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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 338, Issue 4, Pages 1860-1864Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.10.165
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MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometry; neuropeptide; periviscerokinin; Boophilus; Ixodes; tick; single cell analysis
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- NCRR NIH HHS [R01 RR019587] Funding Source: Medline
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The first peptidergic neurohormone from the ticks Ixodes ricinus and Boophilus rnicroplus has been identified by using a combination of immunocytochemistry and mass spectrometric analysis of single cells. The novel peptide (Ixori-PVK, PALIPFPRV-NH2) shows a high sequence homology with members of the insect periviscerokinin/CAP2(b) peptides that in insects are involved in the regulation of water balance. The function of this peptide in ticks is still unknown, but these pests consume large amounts of blood in a single blood meal which is a challenge for the regulation of diuretic processes. Thus, the novel peptide may be involved in one of the key physiological processes in ticks. High energy collision-induced dissociation was successfully used to distinguish between Leu/Ile ambiguities in single cell preparations. This is the first successful de novo sequencing of a peptide from single cell preparations of arthropods. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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