Arendt, Andreas, Neupert, Susanne, Schendzielorz, Julia, Predel, Reinhard and Stengl, Monika (2016). The neuropeptide SIFamide in the brain of three cockroach species. J. Comp. Neurol., 524 (7). S. 1337 - 1361. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL. ISSN 1096-9861

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Abstract

The sequence as well as the distribution pattern of SIFamide in the brain of different insects is highly conserved. As a general rule, at least four prominent SIFamide-immunoreactive somata occur in the pars intercerebralis. They arborize throughout the brain and the ventral nerve cord. Whereas SIFamide is implicated in mating and sleep regulation in Drosophila, other functions of this peptide remain largely unknown. To determine whether SIFamide plays a role in the circadian system of cockroaches, we studied SIFamide in Rhyparobia (= Leucophaea) maderae (Blaberidae), Periplaneta americana (Blattidae), and Therea petiveriana (Polyphagidae). Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry revealed identical SIFamide sequences (TYRKPPFNGSIFamide) in the three species. In addition to four large immunoreactive cells in the pars intercerebralis (group 1), smaller SIFamide-immunoreactive somata were detected in the pars intercerebralis (group 2), in the superior median protocerebrum (group 3), and in the lateral protocerebrum (group 4). Additional cells in the optic lobe (group 5) and posterior protocerebrum (group 6) were stained only in P. americana. Almost the entire protocerebrum was filled with a beaded network of SIFamide-immunoreactive processes that especially strongly invaded the upper unit of the central body. Double-label experiments did not confirm colocalizations with -aminobutyric acid (GABA) or the circadian coupling peptide pigment-dispersing factor (PDF). In contrast to locusts, colocalization of SIFamide and histamine immunoreactivity occurred not in group 1, but in group 4 cells. Because the accessory medulla displayed SIFamide immunoreactivity and injections of SIFamide delayed locomotor activity rhythms circadian time-dependently, SIFamide plays a role in the circadian system of cockroaches. (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Item Type: Journal Article
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CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Arendt, AndreasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Neupert, SusanneUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schendzielorz, JuliaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Predel, ReinhardUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Stengl, MonikaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-278170
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23910
Journal or Publication Title: J. Comp. Neurol.
Volume: 524
Number: 7
Page Range: S. 1337 - 1361
Date: 2016
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
Place of Publication: HOBOKEN
ISSN: 1096-9861
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
PIGMENT-DISPERSING HORMONE; LOCUST SCHISTOCERCA-GREGARIA; CIRCADIAN PACEMAKER NEURONS; PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTORS; LEUCOPHAEA-MADERAE; CENTRAL COMPLEX; IMMUNOREACTIVE NEURONS; ACCESSORY MEDULLA; PERIPLANETA-AMERICANA; ANTENNAL LOBEMultiple languages
Neurosciences; ZoologyMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/27817

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