Authentication of a lophotrochozoan adipokinetic hormone receptor in a Gastropod, Aplysia californica.
Gen Comp Endocrinol
; 345: 114393, 2024 01 01.
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ABSTRACT
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) superfamily comprises multiple families of signaling peptides in both protostomes and deuterostomes. Among this superfamily, vertebrate GnRH stimulates reproduction, but other GnRH superfamily members elicit diverse pleiotropic effects. Within the GnRH superfamily members, adipokinetic hormone (AKH) and its receptor are well described in ecdysozoans but understudied in other lineages. To fill this knowledge gap, we deorphanized a putative receptor for a lophotrochozoan AKH in a gastropod mollusk, Aplysia californica, and named it Aplca-AKHR. Phylogenetic analysis revealed an orthologous relationship of Aplca-AKHR with ecdysozoan AKHRs and other putative lophotrochozoan AKHRs. Aplca-AKHR bound specifically to the previously identified Aplca-AKH with high affinity and activated the inositol phosphate pathway. Aplca-AKHR was expressed widely among central and peripheral tissues, but most prominently in several central ganglia and the heart. The expression of Aplca-AKHR was downregulated by a hyposaline challenge, consistent with a role in volume and fluid regulation previously described for its ligand, Aplca-AKH. In summary, this is the first pairing of a lophotrochozoan AKH with its cognate receptor. Expression data further support diverse central and peripheral roles, including volume and fluid control, of this ligand/receptor pair.
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Gastrópodes
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Hormônios de Inseto
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Animals
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Gen Comp Endocrinol
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2024
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