Description
The publication of the extensive seven-volume work Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science provided a complete reference encompassing important developments and achievements in modern insect science. One of the most swiftly moving areas in entomological and comparative research is endocrinology, and this volume, Insect Endocrinology, is designed for those who desire a comprehensive yet concise work on important aspects of this topic. Because this area has moved quickly since the original publication, articles in this new volume are revised, highlighting developments in the related area since its original publication.
Insect Endocrinology covers the mechanism of action of insect hormones during growth and metamorphosis as well as the role of insect hormones in reproduction, diapause and the regulation of metabolism. Contents include articles on the juvenile hormones, circadian organization of the endocrine system, ecdysteroid chemistry and biochemistry, as well as new chapters on insulin-like peptides and the peptide hormone Bursicon. This volume will be of great value to senior investigators, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and advanced undergraduate research students. It can also be used as a reference for graduate courses and seminars on the topic. Chapters will also be valuable to the applied biologist or entomologist, providing the requisite understanding necessary for probing the more applied research areas.
Chapter
1.4. PTTH: Effects on Prothoracic Gland Signaling and Steroidogenic Enzymes
1.5. The Prothoracic Gland
Chapter 2 - Insulin-Like Peptides: Structure, Signaling, and Function
2.2. Discovery of Invertebrate Insulin-Like Peptides
2.3. Phylogenetic Analysis of Invertebrate Insulin-Like Peptides and Insulin Receptors
2.4. Expression, Processing, and Secretion of ILPs
2.5. Insulin Signaling Pathway and Interactions with Other Pathways
2.6. Functions of Insulin-Like Peptides and the Insulin Signaling Pathway
Chapter 3 - Bursicon, a Neuropeptide Hormone that Controls Cuticle Tanning and Wing Expansion
3.2. Identification of Bursicon
3.3. Mode of Action of Bursicon
3.5. Evidence for Bursicon’s Roles Beyond Cuticle Tanning and Wing Expansion
Chapter 4 - Ecdysteroid Chemistry and Biochemistry
4.2. Definition, Occurrence, and Diversity
4.4. Ecdysteroid Biosynthesis
4.5. Ecdysteroid Metabolism
4.6. Some Prospects for the Future
Chapter 5 -The Ecdysteroid Receptor
5.2. Ecdysteroid Receptor Structure, Biophysics, and Biochemistry
5.3. Functional Characterization of the Ecdysteroid Receptor
5.4. Cellular, Developmental, and Genetic Analysis
Chapter 6 - Evolution of Nuclear Receptors in Insects
6.1. Nuclear Receptors in Animals
6.2. An Overview of Insect Nuclear Receptors
6.3. Evolution of Insect Nuclear Receptors
Chapter 7 - Neuroendocrine Regulation of Ecdysis
7.2. Epitracheal Glands, Inka Cells, and Ecdysis Triggering Hormones
7.3. Ecdysteroid Specification of Neural and Chemical Substrates for Ecdysis Control
7.4. Regulation of Inka Cell Secretion: Two Phases of Peptide Release
7.5. Orchestration of the Ecdysis Sequence by a Peptide Signaling Cascade
7.6. Proposed Models for Ecdysis Behavior Control
Chapter 8 - The Juvenile Hormones
8.2. Chemistry of the Juvenile Hormones
8.4. Analyses of Juvenile Hormone Titers
8.6. Hemolymph Transport Proteins for the Juvenile Hormones
8.7. Catabolism of the Juvenile Hormones
8.8. Juvenile Hormones in Pre-metamorphic Development
8.9. Molecular Mode of Action of the Juvenile Hormones
Chapter 9 - Hormones Controlling Homeostasis in Insects
9.2. Hormonal Control of Energy Stores
9.3. Hormonal Control of Water and Electrolyte Homeostasis
Chapter 10 - Hormonal Control of Diapause
10.2. The Preparative Phase
10.3. Endocrine Regulators
10.4. Parallels to Other Dormancies
Chapter 11 - Endocrine Control of Insect Polyphenism
11.1. Polyphenism and Polymorphism: Discontinuity in the Variation of Insects
11.2. Polyphenism in the Hemimetabola
11.3. Polyphenism in the Holometabola
11.4. Synthesis and Perspectives
Chapter 12 - Pheromone Production: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
12.1. Introduction and Overview
12.2. Pheromone Chemistry
12.3. Site of Pheromone Biosynthesis
12.4. Biochemistry of Pheromone Production
12.5. Endocrine Regulation of Pheromone Production — Introduction
12.6. Concluding Remarks and Future Directions
Insect Endocrinology
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