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14999560

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-4-16
pubmed:abstractText
We have recently identified a tachykinin-related peptide (AmTRP) from the mushroom bodies (MBs) of the brain of the honeybee Apis mellifera L. by using direct matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization with time-of-flight mass spectometry and have isolated its cDNA. Here, we have examined prepro-AmTRP gene expression in the honeybee brain by using in situ hybridization. The prepro-AmTRP gene is expressed predominantly in the MBs and in some neurons located in the optic and antennal lobes. cDNA microarray studies have revealed that AmTRP expression is enriched in the MBs compared with other brain regions. There is no difference in AmTRP-expressing cells among worker, queen, and drone brains, suggesting that the cell types that express the prepro-AmTRP gene do not change according to division of labor, sex, or caste. The unique expression pattern of the prepro-AmTRP gene suggests that AmTRPs function as neuromodulators in the MBs of the honeybee brain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0302-766X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2004 Springer-Verlag
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
316
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
281-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Prepro-tachykinin gene expression in the brain of the honeybee Apis mellifera.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0033 Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't