ANP (Atrial Natriuretic Peptide) presence in the heart of a tunicate, Ciona intestinalis.

Luana Lipari; Aldo Gerbino; Diego Lipari; Elvira Vittoria Farina

doi:10.2478/v10042-008-0090-8

Vol 48, No 1 (2010)

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Submitted: 2011-12-19

Published online: 2010-06-10

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ANP (Atrial Natriuretic Peptide) presence in the heart of a tunicate, Ciona intestinalis.

Luana Lipari, Aldo Gerbino, Diego Lipari, Elvira Vittoria Farina

DOI: 10.2478/v10042-008-0090-8

Folia Histochem Cytobiol 2010;48(1):68-70.

Vol 48, No 1 (2010)

ORIGINAL PAPERS

Submitted: 2011-12-19

Published online: 2010-06-10

Abstract

Atrial natriuretic peptide was found in the heart of vertebrates, we studied the ANP presence in the heart of Ciona intestinalis. This is animal is very important because of the its evolutionary position between invertebrates and vertebrates. ANP presence was only revealed in myoepithelial cells of the myocardium. Results suggest the hypothesis that ANP is present not only in the vertebrates but also in the invertebrates and in Ciona heart ANP might play a similar role like in the heart of vertebrates.