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Title:		Cyclic GMP levels and guanylate cyclase activity in pheromone-sensitive antennae of the silkmoths Antheraea polyphemus and Bombyx mori
Author(s):		Ziegelberger G; van den Berg MJ; Kaissling KE; Klumpp S; Schultz JE;
Address:		"Max-Planck-Institut fur Verhaltensphysiologie, Seewiesen, Federal Republic of Germany"
Journal Title:		J Neurosci
Year:		1990
Volume:		10
Issue:		4
Page Number:		1217 - 1225
DOI:		10.1523/JNEUROSCI.10-04-01217.1990
ISSN/ISBN:		0270-6474 (Print) 1529-2401 (Electronic) 0270-6474 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Female sex pheromones applied to freshly isolated, living antennae of male Antheraea polyphemus and Bombyx mori led to an increase of cGMP. A 1:1 mixture of 2 pheromone components of Antheraea polyphemus blown for 10 sec in physiological concentrations over their antennal branches raised cGMP levels about 1.34-fold (+/- 0.08 SEM, n = 23) from a basal level of 3.0 +/- 0.6 (SEM, n = 20) pmol/mg protein. Similarly, bombykol elicited a 1.29-fold (+/- 0.13 SEM, n = 23) cGMP increase in antennae of male Bombyx mori from a basal level of 2.7 +/- 0.5 (SEM, n = 24) pmol/mg protein. No cross-sensitivity was found with respect to pheromones from either species. In antennae of female silkmoths, the cGMP response was missing upon stimulation with their own respective pheromones according to the known lack of pheromone receptor cells in the female. cAMP levels in the male antennae of 14.2 +/- 2.9 (SEM, n = 4) pmol/mg protein in A. polyphemus and 15.0 +/- 3.0 (SEM, n = 5) pmol/mg protein in B. mori were not affected by pheromone stimulation. Within 1-60 sec, the extent of cGMP increase in B. mori was independent of the duration of pheromone exposure. The levels of cGMP in pheromone-stimulated antennae of both species remained elevated for at least 10 min, i.e., much longer than the duration of the receptor potential measured in single-cell recordings. Guanylate cyclase activity was identified in homogenates of male and female antennae from both species. The Km of the guanylate cyclase from male B. mori for the preferential substrate MnGTP was 175 microM.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)"
Keywords:		Animals Bombyx/*metabolism/physiology Cyclic GMP/*metabolism Electrophysiology Guanylate Cyclase/*metabolism Pheromones/*pharmacology Sense Organs/drug effects/*metabolism/physiology;
Notes:		"MedlineZiegelberger, G van den Berg, M J Kaissling, K E Klumpp, S Schultz, J E eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 1990/04/01 J Neurosci. 1990 Apr; 10(4):1217-25. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.10-04-01217.1990"