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. 2020 Aug 22;382(2):233–266. doi: 10.1007/s00441-020-03264-z

Table 3.

Peptides in neurosecretory cells of other insects

Species1 LNC peptide MNC peptide Stage Reference
M. sexta ILP2 ILP3 Larva (Mizoguchi et al. 1987; Zitnan et al. 1995)
AstC, EH Proctolin Larva (Zitnan et al. 1995)
AstC, proctolin DH (CRF)4e Larva (Zitnan et al. 1995)
FMRFa5, PTTH FMRFa6, RYa7 Larva (Roller et al. 2016; Zitnan et al. 1995)
ITP Larva/adult (Drexler et al. 2007)
FMRFa6 FMRFa6, PDF Adult (Homberg et al. 1991)
FMRFa6, proctolin DH, PDF Adult (Homberg et al. 1991)
Ae. aegypti 8 CCAP ILPs Adult (Strand et al. 2016)
Corazonin MS Adult (Strand et al. 2016)
NPF Adult (Strand et al. 2016)
OEH9 Adult (Strand et al. 2016)
R. prolixus AstA Larva (5th) (Sarkar et al. 2003; Zandawala et al. 2012)
CAPA Larva (5th) (Paluzzi and Orchard 2010; Paluzzi et al. 2008)
Corazonin Larva/adult (Patel et al. 2014)
DH31 DH31 Larva (5th) (Te Brugge et al. 2005; Zandawala et al. 2011)
Orcokinin A Larva (5th) (Wulff et al. 2017)
PTTH Larva/adult (Vafopoulou et al. 2007)
ILPs Larva (5th) (Defferrari et al. 2016)
Allatotropin Larva (5th) (Masood and Orchard 2014)
DH (CRF) Larva (5th) (Te Brugge et al. 2001)
FMRFa6 Larva (5th) (Tsang and Orchard 1991)
LK Larva (5th) (Te Brugge et al. 2001)
MIP Adult (Lange et al. 2012)
NPF Larva (5th) (Gonzalez and Orchard 2008; Sedra and Lange 2016)
SIFa10 Larva/adult (Ayub et al. 2020)
L. migratoria ILP Adult (Goltzené et al. 1992; Lagueux et al. 1990)
Neuroparsins Adult (Goltzené et al. 1992; Tamarelle and Girardie 1989)
DH (CRF) Adult (Patel et al. 1994)
ACP11 Adult (Clynen and Schoofs 2009)
AstA11 Adult (Clynen and Schoofs 2009)
MS11 Adult (Clynen and Schoofs 2009)
sNPF11 Adult (Clynen and Schoofs 2009)
Consensus12 CRZ ILPs
PTTH MS
DH (CRF)

Peptide acronyms as in Table 1

1The species are Manduca sexta, Aedes aegypti, Rhodnius prolixus and Locusta migratoria

2ILP, insulin-like peptide (bombyxin); the cells colocalize proctolin and FMRFa

3The cells colocalize proctolin

4DH (CRF), corticotropin-releasing factor like diuretic hormone

5Antiserum to FMRFamide, probably myosuppressin in these cells (Yamada et al. 2017)

6FMRFa could mean products from any of 5–6 peptide precursor genes

7RYamide possibly colocalized in one pair (Roller et al. 2016)

8The cited review does not specify species in their figure, so could also include Anopheles gambiae. Note that the peptides listed were also found in the corpora cardiaca, suggesting they are all hormones (or some are release regulators)

9OEH, ovary ecdysteroidogenic hormone

10Appears to be regular SIFa interneurons (in PI) that supply axon terminations to retrocerebral complex

11These peptides were determined in dissected pars intercerebralis by mass spectrometry

12Only a few peptides were found in common in LNCs and MNCs in these species and Drosophila