Summary
Reduced glutathione evokes a feeding response, the tentacle-ball formation inHydra japonica. This response consists of at least 5 components (R1–R5). We raised 6 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), each of which depressed a specific subset of these components, and we also examined the immunocytochemical localization of antigens with these mAbs at light microscopic level. The 2 mAbs that depressed R2 and R4 bound to the cnidocils of the desmoneme and the stenotele nematocytes; the 3 mAbs that depressed R5 bound to the apical surface adjacent to the cnidocils of the nematocytes; and the 2 mAbs that depressed R1 and R3 bound to the apical spot structures of unidentified cells in the ectoderm.
Together with the specificity of the action of the mAbs on the behavioral response, the correspondence between the effects on the response and the structures visualized with these mAbs suggests that these structures include components of the receptor-effector system relevant to chemoreception.
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Abbreviations
- FITC :
-
fluorescein isothiocyanate
- GSM :
-
S-methylglutathione
- HRP :
-
horseradish peroxidase
- mAb :
-
monoclonal antibody
- PBS :
-
phosphate-buffered saline
- R1–R5 :
-
components of hydra feeding response
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Sakaguchi, M., Hanai, K., Ohta, K. et al. Monoclonal antibodies that depress a specific subset of multiple components of the glutathione-induced response ofHydra . J Comp Physiol A 168, 409–416 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00199601
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