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Restricted occurrence of Locusta migratoria ovary maturing parsin in the brain-corpora cardiaca complex of various insect species
Authors:O Richard  M Tamarelle  J Girardie  S Geoffre
Institution:(1) Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie, URA CNRS 1138, Université Bordeaux I, Avenue des Facultés, F-33405 Talence Cedex, France;(2) Laboratoire de Cristallographie et Physique cristalline, URA CNRS 144, Université Bordeaux I, Avenue des Facultés, F-33405 Talence Cedex, France
Abstract:Ovary maturing parsin (OMP) is a gonadotrophic molecule previously isolated from the neurosecretory lobes of the corpora cardiaca of Locusta migratoria (acridian Orthoptera). A polyclonal antiserum directed against the two biologically active domains of the L. migratoria (Lom) OMP was used to investigate the occurrence of Lom OMP-like substances in brain-corpora cardiaca complexes of other insect species. Using immunohistochemistry, specimens of 40 different insect species belonging to 13 insect orders were tested. The Lom OMP-like substance was strictly limited to specimens of insect species belonging to the Acridae. It occurred in non-basophilic cells of the pars intercerebralis that project to the corpora cardiaca, as in Locusta. Although the antiserum only detected Lom OMP-like material in the Acridae, it is possible that related molecules exist in other insects. The antiserum may be very specific for domains of the Lom OMP molecule that have not been highly conserved during evolution or possibly these domains are not accessible to the antiserum in other insects.
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