DIFFERENTIAL-EFFECTS OF CAPSAICIN ON THE CONTENT OF SOMATOSTATIN, SUBSTANCE-P, AND NEUROTENSIN IN THE NERVOUS-SYSTEM OF THE RAT
DIFFERENTIAL-EFFECTS OF CAPSAICIN ON THE CONTENT OF SOMATOSTATIN, SUBSTANCE-P, AND NEUROTENSIN IN THE NERVOUS-SYSTEM OF THE RAT
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00500070
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
LEMBECK, F
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作者:
GAMSE, R;LEEMAN, SE;LEMBECK, F
The distribution of immunoreactive substance P (I-SP), somatostatin (I-SRIF) and neurotensin (I-NT) and the effect of capsaicin treatment on the concentration of these peptides were studied in the peripheral nervous system and CNS of the rat. Neonatal capsaicin treatment (50 mg/kg s.c.) caused a depletion of I-SRIF as well as of I-SP in sensory nerves and in the dorsal half of the spinal cord. No recovery of the peptide content was found when examined 4 mo. later suggesting an irreversible effect. I-NT, not a constituent of primary sensory neurons, was not changed in the spinal cord. None of the peptides studies was depleted in the hypothalamus or preoptic area. Capsaicin treatment of adult rats also led to a decrease of I-SRIF and I-SP in primary sensory neurons. The highest dose used (950 mg/kg s.c.) induced no greater depletion than the lowest one (50 mg/kg), except for I-SP in dorsal root ganglia. Capsaicin injection led to a higher degree of depletion than s.c. administration as examined 1 wk after treatment. In contrast to neonatal treatment, the I-SRIF content was completely restored within 4 mo. after treatment of adult rats. The I-SP content did not completely recover in all areas but remained reduced in cornea, vagus nerve, dorsal spinal cord, and medulla oblongata for up to 9 mo. Intraventricular administration of capsaicin (200 .mu.g) caused a depletion of I-SP in the medulla oblongata but had no effect on the content of all 3 peptides in hypothalamus or preoptic area. In contrast to systemic treatment, no depletion of I-SP or I-SRIF was found in the trigeminal ganglion. Chemosensitivity of the eye was abolished after intraventricular or systemic treatment. Repeated topical application of a capsaicin solution (10 mg/ml) to the eye led within 4 h to a nearly complete depletion of I-SP in the cornea. Capsaicin treatment of rats caused a depletion of both I-SRIF and I-SP in primary sensory neurons. While topical or systemic capsaicin administration caused depletion in terminals, the failure of intraventricular injections of capsaicin to deplete the peptides in the trigeminal ganglion suggests that depletion of the entire neuron requires an action of capsaicin on the peripheral branch and/or the cell body.