Toward the identification of female gonad-stimulating factors in crustaceans

G Rotllant, TV Nguyen, J Aizen, S Suwansa-ard… - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
Over many decades there were numerous attempts to isolate gonad-stimulating factors
(GSF) in crustaceans. Before omic technologies, the main neuroendocrine factors identified …

Identification and developmental expression of mRNAs encoding crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP) in decapod crustaceans

JS Chung, DC Wilcockson, N Zmora… - Journal of …, 2006 - journals.biologists.com
Full-length cDNAs encoding crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP) were isolated from
several decapod (brachyuran and astacuran) crustaceans: the blue crab Callinectes …

Structure, function and mode of action of select arthropod neuropeptides

G Gäde, HG Marco - Studies in natural products chemistry, 2006 - Elsevier
This overview summarizes important features of the majority of neuropeptide families that
occur in two species-rich and widely-radiated arthropod taxa, the crustaceans and the …

Expansion of the neuropeptidome of the globally invasive marine crab Carcinus maenas

AE Christie - General and Comparative Endocrinology, 2016 - Elsevier
Carcinus maenas is widely recognized as one of the world's most successful marine
invasive species; its success as an invader is due largely to its ability to thrive under varied …

Characterization of Limb Autotomy Factor-Proecdysis (LAFpro), Isolated From Limb Regenerates, That Suspends Molting in the Land Crab Gecarcinus lateralis

X Yu, ES Chang, DL Mykles - The Biological Bulletin, 2002 - journals.uchicago.edu
Molting and limb regeneration are tightly coupled processes, both of which are regulated by
ecdysteroid hormone synthesized and secreted by the Y-organs. Regeneration of lost …

Purification of Sinus Gland Peptides Having Vitellogenesis-Inhibiting Activity from the Whiteleg Shrimp Litopenaeus Vannamei

N Tsutsui, T Ohira, I Kawazoe, A Takahashi… - Marine …, 2007 - Springer
Vitellogenesis-inhibiting hormone (VIH) in Crustacea belongs to the crustacean
hyperglycemic hormone (CHH)-family. To characterize multiple VIH molecules in the …

Mass spectrometric elucidation of the neuropeptidome of a crustacean neuroendocrine organ

L Hui, F Xiang, Y Zhang, L Li - Peptides, 2012 - Elsevier
The blue crab Callinectes sapidus has been used as an experimental model organism for
the study of regulation of cardiac activity and other physiological processes. Moreover, it is …

Cloning and expression of hyperglycemic (CHH) and molt-inhibiting (MIH) hormones mRNAs from the eyestalk of shrimps of Litopenaeus vannamei grown in different …

A Lago-Lestón, E Ponce, ME Muñoz - Aquaculture, 2007 - Elsevier
This study describes the effect of temperature and salinity on the expression of chh and mih
genes obtained from Litopenaeus vannamei juveniles. Results suggest that temperature …

Molecular cloning, characterization and recombinant expression of crustacean hyperglycemic hormone in white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei

M Liu, L Pan, L Li, D Zheng - Peptides, 2014 - Elsevier
Crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) plays an important role in crustacean. In the
present study, a full-length cDNA of CHH was cloned from the eyestalk of Litopenaeus …

Identification of neuropeptides from the decapod crustacean sinus glands using nanoscale liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Q Fu, MF Goy, L Li - Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2005 - Elsevier
Neurosecretory systems are known to synthesize and secrete a diverse class of peptide
hormones which regulate many physiological processes. The crustacean sinus gland (SG) …