@article{0718ce6e0c6242d0b3fe62f80f749500,
title = "FMRFamide elicits chromatophore expansion and retraction depending on its type and development in the squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana",
abstract = "To examine chromatophore control by FMRFamide-related peptide (FaRP), we investigated the pharmacological effect of FMRFamide on the chromatophores and the FMRFamide-immunoreactivity of nerves surrounding the muscles in the coastal squid, Sepioteuthis lessoniana. Applications of FMRFamide elicited expansion of black chromatophores and retraction of yellow chromatophores in the adult squid. FMRFamide-immunoreactive terminals were distributed along black chromatophore muscles but were not observed around the yellow ones. This means that FMRFamide functions differently for each of the two types of chromatophores in the adult squid. Moreover, the pharmacological effect of FMRFamide on the black chromatophores differed between adults and hatchlings; application of FMRFamide retracted black chromatophores in hatchlings but not in adults. These results indicate that certain squid species have an FaRP system for controlling the chromatophores in their skin and that the system changes during development.",
keywords = "Body color pattern, Cephalopod, Immunohistochemistry, In vitro bioassay, Neuromuscular junction",
author = "Mamiko Suzuki and Tetsuya Kimura and Hiroto Ogawa and Kohji Hotta and Kotaro Oka",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments We thank S. Niikura and S. Watari of the Fisheries Cooperative Association of Ogusu for supplying the squid. We also acknowledge M. Sekimoto, M. Sekifuji and N. Sugii of Misaki Marine Biological Station, the University of Tokyo, and Y. Tsuchiya and K. Inaba of Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba for kindly providing us with the egg masses. This work was funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Grant-in Aid for the twenty-first Century Center of Excellence (COE) Program titled {\textquoteleft}{\textquoteleft}Understanding and Control of Life{\textquoteright}s Function via Systems Biology (Keio University).{\textquoteright}{\textquoteright}",
year = "2009",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1007/s10158-010-0098-6",
language = "English",
volume = "9",
pages = "185--193",
journal = "Invertebrate Neuroscience",
issn = "1354-2516",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "3-4",
}