Neural mechanism of circadian clock-based photoperiodism in insects and snails

Y Hamanaka, M Hasebe, S Shiga - Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2024 - Springer
The photoperiodic mechanism distinguishes between long and short days, and the circadian
clock system is involved in this process. Although the necessity of circadian clock genes for …

TGFß/activin-dependent activation of Torso controls the timing of the metamorphic transition in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

S Chafino, R Salvia, J Cruz, D Martín… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Understanding the mechanisms governing body size attainment during animal development
is of paramount importance in biology. In insects, a crucial phase in determining body size …

[HTML][HTML] Time-and temperature-dependent dynamics of prothoracicotropic hormone and ecdysone sensitivity co-regulate pupal diapause in the green-veined white …

P Süess, H Dircksen, KT Roberts, K Gotthard… - Insect Biochemistry and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Diapause, a general shutdown of developmental pathways, is a vital adaptation allowing
insects to adjust their life cycle to adverse environmental conditions such as winter …

A proctolin‐like peptide is regulated after baculovirus infection and mediates in caterpillar locomotion and digestion

A Llopis‐Giménez, S Parenti, Y Han, VID Ros… - Insect …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Baculoviruses constitute a large group of invertebrate DNA viruses, predominantly infecting
larvae of the insect order Lepidoptera. During a baculovirus infection, the virus spreads …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptome characterization analysis of Bactrocera minax and new insights into its pupal diapause development with gene expression analysis

Y Dong, N Desneux, C Lei, C Niu - International Journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bactrocera minax is a major citrus pest distributed in China, Bhutan and India. The long
pupal diapause duration of this fly is a major bottleneck for artificial rearing and underlying …

Initiation of metamorphosis and control of ecdysteroid biosynthesis in insects: The interplay of absence of Juvenile hormone, PTTH, and Ca2+-homeostasis

A De Loof, T Vandersmissen, E Marchal, L Schoofs - Peptides, 2015 - Elsevier
The paradigm saying that release of the brain neuropeptide big prothoracicotropic hormone
(PTTH) initiates metamorphosis by activating the Torso-receptor/ERK pathway in larval …

An insulin-like growth factor-like peptide promotes ovarian development in the silkmoth Bombyx mori

D Fujinaga, K Shiomi, Y Yagi, H Kataoka… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Insulin family peptides are known to be key regulators of growth and metabolism in insects
and vertebrates. Insects have two types of insulin family peptides: insulin-like peptides and …

Roles of the circadian clock and endocrine regulator in the photoperiodic response of the brown‐winged green bug Plautia stali

T Tamai, S Shiga, SG Goto - Physiological Entomology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The physiological mechanisms underlying photoperiodism in insects have been studied
extensively, although the associated molecular machinery remains largely unknown. In the …

Artemin, a diapause-specific chaperone, contributes to the stress tolerance of Artemia franciscana cysts and influences their release from females

AM King, J Toxopeus… - Journal of Experimental …, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
Females of the crustacean Artemia franciscana produce either motile nauplii or gastrula
stage embryos enclosed in a shell impermeable to nonvolatile compounds and known as …

Transcriptome sequencing of the central nervous system to identify the neuropeptides and neuropeptide receptors of Antheraea pernyi

G Wang, J Wang, L Nie - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
Neuropeptides and neuropeptide receptors are crucial regulators for the behavior, lifecycle,
and physiology of insects and are mainly produced and released from the neurosecretory …