Neuropeptides in Rhipicephalus microplus and other hard ticks

Enlisting the Ixodes scapularis Embryonic ISE6 Cell Line to Investigate the Neuronal Basis of Tick—Pathogen Interactions

(2021) Lourdes Mateos-Hernández et al.   Pathogens

Ambulacrarian insulin-related peptides and their putative receptors suggest how insulin and similar peptides may have evolved from insulin-like growth factor

(2021) Jan A. Veenstra   PeerJ

Identification of Gonadulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor From Migratory Locusts and Their Importance in Reproduction in Locusta migratoria

(2021) Jan A. Veenstra et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Voltage-gated sodium channel gene mutations and pyrethroid resistance in Rhipicephalus microplus

(2020) Rinesh Kumar et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

CCAP regulates feeding behavior via the NPF pathway in Drosophila adults

(2020) Michael J. Williams et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A new neuropeptide insect parathyroid hormone iPTH in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

(2020) Jia Xie et al.   PLoS Genetics

Functional analysis and localisation of a thyrotropin-releasing hormone-type neuropeptide (EFLa) in hemipteran insects

(2020) Joanna Kotwica-Rolinska et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Arthropod IGF, relaxin and gonadulin, putative orthologs of Drosophila insulin-like peptides 6, 7 and 8, likely originated from an ancient gene triplication

(2020) Jan A. Veenstra   PeerJ

Large-Scale Comparative Analyses of Tick Genomes Elucidate Their Genetic Diversity and Vector Capacities

(2020) Na Jia et al.   CELL

Gonadulins, the fourth type of insulin-related peptides in decapods

(2020) Jan A. Veenstra   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Neuropeptide and microRNA regulators of juvenile hormone production

(2020) William G. Bendena et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

A physiologic overview of the organ-specific transcriptome of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus

(2020) Lucas Tirloni et al.   Scientific Reports

Cloning of the first cDNA encoding a putative CCRFamide precursor: identification of the brain, eyestalk ganglia, and cardiac ganglion as sites of CCRFamide expression in the American lobster, Homarus americanus

(2020) J. Joe Hull et al.   INVERTEBRATE NEUROSCIENCE

The leucokinin-like peptide receptor from the cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus microplus, is localized in the midgut periphery and receptor silencing with validated double-stranded RNAs causes a reproductive fitness cost

(2019) Christina M. Brock et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Regulation of Feeding and Metabolism by Neuropeptide F and Short Neuropeptide F in Invertebrates

(2019) Melissa Fadda et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

SignalP 5.0 improves signal peptide predictions using deep neural networks

(2019) José Juan Almagro Armenteros et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Crustacean hyperglycemic hormone of Portunus trituberculatus: evidence of alternative splicing and potential roles in osmoregulation

(2019) Dongfang Sun et al.   CELL STRESS & CHAPERONES

Dynamics of Insulin Signaling in the Black-Legged Tick, Ixodes scapularis

(2019) Arvind Sharma et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Insulin signalling elicits hunger-induced feeding in Drosophila

(2019) Sreesha R. Sudhakar et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The silkworm (Bombyx mori) neuropeptide orcokinin is involved in the regulation of pigmentation

(2019) Pingyang Wang et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Activity of native tick kinins and peptidomimetics on the cognate target G protein‐coupled receptor from the cattle fever tick, Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae)

(2019) Caixing Xiong et al.   PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Effects of adipokinetic hormone and its related peptide on maintaining hemolymph carbohydrate and lipid levels in the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus

(2018) Yi Jun Zhou et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Molecular biology of amitraz resistance in cattle ticks of the genus i Rhipicephalus i

(2018) Nicholas N Jonsson   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Functional Identification and Characterization of the Diuretic Hormone 31 (DH31) Signaling System in the Green Shore Crab, Carcinus maenas

(2018) Jodi Alexander et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Transcriptomic analysis of crustacean neuropeptide signaling during the moult cycle in the green shore crab, Carcinus maenas

(2018) Andrew Oliphant et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Molecular characterization of neuropeptide elevenin and two elevenin receptors, IsElevR1 and IsElevR2, from the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis

(2018) Donghun Kim et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The thirsty fly: Ion transport peptide (ITP) is a novel endocrine regulator of water homeostasis in Drosophila

(2018) Martina Gáliková et al.   PLoS Genetics

The DH31/CGRP enteroendocrine peptide triggers intestinal contractions favoring the elimination of opportunistic bacteria

(2018) Olivia Benguettat et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Modulation of Drosophila post-feeding physiology and behavior by the neuropeptide leucokinin

(2018) Meet Zandawala et al.   PLoS Genetics

Purification and characterization of bioactive peptides RYamide and CCHamide in the kuruma shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus

(2017) Tohru Mekata et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Rudimentary expression of RYamide in Drosophila melanogaster relative to other Drosophila species points to a functional decline of this neuropeptide gene

(2017) Jan A. Veenstra et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Gene-enriched draft genome of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus : assembly by the hybrid Pacific Biosciences/Illumina approach enabled analysis of the highly repetitive genome

(2017) Roberto A. Barrero et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

The search for novel insecticide targets in the post-genomics era, with a specific focus on G-protein coupled receptors

(2017) Michelle Ngai et al.   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

Peptidergic control in a fruit crop pest: The spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii

(2017) Caroline S. Gough et al.   PLoS One

Multiple resistance to acaricides in field populations of Rhipicephalus microplus from Rio Grande do Sul state, Southern Brazil

(2017) Guilherme Klafke et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Molecular cloning, expression and identification of the promoter regulatory region for the neuropeptide trissin in the nervous system of the silkmoth Bombyx mori

(2016) Ladislav Roller et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Neuropeptide evolution: Chelicerate neurohormone and neuropeptide genes may reflect one or more whole genome duplications

(2016) Jan A. Veenstra   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Allatostatins C, double C and triple C, the result of a local gene triplication in an ancestral arthropod

(2016) Jan A. Veenstra   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone and adipokinetic hormone/corazonin-related peptide in the female prawn

(2016) Saowaros Suwansa-ard et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Identification of G protein coupled receptors for opsines and neurohormones in Rhodnius prolixus. Genomic and transcriptomic analysis

(2016) Sheila Ons et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Comparison of synganglion neuropeptides, neuropeptide receptors and neurotransmitter receptors and their gene expression in response to feeding inIxodes scapularis(Ixodidae) vs.Ornithodoros turicata(Argasidae)

(2016) N. Egekwu et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Design, Synthesis, Acaricidal/Insecticidal Activity, and Structure–Activity Relationship Studies of Novel Oxazolines Containing Sulfone/Sulfoxide Groups Based on the Sulfonylurea Receptor Protein-Binding Site

(2016) Xiuling Yu et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Characterizing the physiological and behavioral roles of proctolin in Drosophila melanogaster

(2016) Kiel G. Ormerod et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

The corticotropin-releasing factor-like diuretic hormone 44 (DH 44 ) and kinin neuropeptides modulate desiccation and starvation tolerance in Drosophila melanogaster

(2016) Elizabeth Cannell et al.   PEPTIDES

Expression of RYamide in the nervous and endocrine system of Bombyx mori

(2016) Ladislav Roller et al.   PEPTIDES

Prediction of G protein-coupled receptor encoding sequences from the synganglion transcriptome of the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus

(2016) Felix D. Guerrero et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease

(2016) Monika Gulia-Nuss et al.   Nature Communications

Similarities between decapod and insect neuropeptidomes

(2016) Jan A. Veenstra   PeerJ

Orcokinin-like immunoreactivity in central neurons innervating the salivary glands and hindgut of ixodid ticks

(2015) Roller Ladislav et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Alternatively spliced orcokinin isoforms and their functions in Tribolium castaneum

(2015) Hongbo Jiang et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Serotonin and insulin-like peptides modulate leucokinin-producing neurons that affect feeding and water homeostasis inDrosophila

(2015) Yiting Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Orcokinins contribute to the regulation of vitellogenin transcription in the cockroach Blattella germanica

(2015) Sheila Ons et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

CCHamide-2 Is an Orexigenic Brain-Gut Peptide in Drosophila

(2015) Guilin R. Ren et al.   PLoS One

Tachykinin-Expressing Neurons Control Male-Specific Aggressive Arousal in Drosophila

(2014) Kenta Asahina et al.   CELL

Neuropeptidergic control of the hindgut in the black-legged tick Ixodes scapularis

(2014) Ladislav Šimo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Ultrastructure of the synganglion in the larvae and nymphs of tickRhipicephalus sanguineus(Latreille, 1806) (Acari: Ixodidae)

(2014) Gislaine Cristina Roma et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY

The Heterodimeric Glycoprotein Hormone, GPA2/GPB5, Regulates Ion Transport across the Hindgut of the Adult Mosquito, Aedes aegypti

(2014) Jean-Paul Paluzzi et al.   PLoS One

Control of Lipid Metabolism by Tachykinin in Drosophila

(2014) Wei Song et al.   Cell Reports

An Insight into the Transcriptome of the Digestive Tract of the Bloodsucking Bug, Rhodnius prolixus

(2014) José M. C. Ribeiro et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The contribution of the genomes of a termite and a locust to our understanding of insect neuropeptides and neurohormones

(2014) Jan A. Veenstra   Frontiers in Physiology

Molecular characterization of tick salivary gland glutaminyl cyclase

(2013) Steven W. Adamson et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Receptors for the neuropeptides, myoinhibitory peptide and SIFamide, in control of the salivary glands of the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis

(2013) Ladislav Šimo et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Expression Patterns of the Drosophila Neuropeptide CCHamide-2 and Its Receptor May Suggest Hormonal Signaling from the Gut to the Brain

(2013) Shizhong Li et al.   PLoS One

Natalisin, a tachykinin-like signaling system, regulates sexual activity and fecundity in insects

(2013) H. Jiang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Host specialization in ticks and transmission of tick-borne diseases: a review

(2013) Karen D. McCoy et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Acaricide resistance mechanisms in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

(2012) Felix David Guerrero et al.   REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PARASITOLOGIA VETERINARIA

More than two decades of research on insect neuropeptide GPCRs: an overview

(2012) Jelle Caers et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

The CHH-superfamily of multifunctional peptide hormones controlling crustacean metabolism, osmoregulation, moulting, and reproduction

(2011) Simon George Webster et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

In silico cloning of genes encoding neuropeptides, neurohormones and their putative G-protein coupled receptors in a spider mite

(2011) Jan A. Veenstra et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Synganglion transcriptome and developmental global gene expression in adult females of the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)

(2011) B. W. Bissinger et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A comparative review of short and long neuropeptide F signaling in invertebrates: Any similarities to vertebrate neuropeptide Y signaling?

(2011) Dick R. Nässel et al.   PEPTIDES

Transcriptome Analysis of the Desert Locust Central Nervous System: Production and Annotation of a Schistocerca gregaria EST Database

(2011) Liesbeth Badisco et al.   PLoS One

A Deep Insight into the Sialotranscriptome of the Gulf Coast Tick, Amblyomma maculatum

(2011) Shahid Karim et al.   PLoS One

The Proctolin Gene and Biological Effects of Proctolin in the Blood-Feeding Bug, Rhodnius prolixus

(2011) Ian Orchard et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

The Leucokinin Pathway and Its Neurons Regulate Meal Size in Drosophila

(2010) Bader Al-Anzi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Neuropeptide signaling sequences identified by pyrosequencing of the American dog tick synganglion transcriptome during blood feeding and reproduction

(2010) Kevin V. Donohue et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Toward a consensus nomenclature for insect neuropeptides and peptide hormones

(2010) Geoffrey M. Coast et al.   PEPTIDES

Baculovirus expression, biochemical characterization and organophosphate sensitivity of rBmAChE1, rBmAChE2, and rBmAChE3 of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus

(2010) Kevin B. Temeyer et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Neuropeptide Regulators of  Juvenile Hormone Synthesis

(2009) R. J. Weaver et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Ecdysis triggering hormone signaling in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti

(2009) Li Dai et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) neuropeptidesfamily: Functions, titer, and binding to target tissues

(2009) J. Sook Chung et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Transcriptome analysis of the synganglion from the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus

(2009) K. Lees et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Two novel neuropeptides in innervation of the salivary glands of the black-legged tick,Ixodes scapularis: Myoinhibitory peptide and SIFamide

(2009) Ladislav Šimo et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Insect ion transport peptides are derived from alternatively spliced genes and differentially expressed in the central and peripheral nervous system

(2009) H. Dircksen   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Ecdysis triggering hormone signaling in arthropods

(2009) Ladislav Roller et al.   PEPTIDES

The unique evolution of neuropeptide genes in the silkworm Bombyx mori☆

(2008) Ladislav Roller et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Systemic alterations of bovine hemostasis due to Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus infestation

(2008) J. Reck et al.   RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE