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29 January 2020 Immunohistochemical and Direct Mass Spectral Analyses of Plautia stali Myoinhibitory Peptides in the Cephalic Ganglia of the Brown-Winged Green Bug Plautia stali
Tomohisa Hasegawa, Masaharu Hasebe, Sakiko Shiga
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Abstract

For seasonal adaptation, the brown-winged green bug Plautia stali (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) enters reproductive diapause by suppressing juvenile hormone biosynthesis. Plautia stali myoinhibitory peptides (Plast-MIPs) are known to have allatostatic effects and to suppress juvenile hormone biosynthesis. We examined Plast-MIP-producing neurons in the brain with immunohistochemistry and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. Rabbit polyclonal antiserum against Plast-MIP revealed immunoreactive cells in seven regions of the brain, including the posterior antennal lobe, basal optic lobe, dorsal anterior protocerebrum, ventrolateral protocerebrum, pars intercerebralis, posterior protocerebrum, and dorsal posterior region to the calyx of the mushroom body, aside from the gnathal ganglion. Anatomical locations of the immunoreactive cells in the pars intercerebralis and dorsal posterior region to the mushroom body calyx partly overlapped with the cell body location stained by retrograde dye fills from the corpus allatum and corpus cardiacum complex. Direct mass spectrometry revealed the molecular ion peaks corresponding to the predictive mass of Plast-MIPs in the pars intercerebralis and the corpus allatum–corpus cardiacum complex. Plast-MIP immunoreactivity in different cell types suggests that Plast-MIPs have different functions in the cephalic ganglia. Considering the anatomical location of neurons projecting to the corpus allatum–corpus cardiacum and results of mass spectrometry, Plast-MIP immunoreactive cells in the pars intercerebralis may play a role in suppressing juvenile hormone biosynthesis.

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Tomohisa Hasegawa, Masaharu Hasebe, and Sakiko Shiga "Immunohistochemical and Direct Mass Spectral Analyses of Plautia stali Myoinhibitory Peptides in the Cephalic Ganglia of the Brown-Winged Green Bug Plautia stali," Zoological Science 37(1), 42-49, (29 January 2020). https://doi.org/10.2108/zs190092
Received: 15 July 2019; Accepted: 14 October 2019; Published: 29 January 2020
KEYWORDS
allatostatin
corpus allatum
Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry
juvenile hormone
myoinhibitory peptide
pars intercerebralis
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