Further Characterization of the Antidiuretic Factor From the Glandular Part of the Corpora Cardiaca of the Migratory Locust |
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| Authors: | J-P Hérault J Girardie J Proux |
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| Institution: | Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie, UA CNRS 1188 , Université de Bordeaux I , Avenue des Facultés, 33405 , Talence Cedex , France |
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| Abstract: | Summary Two antidiuretic hormones are present in the corpora cardiaca of the locust, Locusta migratoria. They are located in the nervous and the glandular parts (NCC and GCC) respectively. A procedure was developed to avoid contamination of GCC by NCC. The peptide nature of the GCC hormone was established and its structural stability was studied. Additional evidence regarding the role of cyclic AMP as second messenger of the GCC antidiuretic factor was presented. |
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| Keywords: | Locust peptide antidiuretic activity rectum corpora cardiaca cAMP |
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