..., in part, to adaptations that limit water loss and allow for effective gains of water from food, fluids or atmospheric water vapour. Reduction of water loss from the gut involves sophisticated mechanisms of ion recycling and water recovery by epithelia of the Malpighian tubules and hindgut. Water loss...

... that metabolically healthy ponies have greater microbial stability when challenged with this dietary change, compared with ponies with insulin dysregulation. 16S rRNA Hindgut Horse Glucagon-like peptide-1 Equine metabolic syndrome Endocrine The equine gastrointestinal microbiome, like...

... membrane potential that is involved in many aspects of cellular function and viability. In most insects, K + balance is maintained through secretion at the Malpighian tubules, which balances reabsorption from the hindgut and passive leak arising from the gut lumen. Here, we used the scanning ion-selective...

... 23 6 2014 © 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2014 Locusta migratoria Peptide FGLa/AST Scanning ion-selective electrode technique Ion Ileum Hindgut Second messenger cAMP Sequencing Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight The ability...

... indicate that, despite the unusual M at position 8, it still retains myoinhibitory activity, inhibiting the frequency and reducing the amplitude of contractions in the anterior midgut and hindgut, and decreasing heart rate. REFERENCES Aguilar R. , Maestro J. L. , Vilaplana L. , Chiva...

...Heinrich Dircksen SUMMARY Insect ionic and fluid homeostasis relies upon the Malpighian tubules (MT)and different hindgut compartments. Primary urine formed in MTs is finally modified by ion, solute and water reabsorptive processes primarily in the hindgut under the control of several large peptide...

... to neuroendocrine stimulus. In a related paper, we demonstrated that MTs of Triatoma infestans produce an autonomous endocrine secretion of an allatotropin-like (AT-like) peptide. In the present study, we report a myostimulatory activity of AT at the level of the hindgut(HG), associated with endocrine mechanisms...

... (i.e. Na+-dependent) transport of L-proline in the jejunum, but we found no evidence for it in any region of the hindgut (i.e. the caecum, proximal colon and distal colon). Uptake of acetate was carrier-mediated in all three regions of the hindgut, but the J max and apparent K m (⩽1.5mmol l −1 ) were...