Peptide neurons in the vagus, splanchnic and sciatic nerves.
Peptide neurons in the vagus, splanchnic and sciatic nerves.
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迷走神经、内脏神经和坐骨神经中的肽神经元。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1748-1716.1978.tb06307.x
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发表时间:
1978
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Saml Sald
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作者:
J. Lundberg;Tomas Hökfelt;ÖRan Nilsson;L. Terenius;Jens F. Rehfeld;Robert Elde;Saml Sald
Peripheral nerves in general contain both motor and sensory fibres. The classical transmitter substances in the motor nerves are either acetylcholine (Loewi, 1921) or noradrenaline (Euler 1956), although a non-cholinergic, non-adrenergic component also has been described (see Burnstock 1972). In addition peptides have been observed eg in extracts of the vagus nerve, including substance P (SP)(Euler 1963), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)(Said and Rosenberg 1976), gastrin (GAS)(Uvnas-Wallensten eta/. 1977) and somatostatin (SOM)(Uvnas-Wallensten et a/. 1978). In the present communication 3 different types of peripheral nerves were studied by the indirect immunofluorescence technique using antisera to several peptides. With this approach it was attempted to define further the cellular localization of such peptides.10 male albino rats (b. wt. 150-200 g) and 10 male guinea pigs (b. wt. 300400 g) were subjected to the following treatments according to the techniques described by Dahlstrom (1971). The vagus nerve was ligated at the cervical level, the greater splanchnic nerve at the subdiaphragmatic level and the sciatic nerve one cm below the foramen infrapiriforme. In 5 other animals of each kind colchicine (20%) or vinblastine (1 yo) were applied locally on the nodose ganglion and on the first sacral spinal ganglion. These drugs and the ligation technique were used to increase the levels of the peptides, since in untreated animals the cell bodies and axons often contain too low amounts to be visualized with immunocytochemistry. 24 h after both types of treatment the animals were perfused with icecold 4% paraformaldehyde and the nerves and ganglia were processed for the indirect immunofluorescence technique (see Coons 1958). Briefly, cryostat sections were incubated with an antiserum raised to one of the peptides, SP, SOM, VIP, GAS and methionine-enkephalin (met-ENK) followed by a second incubation with fluorescein-isothiocyanate conjugated antibodies and examined in a Zeiss fluorescence microscope. The different antisera pretreated with an excess of the respective peptide served as control sera. For further details on experimental procedures including characteristics of antisera, see Lundberg et a/.(1979). It should, however, be pointed out that the GAS antiserum also cross-reacts with cholecystokinin (CCK).