GABA and nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivities are colocalized in a subset of inhibitory motor neurons of the guinea-pig small intestine
GABA and nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivities are colocalized in a subset of inhibitory motor neurons of the guinea-pig small intestine
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GABA 和一氧化氮合酶免疫反应性共定位于豚鼠小肠的抑制性运动神经元子集中
作者:
S. Williamson;S. Pompolo;J. Furness
Abstract.Simultaneous immunofluorescence labelling was used to determine the patterns of colocalization of immunoreactivity for γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA-IR) with immunoreactivity for nitric oxide synthase (NOS), vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and tachykinins (TK) in nerve cells and fibres of the guinea-pig small intestine. GABA-IR nerve cell bodies were located in the myenteric plexus and varicose fibres innervated the circular and longitudinal muscle, but did not form pericellular endings in the myenteric ganglia. GABA-IR nerve cells comprised 4–5% of all nerve cells in the myenteric ganglia. Of GABA-IR myenteric nerve cells, about 85% had NOS-IR and of GABA-IR nerve fibres in both muscle layers, about 75% were NOS-IR. Conversely, 20% of NOS-IR nerve cells were GABA-IR. About 6% of GABA-IR nerve fibres innervating the circular muscle, but none innervating the longitudinal muscle, were TK-IR. Most GABA-IR fibres supplying the circular muscle, but none of those supplying the longitudinal muscle, were VIP-IR. From this study, and previous studies of projections of enteric neurons, it is concluded that most GABA-IR neurons in the guinea-pig small intestine are inhibitory motor neurons that also contain NOS-IR. A small proportion represents anally directed excitatory motor neurons that innervate the circular muscle and are also immunoreactive for TK.
DOI:
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发表时间:
1992
期刊:
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics
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作者:
Osthaus,LE;Galligan,JJ
通讯作者:
Galligan,JJ