod eyestalk in the endocrine regulation of crustacean physiology-molting, metabolism, reproduction, osmotic balance, etc.-helped found the field of crustacean endocrinology. Characterization of putative factors in the eyestalk using distinct functional bioassays ultimately led to the discovery of a group of structurally related and functionally diverse neuropeptides, crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH), molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH), gonad-inhibiting hormone (GIH) or vitellogenesis-inhibiting hormone (VIH), and mandibular organ-inhibiting hormone (MOIH). These peptides, along with the first insect member (ion transport peptide, ITP), constitute the original arthropod members of the crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) superfamily. The presence of genes encoding the CHH-superfamily peptides across representative ecdysozoan taxa has been established. The objective of this review is to, aside from providing a general framework, highlight the progress made during the past decade or so. The progress includes the widespread identification of the CHH-superfamily peptides, in particular in non-crustaceans, which has reshaped the phylogenetic profile of the superfamily. Novel functions have been attributed to some of the newly identified members, providing exceptional opportunities for understanding the structure-function relationships of these peptides. Functional studies are challenging, especially for the peptides of crustacean and insect species, where they are widely expressed in various tissues and usually pleiotropic. Progress has been made in deciphering the roles of CHH, ITP, and their alternatively spliced counterparts (CHH-L, ITP-L) in the regulation of metabolism and ionic/osmotic hemostasis under (eco)physiological, developmental, or pathological contexts, and of MIH in the stimulation of ovarian maturation, which implicates it as a regulator for coordinating growth (molt) and reproduction. In addition, experimental elucidation of the steric structure and structure-function relationships have given better understanding of the structural basis of the functional diversification and overlapping among these peptides. Finally, an important finding was the first-ever identification of the receptors for this superfamily of peptides, specifically the receptors for ITPs of the silkworm, which will surely give great impetus to the functional study of these peptides for years to come. Studies regarding recent progress are presented and synthesized, and prospective developments remarked upon.
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- Hsiang-Yin Chen
- Department of Aquaculture, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Magong, Taiwan
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- Sorbonne Université, Faculté des Sciences, CNRS, UMR 7144, Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, France
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- Graduate Program of Biotechnology and Department of Biology, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
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Abou El Asrar R, Cools D, Vanden Broeck J. Role of peptide hormones in insect gut physiology. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2020; 41:71-78. [PMID: 32814267 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 05/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Nutrient uptake and digestion are essential for optimal growth and development. In insects, these processes are regulated by the gut-brain axis, which is a neurohumoral communication system for maintaining gut homeostasis. The insect gut is a complex organ consisting of three distinct structures, denominated foregut, midgut and hindgut, each with their specific specializations. These specializations are tightly regulated by the interplay of several neuropeptides: a versatile group of signalling molecules involved in a multitude of processes including gut physiology. Neuropeptides take part in the regulation of gut processes ranging from digestive enzyme release to muscle activity and satiety. Some neuropeptide mimetics are a promising strategy for ecological pest management. This review focuses on a selection of neuropeptides that are well-known for their role in gut physiology, and neuropeptides for which the mode of action is yet to be unravelled.
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- Rania Abou El Asrar
- KU Leuven, Department of Biology, Research Group of Molecular Developmental Physiology and Signal Transduction, Naamsestraat 59 Box 2465, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Biology, Research Group of Molecular Developmental Physiology and Signal Transduction, Naamsestraat 59 Box 2465, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven, Department of Biology, Research Group of Molecular Developmental Physiology and Signal Transduction, Naamsestraat 59 Box 2465, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Bendena WG, Hui JHL, Chin-Sang I, Tobe SS. Neuropeptide and microRNA regulators of juvenile hormone production. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2020; 295:113507. [PMID: 32413346 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The sesquiterpenoid juvenile hormone(s) (JHs) of insects are the primary regulators of growth, metamorphosis, and reproduction in most insect species. As a consequence, it is essential that JH production be precisely regulated so that it is present only during appropriate periods necessary for the control of these processes. The presence of JH at inappropriate times results in disruption to metamorphosis and development and, in some cases, to disturbances in female reproduction. Neuropeptides regulate the timing and production of JH by the corpora allata. Allatostatin and allatotropin were the names coined for neuropeptides that serve as inhibitors or stimulators of JH biosynthesis, respectively. Three different allatostatin neuropeptide families are capable of inhibiting juvenile hormone but only one family is utilized for that purpose dependent on the insect studied. The function of allatotropin also varies in different insects. These neuropeptides are pleiotropic in function acting on diverse physiological processes in different insects such as muscle contraction, sleep and neuromodulation. Genome projects and expression studies have assigned individual neuropeptide families to their respective receptors. An understanding of the localization of these receptors is providing clues as to how numerous peptide families might be integrated in regulating physiological functions. In recent years microRNAs have been identified that down-regulate enzymes and transcription factors that are involved in the biosynthesis and action of juvenile hormone.
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- William G Bendena
- Department of Biology and Centre for Neuroscience, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada.
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- School of Life Sciences, Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, Partner State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L3N6, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Ramsey-Wright Bldg., 25 Harbord Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada
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Zou E. Invisible endocrine disruption and its mechanisms: A current review. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2020; 293:113470. [PMID: 32234298 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2019] [Revised: 03/22/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The research on impacts of environmental chemicals on crustacean molting dates back to the 1970s when ground-breaking studies investigated the disruption of molting in Crustacea by organochlorines. With the emergence of a new scientific inquiry, termed environmental endocrine disruption, in the early 1990s, increasing attention has been attracted to the possibility that environmental chemicals capable of wreaking havoc on sex steroid-regulated processes in vertebrates can also adversely affect ecdysteroid-mediated processes, e.g. molting, in crustaceans. Given the fact that many molting-disrupting chemicals accumulate in crustacean tissues and that the effect on molting is not readily visible in the field, the disruption of molting by environmental chemicals has been dubbed the invisible endocrine disruption. In recent years, much advancement has been made in both the documentation of the phenomenon of molting disruption and the search for mechanisms, by which molting disruption occurs. This review provides an overview of the current status of the field of invisible endocrine disruption, and perspectives on future directions are also presented.
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- Enmin Zou
- Department of Biological Sciences, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA 70310, USA.
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Oliphant A, Hawkes MKN, Cridge AG, Dearden PK. Transcriptomic characterisation of neuropeptides and their putative cognate G protein-coupled receptors during late embryo and stage-1 juvenile development of the Aotearoa-New Zealand crayfish, Paranephrops zealandicus. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2020; 292:113443. [PMID: 32097662 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Revised: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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We de novo assembled a transcriptome for early life-stages of the Aotearoa-New Zealand crayfish, Paranephrops zealandicus, establishing the first genetic resource for this under-developed aquaculture species and for the Paranephrops genus. Mining of this transcriptome for neuropeptides and their putative cognate G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) yielded a comprehensive catalogue of neuropeptides, but few putative neuropeptide GPCRs. Of the neuropeptides commonly identified from decapod transcriptomes, only crustacean female sex hormone and insulin-like peptide were absent from our trinity de novo transcriptome assembly, and also RNA-sequence reads. We identified 63 putative neuropeptide precursors from 43 families, predicted to yield 122 active peptides. Transcripts encoding 26 putative neuropeptide GPCRs were identified but were often incomplete. Putative GPCRs for 15 of the neuropeptides identified here were absent from our transcriptome and RNAseq reads. These data highlight the diverse neuropeptide systems already present at the early development life stages sampled here for P. zealandicus.
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- Andrew Oliphant
- Genomics Aotearoa and Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
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- Genomics Aotearoa and Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Genomics Aotearoa and Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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- Genomics Aotearoa and Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
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Yañez-Guerra LA, Elphick MR. Evolution and Comparative Physiology of Luqin-Type Neuropeptide Signaling. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:130. [PMID: 32132900 PMCID: PMC7041311 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Luqin is a neuropeptide that was discovered and named on account of its expression in left upper quadrant cells of the abdominal ganglion in the mollusc Aplysia californica. Subsequently, luqin-type peptides were identified as cardio-excitatory neuropeptides in other molluscs and a cognate receptor was discovered in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Phylogenetic analyses have revealed that orthologs of molluscan luqin-type neuropeptides occur in other phyla; these include neuropeptides in ecdysozoans (arthropods, nematodes) that have a C-terminal RYamide motif (RYamides) and neuropeptides in ambulacrarians (echinoderms, hemichordates) that have a C-terminal RWamide motif (RWamides). Furthermore, precursors of luqin-type neuropeptides typically have a conserved C-terminal motif containing two cysteine residues, although the functional significance of this is unknown. Consistent with the orthology of the neuropeptides and their precursors, phylogenetic and pharmacological studies have revealed that orthologous G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) mediate effects of luqin-type neuropeptides in spiralians, ecdysozoans, and ambulacrarians. Luqin-type signaling originated in a common ancestor of the Bilateria as a paralog of tachykinin-type signaling but, unlike tachykinin-type signaling, luqin-type signaling was lost in chordates. This may largely explain why luqin-type signaling has received less attention than many other neuropeptide signaling systems. However, insights into the physiological actions of luqin-type neuropeptides (RYamides) in ecdysozoans have been reported recently, with roles in regulation of feeding and diuresis revealed in insects and roles in regulation of feeding, egg laying, locomotion, and lifespan revealed in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Furthermore, characterization of a luqin-type neuropeptide in the starfish Asterias rubens (phylum Echinodermata) has provided the first insights into the physiological roles of luqin-type signaling in a deuterostome. In conclusion, although luqin was discovered in Aplysia over 30 years ago, there is still much to be learnt about luqin-type neuropeptide signaling. This will be facilitated in the post-genomic era by the emerging opportunities for experimental studies on a variety of invertebrate taxa.
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- Luis Alfonso Yañez-Guerra
- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Zhang H, He M. The role of a new insulin-like peptide in the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata martensii. Sci Rep 2020; 10:433. [PMID: 31949275 PMCID: PMC6965660 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-57329-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Pinctada fucata martensii, is an economically important marine bivalve species cultured for seawater pearls. At present, we know little about the molecular mechanisms of the insulin signalling pathway in this oyster. Herein, we cloned and analysed an insulin-like peptide (PfILP) and its signalling pathway-related genes. We detected their expression levels in different tissues and developmental stages. Recombinant PfILP protein was produced and found to significantly increase primary mantle cell activity and induce the expression of the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) gene. PfILP could also regulate the 293T cell cycle by stimulating the S phase and inhibiting the G1 and G2 phases. Recombinant PfILP protein induced the expression of its signalling pathway-related genes in mantle cells. In vitro co-immunoprecipitation analysis showed that PfILP interacts with PfIRR. PfILP activated expression of the pfIRR protein, and also activated the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathways by stimulating phosphorylation of MAPK and AKT. Further analysis showed that PfILP up-regulated glycogen synthesis-related genes glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta (GSK-3β), protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) and glucokinase (GK) at the mRNA level, as well as the expression of the PP1 protein, and phosphorylation of GSK-3β. These results confirmed the presence of a conserved insulin-like signalling pathway in pearl oyster that is involved in cell activity, glycogen metabolism, and other physiological processes.
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- Hua Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China.
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, Guangzhou, 510301, China.
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Liu J, Liu A, Liu F, Huang H, Ye H. Role of neuroparsin 1 in vitellogenesis in the mud crab, Scylla paramamosain. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2020; 285:113248. [PMID: 31430448 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Revised: 07/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Neuroparsin (NP) is an important neuropeptide in invertebrates. It is well-known that NP displays multiple biological activities, including antidiuretic and inhibition of vitellogenesis in insects. However, the information about its effect in crustaceans is scarce. In this study, the sequence of Sp-NP1 was selected from the transcriptome database from the mud crab, Scylla paramamosain. Sequence analyses indicate that the Sp-NP1 amino acid (AA) sequences consist of a 27 AA signal peptide and a 74 AA mature peptide, which contains 12 cysteine residues. qRT-PCR analysis has revealed that the expressions of Sp-NP1 gene are high in the nervous tissues and extremely low in the ovary and hepatopancreas. In situ hybridization has shown that the positive signals are localized in cell cluster 6 of protocerebrum and cell clusters 10 and 11 of deutocerebrum. The presence of Sp-NP1 in the haemolymph has been detected in S. paramamosain through western blot, which indicates that Sp-NP1 serves as an endocrine factor in the regulation of physiological activities. In vitro experiments have further shown that the mRNA level of vitellogenin in the hepatopancreas notably decreases following administration of recombinant Sp-NP1, while the mRNA level of vitellogenin receptor and cyclin B in the ovary shows no significant differences. Collectively, Sp-NP1 possibly can inhibit the production of vitellogenin in the hepatopancreas and has no direct effect on the ovary in S. paramamosain.
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- Jing Liu
- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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Bao C, Liu F, Yang Y, Lin Q, Ye H. Identification of Peptides and Their GPCRs in the Peppermint Shrimp Lysmata vittata, a Protandric Simultaneous Hermaphrodite Species. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2020; 11:226. [PMID: 32425883 PMCID: PMC7212414 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Peptide hormones commonly binding with G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) achieve their function in reproduction. The peppermint shrimp Lysmata vittata popular in marine ornamental trade and is known to display protandric simultaneous hermaphrodite (PSH). Knowledge on reproductive biology of this commercial species is critical for resources management and aquaculture. This study employed Illumina sequencing and bioinformatics analysis to identify peptides and their candidate GPCRs from male phase (MP) and euhermaphrodite phase (EP) of L. vittata. A total of 61 peptide and 40 peptide GPCR transcripts derive from 44 peptide families and 13 peptide GPCR families were identified, respectively. Among them, insulin-like androgenic gland hormone and crustacean female sex hormone have two unique mature peptides, respectively, and their transcripts showed higher expression levels in MP than EP, which suggest that these sex differentiation hormones might be involved in sexual characters than spermatogenesis or vitellogenesis. Overall, the first study on identification of peptides and their GPCRs in the genus Lysmata extends our knowledge of peptidergic signaling in PSH species, and provides an important basis for development of aquaculture strategies.
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- Chenchang Bao
- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- School of Marine Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Fisheries Research Institute of Fujian, Xiamen, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- *Correspondence: Haihui Ye
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Peshkin L, Boukhali M, Haas W, Kirschner MW, Yampolsky LY. Quantitative Proteomics Reveals Remodeling of Protein Repertoire Across Life Phases of Daphnia pulex. Proteomics 2019; 19:e1900155. [PMID: 31697011 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201900155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Revised: 10/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Although the microcrustacean Daphnia is becoming an organism of choice for proteomic studies, protein expression across its life cycle have not been fully characterized. Proteomes of adult females, juveniles, asexually produced embryos, and the ephippia-resting stages containing sexually produced diapausing freezing- and desiccation-resistant embryos are analyzed. Overall, proteins with known molecular functions are more likely to be detected than proteins with no detectable orthology. Similarly, proteins with stronger gene model support in two independent genome assemblies can be detected, than those without such support. This suggests that the proteomics pipeline can be applied to verify hypothesized proteins, even given questionable reference gene models. In particular, upregulation of vitellogenins and downregulation of actins and myosins in embryos of both types, relative to juveniles and adults, and overrepresentation of cell-cycle related proteins in the developing embryos, relative to diapausing embryos and adults, are observed. Upregulation of small heat-shock proteins and peroxidases, as well as overrepresentation of stress-response proteins in the ephippium relative to the asexually produced non-diapausing embryos, is found. The ephippium also shows upregulation of three trehalose-synthesis proteins and downregulation of a trehalose hydrolase, consistent with the role of trehalose in protection against freezing and desiccation.
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- Leonid Peshkin
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Building 149, 13th Street, Charlestown, MA, 02129, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Building 149, 13th Street, Charlestown, MA, 02129, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, 31714, USA
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Gómez-Canela C, Rovira García X, Martínez-Jerónimo F, Marcé RM, Barata C. Analysis of neurotransmitters in Daphnia magna affected by neuroactive pharmaceuticals using liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2019; 254:113029. [PMID: 31454584 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Neurotransmission plays an essential role during the central nervous system (CNS) development. During the last years, several studies based on the changes produced in neurotransmitters of aquatic organisms caused by pharmaceuticals have been reported. Daphnia magna, the aquatic ecotoxicological model organism, shares several of the neurotransmitters targeted by antidepressant and other neuro-active drugs with vertebrates. Therefore, a method based on liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) has been applied for the first time to study the levels of 41 neurotransmitters in Daphnia magna under the effect of four different neuro-active pharmaceuticals (sertraline, venlafaxine, duloxetine and fluoxetine). In addition, the performance of LC-HRMS was studied in terms of linearity, sensitivity, intra- and inter-day precision, and overall robustness. The developed analytical method using LC-HRMS is a new tool for neurotoxicology research using the Daphnia magna model. As a result, general differences on the concentrations of those neurotransmitters exposed to the mentioned pharmaceuticals were observed.
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- Cristian Gómez-Canela
- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, Campus Sescelades, Faculty of Chemistry, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Marcel∙lí Domingo s/n, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, Campus Sescelades, Faculty of Chemistry, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Marcel∙lí Domingo s/n, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Christie AE, Hull JJ. What can transcriptomics reveal about the phylogenetic/structural conservation, tissue localization, and possible functions of CNMamide peptides in decapod crustaceans? Gen Comp Endocrinol 2019; 282:113217. [PMID: 31283937 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2019] [Revised: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Over the past several years, in silico analyses of arthropod genomes/transcriptomes have led to the identification of several previously unknown peptide families. The CNMamides are one such peptide group, having been discovered via computational analyses of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, genome; both a CNMamide precursor and receptor were identified. Recently, a CNMamide family member, VMCHFKICNLamide (disulfide bridging between the cysteine residues), was predicted via in silico mining of a crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, transcriptome, suggesting the presence of this peptide group in members of the Decapoda. Here, using publically accessible transcriptomic data, the phylogenetic/structural conservation, tissue localization, and possible functions of the CNMamide family in decapods were explored. Evidence for CNMamide precursors was found for members of each decapod infraorder for which significant sequence data are available, suggesting a ubiquitous conservation of the CNMamide family in the Decapoda. For the Penaeoidea, Caridea, Astacidea and Achelata, the isoform of CNMamide originally identified from P. clarkii appears to be ubiquitously conserved; in members of the Brachyura, VMCHFKICNMamide (disulfide bridging between the cysteine residues) is the native isoform. Interestingly, the decapod CNMamide gene appears to also have a splice variant in which the carboxy-terminal portion of the preprohormone containing the CNMamide peptide is replaced by one containing a different disulfide bridged peptide that is structurally unrelated to it; this second peptide shows considerable conservation within, but variation among, decapod infraorders. A highly conserved putative CNMamide receptor was identified from members of the Penaeoidea, Astacidea and Brachyura. Phylogenetic analyses support the annotation of the decapod receptor as a true member of the CNMamide receptor family. The presence of precursor and receptor transcripts in both nervous system- and reproductive tissue-specific transcriptomes suggests CNMamides serve as modulators of decapod neural and reproductive control systems.
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- Andrew E Christie
- Békésy Laboratory of Neurobiology, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1993 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
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- Pest Management and Biocontrol Research Unit, US Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, USDA Agricultural Research Services, Maricopa, AZ 85138, USA
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Hayakawa E, Watanabe H, Menschaert G, Holstein TW, Baggerman G, Schoofs L. A combined strategy of neuropeptide prediction and tandem mass spectrometry identifies evolutionarily conserved ancient neuropeptides in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0215185. [PMID: 31545805 PMCID: PMC6756747 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Neuropeptides are a class of bioactive peptides shown to be involved in various physiological processes, including metabolism, development, and reproduction. Although neuropeptide candidates have been predicted from genomic and transcriptomic data, comprehensive characterization of neuropeptide repertoires remains a challenge owing to their small size and variable sequences. De novo prediction of neuropeptides from genome or transcriptome data is difficult and usually only efficient for those peptides that have identified orthologs in other animal species. Recent peptidomics technology has enabled systematic structural identification of neuropeptides by using the combination of liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry. However, reliable identification of naturally occurring peptides using a conventional tandem mass spectrometry approach, scanning spectra against a protein database, remains difficult because a large search space must be scanned due to the absence of a cleavage enzyme specification. We developed a pipeline consisting of in silico prediction of candidate neuropeptides followed by peptide-spectrum matching. This approach enables highly sensitive and reliable neuropeptide identification, as the search space for peptide-spectrum matching is highly reduced. Nematostella vectensis is a basal eumetazoan with one of the most ancient nervous systems. We scanned the Nematostella protein database for sequences displaying structural hallmarks typical of eumetazoan neuropeptide precursors, including amino- and carboxyterminal motifs and associated modifications. Peptide-spectrum matching was performed against a dataset of peptides that are cleaved in silico from these putative peptide precursors. The dozens of newly identified neuropeptides display structural similarities to bilaterian neuropeptides including tachykinin, myoinhibitory peptide, and neuromedin-U/pyrokinin, suggesting these neuropeptides occurred in the eumetazoan ancestor of all animal species.
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- Eisuke Hayakawa
- Research Group of Functional Genomics and Proteomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Evolutionary Neurobiology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology, Okinawa, Japan
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- Evolutionary Neurobiology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology, Okinawa, Japan
- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Laboratory for Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Centre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- CFP/Ceproma, University Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium
- VITO, Applied Bio & molecular Systems (ABS), Mol, Belgium
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- Research Group of Functional Genomics and Proteomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Nässel DR, Zandawala M. Recent advances in neuropeptide signaling in Drosophila, from genes to physiology and behavior. Prog Neurobiol 2019; 179:101607. [PMID: 30905728 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2019.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Revised: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This review focuses on neuropeptides and peptide hormones, the largest and most diverse class of neuroactive substances, known in Drosophila and other animals to play roles in almost all aspects of daily life, as w;1;ell as in developmental processes. We provide an update on novel neuropeptides and receptors identified in the last decade, and highlight progress in analysis of neuropeptide signaling in Drosophila. Especially exciting is the huge amount of work published on novel functions of neuropeptides and peptide hormones in Drosophila, largely due to the rapid developments of powerful genetic methods, imaging techniques and innovative assays. We critically discuss the roles of peptides in olfaction, taste, foraging, feeding, clock function/sleep, aggression, mating/reproduction, learning and other behaviors, as well as in regulation of development, growth, metabolic and water homeostasis, stress responses, fecundity, and lifespan. We furthermore provide novel information on neuropeptide distribution and organization of peptidergic systems, as well as the phylogenetic relations between Drosophila neuropeptides and those of other phyla, including mammals. As will be shown, neuropeptide signaling is phylogenetically ancient, and not only are the structures of the peptides, precursors and receptors conserved over evolution, but also many functions of neuropeptide signaling in physiology and behavior.
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- Dick R Nässel
- Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
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De Oliveira AL, Calcino A, Wanninger A. Extensive conservation of the proneuropeptide and peptide prohormone complement in mollusks. Sci Rep 2019; 9:4846. [PMID: 30890731 PMCID: PMC6425005 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40949-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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As one of the most diverse groups of invertebrate animals, mollusks represent powerful models for neurobiological and developmental studies. Neuropeptides and peptide hormones are a heterogeneous class of signalling molecules involved in chemical communication between neurons and in neuroendocrine regulation. Here we present a fine-grained view of the molluscan neuropeptide and peptide hormone toolkit. Our results expand the distribution of several peptide families (e.g., prokineticin, insulin-related peptides, prohormone-4, LFRFamide) within Lophotrochozoa and provide evidence for an early origin of others (e.g., GNXQN/prohormone-2, neuroparsin). We identified a new peptide family broadly distributed among conchiferan mollusks, the PXRX family. We found the Wnt antagonist dickkopf1/2/4 ortholog in lophotrochozoans and nematodes and reveal that the egg-laying hormone family is a DH44 homolog restricted to gastropods. Our data demonstrate that numerous peptides evolved much earlier than previously assumed and that key signalling elements are extensively conserved among extant mollusks.
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- A L De Oliveira
- Department of Integrative Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Department of Integrative Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Department of Integrative Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria.
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Campos B, Rivetti C, Tauler R, Piña B, Barata C. Tryptophan hydroxylase (TRH) loss of function mutations in Daphnia deregulated growth, energetic, serotoninergic and arachidonic acid metabolic signalling pathways. Sci Rep 2019; 9:3693. [PMID: 30842467 PMCID: PMC6403212 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39987-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Serotonin has a pivotal function regulating development, growth, reproduction and behavior in animals. In this paper, we studied the deregulatory effects of the deprivation of serotonin in Daphnia magna TRH CRISPR-Cas9 mutants. Bi-allelic in-del THR mutants and, to a lesser extent, mono-allelic ones grew less, reproduced later, and produced smaller clutches than wild type clones. Transcriptomic and functional gene analyses showed a down-regulation of growth/molting and energy metabolism signaling pathways in TRH mutants, while revealing marked differences between mono- and bi-allelic clones. Bi-allelic mutants, lacking serotonin, presented the serotonergic synapse and arachidonic acid metabolic pathways down-regulated while the tryptophan to kynurenine was upregulated, thus indicating a cross-talk between the serotonergic and arachidonic acid metabolic pathways. Finally, the effects on the insulin growth factor-mediated signaling pathway were marginal. These changes in functional and metabolic pathways are consistent with previously reported effects in D. magna exposed to pharmaceuticals that inhibited arachidonic metabolism or enhanced the levels of serotonin.
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- Bruno Campos
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA, CSIC), Jordi Girona 18, 08017, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA, CSIC), Jordi Girona 18, 08017, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA, CSIC), Jordi Girona 18, 08017, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA, CSIC), Jordi Girona 18, 08017, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA, CSIC), Jordi Girona 18, 08017, Barcelona, Spain.
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Fadda M, Hasakiogullari I, Temmerman L, Beets I, Zels S, Schoofs L. Regulation of Feeding and Metabolism by Neuropeptide F and Short Neuropeptide F in Invertebrates. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2019; 10:64. [PMID: 30837946 PMCID: PMC6389622 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Numerous neuropeptide systems have been implicated to coordinately control energy homeostasis, both centrally and peripherally. However, the vertebrate neuropeptide Y (NPY) system has emerged as the best described one regarding this biological process. The protostomian ortholog of NPY is neuropeptide F, characterized by an RXRF(Y)amide carboxyterminal motif. A second neuropeptide system is short NPF, characterized by an M/T/L/FRF(W)amide carboxyterminal motif. Although both short and long NPF neuropeptide systems display carboxyterminal sequence similarities, they are evolutionary distant and likely already arose as separate signaling systems in the common ancestor of deuterostomes and protostomes, indicating the functional importance of both. Both NPF and short-NPF systems seem to have roles in the coordination of feeding across bilaterian species, but during chordate evolution, the short NPF system appears to have been lost or evolved into the prolactin releasing peptide signaling system, which regulates feeding and has been suggested to be orthologous to sNPF. Here we review the roles of both NPF and sNPF systems in the regulation of feeding and metabolism in invertebrates.
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- Department of Biology, Functional Genomics and Proteomics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Herran B, Cerveau N, Houdelet C, Bernier C, Debenest C, Delaunay C, Raimond M, Bertaux J, Grève P. IGFBP-rP1, a strongly conserved member of the androgenic hormone signalling pathway in Isopoda. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2019; 272:9-19. [PMID: 30448382 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The first protein which has been described to interact with the malacostracan Androgenic Gland Hormone (AGH) is a binding protein called IGFBP-rP1. It has been identified and studied in several species of decapods, in which its interaction with the masculinizing hormone and its expression patterns have been established in several ways. However, this protein remains uncharacterised to date in the other malacostracan orders, like Amphipoda and Isopoda, although they were historically the first ones in which the androgenic gland and the corresponding hormone were respectively described. In this article, we identified the IGFBP-rP1 of isopods and established its implication in the pathway of the AGH with a silencing approach in the model species Armadillidium vulgare. We also showed that this gene is expressed in all the tissues of males and females, with a similar pattern in animals infected with Wolbachia, a feminizing endosymbiont of several isopod species. The expression pattern did not differ during the development of uninfected and infected animals either. We finally studied the evolution of the IGFBP-rP1 in 68 isopod species, looking for conserved motifs and evidence of natural selection. Altogether, our results showed that this gene is constitutively expressed and strongly conserved in isopods, in which it likely constitutes a key element of the insulin/IGF signalling pathway. However, we also illustrated that IGFBP-rP1 is not sufficient on its own to explain the different developmental paths taken by the males and the females or feminized genetic males.
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- Benjamin Herran
- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267 Écologie et Biologie des Interactions, Poitiers, France
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- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Department of Geobiology, Göttingen, Germany
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267 Écologie et Biologie des Interactions, Poitiers, France
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267 Écologie et Biologie des Interactions, Poitiers, France
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267 Écologie et Biologie des Interactions, Poitiers, France
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267 Écologie et Biologie des Interactions, Poitiers, France
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267 Écologie et Biologie des Interactions, Poitiers, France
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267 Écologie et Biologie des Interactions, Poitiers, France.
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267 Écologie et Biologie des Interactions, Poitiers, France.
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Dickinson PS, Dickinson ES, Oleisky ER, Rivera CD, Stanhope ME, Stemmler EA, Hull JJ, Christie AE. AMGSEFLamide, a member of a broadly conserved peptide family, modulates multiple neural networks in Homarus americanus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 222:jeb.194092. [PMID: 30464043 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.194092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Recent genomic/transcriptomic studies have identified a novel peptide family whose members share the carboxyl terminal sequence -GSEFLamide. However, the presence/identity of the predicted isoforms of this peptide group have yet to be confirmed biochemically, and no physiological function has yet been ascribed to any member of this peptide family. To determine the extent to which GSEFLamides are conserved within the Arthropoda, we searched publicly accessible databases for genomic/transcriptomic evidence of their presence. GSEFLamides appear to be highly conserved within the Arthropoda, with the possible exception of the Insecta, in which sequence evidence was limited to the more basal orders. One crustacean in which GSEFLamides have been predicted using transcriptomics is the lobster, Homarus americanus Expression of the previously published transcriptome-derived sequences was confirmed by reverse transcription (RT)-PCR of brain and eyestalk ganglia cDNAs; mass spectral analyses confirmed the presence of all six of the predicted GSEFLamide isoforms - IGSEFLamide, MGSEFLamide, AMGSEFLamide, VMGSEFLamide, ALGSEFLamide and AVGSEFLamide - in H. americanus brain extracts. AMGSEFLamide, of which there are multiple copies in the cloned transcripts, was the most abundant isoform detected in the brain. Because the GSEFLamides are present in the lobster nervous system, we hypothesized that they might function as neuromodulators, as is common for neuropeptides. We thus asked whether AMGSEFLamide modulates the rhythmic outputs of the cardiac ganglion and the stomatogastric ganglion. Physiological recordings showed that AMGSEFLamide potently modulates the motor patterns produced by both ganglia, suggesting that the GSEFLamides may serve as important and conserved modulators of rhythmic motor activity in arthropods.
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- Patsy S Dickinson
- Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, 6500 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011, USA
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- Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, 6500 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011, USA
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- Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, 6500 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Bowdoin College, 6600 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011, USA
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- Department of Biology, Bowdoin College, 6500 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Bowdoin College, 6600 College Station, Brunswick, Maine 04011, USA
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- Pest Management and Biocontrol Research Unit, US Arid Land Agricultural Research Center, USDA Agricultural Research Services, Maricopa, Arizona 85138, USA
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- Békésy Laboratory of Neurobiology, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1993 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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Bao C, Yang Y, Zeng C, Huang H, Ye H. Identifying neuropeptide GPCRs in the mud crab, Scylla paramamosain, by combinatorial bioinformatics analysis. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2018; 269:122-130. [PMID: 30189191 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Revised: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 09/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Neuropeptides, ubiquitous signaling molecules, commonly achieve their signaling function via interaction with cell membrane-spanning G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). In recent years, in the midst of the rapid development of next-generation sequencing technology, the amount of available information on encoded neuropeptides and their GPCRs sequences have increased dramatically. The repertoire of neuropeptides has been determined in many crustaceans, including the commercially important mud crab, Scylla paramamosain; however, determination of GPCRs is known to be more difficult and usually requires in vitro binding tests. In this study, we adopted a combinatorial bioinformatics analysis to identify S. paramamosain neuropeptide GPCRs. A total of 65 assembled GPCR sequences were collected from the transcriptome database. Subsequently these GPCRs were identified by comparison to known neuropeptide GPCRs based on the sequence-similarity-based clustering and phylogenetic analysis, which showed that many of them are closely related to insect GPCR families. Of these GPCRs, most of them were detected in various tissues of the mud crab and some of them showed differential expression by gender, suggesting they are involved in different physiological processes, such as sex differentiation. By employing ligand-receptor binding tests, we demonstrated that the predicted crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP) receptor was activated by CCAP peptide in a dose-dependent manner. This is the first CCAP receptor that has been functionally defined in crustaceans. In summary, the present study shortlists candidate neuropeptide GPCRs for ligand-receptor binding tests, and provides information for subsequent future research on the neuropeptide/GPCR signaling pathway in S. paramamosain.
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- Chenchang Bao
- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, Xiamen 361102, Fujian Province, China.
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Ostrowski A, Zou E. Exogenous 20-hydroxyecdysone induces epidermal carbonic anhydrase but inhibits exoskeletal calcification in the post-ecdysial blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2018; 268:57-63. [PMID: 30056136 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The crustacean exoskeleton is composed primarily of chitin, proteins and various inorganic compounds. It is the inorganic compounds, such as calcium and magnesium, that underlie the exoskeletal mineralization process following ecdysis. Little is known about the hormonal mechanism for this process in crustaceans. Carbonic anhydrase (CA) in the epidermis has been suggested to aid in deposition of calcium and magnesium carbonates to the exoskeleton in crustaceans by generating bicarbonate ions, resulting in mineralization. Given a similar pattern of fluctuation in prevalence between epidermal CA and ecdysteroids during the crab molting cycle, it has been proposed in a previous study that post-ecdysial epidermal CA and subsequent metal deposition to the exoskeleton are controlled by the ecdysteroid molting hormones in the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. This study sought to acquire evidence to support such a proposition. Early postmolt and early intermolt blue crabs were used to quantify epidermal CA mRNA expression when exposed in vitro to three physiologically relevant concentrations of 10 nM, 100 nM and 1 μM 20-hydroxyecdysone (20-HE), using the epidermis-with-exoskeleton (EWE) tissue assay method. It was found that 100 nM 20-HE significantly induced the mRNA of CasCAg, a CA isoenzyme, in epidermal tissues of early intermolt crabs and that injection of 20-HE at a dose of 15 ng/g significantly elevated epidermal CA activity in vivo in early intermolt crabs. These two lines of evidence clearly show that post-ecdysial epidermal CA is influenced by the molting hormone. Interestingly, exoskeletal calcium content was significantly lower in the 20-HE treated crabs than in the control, whereas magnesium content was unchanged. The inhibition of calcification in the post-ecdysial exoskeleton by the exogenous molting hormone may implicate that sclerotization and mineralization of the new shell must be coordinated and that enhanced deposition of carbonate salts as a result of increased epidermal CA activity following the administration of exogenous molting hormone would be inhibited to avoid the formation of a structurally disrupted exoskeleton.
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- Andria Ostrowski
- Department of Biological Sciences, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA 70310, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA 70310, USA.
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Dow JA, Pandit A, Davies SA. New views on the Malpighian tubule from post-genomic technologies. CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE 2018; 29:7-11. [PMID: 30551828 DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Successful insect diversification depends at least in part on the ability to osmoregulate successfully across a broad range of ecological niches. First described in the 17th Century, and Malpighian tubules have been studied physiologically for 70 years. However, our understanding has been revolutionized by the advent of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics. Such technologies are natural partners with (though do not obligatorily require) model organisms and transgenic technologies. This review describes the recent impact of multi-omic technologies on our understanding or renal function and control in insects.
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- Julian At Dow
- Institute of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
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Oliphant A, Alexander JL, Swain MT, Webster SG, Wilcockson DC. Transcriptomic analysis of crustacean neuropeptide signaling during the moult cycle in the green shore crab, Carcinus maenas. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:711. [PMID: 30257651 PMCID: PMC6158917 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-5057-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Ecdysis is an innate behaviour programme by which all arthropods moult their exoskeletons. The complex suite of interacting neuropeptides that orchestrate ecdysis is well studied in insects, but details of the crustacean ecdysis cassette are fragmented and our understanding of this process is comparatively crude, preventing a meaningful evolutionary comparison. To begin to address this issue we identified transcripts coding for neuropeptides and their putative receptors in the central nervous system (CNS) and Y-organs (YO) within the crab, Carcinus maenas, and mapped their expression profiles across accurately defined stages of the moult cycle using RNA-sequencing. We also studied gene expression within the epidermally-derived YO, the only defined role for which is the synthesis of ecdysteroid moulting hormones, to elucidate peptides and G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that might have a function in ecdysis. Results Transcriptome mining of the CNS transcriptome yielded neuropeptide transcripts representing 47 neuropeptide families and 66 putative GPCRs. Neuropeptide transcripts that were differentially expressed across the moult cycle included carcikinin, crustacean hyperglycemic hormone-2, and crustacean cardioactive peptide, whilst a single putative neuropeptide receptor, proctolin R1, was differentially expressed. Carcikinin mRNA in particular exhibited dramatic increases in expression pre-moult, suggesting a role in ecdysis regulation. Crustacean hyperglycemic hormone-2 mRNA expression was elevated post- and pre-moult whilst that for crustacean cardioactive peptide, which regulates insect ecdysis and plays a role in stereotyped motor activity during crustacean ecdysis, was elevated in pre-moult. In the YO, several putative neuropeptide receptor transcripts were differentially expressed across the moult cycle, as was the mRNA for the neuropeptide, neuroparsin-1. Whilst differential gene expression of putative neuropeptide receptors was expected, the discovery and differential expression of neuropeptide transcripts was surprising. Analysis of GPCR transcript expression between YO and epidermis revealed 11 to be upregulated in the YO and thus are now candidates for peptide control of ecdysis. Conclusions The data presented represent a comprehensive survey of the deduced C. maenas neuropeptidome and putative GPCRs. Importantly, we have described the differential expression profiles of these transcripts across accurately staged moult cycles in tissues key to the ecdysis programme. This study provides important avenues for the future exploration of functionality of receptor-ligand pairs in crustaceans. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-018-5057-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Andrew Oliphant
- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DA, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DA, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
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- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DA, UK.
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Zhang M, Wang Y, Li Y, Li W, Li R, Xie X, Wang S, Hu X, Zhang L, Bao Z. Identification and Characterization of Neuropeptides by Transcriptome and Proteome Analyses in a Bivalve Mollusc Patinopecten yessoensis. Front Genet 2018; 9:197. [PMID: 29922332 PMCID: PMC5996578 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Neuropeptides play essential roles in regulation of reproduction and growth in marine molluscs. But their function in marine bivalves – a group of animals of commercial importance – is largely unexplored due to the lack of systematic identification of these molecules. In this study, we sequenced and analyzed the transcriptome of nerve ganglia of Yesso scallop Patinopecten yessoensis, from which 63 neuropeptide genes were identified based on BLAST and de novo prediction approaches, and 31 were confirmed by proteomic analysis using the liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Fifty genes encode known neuropeptide precursors, of which 20 commonly exist in bilaterians and 30 are protostome specific. Three neuropeptides that have not yet been reported in bivalves were identified, including calcitonin/DH31, lymnokinin and pleurin. Characterization of glycoprotein hormones, insulin-like peptides, allatostatins, RFamides, and some reproduction, cardioactivity or feeding related neuropeptides reveals scallop neuropeptides have conserved molluscan neuropeptide domains, but some (e.g., GPB5, APGWamide and ELH) are characterized with bivalve-specific features. Thirteen potentially novel neuropeptides were identified, including 10 that may also exist in other protostomes, and 3 (GNamide, LRYamide, and Vamide) that may be scallop specific. In addition, we found neuropeptides potentially related to scallop shell growth and eye functioning. This study represents the first comprehensive identification of neuropeptides in scallop, and would contribute to a complete understanding on the roles of various neuropeptides in endocrine regulation in bivalve molluscs.
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- Meiwei Zhang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.,Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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Christie AE, Pascual MG, Yu A. Peptidergic signaling in the tadpole shrimp Triops newberryi: A potential model for investigating the roles played by peptide paracrines/hormones in adaptation to environmental change. Mar Genomics 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2018.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Campos B, Fletcher D, Piña B, Tauler R, Barata C. Differential gene transcription across the life cycle in Daphnia magna using a new all genome custom-made microarray. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:370. [PMID: 29776339 PMCID: PMC5960145 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4725-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Unravelling the link between genes and environment across the life cycle is a challenging goal that requires model organisms with well-characterized life-cycles, ecological interactions in nature, tractability in the laboratory, and available genomic tools. Very few well-studied invertebrate model species meet these requirements, being the waterflea Daphnia magna one of them. Here we report a full genome transcription profiling of D. magna during its life-cycle. The study was performed using a new microarray platform designed from the complete set of gene models representing the whole transcribed genome of D. magna. Results Up to 93% of the existing 41,317 D. magna gene models showed differential transcription patterns across the developmental stages of D. magna, 59% of which were functionally annotated. Embryos showed the highest number of unique transcribed genes, mainly related to DNA, RNA, and ribosome biogenesis, likely related to cellular proliferation and morphogenesis of the several body organs. Adult females showed an enrichment of transcripts for genes involved in reproductive processes. These female-specific transcripts were essentially absent in males, whose transcriptome was enriched in specific genes of male sexual differentiation genes, like doublesex. Conclusion Our results define major characteristics of transcriptional programs involved in the life-cycle, differentiate males and females, and show that large scale gene-transcription data collected in whole animals can be used to identify genes involved in specific biological and biochemical processes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-018-4725-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Bruno Campos
- IDAEA-CSIC: Institute of Environmental Diagnosis and Water Research, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain.
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- IDAEA-CSIC: Institute of Environmental Diagnosis and Water Research, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- IDAEA-CSIC: Institute of Environmental Diagnosis and Water Research, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- IDAEA-CSIC: Institute of Environmental Diagnosis and Water Research, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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DeAtley KL, Colgrave ML, Cánovas A, Wijffels G, Ashley RL, Silver GA, Rincon G, Medrano JF, Islas-Trejo A, Fortes MRS, Reverter A, Porto-Neto L, Lehnert SA, Thomas MG. Neuropeptidome of the Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland of Indicine × Taurine Heifers: Evidence of Differential Neuropeptide Processing in the Pituitary Gland before and after Puberty. J Proteome Res 2018; 17:1852-1865. [PMID: 29510626 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Puberty in cattle is regulated by an endocrine axis, which includes a complex milieu of neuropeptides in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. The neuropeptidome of hypothalamic-pituitary gland tissue of pre- (PRE) and postpubertal (POST) Bos indicus-influenced heifers was characterized, followed by quantitative analysis of 51 fertility-related neuropeptides in these tissues. Comparison of peptide abundances with gene expression levels allowed assessment of post-transcriptional peptide processing. On the basis of classical cleavage, 124 mature neuropeptides from 35 precursor proteins were detected in hypothalamus and pituitary gland tissues of three PRE and three POST Brangus heifers. An additional 19 peptides (cerebellins, PEN peptides) previously reported as neuropeptides that did not follow classical cleavage were also identified. In the pre-pubertal hypothalamus, a greater diversity of neuropeptides (25.8%) was identified relative to post-pubertal heifers, while in the pituitary gland, 38.6% more neuropeptides were detected in the post-pubertal heifers. Neuro-tissues of PRE and POST heifers revealed abundance differences ( p < 0.05) in peptides from protein precursors involved in packaging and processing (e.g., the granin family and ProSAAS) or neuron stimulation (PENK, CART, POMC, cerebellins). On their own, the transcriptome data of the precursor genes could not predict the neuropeptide profile in the exact same tissues in several cases. This provides further evidence of the importance of differential processing of the neuropeptide precursors in the pituitary before and after puberty.
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- Kasey L DeAtley
- Department of Animal and Range Sciences , New Mexico State University , Las Cruces , New Mexico 88003 , United States
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- CSIRO, Agriculture and Food , 306 Carmody Road , St. Lucia , Queensland 4067 , Australia
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- Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, Department of Animal Biosciences , University of Guelph , Guelph , Ontario N1G 2W1 , Canada
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- CSIRO, Agriculture and Food , 306 Carmody Road , St. Lucia , Queensland 4067 , Australia
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- Department of Animal and Range Sciences , New Mexico State University , Las Cruces , New Mexico 88003 , United States
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- Department of Animal and Range Sciences , New Mexico State University , Las Cruces , New Mexico 88003 , United States
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- Zoetis Animal Health , Kalamazoo , Michigan 49007 , United States
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- Department of Animal Science , University of California , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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- Department of Animal Science , University of California , Davis , California 95616 , United States
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences , University of Queensland , St. Lucia , Queensland 4042 , Australia
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, St. Lucia , Queensland 4072 , Australia
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- CSIRO, Agriculture and Food , 306 Carmody Road , St. Lucia , Queensland 4067 , Australia
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- CSIRO, Agriculture and Food , 306 Carmody Road , St. Lucia , Queensland 4067 , Australia
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- CSIRO, Agriculture and Food , 306 Carmody Road , St. Lucia , Queensland 4067 , Australia
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- Department of Animal Sciences , Colorado State University , Fort Collins , Colorado 80523 , United States
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Hiruta C, Kakui K, Tollefsen KE, Iguchi T. Targeted gene disruption by use of CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein complexes in the water fleaDaphnia pulex. Genes Cells 2018; 23:494-502. [DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2017] [Accepted: 03/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Chizue Hiruta
- Faculty of Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo Japan
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- Faculty of Science; Hokkaido University; Sapporo Japan
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- Section of Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment; Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA); Oslo Norway
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience; Yokohama City University; Yokohama Japan
- Department of Basic Biology; Faculty of Life Science; Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience; National Institute for Basic Biology; National Institutes of Natural Sciences; SOKENDAI (Graduate University for Advanced Studies); Okazaki Japan
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Dickinson PS, Armstrong MK, Dickinson ES, Fernandez R, Miller A, Pong S, Powers BW, Pupo-Wiss A, Stanhope ME, Walsh PJ, Wiwatpanit T, Christie AE. Three members of a peptide family are differentially distributed and elicit differential state-dependent responses in a pattern generator-effector system. J Neurophysiol 2018; 119:1767-1781. [PMID: 29384453 PMCID: PMC6008092 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00850.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2017] [Revised: 01/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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C-type allatostatins (AST-Cs) are pleiotropic neuropeptides that are broadly conserved within arthropods; the presence of three AST-C isoforms, encoded by paralog genes, is common. However, these peptides are hypothesized to act through a single receptor, thereby exerting similar bioactivities within each species. We investigated this hypothesis in the American lobster, Homarus americanus, mapping the distributions of AST-C isoforms within relevant regions of the nervous system and digestive tract, and comparing their modulatory influences on the cardiac neuromuscular system. Immunohistochemistry showed that in the pericardial organ, a neuroendocrine release site, AST-C I and/or III and AST-C II are contained within distinct populations of release terminals. Moreover, AST-C I/III-like immunoreactivity was seen in midgut epithelial endocrine cells and the cardiac ganglion (CG), whereas AST-C II-like immunoreactivity was not seen in these tissues. These data suggest that AST-C I and/or III can modulate the CG both locally and hormonally; AST-C II likely acts on the CG solely as a hormonal modulator. Physiological studies demonstrated that all three AST-C isoforms can exert differential effects, including both increases and decreases, on contraction amplitude and frequency when perfused through the heart. However, in contrast to many state-dependent modulatory changes, the changes in contraction amplitude and frequency elicited by the AST-Cs were not functions of the baseline parameters. The responses to AST-C I and III, neither of which is COOH-terminally amidated, are more similar to one another than they are to the responses elicited by AST-C II, which is COOH-terminally amidated. These results suggest that the three AST-C isoforms are differentially distributed in the lobster nervous system/midgut and can elicit distinct behaviors from the cardiac neuromuscular system, with particular structural features, e.g., COOH-terminal amidation, likely important in determining the effects of the peptides. NEW & NOTEWORTHY Multiple isoforms of many peptides exert similar effects on neural circuits. In this study we show that each of the three isoforms of C-type allatostatin (AST-C) can exert differential effects, including both increases and decreases in contraction amplitude and frequency, on the lobster cardiac neuromuscular system. The distribution of effects elicited by the nonamidated isoforms AST-C I and III are more similar to one another than to the effects of the amidated AST-C II.
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- Department of Biology, Bowdoin College , Brunswick, Maine
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- Békésy Laboratory of Neurobiology, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa , Honolulu, Hawaii
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Liessem S, Ragionieri L, Neupert S, Büschges A, Predel R. Transcriptomic and Neuropeptidomic Analysis of the Stick Insect, Carausius morosus. J Proteome Res 2018; 17:2192-2204. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Sander Liessem
- Department for Biology, Biocenter Cologne, Institute for Zoology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Department for Biology, Biocenter Cologne, Institute for Zoology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Department for Biology, Biocenter Cologne, Institute for Zoology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Department for Biology, Biocenter Cologne, Institute for Zoology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
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- Department for Biology, Biocenter Cologne, Institute for Zoology, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 47b, D-50674 Cologne, Germany
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Lismont E, Mortelmans N, Verlinden H, Vanden Broeck J. Molecular cloning and characterization of the SIFamide precursor and receptor in a hymenopteran insect, Bombus terrestris. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2018; 258:39-52. [PMID: 29127004 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Revised: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 10/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
SIFamides (SIFa) are a family of neuropeptides that are highly conserved among arthropods. In insects, this peptide is mainly expressed in four medial interneurons in the pars intercerebralis and affects sexual behavior, sleep regulation and pupal mortality. Furthermore, an influence on the hatching rate has been observed. The first SIFa receptor (SIFR) was pharmacologically characterized in Drosophila melanogaster and is homologous to the vertebrate gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) receptor (NPFFR). In this study, we pharmacologically characterized the SIFR of the buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris. We demonstrated an intracellular increase in calcium ions and cyclic AMP (cAMP) upon ligand binding with an EC50 value in the picomolar and nanomolar range, respectively. In addition, we studied the agonistic properties of a range of related and modified peptides. By means of quantitative real time PCR (qPCR), we examined the relative transcript levels of Bomte-SIFa and Bomte-SIFR in a variety of tissues.
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- Els Lismont
- Molecular Developmental Physiology and Signal Transduction, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 59 box 2465, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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- Molecular Developmental Physiology and Signal Transduction, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 59 box 2465, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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- Molecular Developmental Physiology and Signal Transduction, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 59 box 2465, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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- Molecular Developmental Physiology and Signal Transduction, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 59 box 2465, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Christie AE, Cieslak MC, Roncalli V, Lenz PH, Major KM, Poynton HC. Prediction of a peptidome for the ecotoxicological model Hyalella azteca (Crustacea; Amphipoda) using a de novo assembled transcriptome. Mar Genomics 2018; 38:67-88. [PMID: 29395622 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2017.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Revised: 11/29/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Due to its sensitivity to many environmental and anthropogenic stressors, including a wide range of chemical compounds, Hyalella azteca, a freshwater amphipod, has emerged as one of the most commonly used invertebrates for ecotoxicological assessment.Peptidergic signaling systems are key components in the control of organism-environment interactions, and there is a growing literature suggesting that they are targets of a number of aquatic toxicants.Interestingly, and despite its model species status in the field of ecotoxicology, little is known about the peptide hormones of H. azteca.Here, a transcriptome was produced for this species using the de novo assembler Trinity and mined for sequences encoding putative peptide precursors; the transcriptome was assembled from 460,291,636 raw reads and consists of 133,486 unique transcripts.Seventy-six sequences encoding peptide pre/preprohormones were identified from this transcriptome, allowing for the prediction of 202 distinct peptides, which included members of the allatostatin A, allatostatin B, allatostatin C, allatotropin, bursicon, CCHamide, corazonin, crustacean cardioactive peptide, crustacean hyperglycemic hormone/molt-inhibiting hormone, ecdysis-triggering hormone, eclosion hormone, elevenin, FMRFamide-like peptide, glycoprotein hormone, GSEFLamide, inotocin, leucokinin, myosuppressin, neuropeptide F, orcokinin, orcomyotropin, pigment dispersing hormone, proctolin, pyrokinin, red pigment concentrating hormone, RYamide, short neuropeptide F, SIFamide, sulfakinin, tachykinin-related peptide and trissin families.These peptides expand the known peptidome for H. azteca approximately nine-fold, forming a strong foundation for future studies of peptidergic control, including disruption by aquatic toxicants, in this important ecotoxicological model.
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- Andrew E Christie
- Békésy Laboratory of Neurobiology, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1993 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
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- Békésy Laboratory of Neurobiology, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1993 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Békésy Laboratory of Neurobiology, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1993 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Békésy Laboratory of Neurobiology, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1993 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, USA
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- School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, USA.
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