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Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptors (SNAREs) make up the core machinery that mediates membrane fusion. SNAREs, syntaxin, synaptosome-associated protein (SNAP), and synaptobrevin form a tight SNARE complex that brings the vesicle and plasma membranes together and is essential for membrane fusion. The cDNAs of SNAP-25, VAMP2, and Syntaxin 1A from Bombyx mori were inserted into a plasmid, transformed into Escherichia coli, and purified. We then produced antibodies against the SNAP-25, VAMP2, and Syntaxin 1A of Bombyx mori of rabbits and rats, which were used for immunohistochemistry. Immunohistochemistry results revealed that the expression of VAMP2 was restricted to neurons in the pars intercerebralis (PI), dorsolateral protocerebrum (DL), and central complex (CX) of the brain. SNAP-25 was restricted to neurons in the PI and the CX of the brain. Syntaxin 1A was restricted to neurons in the PI and DL of the brain. VAMP2 co-localized with SNAP-25 in the CX, and with Syntaxin 1A in the PI and DL. VAMP2, SNAP-25, and Syntaxin 1A are present in the CA. Bombyxin-immunohistochemical reactivities (IRs) of brain and CA overlapped with VAMP2-, SNAP-25, and Syntaxin 1A-IRs. VAMP2 and Syntaxin 1A are present in the prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH)-secretory neurons of the brain.
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Sasao, M., Uno, T., Kitagawa, R. et al. Localization of SNARE proteins in the brain and corpus allatum of Bombyx mori. Histochem Cell Biol 159, 199–208 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00418-022-02153-6
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