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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 203, Issue 8 1329-1340, Copyright © 2000 by Company of Biologists
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D Zitnan and ME Adams
Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska Cesta 9, Slovakia. uzaedus@savba.sk.
Insects shed their old cuticle by performing the ecdysis behavioural sequence. To activate each subunit of this set of programmed behaviours in Manduca sexta, specific central ganglia are targeted by pre-ecdysis-triggering (PETH) and ecdysis-triggering (ETH) hormones secreted from Inka cells. PETH and ETH act on each abdominal ganglion to initiate, within a few minutes, pre-ecdysis I and II, respectively. Shortly thereafter, ETH targets the tritocerebrum and suboesophageal ganglion to activate the ecdysis neural network in abdominal ganglia through the elevation of cyclic GMP (cGMP) levels. However, the onset of ecdysis behaviour is delayed by inhibitory factor(s) from the cephalic and thoracic ganglia. The switch from pre-ecdysis to ecdysis is controlled by an independent clock in each abdominal ganglion and is considerably accelerated after removal of the head and thorax. Eclosion hormone (EH) appears to be one of the central signals inducing elevation of cGMP levels and ecdysis, but these actions are quite variable and usually restricted to anterior ganglia. EH treatment of desheathed ganglia also elicits strong production of cGMP in intact ganglia, suggesting that this induction occurs via the release of additional downstream factors. Our data suggest that the initiation of pre-ecdysis and the transition to ecdysis are regulated by stimulatory and inhibitory factors released within the central nervous system after the initial actions of PETH and ETH.
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