NEURONAL ORIGIN OF BOMBESIN-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN THE RAT GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT
NEURONAL ORIGIN OF BOMBESIN-LIKE IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN THE RAT GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT
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DOI:
10.1016/0306-4522(79)90019-8
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
WALSH, JH
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作者:
DOCKRAY, GJ;VAILLANT, C;WALSH, JH
Extracts of muscle and mucosal layers of the rat stomach contained material cross-reacting in radioimmunoassays for the amphibian [Bombina bombina] skin peptide bombesin. In the intestine, immunoreactive bombesin was confined to the muscle layers. Two molecular forms of immunoreactive bombesin were identified; one of these components was eluted in a similar position to tetradecapeptide bombesin on gel filtration and accounted for about 90% of the immunoreactivity in intestinal extracts, compared with about 40% in the stomach. The 2 components were distinguishable from synthetic bombesin and from the structurally related peptide substance P on the basis of their pattern of immunochemical properties with 3 different antisera. Immunohistochemical studies using the same antisera revealed a rich distribution of nerve fibers in the mucosa of the rat stomach, but few fibers were seen in the intestinal mucosa. Abundant fibers with bombesin-like immunoreactivity were found surrounding nerve cell bodies in the myenteric plexus throughout the gut. Immunoreactive nerve cell bodies were not identified, neither was convincing evidence obtained to indicate the presence of bombesin in mucosal endocrine cells. Bombesin-like peptides may be neurotransmitters in the gut and could play a role in the modulation of gastrointestinal motility and in the release of gastrin.