Anti-LMS

The anti Leucomyosuppressin serum displays no cross-reactivity with the insect neuropeptides Allatostatin, Corazonin, CCAP, Locustatachykinin II and Proctolin as tested by non-competitive ELISA. A crossreactivity to other myosuppressins (X1DVX2HX3FLRFamide) is untried. Postembedding immunogold labelling for LMS and Perisulfakinin (other RFa like peptide) revealed the gold particle were bound to different types of neurosecretory granules (Fig. 1). Immunocytochemical methods of brain (Fig. 2) and ventral nerve cords of Periplaneta americana indicate a specific distribution pattern.