Abstract:
:In this study, we investigated activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) by the prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) in prothoracic gland cells of the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The results showed that the PTTH stimulated ERK phosphorylation as this depends on time and dose and ecdysteroidogenic activity. The ERK phosphorylation inhibitors, PD 98059 and U0126, blocked both basal and PTTH-stimulated ERK phosphorylation and ecdysteroidogenesis. In addition, activation of glandular ERK phosphorylation by the PTTH appeared to be developmentally regulated with the refractoriness of gland cells to the PTTH occurring during the latter stages of both the fourth and last larval instars. Moreover, in vitro activation of ERK phosphorylation of prothoracic glands by the PTTH was also verified by in vivo experiments: injection of the PTTH into day 6 last instar larvae greatly increased the activity of glandular ERK phosphorylation and ecdysteroidogenesis. These results suggest that development-specific changes in ERK phosphorylation may play a role in PTTH stimulation of ecdysteroidogenesis.
journal_name
J Insect Physioljournal_title
Journal of insect physiologyauthors
Lin JL,Gu SHdoi
10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.03.004subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-06-01 00:00:00pages
622-31issue
6eissn
0022-1910issn
1879-1611pii
S0022-1910(07)00063-7journal_volume
53pub_type
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