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Crustacean Ecdysteroids and Their Receptors

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Ecdysone: Structures and Functions

Ecdysteroids in crustaceans differ substantially from those of their fellow arthropods, the insects. Crustacean ecdysteroids and ecdysteroid nuclear receptors are similar to those of insects, but differ in the number of hormones and in the number and structure of the receptor isoforms. Moreover, the control(s) of ecdysteroid synthesis by crustacean Y-organs is primarily inhibitory - through molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH) - whereas in insects ecdysteroid synthesis is positively stimulated by a very different neurosecretory hormone. The in vivo effects of ecdysteroids are less understood in crustaceans than in insects but appear to have some concordance. Ecdysteroid-responsive genes in crustaceans are just beginning to be uncovered and may have some identities to insect genes. The differences in ecdysteroid control between insects and crustaceans are thought to have evolved to accommodate the differences in life-histories seen in these diverse arthropod groups.

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