
Fig. 6. Antagonistic effect of cyclic GMP on Malpighian tubules of Tenebrio molitor already stimulated with cyclic AMP. Each point shows the mean ± S.E.M. for 810 tubules. Responses are shown for 0.5 mmol l1 cyclic AMP in combination with 0.5 mmol l1 cyclic GMP (broken line), 0.5 mmol l1 cyclic AMP with 1 mmol l1 cyclic GMP (dashed line) and 0.25 mmol l1 cyclic AMP with 1 mmol l1 cyclic GMP (solid line). The horizontal dotted bar indicates the period during which tubules were exposed to cyclic AMP, and the horizontal filled bar indicates the period of exposure to cyclic GMP.