Michael R. Kanost

Publications

Research Articles

Capinera, J.L. and Kanost, M.R. (1979) Susceptibility of the zebra caterpillar to Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus. J. Econ. Entomol. 72: 570-572.

Dunn, P.E., Dai, W., Kanost, M.R. and Geng, C. (1985) Soluble peptidoglycan fragments stimulate antibacterial protein synthesis by fat body from larvae of Manduca sexta. Dev. Comp. Immunol. 9:559-568.

Wyatt, G.R., Kanost, M.R., Locke, J. and Walker, V.K. (1986) Juvenile hormone regulated locust vitellogenin genes: lack of expression after transfer into Drosophila. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. Supplement 1:35-46.

Holden, H.M., Kanost, M.R., Law, J.H., Rayment, I., and Wells, M.A. (1988) Crystallization and preliminary analysis of crystals of apolipophorin-III isolated from Locusta migratoria. J. Biol. Chem. 263:3960-3962.

Kanost, M.R., Dai, W., and Dunn, P.E. (1988) Peptidoglycan fragments elicit antibacterial protein synthesis in larvae of Manduca sexta. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 8:147-164.

Kanost, M.R., Boguski, M.S., Freeman, M., Gordon, J.I., Wyatt, G.R., and Wells, M.A. (1988) Primary structure of apolipophorin-III from the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria: potential amphipathic structures and molecular evolution of an insect apolipoprotein. J. Biol. Chem. 263:10568-10573.

Kanost, M.R., Bradfield, J.Y., Cook, K.E., Locke, J., Wells, M.A. and Wyatt, G.R. (1988) Gene structure, cDNA sequence and developmental regulation of a low molecular weight hemolymph protein from Locusta migratoria. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 8:203-217.

Kanost, M.R., Prasad, S.V. and Wells, M.A. (1989) Primary structure of a member of the serpin superfamily of proteinase inhibitors from an insect, Manduca sexta. J. Biol. Chem. 264:965-972.

Kanost, M.R. (1990) Isolation and characterization of four serine proteinase inhibitors (serpins) from hemolymph of Manduca sexta. Insect Biochem. 20:141-147.

Ladendorff, N.E. and Kanost, M.R. (1990) Isolation and characterization of bacteria-induced protein P4 from hemolymph of Manduca sexta. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 15:33-41.

Strobel, L.M., Kanost, M.R., Ziegler, R. and Wells, M.A. (1990) Adipokinetic hormone causes formation of a low density lipophorin in the house cricket, Acheta domestica. Insect Biochem. 20:859-863.

Van der Horst, D.J., Van Doorn, J.M., Voshol, H., Kanost, M.R., Ziegler, R. and Beenakkers, Ad M. Th. (1991) Different isoforms of an apoprotein (apolipophorin III) associate with lipoproteins in Locusta migratoria. Eur. J. Biochem. 196:509-517.

Breiter, D.R., Kanost, M.R., Benning, N.M., Law, J.H., Wells, M.A., Rayment, I. and Holden, H.M. (1991) Molecular structure of an apolipoprotein determined at 2.5 Å resolution. Biochem. 30:603-608.

Ladendorff, N.E. and Kanost, M.R. (1991) Bacteria-induced protein P4 (hemolin) from Manduca sexta: a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily which can inhibit hemocyte aggregation. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 18:285-300.

Hanneman, E. and Kanost, M.R. (1992) Differential alaserpin expression during development of the antennae in the tobacco hawkmoth, Manduca sexta. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 19:39-52.

Wyatt, G.R., Kanost, M.R., Chin, B.C., Cook, K.E., Kawosoe, B.M. and Zhang, J. (1992) Juvenile hormone analog and injection effects on locust hemolymph protein synthesis. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 20:167-180.

Lin, Y., Hamblin, M.T., Edwards, M.J., Barillas-Mury, C., Kanost, M.R., Knipple, D.C., Wolfner, M.F. and Hagedorn, H.H. (1993) Structure, expression, and hormonal control of genes from the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, which encode proteins similar to the vitelline membrane proteins of Drosophila melanogaster. Dev. Biol. 155:558-568.

Beckage, N.E. and Kanost, M.R. (1993) Effects of parasitism by the braconid wasp Cotesia congregata on host hemolymph proteins of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 23:643-653.

Jiang, H., Wang, Y., and Kanost, M.R. (1994) Mutually exclusive exon use and reactive center diversity in insect serpins. J. Biol. Chem. 269:55-58.

Kanost, M.R., Zepp, M,K., Ladendorff, N.E. and Andersson, L.A. (1994) Isolation and characterization of a hemocyte aggregation inhibitor from hemolymph of Manduca sexta larvae. Arch. Insect Biochem. Physiol. 27:123-136.

Smith, A.F., Owen, L., Strobel, L., Chen, H., Kanost, M., Hanneman, E., and Wells, M.A. (1994) Insect apolipophorins-III share a common function, but minimal amino acid sequence identity. Are amphipathic -helices the common structural motif? J. Lipid Res. 35: 1976-1984.

Willott, E., Trenczek, T., Thrower, L., and Kanost, M.R. (1994) Immunochemical identification of insect hemocyte populations: Monoclonal antibodies which distinguish four major hemocyte types in Manduca sexta. Eur. J. Cell Biol. 65:417-423.

Kanost, M.R., Sparks, K.A. and Wells, M.A. (1995) Isolation and characterization of apolipophorin-III from the giant water bug, Lethocerus medius. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 25:759-764.

Kanost, M.R., Prasad, S.V., Huang, Y. and Willott, E. (1995) Regulation of serpin gene-1 in Manduca sexta. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 25:285-291.

Thomas, J.C., Adams, D.G., Keppenne, V.D., Wasmann, C.C., Brown, J.K., Kanost, M.R., and Bohnert, H.J. (1995) Manduca sexta encoded protease inhibitors expressed in Nicotiana tabacum provide protection against insects. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 33:611-614.

Wang, Y., Willott, E. and Kanost, M.R. (1995) Organization and expression of the hemolin gene, a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily in an insect, Manduca sexta. Insect Mol. Biol. 4:113-123.

Jiang, H.B., Mulnix, A.B. and Kanost, M.R. (1995) Expression and characterization of recombinant Manduca sexta serpin-1B and site-directed mutants that change its inhibitory selectivity. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 25:1093-1100.

Thomas, J.C., Adams, D.G., Keppenne, V.D., Wasmann, C.C., Brown, J.K., Kanost, M.R., and Bohnert, H.J. (1995) Protease inhibitors of Manduca sexta expressed in transgenic cotton. Plant Cell Reports. 14:758-762.

Willott, E., Lowenberger, C., Christensen, B.M., and Kanost, M.R. (1995) Monoclonal antibodies against Manduca sexta hemocytes bind Aedes aegypti hemocytes: characterization of six monoclonal antibodies that bind hemocytes from both species. Dev. Comp. Immunol. 19: 451-461.

Jiang, H., Wang, Y. and Kanost, M.R. (1996) Primary structure of ribosomal proteins S3 and S7 from Manduca sexta. Insect Molec. Biol. 5:31-38.

Zhao, L. and Kanost, M.R. (1996) In search of a function for hemolin, a hemolymph protein from the immunoglobulin superfamily. J. Insect Physiol. 42: 73-79.

Jiang H., Wang, Y., Huang, Y., Mulnix, A.B., Kadel, J., Cole, K., and Kanost, M.R. (1996) Organization of serpin gene-1 from Manduca sexta: evolution of a family of alternate exons encoding the reactive site loop. J. Biol. Chem. 271: 28,017- 28,023.

Jiang, H. and Kanost, M.R. (1997) Characterization and functional analysis of twelve naturally occurring reactive site variants of serpin-1 from Manduca sexta. J. Biol. Chem. 272:1082-1087.

Jiang, H., Wang, Y., Korochkina, S.E., Beneš, H., and Kanost, M.R. (1997) Molecular cloning of cDNAs for two pro-phenol oxidase subunits from the malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 27: 693-699.

Jiang, H., Wang, Y., Ma, C., and Kanost, M.R. (1997) Subunit composition of pro-phenol oxidase from Manduca sexta: molecular cloning of subunit proPO-p1. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 27: 835-850.

Jiang, H., Wang, Y. and Kanost, M.R. (1998) Pro-phenol oxidase activating proteinase from an insect, Manduca sexta: a bacteria-inducible protein similar to Drosophila easter. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 95: 12220-12225.

Jiang, H., Wang, Y., and Kanost, M.R. (1999) Four serine proteinases expressed in Manduca sexta hemocytes. Insect Mol. Biol. 8: 39-53.

Li, J., Wang, Z., Canagarajah., B., Jiang, H., Kanost, M.R., and Goldsmith, E.J. (1999) The structure of active serpin 1K from Manduca sexta. Structure 7:103-109.

Zang, X., Yazdanbakhshy, M., Jiang, H., Kanost, M.R., and Maizels, R.M. (1999) A novel serpin expressed by blood-borne microfilariae of the parasitic nematode Brugia malayi inhibits human neutrophil serine proteinases. Blood, 94: 1418-1428.

Yu, X.-Q., Gan, H., and Kanost, M.R. (1999) An inducible C-type lectin from an insect, Manduca sexta, stimulates activation of plasma prophenol oxidase. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 29: 585-597.

Wang, Y., Jiang, H. Kanost, M.R. (1999) Biological activity of Manduca sexta paralytic and plasmatocyte spreading peptide and primary structure of its hemolymph precursor. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 29: 1075-1086.

Yu, X.-Q., Prakash, O., and Kanost, M.R. (1999) Structure of a paralytic peptide from an insect, Manduca sexta. J. Peptide Res. 54: 256-261.

Yu, X.-Q. and Kanost, M.R. (1999) Developmental expression of Manduca sexta hemolin. Arch. Insect. Biochem. Physiol. 42: 198-212.

Ma, C. and Kanost, M.R. (2000) A ,1-3-glucan-recognition protein from an insect, Manduca sexta, agglutinates microorganisms and activates the phenoloxidase cascade. J. Biol. Chem. 275: 7505-75143..

Review Articles and Book Chapters

Kanost, M.R., McDonald, H.L., Locke, J., Bradfield, J.Y., and Wyatt, G.R. (1987) Cloning and expression of the gene for apolipophorin-III from Locusta migratoria. In "Molecular Entomology" UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, New Series, Volume 49. J. Law, (ed.) Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York. pp. 275-284.

Dunn, P.E., Kanost, M.R., and Drake, D.R. (1987) Increase in serum lysozyme following injection of bacteria into larvae of Manduca sexta. In "Molecular Entomology" UCLA Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, New Series, Volume 49. J. Law (ed.) Alan R. Liss, Inc., New York. pp. 381-390.

Kanost, M.R., Kawooya, J.K., Law, J.H., Ryan, R.O., Van Heusden, M.C. and Ziegler, R. (1990) Insect Haemolymph Proteins. Adv. Insect Physiol. 22:299-396.

Kanost, M.R. (1990) Serine protease inhibitors from the serpin gene family in Manduca sexta and Drosophila melanogaster. In "Molecular Insect Science," H.H. Hagedorn, J.G. Hildebrand, M.G. Kidwell and J.H. Law (eds.), Plenum, New York, pp. 139-146.

Sugumaran, M. and Kanost, M.R. (1993) Regulation of insect hemolymph phenoloxidases. In "Parasites and Pathogens of Insects" (N. Beckage, S.N. Thompson, B.A. Federici, eds.) Academic Press. pp. 317-342.

Kanost, M.R. and Zhao, L. (1996) Insect hemolymph proteins from the Ig superfamily. Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology, 23:185-197.

Kanost, M.R. and Jiang, H. (1996) Proteinase inhibitors in invertebrate immunity. In "New Directions in Invertebrate Immunology" (K. Söderhäll, S. Iwanaga, G.R. Vasta, eds) SOS Publications, Fair Haven, NJ. pp. 155-174.

Reeck, G., Kramer, K., Baker, J., Kanost, M., Fabrick, J., and Behnke, C. (1997) Proteinase inhibitors and resistance of transgenic plants to insects. In: "Advances in Insect Control, The Role of Transgenic Plants," (N. Carozzi and M. Koziel, eds.) Taylor and Francis, Brostol, PA, pp. 157-183.

Gillespie, J.P., Kanost, M.R., and Trenczek, T. (1997) Biological Mediators of Insect Immunity. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 42: 611-643.

Kanost, M.R. and Jiang, H. (1997) Serpins from an insect, Manduca sexta. In "Chemistry and Biology of Serpins" (F.C. Church, D.D.Cunningham, D. Ginsburg, M. Hoffman, S.R. Stone, and D.M. Tollefsen, eds) Plenum, New York, pp. 155-161.

Trenczek, T. and Kanost, M.R. (1997) Insect Haemocytes: multifunctional cells in defence mechanisms. Sbornik (Czech Republic Academy of Science) 14:5-18.

Faye, I. and Kanost, M.R. (1998) Function and regulation of hemolin. In "Molecular Mechanisms of Immune Responses in Insects" (P.T. Brey and D. Hultmark, eds) Chapman and Hall, New York, pp. 173-188.

Trenczek, T., Willott, E., and Kanost, M.R. (1998) Preparation of monoclonal antibodies to insect hemocytes. In "Manual of Techniques for Insect Immunology," Academic Press, In press.

Reeck, G., Oppert, B., Denton, M, Kanost, M, Baker, J., Kramer K. (1999) Insect Proteinases. In "Proteases" (V. Turk, ed.) Birkhauser, Basel, in press.

Kanost, M.R. (1999) Proteinase inhibitors in arthropod immunity. Dev. Comp. Immunol. 23: 291-301.

Jiang, H. and Kanost, M.R. (2000) The clip-domain family of serine proteinases in arthropods. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 30: 95-105.

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