Identification, tissue localisation and physiological effect in vitro of a neuroendocrine peptide identical to a dipteran Leu-callatostatin in the codling moth Cydia pomonella (Tortricidae: Lepidoptera)

Cell and Tissue Research
H DuveA Thorpe

Abstract

A neuroendocrine peptide of the Leu-callatostatin family, LPVYNFGL-NH2, has been isolated from tissue extracts of 5th instar larvae of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera). It is identical to a peptide previously isolated from the blowfly, Calliphora vomitoria (Diptera). The distribution of this peptide within the tissues of C. pomonella has been mapped by immunocytochemistry using antisera raised against LPVYNFGL-NH2. Midgut endocrine cells contain Leu-callatostatin immunoreactivity, as do several paired Leu-callatostatin neurones in the brain and ventral nerve cord. Within the visceral nervous system, the frontal ganglion contains four Leu-callatostatin neurones. Axons from these cells combine with others originating from neurones in the brain and project within the nervi cardiostomatogastrici to innervate the tissues of the foregut. In particular, the oesophageal valve has a prominent ring of Leu-callatostatin-immunoreactive fibres. The synthetic peptide, LPVYNFGL-NH2, has a potent reversible inhibitory effect in vitro on all visible forms of spontaneous contractile activity of the foregut, including closure of the oesophageal valve. Complete myoinhibition is observed at peptide concentrations from 10(-10 )to 10(-...Continue Reading

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