Distribution of PER Protein, Pigment-Dispersing Hormone, Prothoracicotropic Hormone, and Eclosion Hormone in the Cephalic Nervous System of Insects
Abstract
Investigations performed on adult insects revealed that putative components of the central pacemaker, the protein Period (PER) and the pigment-dispersing hormone (PDH), are immunocytochemically detectable in discrete sets of brain neurons throughout the class of Insecta, represented by a bristletail, mayfly, damselfly, 2 locust species, stonefly, 2 bug species, goldsmith beetle, caddisfly, honeybee, and 2 blowfly species. The PER-positive cells are localized in the frontal protocerebrum and in most species also in the optic lobes, which are their only location in damselfly and goldsmith beetle. Additional PER-positive cells occur in a few species either in the deuto- and tritocerebrum or in the suboesophageal ganglion. The PER staining was always confined to the cytoplasm. The PDH immunoreactivity consistently occurs in a cluster of perikarya located frontoventrally at the proximal edge of the medulla. The mayfly and both locust species possess additional PDH neurons in 2 posterior cell clusters at the proximal edge of the medulla, and mayfly, waterstrider, and 1 of the blowfly species in the central brain. PDH-positive fibers form a fanlike arrangement over the frontal side of the medulla. Two or just 1 bundle of PDH-positive fibers run from the optic lobe to the protocerebrum, with collaterals passing over to the contralateral optic lobe. Antisera to the prothoracicotropic (PTTH) and the eclosion (EH) hormones, which in some insects regulate the molting and ecdysis rhythms, respectively, typically react with a few neurons in the frontal protocerebrum. However, the PTTH-positive neurons of the mayfly and the damselfly and the EH-positive neurons of the caddisfly are located in the suboesophageal ganglion. No PTTH-like antigen was detected in locusts, and no EH-like antigens were detected in the damselfly, stonefly, locusts, and the honeybee. There are no signs of co-localization of the PER-, PDH-, PTTH-, and EH-like antigens in identical neurons.
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