Discovery and functional characterization of neuropeptides in crinoid echinoderms

Premetazoan Origin of Neuropeptide Signaling

(2022) Luis Alfonso Yañez-Guerra et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Somatostatin-type and allatostatin-C–type neuropeptides are paralogous and have opposing myoregulatory roles in an echinoderm

(2022) Ya Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Receptor deorphanization in an echinoderm reveals kisspeptin evolution and relationship with SALMFamide neuropeptides

(2022) Nayeli Escudero Castelán et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Nemertean, brachiopod and phoronid neuropeptidomics reveals ancestral spiralian signalling systems

(2021) Daniel Thiel et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

BUSCO Update: Novel and Streamlined Workflows along with Broader and Deeper Phylogenetic Coverage for Scoring of Eukaryotic, Prokaryotic, and Viral Genomes

(2021) Mosè Manni et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Ancient role of sulfakinin/cholecystokinin-type signalling in inhibitory regulation of feeding processes revealed in an echinoderm

(2021) Ana B Tinoco et al.   eLife

Evolution and Comparative Physiology of Luqin-Type Neuropeptide Signaling

(2020) Luis Alfonso Yañez-Guerra et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology of Vasopressin/ Oxytocin-Type Neuropeptide Signaling in Invertebrates

(2020) Esther A. Odekunle et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Gene expression analysis of three homeobox genes throughout early and late development of a feather star Anneissia japonica

(2020) Akihito Omori et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Echinoderms provide missing link in the evolution of PrRP/sNPF-type neuropeptide signalling

(2020) Luis Alfonso Yañez-Guerra et al.   eLife

Genomic insights of body plan transitions from bilateral to pentameral symmetry in Echinoderms

(2020) Yongxin Li et al.   Communications Biology

Aquaculture Breeding Enhancement: Maturation and Spawning in Sea Cucumbers Using a Recombinant Relaxin-Like Gonad-Stimulating Peptide

(2019) Hoang Dinh Chieu et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

Ancient role of vasopressin/oxytocin-type neuropeptides as regulators of feeding revealed in an echinoderm

(2019) Esther A. Odekunle et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Neuropeptide precursors and neuropeptides in the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus: a genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic analysis

(2019) Muyan Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

The long and the short of it – a perspective on peptidergic regulation of circuits and behaviour

(2018) Gáspár Jékely et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Evolution of neuropeptide signalling systems

(2018) Maurice R. Elphick et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Exploring the Sea Urchin Neuropeptide Landscape by Mass Spectrometry

(2018) Eric B. Monroe et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY

Transcriptomic discovery and comparative analysis of neuropeptide precursors in sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea)

(2018) Saowaros Suwansa-ard et al.   PEPTIDES

Identification of evolutionarily conserved residues required for the bioactivity of a pedal peptide/orcokinin-type neuropeptide

(2018) Chan-Hee Kim et al.   PEPTIDES

Discovery and functional characterisation of a luqin-type neuropeptide signalling system in a deuterostome

(2018) Luis Alfonso Yañez-Guerra et al.   Scientific Reports

Biochemical, Anatomical, and Pharmacological Characterization of Calcitonin-Type Neuropeptides in Starfish: Discovery of an Ancient Role as Muscle Relaxants

(2018) Weigang Cai et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Characterization of NGFFYamide Signaling in Starfish Reveals Roles in Regulation of Feeding Behavior and Locomotory Systems

(2018) Ana B. Tinoco et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Nervous system characterization during the development of a basal echinoderm, the feather star Antedon mediterranea

(2018) Silvia Mercurio et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Neuropeptidergic Systems in Pluteus Larvae of the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus: Neurochemical Complexity in a “Simple” Nervous System

(2018) Natalie J. Wood et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

New Neuronal Subtypes With a “Pre-Pancreatic” Signature in the Sea Urchin Stongylocentrotus purpuratus

(2018) Margherita Perillo et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Pedal peptide/orcokinin-type neuropeptide signaling in a deuterostome: The anatomy and pharmacology of starfish myorelaxant peptide in Asterias rubens

(2017) Ming Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Functional characterization of a second pedal peptide/orcokinin-type neuropeptide signaling system in the starfish Asterias rubens

(2017) Ming Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

The neuropeptidome of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci

(2017) Meaghan K. Smith et al.   Journal of Proteomics

Discovery of novel representatives of bilaterian neuropeptide families and reconstruction of neuropeptide precursor evolution in ophiuroid echinoderms

(2017) Meet Zandawala et al.   Open Biology

Cellular localization of relaxin-like gonad-stimulating peptide expression inAsterias rubens: New insights into neurohormonal control of spawning in starfish

(2016) Ming Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

Urbilaterian origin of paralogous GnRH and corazonin neuropeptide signalling pathways

(2016) Shi Tian et al.   Scientific Reports

Transcriptomic identification of starfish neuropeptide precursors yields new insights into neuropeptide evolution

(2016) Dean C. Semmens et al.   Open Biology

Localization of Neuropeptide Gene Expression in Larvae of an Echinoderm, the Starfish Asterias rubens

(2016) Tatiana D. Mayorova et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

IBS: an illustrator for the presentation and visualization of biological sequences: Fig. 1.

(2015) Wenzhong Liu et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Reconstructing SALMFamide Neuropeptide Precursor Evolution in the Phylum Echinodermata: Ophiuroid and Crinoid Sequence Data Provide New Insights

(2015) Maurice R. Elphick et al.   Frontiers in Endocrinology

Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data

(2014) Anthony M. Bolger et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

SALMFamide salmagundi: The biology of a neuropeptide family in echinoderms

(2014) Maurice R. Elphick   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

NeuroPID: a predictor for identifying neuropeptide precursors from metazoan proteomes

(2013) Dan Ofer et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Neuropeptides and polypeptide hormones in echinoderms: New insights from analysis of the transcriptome of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus

(2013) Matthew L. Rowe et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

De novo transcript sequence reconstruction from RNA-seq using the Trinity platform for reference generation and analysis

(2013) Brian J Haas et al.   Nature Protocols

Global view of the evolution and diversity of metazoan neuropeptide signaling

(2013) G. Jekely   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular evolution of peptidergic signaling systems in bilaterians

(2013) O. Mirabeau et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CD-HIT: accelerated for clustering the next-generation sequencing data

(2012) Limin Fu et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The neuropeptide transcriptome of a model echinoderm, the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

(2012) Matthew L. Rowe et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Relaxin-like gonad-stimulating substance in an echinoderm, the starfish: A novel relaxin system in reproduction of invertebrates

(2012) Masatoshi Mita   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Neuropeptide Transmission in Brain Circuits

(2012) Anthony N. van den Pol   NEURON

Novel Insights into the Echinoderm Nervous System from Histaminergic and FMRFaminergic-Like Cells in the Sea Cucumber Leptosynapta clarki

(2012) Luke A. Hoekstra et al.   PLoS One

Larval development in the feather starAntedon mediterranea

(2011) Alice Barbaglio et al.   INVERTEBRATE REPRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Nervous system development of two crinoid species, the sea lily Metacrinus rotundus and the feather star Oxycomanthus japonicus

(2010) Hiroaki Nakano et al.   DEVELOPMENT GENES AND EVOLUTION

Physiological and immunocytochemical evidence that glutamatergic neurotransmission is involved in the activation of arm autotomy in the featherstar Antedon mediterranea (Echinodermata: Crinoidea)

(2010) I. C. Wilkie et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

NGFFFamide and echinotocin: structurally unrelated myoactive neuropeptides derived from neurophysin-containing precursors in sea urchins

(2009) M. R. Elphick et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

New evidence of serotonin involvement in the neurohumoral control of crinoid arm regeneration: effects of parachlorophenylanine and methiothepin

(2009) Michela Sugni et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

A relaxin-like peptide purified from radial nerves induces oocyte maturation and ovulation in the starfish, Asterina pectinifera

(2009) M. Mita et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Splign: algorithms for computing spliced alignments with identification of paralogs

(2008) Yuri Kapustin et al.   Biology Direct

Neuronal peptides induce oocyte maturation and gamete spawning of sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus

(2008) Shinichi Kato et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Comparative genomics of leucine-rich repeats containing G protein-coupled receptors and their ligands

(2007) Tom Van Loy et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY