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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
The occurrence of proctolin (Arg-Tyr-Leu-Pro-Thr) in crab neurohemal pericardial organs (POs) has been demonstrated by isolation of the pentapeptide by HPLC and manual microsequencing according to the DABITC-PITC double coupling technique. From one pair of POs approximately 5.4 pmol were obtained (= 45 pmol/mg protein). Immunocytochemically, an extensive system of positive structures was found in both whole mount preparations and semithin sections, consisting of numerous varicose fibres of varying diameter and many knoblike neurosecretory terminals abutting upon the epineurium of the PO trunks. The relatively high concentration in the POs as well as the pattern of proctolin-positive fibres and terminals clearly suggest a neurohormonal role of the pentapeptide in decapod crustaceans.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0196-9781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
67-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification and immunocytochemical localization of proctolin in pericardial organs of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't