Biosynthesis, Metabolism and Mode of Action of Invertebrate Hormones

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-4
Hormonal Control of Regeneration in Hydra....Pages 5-9
Peptidic Hormones in Annelids....Pages 10-18
Recent Progress in Endocrinology of Molluscs....Pages 19-35
The Structure of the Commands for a Neuropeptide-Mediated Behavior, Egg-Laying, in an Opisthobranch Mollusc....Pages 36-43
Studies on Release Activities of the Neurosecretory Caudo-Dorsal Cells of Lymnaea stagnalis ....Pages 44-50
Roles of Calcium and cAMP in Biosynthesis and Release of the Ovulation Hormone of the Freshwater Snail Lymnaea stagnalis ....Pages 51-56
The Egg-Laying Behavior of the Pond Snail: Electrophysiological Aspects....Pages 57-62
Prothoracicotropic Hormone of Bombyx mori ....Pages 63-77
Neurohormonal Regulation of Molting and Metamorphosis in the Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta ....Pages 78-91
Isolation of an Allatotropic Factor in Locusta migratoria and Its Effect on Corpus Allatum Activity in Vitro....Pages 92-96
Neurosecretion in Insects: Multisynthesis, Mode of Action, and Multiregulation....Pages 97-105
Neuropeptides of Vertebrate Type in the Blowfly, Calliphora ....Pages 106-117
Peptides from the Corpora Cardiaca and CNS of Locusts....Pages 118-125
Adipokinetic Hormones in Locusts....Pages 126-135
Ecdysteroids Regulate the Release and Action of Eclosion Hormone in the Moth Manduca sexta ....Pages 136-144
Studies on Crustacean Eyestalk Neuropeptides by Use of High Performance Liquid Chromatography....Pages 145-154
Present State of Knowledge on the Chemical Nature of the Androgenic Hormone in Higher Crustaceans....Pages 155-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-167
Ecdysteroids in Ovaries and Embryos of Locusta migratoria ....Pages 168-180
Biosynthesis of Ovarian Ecdysteroid Phosphates and Their Metabolic Fate During Embryogenesis in Schistocerca gregaria ....Pages 181-195
Ecdysone Metabolism....Pages 196-226
Front Matter....Pages 161-167
Ecdysone 20-Monooxygenases....Pages 227-233
Ecdysteroids and Integuments in Locusts....Pages 234-244
Relationships Between Hormones and Epidermal Cell Cycles During the Metamorphosis of Tenebrio molitor ....Pages 245-254
On the Mode of Action of Ecdysteroids in Crustaceans....Pages 255-264
Hormonal Control of Sequential Gene Expression in Insect Epidermis....Pages 265-272
Ecdysteroid Regulation of the Major Transcripts of Drosophila melanogaster Larval Salivary Glands and Fat Bodies....Pages 273-284
Ecdysteroid-Regulated Puffs and Genes in Drosophila ....Pages 285-292
Pleiotropic Specific Responses Induced by Ecdysterone in the Cultured Kc Cells of Drosophila melanogaster ....Pages 293-304
The Action of Ecdysone in Imaginal Discs and Kc Cells of Drosophila melanogaster ....Pages 305-322
Ecdysteroids in Helminths....Pages 323-330
Ecdysteroids in Schistosomes and Host-Parasite Relationship....Pages 331-337
The Occurrence and Possible Physiological Significance of Ecdysteroids During Nematode and Cestode Development....Pages 338-345
Ecdysteroids in Annelids....Pages 346-348
Front Matter....Pages 349-354
Radioimmunoassays of Juvenile Hormones. State of the Methods and Recent Data on Validation....Pages 355-362
The Qualitative and Quantitative Determination of Juvenile Hormones by Mass Spectrometry....Pages 363-372
Juvenile Hormones O, I, and II Exist Only in Lepidoptera....Pages 373-383
Biochemical Aspects of Juvenile Hormone Biosynthesis in Hemimetabola....Pages 384-396
Regulation of Juvenile Hormone Titer in the Adult Female Cockroach Diploptera punctata ....Pages 397-406
Environmentally Controlled Changes in Juvenile Hormone Titers: The Colorado Potato Beetle as a Model System....Pages 407-415
The Role of Juvenile Hormone Metabolism in the Metamorphosis of Selected Lepidoptera....Pages 416-425
Front Matter....Pages 349-354
Hemolymph Transport of the Juvenile Hormones....Pages 426-437
Photoaffinity Labelling of Juvenile Hormone-Binding Proteins in Leucophaea maderae ....Pages 438-443
Regulation of Vitellogenesis in Insects: The Pleiotropic Role of Juvenile Hormones....Pages 444-453
On Titers, Origin, and Functions of Juvenile Hormone III, Methylfarnesoate, and Ecdysteroids in Embryonic Development of the Ovoviviparous Cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea ....Pages 454-465
Defining the Anti-Metamorphic Action of Juvenile Hormone....Pages 466-474
Vitellogenin Synthesis in Locust Fat Body: Juvenile Hormone-Stimulated Gene Expression....Pages 475-484
Front Matter....Pages 485-486
Early Steps in Transduction of the Hormonal Signal Controlling Starfish Oocyte Maturation....Pages 487-496
Production of the Maturation-Promoting Factor (MPF) Following Hormonal Stimulation of Starfish Oocytes....Pages 497-508
Hormonal Mechanism of Starfish Spawning....Pages 509-510
Back Matter....Pages 511-522