科技前沿胰岛素信号转导、昆虫发育与老化顾世红13陈建国2(1
台中市自然科学博物馆动物学组台湾40419;2
北京大学生命科学院细胞生物学系北京100871)Insulinsignaling,insectdevelopmentandageing
GUShi2Hong13,CHENJian2Guo2(1
DepartmentofZoology,NationalMuseumofNaturalScience,1KuanChienRoad,Taichung404219,Taiwan,China;2
DepartmentofCellBiology,CollegeofLifeScience,BeijingUniversity,Beijing100871,China)AbstractTheinvestigationofinsulinanditssignalingisoneofthehottopicsinmodernbiology
Ithasbecomeapparentthatthereexistsaevolutionaryconservationofinsulinsignalingmechanismfromworms,flies,miceandhuman
ThestudyofinsectinsulinbeganinBombyxmori
Japaneseresearchersdiscoveredthebombyxin,aninsulin-likepeptidewhichshowedhighsimilaritywithhumaninsulininaminoacidwhentheyinvestigatedtheprothoracictropichormone(PTTH)in1980
However,theexactroleofbombyxinisstillnotveryclear
InDros