Journal article
Anti-diuresis in the blood-feeding insect Rhodnius prolixus Stål: the peptide CAP2b and cyclic GMP inhibit Malpighian tubule fluid secretion
Abstract
Rhodnius prolixus eliminates NaCl-rich urine at high rates following its infrequent but massive blood meals. This diuresis involves stimulation of Malpighian tubule fluid secretion by diuretic hormones released in response to distention of the abdomen during feeding. The precipitous decline in urine flow that occurs several hours after feeding has been thought until now to result from a decline in diuretic hormone release. We suggest here that …
Authors
Quinlan MC; Tublitz NJ; O’Donnell MJ
Journal
Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 200, No. 17, pp. 2363–2367
Publisher
The Company of Biologists
Publication Date
September 1, 1997
DOI
10.1242/jeb.200.17.2363
ISSN
0022-0949