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Navarro VP, Iyomasa MM, Leite-Panissi CRA, Almeida MC, Branco LGS. New role of the trigeminal nerve as a neuronal pathway signaling brain in acute periodontitis: participation of local prostaglandins. Pflugers Arch 2006; 453:73-82. [PMID: 16902799 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-006-0113-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2006] [Revised: 05/22/2006] [Accepted: 06/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The systemic induction of cytokines and prostaglandins plays a key role in the development of fever. However, whether fever is triggered by local injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and the involvement of locally produced prostaglandins in periodontal tissue has never been assessed. Thus, we tested the hypothesis that the trigeminal nerve is a neuronal pathway that signals the brain during acute periodontitis, and this response involves prostaglandin induction. Rats were given a gingival intra-pouch injection of sterile saline or Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide, at doses of 10 and 100 microg/kg. Some animals were pre-treated with the local anesthetic mepivacaine or had the peripheral branches of the trigeminal nerves transected. Another group of animals were pre-treated (locally or systemically) with the nonselective inhibitor of cyclooxygenases diclofenac. Body core temperature (T (b)) was measured by means of biotelemetry before and after injections. LPS elicited a dose-dependent increase in T (b), which was abolished by mepivacaine, bilateral transection of the peripheral branches of the trigeminal nerve, or local treatment with diclofenac. The results indicate that there is an activation of periodontal nerves to induce fever by LPS. It also shows that local formation of prostaglandins plays a role in fever development. Moreover, immunohistochemistry detected c-fos expression in the subnucleus caudalis of spinal trigeminal nucleus and in the preoptic area of the hypothalamus 2 and 3 h after LPS injection, further confirming the role of trigeminal nerve signaling brain in acute periodontitis.
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- Valeria P Navarro
- Dental School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, 14040-904 Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Joachim RA, Cifuentes LB, Sagach V, Quarcoo D, Hagen E, Arck PC, Fischer A, Klapp BF, Dinh QT. Stress induces substance P in vagal sensory neurons innervating the mouse airways. Clin Exp Allergy 2006; 36:1001-10. [PMID: 16911356 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2006.02533.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Tachykinins-like substance P (SP) have been shown to play an important role in initiating and perpetuating airway inflammation. Furthermore, they are supposed to be released into tissues in response to stress. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of stress alone or in combination with allergic airway inflammation on SP expression in sensory neurons innervating the mouse airways. METHODS Balb/c mice were systemically sensitized to ovalbumin (OVA), followed by allergen aerosol exposure, and compared with non-sensitized controls. Additionally, OVA-sensitized and -challenged and non-sensitized mice were exposed to sound stress. SP expression in airway-specific and overall vagal sensory neurons of the jugular and nodose ganglion complex was analysed using retrograde neuronal tracing in combination with immunohistochemistry. Preprotachykinin A (PPT-A) mRNA, the precursor for SP, was quantified in lung tissue by real-time PCR. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid was obtained, and cell numbers and differentiation were determined. RESULTS Stress and/or allergic airway inflammation significantly increased SP expression in retrograde-labelled vagal sensory neurons from the mouse lower airways compared with controls [stress: 15.7+/-0.8% (% of retrograde-labelled neurons, mean+/-SEM); allergen: 17.9+/-0.4%; allergen/stress: 13.1+/-0.7% vs. controls: 6.3+/-0.3%]. Similarly, SP expression increased in overall vagal sensory neurons identified by the neuronal marker protein gene product (PGP) 9.5 [stress: 9.3+/-0.6% (% of PGP 9.5-positive neurons, means+/-SEM); allergen: 12.5+/-0.4%; allergen/stress: 10.2+/-0.4% vs. controls: 5.1+/-0.3%]. Furthermore, stress significantly increased PPT-A mRNA expression in lung tissue from OVA-sensitized and -challenged animals, and immune cells were identified as an additional source of SP in the lung by immunohistochemistry. Associated with enhanced neuronal SP expression, a significantly higher number of leucocytes were found in the BAL following allergen exposure. Further, stress significantly increased allergen-induced airway inflammation identified by increased leucocyte numbers in BAL fluids. CONCLUSION The central event of sound stress leads to the stimulation of SP expression in airway-specific neurons. However, in sensitized stressed mice an additional local source of SP (probably inflammatory cells) might enhance allergic airway inflammation.
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- R A Joachim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Charite Universitatsmedizin, Berlin.
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Bombardi C, Chiocchetti R, Brunetti O, Grandis A, Lucchi ML, Bortolami R. Central distribution of nociceptive intradental afferent nerve fibers in the rat. Tissue Cell 2006; 38:251-5. [PMID: 16824568 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2006.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2005] [Revised: 05/05/2006] [Accepted: 05/09/2006] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The central distribution of intradental afferent nerve fibers was investigated by combining electron microscopic observations with a selective method for inducing degeneration of the A delta- and C-type afferent fibers. Degenerating terminals were found on the proprioceptive mesencephalic trigeminal neurons and on dendrites in the neuropil of the trigeminal motor nucleus after application of capsaicin to the rat's lower incisor tooth pulp. The results give anatomical evidence of new sites of central projection of intradental A delta- and C-type fibers whereby the nociceptive information from the tooth pulp can affect jaw muscle activity.
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- C Bombardi
- Dipartimento di Morfofisiologia Veterinaria e Produzioni Animali, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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Peptidergic nerves in the eye, their source and potential pathophysiological relevance. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 53:39-62. [PMID: 16872680 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2006.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2005] [Revised: 06/09/2006] [Accepted: 06/13/2006] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Over the last five decades, several neuropeptides have been discovered which subsequently have been found to be highly conserved during evolution, to be widely distributed both in the central and peripheral nervous system and which act as neurotransmitters and/or neuromodulators. In the eye, the first peptide to be explored was substance P which was reported to be present in the retina but also in peripherally innervated tissues of the eye. Substance P is certainly the best characterized peptide which has been found in sensory neurons innervating the eye. Functionally, it has been shown to act trophically on corneal wound healing and to participate in the irritative response in lower mammals, a model for neurogenic inflammation, where it mediates the noncholinergic nonadrenergic contraction of the sphincter muscle. Over the last three decades, the interest has extended to investigate the presence and distribution of other neuropeptides including calcitonin gene-related peptide, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, neuropeptide Y, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptides, cholecystokinin, somatostatin, neuronal nitric oxide, galanin, neurokinin A or secretoneurin and important functional results have been obtained for these peptides. This review focuses on summarizing the current knowledge about neuropeptides in the eye excluding the retina and retinal pigment epithelium and to elucidate their potential functional significance.
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Lazarov NE, Gratzl M. Selective expression of histamine receptors in rat mesencephalic trigeminal neurons. Neurosci Lett 2006; 404:67-71. [PMID: 16797837 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2006] [Revised: 05/19/2006] [Accepted: 05/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The perikarya of sensory neurons of the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus (MTN) receive dense histaminergic hypothalamic innervation. In this study, we examine the yet unknown expression and localization of histamine receptors in the rat MTN using immunohistochemistry with subtype-specific antibodies. Same as the masticatory muscle spindle somata H1 receptors were located along the entire MTN, whereas H3 receptors were detected in the caudal pontine part of the nucleus, which receives input from periodontal afferents. Most of the immunostained cell bodies were surrounded by histidine decarboxylase-, histamine- or vesicular monoamine transporter 2-containing pericellular varicose fibers and terminals in a basket-like manner. Our results suggest that rat MTN neurons are directly influenced by histaminergic descending projections from the hypothalamus. It can be inferred that processing of proprioceptive information at the level of the MTN is controlled via histamine H1 and H3 receptors through different postsynaptic mechanisms.
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- Nikolai E Lazarov
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Thracian University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
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Kolesár D, Kolesárová M, Schreiberová A, Lacková M, Marsala J. Distribution of NADPH Diaphorase-Exhibiting Primary Afferent Neurons in the Trigeminal Ganglion and Mesencephalic Trigeminal Nucleus of the Rabbit. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2006; 26:1265-79. [PMID: 16773444 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-006-9079-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2005] [Accepted: 04/24/2006] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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1. Nitric oxide (NO) is highly reactive gaseous molecule to which many physiological and pathological functions have been attributed in the central (CNS) and peripheral (PNS) nervous system. The present investigation was undertaken to map the distribution pattern of the enzyme responsible for the synthesis of NO, nitric oxide synthase (NOS), and especially its neuronal isoform (nNOS) in the population of primary afferent neurons of the trigeminal ganglion (TG) and mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus (MTN) of the rabbit. 2. In order to identify neuronal structures expressing nNOS we applied histochemistry to its specific histochemical marker nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase (NADPHd). 3. We found noticeable amount of NADPHd-exhibiting primary afferent neurons in TG of the rabbit under physiological conditions. The intensity of the histochemical reaction was highly variable reaching the maximum in the subpopulation of small-to-medium-sized neurons. The large-sized neurons were only weakly stained or actually did not posses any NADPHd-activity. In addition, NADPHd-positive nerve fibers were detected between clusters of the ganglionic cells and in the peripheral branches of the trigeminal nerve (TN). NADPHd-exhibiting MTN neurons were noticed in the whole rostrocaudal extent of the nucleus even though some differences were found concerning the ratio of NADPHd-positive versus NADPHd-negative cell bodies. Similarly, we observed striking diversity in the intensity of NADPHd histochemical reaction in the subpopulations of small-, medium-, and large-sized MTN neurons. 4. The predominant localization of NADPHd in the subpopulation of small-to-medium-sized TG neurons which are generally considered to be nociceptive suggests that NO probably takes part in the modulation of nociceptive inputs from the head and face. Furthermore, we tentatively assume that NADPHd-exhibiting MTN neurons probably participate in transmission and modulation of the proprioceptive impulses from muscle spindles of the masticatory muscles and mechanoreceptors of the periodontal ligaments and thus provide sensory feedback of the masticatory reflex arc.
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- Dalibor Kolesár
- Institute of Neurobiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovak Republic.
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Damann N, Rothermel M, Klupp BG, Mettenleiter TC, Hatt H, Wetzel CH. Chemosensory properties of murine nasal and cutaneous trigeminal neurons identified by viral tracing. BMC Neurosci 2006; 7:46. [PMID: 16762059 PMCID: PMC1533842 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-7-46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2006] [Accepted: 06/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Somatosensation of the mammalian head is mainly mediated by the trigeminal nerve that provides innervation of diverse tissues like the face skin, the conjunctiva of the eyes, blood vessels and the mucouse membranes of the oral and nasal cavities. Trigeminal perception encompasses thermosensation, touch, and pain. Trigeminal chemosensation from the nasal epithelia mainly evokes stinging, burning, or pungent sensations. In vitro characterization of trigeminal primary sensory neurons derives largely from analysis of complete neuronal populations prepared from sensory ganglia. Thus, functional properties of primary trigeminal afferents depending on the area of innervation remain largely unclear. Results We established a PrV based tracing technique to identify nasal and cutaneous trigeminal neurons in vitro. This approach allowed analysis and comparison of identified primary afferents by means of electrophysiological and imaging measurement techniques. Neurons were challenged with several agonists that were reported to exhibit specificity for known receptors, including TRP channels and purinergic receptors. In addition, TTX sensitivity of sodium currents and IB4 binding was investigated. Compared with cutaneous neurons, a larger fraction of nasal trigeminal neurons showed sensitivity for menthol and capsaicin. These findings pointed to TRPM8 and TRPV1 receptor protein expression largely in nasal neurons whereas for cutaneous neurons these receptors are present only in a smaller fraction. The majority of nasal neurons lacked P2X3 receptor-mediated currents but showed P2X2-mediated responses when stimulated with ATP. Interestingly, cutaneous neurons revealed largely TTX resistant sodium currents. A significantly higher fraction of nasal and cutaneous afferents showed IB4 binding when compared to randomly chosen trigeminal neurons. Conclusion In conclusion, the usability of PrV mediated tracing of primary afferents was demonstrated. Using this technique it could be shown that compared with neurons innervating the skin nasal trigeminal neurons reveal pronounced chemosensitivity for TRPM8 and TRPV1 channel agonists and only partially meet properties typical for nociceptors. In contrast to P2X3 receptors, TRPM8 and TRPV1 receptors seem to be of pronounced physiological relevance for intranasal trigeminal sensation.
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- Nils Damann
- Lehrstuhl für Zellphysiologie, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
- International Graduate School of Neuroscience (IGSN), Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Zellphysiologie, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit, Insel Riems, Germany
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- Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit, Insel Riems, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Zellphysiologie, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
- International Graduate School of Neuroscience (IGSN), Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Zellphysiologie, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
- International Graduate School of Neuroscience (IGSN), Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
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Piao L, Lee H, Li HY, Park CK, Cho IH, Piao ZG, Jung SJ, Choi SY, Lee SJ, Park K, Kim JS, Oh SB. Mechanosensitivity of voltage-gated K+currents in rat trigeminal ganglion neurons. J Neurosci Res 2006; 83:1373-80. [PMID: 16493687 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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We investigated the mechanosensitivity of voltage-gated K+ channel (VGPC) currents by using whole-cell patch clamp recording in rat trigeminal ganglion (TG) neurons. On the basis of biophysical and pharmacological properties, two types of VGPC currents were isolated. One was transient (I(K,A)), the other sustained (I(K,V)). Hypotonic stimulation (200 mOsm) markedly increased both I(K,A) and I(K,V) without affecting their activation and inactivation kinetics. Gadolinium, a well-known blocker of mechanosensitive channels, failed to block the enhancement of I(K,A) and I(K,V) induced by hypotonic stimulation. During hypotonic stimulation, cytochalasin D, an actin-based cytoskeletal disruptor, further increased I(K,A) and I(K,V), whereas phalloidin, an actin-based cytoskeletal stabilizer, reduced I(K,A) and I(K,V). Confocal imaging with Texas red-phalloidin showed that actin-based cytoskeleton was disrupted by hypotonic stimulation, which was similar to the effect of cytochalasin D. Our results suggest that both I(K,A) and I(K,V) are mechanosensitive and that actin-based cytoskeleton is likely to regulate the mechanosensitivity of VGPC currents in TG neurons.
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MESH Headings
- Actin Cytoskeleton/drug effects
- Actin Cytoskeleton/metabolism
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytochalasin D/pharmacology
- Hypotonic Solutions/pharmacology
- Mechanoreceptors/metabolism
- Mechanotransduction, Cellular/drug effects
- Mechanotransduction, Cellular/physiology
- Membrane Potentials/drug effects
- Membrane Potentials/physiology
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Neurons, Afferent/cytology
- Neurons, Afferent/drug effects
- Neurons, Afferent/metabolism
- Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Phalloidine/pharmacology
- Potassium Channel Blockers/pharmacology
- Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated/drug effects
- Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Trigeminal Ganglion/cytology
- Trigeminal Ganglion/drug effects
- Trigeminal Ganglion/metabolism
- Xanthenes
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- Lin Piao
- Department of Physiology and Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Program, College of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Chongno-Ku, Seoul, Korea
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Quartu M, Serra MP, Mascia F, Boi M, Lai ML, Spano A, Del Fiacco M. GDNF family ligand receptor components Ret and GFRalpha-1 in the human trigeminal ganglion and sensory nuclei. Brain Res Bull 2006; 69:393-403. [PMID: 16624671 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2005] [Revised: 12/21/2005] [Accepted: 02/09/2006] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The occurrence of Ret and GFRalpha-1 receptors is shown by immunohistochemistry in the human trigeminal sensory system at pre-, postnatal and adult age. Receptor-labeled neurons occur in both trigeminal ganglion and mesencephalic nucleus. In adult trigeminal ganglion, about 75% of Ret- and 65% of GFRalpha-1-labeled neurons are small- and medium-sized. The proportion of Ret+ and GFRalpha-1+ trigeminal ganglion neurons in the adult is about 25 and 60%, respectively. The majority of Ret+ are double labeled for GFRalpha-1 and glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF). Most of the GFRalpha-1+ cells contain GDNF and about 50% of them contain Ret. Triple labeling shows many Ret+/GDNF+/GFRalpha-1+ neurons, but also a number of Ret-/GDNF+/GFRalpha-1+ and Ret+/GDNF-/GFRalpha-1+ cells. Both Ret+ and GFRalpha-1+ neuronal subpopulations overlap with that containing calcitonin gene-related peptide. Ret+ pericellular basket-like nerve fibers occur in the adult trigeminal ganglion. Centrally, immunoreactivity is restricted to the spinal nucleus pars caudalis and pars interpolaris and to the mesencephalic nucleus. In adult specimens, Ret+ nerve fibers and puncta gather in the inner substantia gelatinosa. Ret+ neurons occur in the spinal nucleus and are more frequent in newborn than in adult subjects. Central GFRalpha-1+-labeled neurons and punctate elements are sparse. These findings support the involvement of GDNF and possibly other cognate ligands in the trophism of human trigeminal primary sensory neurons from prenatal life to adulthood, indicating a selective commitment to cells devoted to protopathic and proprioceptive sensory transmission. They also support the possibility that receptor molecules other than Ret could be active in transducing the ligand signal.
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- Marina Quartu
- Department of Cytomorphology, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, 09042 Monserrato, Italy
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Simonetti M, Fabbro A, D'Arco M, Zweyer M, Nistri A, Giniatullin R, Fabbretti E. Comparison of P2X and TRPV1 receptors in ganglia or primary culture of trigeminal neurons and their modulation by NGF or serotonin. Mol Pain 2006; 2:11. [PMID: 16566843 PMCID: PMC1448213 DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-2-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2006] [Accepted: 03/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cultured sensory neurons are a common experimental model to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of pain transduction typically involving activation of ATP-sensitive P2X or capsaicin-sensitive TRPV1 receptors. This applies also to trigeminal ganglion neurons that convey pain inputs from head tissues. Little is, however, known about the plasticity of these receptors on trigeminal neurons in culture, grown without adding the neurotrophin NGF which per se is a powerful algogen. The characteristics of such receptors after short-term culture were compared with those of ganglia. Furthermore, their modulation by chronically-applied serotonin or NGF was investigated. RESULTS Rat or mouse neurons in culture mainly belonged to small and medium diameter neurons as observed in sections of trigeminal ganglia. Real time RT-PCR, Western blot analysis and immunocytochemistry showed upregulation of P2X(3) and TRPV1 receptors after 1-4 days in culture (together with their more frequent co-localization), while P2X(2) ones were unchanged. TRPV1 immunoreactivity was, however, lower in mouse ganglia and cultures. Intracellular Ca(2+) imaging and whole-cell patch clamping showed functional P2X and TRPV1 receptors. Neurons exhibited a range of responses to the P2X agonist alpha, beta-methylene-adenosine-5'-triphosphate indicating the presence of homomeric P2X(3) receptors (selectively antagonized by A-317491) and heteromeric P2X(2/3) receptors. The latter were observed in 16 % mouse neurons only. Despite upregulation of receptors in culture, neurons retained the potential for further enhancement of P2X(3) receptors by 24 h NGF treatment. At this time point TRPV1 receptors had lost the facilitation observed after acute NGF application. Conversely, chronically-applied serotonin selectively upregulated TRPV1 receptors rather than P2X(3) receptors. CONCLUSION Comparing ganglia and cultures offered the advantage of understanding early adaptive changes of nociception-transducing receptors of trigeminal neurons. Culturing did not prevent differential receptor upregulation by algogenic substances like NGF or serotonin, indicating that chronic application led to distinct plastic changes in the molecular mechanisms mediating pain on trigeminal nociceptors.
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- Manuela Simonetti
- Neurobiology Sector, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Beirut 4, 34014 Trieste, Italy
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- Neurobiology Sector, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Beirut 4, 34014 Trieste, Italy
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- Neurobiology Sector, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Beirut 4, 34014 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Normal Human Morphology, University of Trieste, Via Manzoni 16, 34138 Trieste, Italy
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- Neurobiology Sector, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Beirut 4, 34014 Trieste, Italy
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- Neurobiology Sector, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Beirut 4, 34014 Trieste, Italy
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- Neurobiology Sector, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Via Beirut 4, 34014 Trieste, Italy
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Kobayashi K, Fukuoka T, Obata K, Yamanaka H, Dai Y, Tokunaga A, Noguchi K. Distinct expression of TRPM8, TRPA1, and TRPV1 mRNAs in rat primary afferent neurons with adelta/c-fibers and colocalization with trk receptors. J Comp Neurol 2006; 493:596-606. [PMID: 16304633 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 586] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The transient receptor potential (TRP) superfamily of cation channels contains four temperature-sensitive channels, named TRPV1-4, that are activated by heat stimuli from warm to that in the noxious range. Recently, two other members of this superfamily, TRPA1 and TRPM8, have been cloned and characterized as possible candidates for cold transducers in primary afferent neurons. Using in situ hybridization histochemistry and immunohistochemistry, we characterized the precise distribution of TRPA1, TRPM8, and TRPV1 mRNAs in the rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and trigeminal ganglion (TG) neurons. In the DRG, TRPM8 mRNA was not expressed in the TRPV1-expressing neuronal population, whereas TRPA1 mRNA was only seen in some neurons in this population. Both A-fiber and C-fiber neurons expressed TRPM8, whereas TRPV1 was almost exclusively seen in C-fiber neurons. All TRPM8-expressing neurons also expressed TrkA, whereas the expression of TRPV1 and TRPA1 was independent of TrkA expression. None of these three TRP channels were coexpressed with TrkB or TrkC. The TRPM8-expressing neurons were more abundant in the TG compared with the DRG, especially in the mandibular nerve region innervating the tongue. Our data suggest heterogeneity of TRPM8 and TRPA1 expression by subpopulations of primary afferent neurons, which may result in the difference of cold-sensitive primary afferent neurons in sensitivity to chemicals such as menthol and capsaicin and nerve growth factor.
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- Kimiko Kobayashi
- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
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Puri V, Chandrala S, Puri S, Daniel CG, Klein RM, Berman NEJ. Ghrelin is expressed in trigeminal neurons of female mice in phase with the estrous cycle. Neuropeptides 2006; 40:35-46. [PMID: 16376425 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2005.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2005] [Accepted: 10/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Several disorders mediated by the trigeminal nerve including migraine and temporomandibular disorder (TMD) are more common in women than in men, and painful attacks are often linked to the menstrual cycle. Estrogen receptors in trigeminal neurons may be involved in regulating neuronal function, causing changes in sensitivity that contribute to these attacks. In a previous study, we demonstrated that expression of specific neuropeptides including galanin and neuropeptide Y in trigeminal ganglia of female rodents varies with the estrous cycle. In this study, we examined expression of the orexigenic peptide ghrelin in trigeminal ganglia of cycling female mice. RT-PCR studies demonstrated that ghrelin mRNA is upregulated by over 5-fold at the high estrogen stages of the cycle, proestrus and early estrus over the levels expressed at the low estrogen stage of the cycle, diestrus. Double-labeling immunohistochemical studies and cell size measurements were conducted to identify the phenotype of neurons in trigeminal ganglia containing ghrelin. Ghrelin was present in trigeminal neurons containing peripherin, a marker of neurons with unmyelinated axons, in trigeminal neurons binding IB4, a marker of nonpeptidergic nociceptors, in trigeminal neurons containing neurofilament H, a marker of neurons with myelinated axons, and in trigeminal neurons containing the neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). Ghrelin-positive neurons averaged 25.6 microm in diameter, but included neurons in all the size ranges except the smallest peripherin-positive neurons. Thus, nearly all of the major populations of trigeminal neurons including peptidergic and nonpeptidergic nociceptors contain ghrelin. These studies suggest that ghrelin, a multifunctional peptide, may contribute to the mechanism linking orofacial pain syndromes in females, including temporomandibular disorder and migraine, to cyclical hormonal changes.
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- Veena Puri
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Mail Stop 3038, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
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Sköld K, Svensson M, Nilsson A, Zhang X, Nydahl K, Caprioli RM, Svenningsson P, Andrén PE. Decreased Striatal Levels of PEP-19 Following MPTP Lesion in the Mouse. J Proteome Res 2006; 5:262-9. [PMID: 16457591 DOI: 10.1021/pr050281f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PEP-19 is a neuronal calmodulin-binding protein, and as such, a putative modulator of calcium regulated processes. In the present study, we used proteomics technology approaches such as peptidomics and imaging MALDI mass spectrometry, as well as traditional techniques (immunoblotting and in situ hybridization) to identify PEP-19 and, specifically, to measure PEP-19 mRNA and protein levels in an animal model of Parkinson's disease. 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) administration in mice resulted in a significant decrease in striatal PEP-19 mRNA. Capillary nano-flow liquid chromatography electrospray mass spectrometry analysis of striatal tissue revealed a significant decrease of the PEP-19 protein level. Moreover, imaging MALDI mass spectrometry also showed that PEP-19 protein was predominantly localized to the striatum of the brain tissue cross sections. After MPTP administration, PEP-19 levels were significantly reduced by 30%. We conclude that PEP-19 mRNA and protein expression are decreased in the striatum of a common animal model of Parkinson's disease. Further studies are needed to show the specific involvement of PEP-19 in the neurodegeneration seen in MPTP lesioned animals. Finally, this study has shown that the combination of traditional molecular biology techniques with novel, highly specific and sensitive mass spectrometry methods is advantageous in characterizing molecular events of many diseases, including Parkinson's disease.
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- Karl Sköld
- Laboratory for Biological and Medical Mass Spectrometry, Uppsala University, Box 583 Biomedical Centre, SE-75123 Uppsala, Sweden
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Jansen-Olesen I, Zhou M, Zinck T, Xu CB, Edvinsson L. Expression of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Trigeminal Ganglion Cells during Culture. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2005; 97:355-63. [PMID: 16364050 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2005.pto_195.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signalling molecule that has been suggested to be a key molecule for induction and maintenance of migraine attacks based on clinical studies, animal experimental studies and the expression of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) immunoreactivity within the trigeminovascular system. Sensitisation of the trigeminal system including the trigeminal ganglia neurones is believed to be involved in the pathway leading to migraine pain. In the present study, the NOS expression in rat primary trigeminal ganglia neurones was examined at different time points using immunocytochemistry, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blotting. In trigeminal ganglia cells not subjected to culture, endothelial (e) and neuronal (n) but not inducible (i) NOS mRNA and protein were detected. Culture of rat neurones resulted in a rapid axonal outgrowth of NOS positive fibres. At 12, 24 and 48 hr of culture, NOS immunoreactivity was detected in medium-sized trigeminal ganglia cells. Western blotting and RT-PCR revealed an up-regulation of inducible iNOS expression during culture. However, after culture only low levels of eNOS protein was found while no eNOS and nNOS mRNA and protein could be detected. The data suggest that iNOS expression may be a molecular mechanism mediating the adaptive response of trigeminal ganglia cells to the serum free stressful stimulus the culture environment provides. It may act as a cellular signalling molecule that is expressed after cell activation.
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- Inger Jansen-Olesen
- Department of Clinical Experimental Research, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, 2600 Glostrup, Denmark.
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Stoyanova II, Lazarov NE. Localization of orexin-A-immunoreactive fibers in the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus of the rat. Brain Res 2005; 1054:82-7. [PMID: 16054597 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.06.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2005] [Revised: 06/21/2005] [Accepted: 06/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Orexin A is a neuropeptide located exclusively in neurons in the hypothalamic nuclei involved in the central regulation of many brain functions, related to motor activity and state-dependent processes. Orexins modulate behavioral state via actions across multiple terminal fields. In order to determine whether the mesencephalic trigeminal neurons may receive a direct hypothalamic orexinergic input, the distribution of orexin A immunoreactivity was examined in the rat mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus (MTN), using orexin A immunohistochemistry. Orexin-A-immunostained nerve fibers and terminals were found in a close apposition to the perikarya of primary afferent neurons in the MTN with a marked rostrocaudal gradient in their density. In the caudal pontine MTN, only scattered orexin-A-immunoreactive fibers were found, while more rostrally in the pons, and in the midbrain-pontine junction part of the nucleus, orexin-A-immunopositive varicosities were relatively more abundant, located in close proximity to or often surrounding the neuronal profiles. At the level of the inferior or superior colliculi, a large number of orexin-A-containing neuronal processes and terminal arborizations were observed traveling toward and contacting mesencephalic trigeminal neurons, some of which were multipolar. The results of this study show that MTN neurons receive orexin A hypothalamic innervation with a somatotopic arrangement of the projections in the nucleus. The central orexinergic system may exert direct influence upon jaw movements at the level of the MTN and thus to participate in the control of feeding behavior.
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- Irina I Stoyanova
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Thracian University, P. O. Box 1025, BG-6010 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
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Baljet B, VanderWerf F. Connections between the lacrimal gland and sensory trigeminal neurons: a WGA/HRP study in the cynomolgous monkey. J Anat 2005; 206:257-63. [PMID: 15733298 PMCID: PMC1571477 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00374.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The sensory innervation of the lacrimal gland (LG) in the cynomolgous monkey was studied using the retrograde wheat germ agglutinin/horsereadish peroxidase (WGA/HRP) tracer technique. A small solidified piece of WGA/HRP was implanted in the LG. Labelled sensory first-order neurons were found in the ipsilateral trigeminal ganglion (TG) and in the ipsilateral mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus (MTN). The distribution of labelled TG neurons was restricted to ophthalmic and maxillary ganglionic parts. Sensory innervation of LG by primary afferents is not only restricted to TG; an MTN involvement has also been found. This may imply that there is a central sensory role in the production and release of tears.
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- Bob Baljet
- Department of Neurosciences, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Reynolds AJ, Kaasinen SK, Hendry IA. Retrograde Axonal Transport of Dopamine Beta Hydroxylase Antibodies by Neurons in the Trigeminal Ganglion. Neurochem Res 2005; 30:703-12. [PMID: 16187207 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-005-6864-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In this study we describe a population of neurons in the adult rat trigeminal ganglion (TG) that express dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), and transport anti-DBH from their terminals. We have used NGF and NT3 labeled with biotin and anti-p75NTR labeled with FITC to examine the transport of neurotrophins and their receptors by these cells. In both the superior cervical ganglion (SCG) and the TG all neurons that transported anti-DBH transported NGF. While 100% of the DBH positive neurons in the TG also transported NT3, approximately 25% of these neurons in the SCG failed to transport NT3. In the SCG virtually all the neurons transported anti-p75NTR with the neurotrophins while in the TG more than 25% of these neurons failed to transport anti-p75NTR with the neurotrophins. These findings suggest that DBH positive neurons in the TG depend upon target-derived NGF and NT3 for their noradrenergic phenotype.
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De S, Nguyen AQ, Shuler CF, Turman JE. Mesencephalic Trigeminal Nucleus Development Is Dependent on Krox-20 Expression. Dev Neurosci 2005; 27:49-58. [PMID: 15886484 DOI: 10.1159/000084532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2004] [Accepted: 11/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Krox-20, a C2H2-type zinc-finger transcription factor, plays an important role in rhombomere development. This study reveals that the Krox-20 null mutation impacts the development of mesencephalic trigeminal (Me5) neurons, a cell group traditionally thought to emerge from the mesencephalon. Based on cell counting studies, we show that Krox-20 null mutants have twice as many Me5 neurons relative to wildtypes at E15, but by birth have half the number of Me5 cells as wildtypes. TUNEL studies reveal a period of increased apoptosis from E17-P0 in mutants. The mutation does not result in differences in Me5 cell size, morphology, gene expression or peripheral projection patterns between genotypes, as demonstrated by retrograde tracing and Brn3a immunohistochemistry. The data suggest that Krox-20 regulates the period and extent of Me5 apoptosis, impacting the final number of Me5 neurons. The loss of Me5 in Krox-20-/- mice may highlight species-specific differences in the origin of these cells.
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- Shampa De
- Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Imamura S, Adams JC. Selective gentamicin uptake by cytochemical subpopulations of guinea-pig geniculate ganglion cells. Neuroscience 2005; 131:125-33. [PMID: 15680697 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cytochemical subpopulations of geniculate ganglion (GG) cells were identified in guinea-pigs using immunohistochemistry and selective gentamicin accumulation. Two subpopulations of GG cells were evident based upon their location and immunoreactivity for peptide 19 (PEP 19), for plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase (PMCA-ATPase), and for neurofilament proteins. Cells within the posterior part of GG were positive for PEP 19 and PMCA-ATPase, but not for 68 kD or 160 kD neurofilament proteins. Cells within the anterior part showed complementary staining properties. Cells within these populations showed differences in accumulation of gentamicin, depending upon the administration route. Cells within the posterior part showed avid accumulation of gentamicin when animals received the drug systemically. When the drug was administered directly into the middle ear, cells within the anterior part showed avid gentamicin accumulation. Immunostaining for gentamicin in both cell populations was much more extreme and remained so for longer post-administration times when compared with spiral ganglion and vestibular ganglion cells. The results suggest that cells in the anterior part of GG have little exposure to gentamicin in the serum and that perhaps they innervate the middle ear mucosa or they absorb the drug through their axons within the middle ear. In contrast, cells in the posterior part of GG have greater access to systemically administered gentamicin either directly or via their axon terminals.
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- S Imamura
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Yamanashi University, 1110 Shimokato, Tamaho, Yamanashi, Japan 409-3898.
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Stoyanova II, Lazarov NE. Localization of nitric oxide synthase in rat trigeminal primary afferent neurons using NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry. J Mol Histol 2005; 36:187-93. [PMID: 15900409 DOI: 10.1007/s10735-005-1694-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2004] [Accepted: 02/02/2005] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a ubiquitous gaseous neurotransmitter that has been ascribed to a large number of physiological roles in sensory neurons. It is produced by the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS). To identify the NOS-containing structures of rat trigeminal primary afferent neurons, located in the trigeminal ganglion (TrG) and mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus (MTN), histochemistry to its selective marker nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase (NADPH-d) was applied in this study. In the TrG approximately half of the neuronal population was NADPH-d reactive. Strongly positive were neurons mainly of small-to-medium size. Neuronal profiles of large diameter were less intensely stained. In addition, NADPH-d-positive nerve fibers were dispersed throughout the ganglion. Nitrergic neurons were located in the caudal part and mesencephalic-pontine junction of the MTN. Most of them were large-sized pseudounipolar cells. In a more rostral aspect, the reactive psedounipolar MTN profiles gradually decreased in number and intensity of staining. There, only a fine meshwork of stained thin fibers and perisomatic terminal arborizations, and also some isolated perikarya of NADPH-d stained multipolar MTN neurons, were observed. The predominant NADPH-d localization in smaller in size TrG neurons, which are considered nociceptive, suggests that NO may play a role in the pain transmission in the rat trigeminal afferent pathways. In addition, the wide distribution of NADPH-d activity in large pseudounipolar and certain multipolar MTN neurons provides substantial evidence that NO may also participate in mediating proprioceptive information from the orofacial region. The differential expression patterns of nitrergic fibers in the TrG and MTN suggest that trigeminal sensory information processing is controlled by nitrergic input through different mechanisms.
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- I I Stoyanova
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Thracian University, 11 Armejska Street, P.O. Box 1025, 6010 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
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Dinh QT, Groneberg DA, Peiser C, Joachim RA, Frossard N, Arck PC, Klapp BF, Fischer A. Expression of substance P and nitric oxide synthase in vagal sensory neurons innervating the mouse airways. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 126:189-94. [PMID: 15664666 DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2004.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2004] [Accepted: 09/19/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Airway sensory nerves have the capacity to release neuromediators such as substance P and nitric oxide to control airway functions. The aim of the present study was to investigate substance P and neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS-1) expression in airway-specific sensory neurons. METHODS Airway-projecting neurons in the jugular-nodose ganglia were investigated for NOS-1 and substance P expression by neuronal tracing and double-labelling immunoreactivity. RESULTS Of the Fast blue labelled neurons, 14.6+/-1.8% (mean+/-S.E.M.) were immunoreactive only for NOS-1, 3.0+/-0.3% for NOS-1 and substance P, 2.7+/-0.3% only for substance P, and 79.7+/-1.7% of the labelled neurons were nonimmunoreactive for substance P or NOS-1 but were partly positive for I-B4-lectin-binding. Fast blue labelled NOS and/or substance P-positive neurons were small to medium sized (<20 microm). CONCLUSION Based on the expression of substance P and nitric oxide synthase in airway neurons, the present study suggests that there may be substance P and NO biosynthesis and release following a peripheral activation of the afferents, there could be a triggering of substance P and NO-mediated phenomena, including those related to airway inflammation, such as plasma extravasation and vasodilatation.
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- Q Thai Dinh
- Department of Internal Medicine, Charité School of Medicine, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
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Dinh QT, Groneberg DA, Peiser C, Mingomataj E, Joachim RA, Witt C, Arck PC, Klapp BF, Fischer A. Substance P expression in TRPV1 and trkA-positive dorsal root ganglion neurons innervating the mouse lung. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2005; 144:15-24. [PMID: 15522699 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2004.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In the present study, the co-localisation of substance P (SP) with the vanilloid receptor TRPV1 and the neurotrophin receptor tyrosine kinase trkA was analysed in airway-specific murine dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. DRG neurons labelled with Fast Blue were predominantly found at the segmental levels T2-T5. Immunoreactivity for the receptor TRPV1 was localized to 12% of Fast Blue labelled DRG neurons. Double-labelling immunohistochemistry revealed that a substantial number of them also co-express SP (7.6 +/- 1.1% (mean +/- S.E.M.)), whereas neurons with immunoreactivity for TRPV1 only were found in 4.4 +/- 1.3% of the retrogradely labelled neuronal population. Further analysis of retrogradely labelled neurons showed that their majority expressed trkA (62.8 +/- 1.4%), neurofilament protein 68-kDa (64.8 +/- 1.5%) or glutamate alone (19.5 +/- 1.9%). SP was always expressed in trkA-positive neurons. Based on the extent of co-localization of SP with the receptors TRPV1 and trkA in DRG airway neurons, the present study indicates that the DRG pathway may have effects on the magnitude of neurogenic inflammation in airway diseases such as asthma.
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- Q Thai Dinh
- Department of Medicine, Charité, School of Medicine, Humboldt University, Ostring 3, R. 3.0066, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin D-13353, Germany.
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Dinh QT, Groneberg DA, Peiser C, Springer J, Joachim RA, Arck PC, Klapp BF, Fischer A. Nerve growth factor-induced substance P in capsaicin-insensitive vagal neurons innervating the lower mouse airway. Clin Exp Allergy 2005; 34:1474-9. [PMID: 15347383 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.02066.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nerve growth factor (NGF) is elevated in allergic diseases such as bronchial asthma and can lead to an induction of substance P (SP) and related neuropeptides in guinea-pigs large-diameter, neurofilament-positive airway neurons. OBJECTIVE In the present study, the effect of NGF on tyrosine kinase receptor trkA and the capsaicin receptor TRPV1 expression in airway-specific vagal sensory neurons located in the jugular-nodose ganglia complex (JNC) of mice was investigated. METHODS Using retrograde neuronal tracing in combination with double-labelling immunohistochemistry, SP, trkA- and TRPV1-receptor expression was examined in airway-specific sensory neurons of BALB/c mice before and after NGF treatment. RESULTS NGF injected into the lower airway was able to induce SP (13.0+/-2.03% vs. 5.9+/-0.33%) and trkA expression (78+/-2.66% vs. 60+/-2.11%) in larger diameter (>25 microm), capsaicin-insensitive and trkA-positive vagal sensory neurons that were retrograde-labelled with Fast Blue dye from the main stem bronchi. CONCLUSION Based on the extent of SP and trkA co-expression in airway-specific neurons by NGF treatment, the present study suggests that, following a peripheral activation of trkA receptor on SP afferent by NGF which is elevated in allergic inflammation, there may be trkA-mediated SP induction to mediate neurogenic airway inflammation.
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- Q T Dinh
- Department of Medicine, Charité-Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
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Zhang J, Yang R, Pendlebery W, Luo P. Monosynaptic circuitry of trigeminal proprioceptive afferents coordinating jaw movement with visceral and laryngeal activities in rats. Neuroscience 2005; 135:497-505. [PMID: 16111816 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.05.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2005] [Revised: 04/25/2005] [Accepted: 05/17/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Jaw movement is intimately related to various oromotor and visceral functions such as feeding, swallowing, vocalization, respiration and cardiac function. Neuronal circuitry that links jaw movement and these visceral and oromotor functions is largely unknown. The purpose of this study is to determine whether the trigeminal proprioceptive and jaw-muscle spindle afferents send axons to and synapse with the motoneurons innervating visceral organs and laryngeal muscles utilizing multiple double-labeling and physiological approaches. Double labeling of anterograde tracing combined to retrograde transport was performed by injection of biotinylated dextran amine into the mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus and cholera toxin B subunit or horseradish peroxidase into the vagus nerve and the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus neuronal terminals contacted with visceral and laryngeal muscle motoneurons in the ambiguus nucleus and the nearby intermediate reticular zone. By electron microscopic observation, we confirmed that mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus terminals made asymmetric axodendritic synapses with these motoneurons. Double labeling of physiologically characterized jaw muscle spindle afferent neurons combined with anti-choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemistry showed that jaw-muscle spindle afferent boutons closely contacted choline acetyltransferase-immunoreactive motoneurons in the ambiguus nucleus and intermediate reticular zone. This report is the first to demonstrate that the trigeminal proprioceptive afferents synapsed upon visceral and laryngeal muscle motoneurons and provide neuronal networks for the jaw-visceral and jaw-laryngeal coordination.
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- J Zhang
- Department of Pathology, University of Vermont Medical College, Burlington, VT 05401, USA
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ULUPINAR EMEL, ÜNAL NEDIM, ERZURUMLU REHAS. Morphometric analysis of embryonic rat trigeminal neurons treated with different neurotrophins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 277:396-407. [PMID: 15052666 PMCID: PMC4260803 DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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In whole-mount explant cultures of the trigeminal ganglion (TG) with intact peripheral and brainstem targets, exogenous application of nerve growth factor (NGF) and neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) leads to elongation and precocious arborization of embryonic trigeminal axons, respectively. In addition, neurotrophins play a major role in survival and differentiation of distinct classes of TG neurons. In the present study, we conducted morphometric analyses of trigeminal neurons exposed to exogenous NGF or NT-3 in whole-mount explant cultures. Explants dissected from embryonic day (E) 13 and E15 rats were cultured in the presence of serum-free medium (SFM) or in SFM supplemented with NGF or NT-3 for 3 days. TG neurons were then retrogradely labeled with lipophilic tracer DiI and their soma size distributions were compared following different treatments. The mean diameters of E13 and E15 trigeminal neurons grown in the presence of NT-3 were similar to those grown in SFM. On the other hand, in cultures supplemented with NGF, the mean diameters of neurons were larger at E13, but smaller at E15. Double immunolabeling with TrkA and TrkC antibodies confirmed the presence of large-diameter TrkA-positive neurons in E13 TG, but not in E15 TG. At both ages, other large-diameter neurons expressed only TrkC. These results show that exposure to NGF leads to phenotypic changes in TrkA-expressing trigeminal neurons at early embryonic development, but selective survival of small diameter neurons at later ages.
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- EMEL ULUPINAR
- Department of Anatomy, Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey
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- Department of Anatomy, Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Eskişehir, Turkey
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- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Correspondence to: Dr. Reha S. Erzurumlu, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1901 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA, 70112. Fax: 504-568-4392.
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Batbayar B, Nagy G, Kövesi G, Zelles T, Fehér E. Morphological basis of sensory neuropathy and neuroimmunomodulation in minor salivary glands of patients with Sjögren's syndrome. Arch Oral Biol 2004; 49:529-38. [PMID: 15126135 DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2004.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE A predominance of sensory neuropathy was earlier described in Sjögren's syndrome (SS), which might precede the presence of sicca symptoms. The mechanism of sensory neuropathy in SS is unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the quantitative changes of the different neuropeptide containing nerve terminals and the immunocompetent cells in labial salivary glands of primary SS. DESIGN Immunohisto- and immunocytochemical methods were used for the detection of immunoreactive (IR) elements and the data were compared with the healthy controls. RESULTS All of the investigated IR nerve fibres were found in different quantity and localisation in both of control and SS glands. The density of them was changed variously in SS. The number of the substance P (SP), neuropeptide Y (NPY) (P < 0.05), galanin (GAL) IR nerve terminals was decreased, however, the number of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and tyrosine beta-hydroxylase (TH) IR nerve fibres (P < 0.05) was increased compared to the control. There were no IR immunocompetent cells in the control materials, however, a large number of them showed IR for SP (46.2%) and NPY (34.4%) in the SS. The IR was demonstrated mainly in the mast cells, plasma cells and some of the lymphocytes. CONCLUSIONS These neuropeptides might have a role in the sensory neuropathy; they might activate nociceptive and sympathetic pathways. Some neuropeptides (SP, NPY) are endogenous in the immune system and produced in certain conditions, e.g. inflammation and chronic autoimmune disorders such as SS, so they might participate in the neuroimmunomodulation and contribute to the atrophy, apoptosis and necrosis.
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- B Batbayar
- Laboratory of Oral Morphology, Faculty of Dentistry, Semmelweis University, Tüzoltó u. 58, P.O. Box 95, H-1450 Budapest, Hungary
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Verdier D, Lund JP, Kolta A. Synaptic Inputs to Trigeminal Primary Afferent Neurons Cause Firing and Modulate Intrinsic Oscillatory Activity. J Neurophysiol 2004; 92:2444-55. [PMID: 15381749 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00279.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In this paper, we investigated the influence of synapses on the cell bodies of trigeminal muscle spindle afferents that lie in the trigeminal mesencephalic nucleus (NVmes), using intracellular recordings in brain stem slices of young rats. Three types of synaptic responses could be evoked by electrical stimulation of the adjacent supratrigeminal, motor, and main sensory nuclei and the intertrigeminal area: monophasic depolarizing postsynaptic potentials (PSPs), biphasic PSPs, and all or none action potentials without underlying excitatory PSPs (EPSPs). Many PSPs and spikes were abolished by bath-application of 6,7-dinitroquinoxaline (DNQX) alone or combined with d,l-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (APV), suggesting that they are mediated by non– N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) and NMDA glutamatergic receptors, while some action potentials were sensitive to bicuculline, indicating involvement of GABAA receptors. A number of cells showed spontaneous membrane potential oscillations, and stimulation of synaptic inputs increased the amplitude of the oscillations for several cycles, which often triggered repetitive firing. Furthermore, the oscillatory rhythm was reset by the stimulation. Our results show that synaptic inputs to muscle primary afferent neurons in NVmes from neighboring areas are mainly excitatory and that they cause firing. In addition, the inputs synchronize intrinsic oscillations, which may lead to sustained, synchronous firing in a subpopulation of afferents. This may be of importance during rapid biting and during the mastication of very hard or tough foods.
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- Dorly Verdier
- Centre de Recherche en Sciences Neurologiques, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada
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Theriault FM, Roy P, Stifani S. AML1/Runx1 is important for the development of hindbrain cholinergic branchiovisceral motor neurons and selected cranial sensory neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:10343-8. [PMID: 15240886 PMCID: PMC478574 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0400768101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2004] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The mechanisms that regulate the acquisition of distinctive neuronal traits in the developing nervous system are poorly defined. It is shown here that the mammalian runt-related gene Runx1 is expressed in selected populations of postmitotic neurons of the embryonic central and peripheral nervous systems. These include cholinergic branchial and visceral motor neurons in the hindbrain, restricted populations of somatic motor neurons of the median and lateral motor columns in the spinal cord, as well as nociceptive and mechanoreceptor neurons in trigeminal and vestibulocochlear ganglia. In mouse embryos lacking Runx1 activity, hindbrain branchiovisceral motor neuron precursors of the cholinergic lineage are correctly specified but then fail to progress to a more differentiated state and undergo increased cell death, resulting in a neuronal loss in the mantle layer. In contrast, the development of cholinergic somatic motor neurons is unaffected. Runx1 inactivation also leads to a loss of selected sensory neurons in trigeminal and vestibulocochlear ganglia. These findings uncover previously unrecognized roles for Runx1 in the regulation of mammalian neuronal subtype development.
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- Francesca M Theriault
- Center for Neuronal Survival, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 2B4
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Tanimoto T, Takeda M, Nishikawa T, Matsumoto S. The role of 5-hydroxytryptamine3 receptors in the vagal afferent activation-induced inhibition of the first cervical dorsal horn spinal neurons projected from tooth pulp in the rat. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2004; 311:803-10. [PMID: 15215286 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.104.070300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To test the hypothesis that vagal afferent (VA) stimulation modulates the first cervical dorsal horn (C(1)) neuron activity, which is projected by tooth pulp (TP) afferent inputs through the activation of a local GABAergic mechanism via 5-hydroxytryptamine(3) (5-HT(3)) receptors, we used the technique of microiontophoretic application of drugs. In pentobarbital-anesthetized rats, we recorded C(1) spinal neuron activity responding to TP stimulation. The TP stimulation-evoked C(1) spinal neuron excitation was inhibited by VA stimulation, and this inhibition was significantly attenuated by iontophoretic application of the 5-HT(3) receptor antagonist ICS 205-930 (3-tropanyl-indole-3-carboxylate hydrochloride [endo-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo [3.2.1] oct-3-ol indol-3-yl-carboxylate hydrochloride]) (40 nA) or the GABA(A) receptor antagonist bicuculline (40 nA). In another series of experiments, we determined that 60 nA iontophoretic application of glutamate produced a maximal increase in the C(1) spinal neuron activity at a minimal current. In 53 of 65 neurons (81.5%), VA conditioning stimulation (1.0 mA x 0.1 ms, 50 Hz for 30 s) caused a significant inhibition (35.1%) of the glutamate (60 nA) application-evoked C(1) spinal neuron excitation. Iontophoretic application of ICS 205-930 (40 nA) or bicuculline (40 nA) significantly attenuated the VA stimulation-induced inhibition of glutamate iontophoretic application (60 nA)-evoked C(1) spinal neuron excitation. These results suggest that VA stimulation-induced suppression of C(1) spinal neuron activity, responding to TP stimulation, involve 5-HT(3) receptor activation, possibly originating in the descending serotonergic inhibitory system, and postsynaptic modulation of inhibitory GABAergic neurons.
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- Takeshi Tanimoto
- Department of Physiology, Nippon Dental University, School of Dentistry at Tokyo, 1-9-20 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8159, Japan.
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Baeres FMM, Møller M, Martin F, Baeres M. Origin of PACAP-immunoreactive nerve fibers innervating the subarachnoidal blood vessels of the rat brain. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2004; 24:628-35. [PMID: 15181370 DOI: 10.1097/01.wcb.0000121234.42748.f6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The subarachnoidal cerebral blood vessels of the rat are innervated by nerve fibers containing different neuropeptides, e.g. pituitary adenylatecyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP). PACAP dilates brain arterioles and immunohistochemical studies of the rat have indicated that PACAP binds to a VPAC1-receptor in the cerebral vasculature of this species. We have investigated the perikaryal origin of the nerve fibers innervating the subarachnoidal blood vessels of the rat by combined retrograde tracing with Fluorogold and immunohistochemistry. The in vivo neuronal retrograde tracings were done by injection of 2% Fluorogold in water into the subarachnoidal space in the area of the middle cerebral artery. The retrograde transported tracer was detected by use of an antibody against Fluorogold. One week after the injections, the animals were vascularly perfused with Stephanini's fixative and labeled perikarya were found bilaterally in the trigeminal, sphenopalatine, and otic ganglia. The retrograde Fluorogold tracings were combined with immunohistochemistry for PACAP using a mouse monoclonal antibody and the biotinylated tyramide amplification system. Double labeled perikarya containing both Fluoro-gold and PACAP were found predominantly in the trigeminal ganglion, and only rarely in the otic and sphenopalatine ganglion. Summarizing, our retrograde tracings combined with immunohistochemistry indicate that the perikarya in the trigeminal ganglion are the main origin of PACAPergic nerve fibers projecting to the cerebral vasculature of the rat.
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Chichorro JG, Lorenzetti BB, Zampronio AR. Involvement of bradykinin, cytokines, sympathetic amines and prostaglandins in formalin-induced orofacial nociception in rats. Br J Pharmacol 2004; 141:1175-84. [PMID: 15006904 PMCID: PMC1574892 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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1. This study characterises some of the mechanisms and mediators involved in the orofacial nociception triggered by injection of formalin into the upper lip of the rat, by assessing the influence of various treatments on behavioural nociceptive responses (duration of facial rubbing) elicited either by a low subthreshold (i.e. non-nociceptive; 0.63%) or a higher concentration of the algogen (2.5%). 2. The kininase II inhibitor captopril (5 mg kg(-1), s.c.) and prostaglandin(PG) E(2) (100 ng lip(-1)) potentiated both phases of the response to 0.63% formalin, whereas tumour necrosis factor (TNF alpha; 5 pg lip(-1)), interleukin(IL)-1 beta (0.5 pg lip(-1)), IL-6 (2 ng lip(-1)) and IL-8 (200 pg lip(-1)), or the indirectly acting sympathomimetic drug tyramine (200 microg lip(-1)), each augmented only the second phase of nociception. 3. Conversely, both phases of nociception induced by 2.5% formalin were inhibited by the bradykinin (BK) B(2) receptor antagonist HOE140 (5 microg lip(-1)) or the selective beta(1)-adrenoceptor antagonist atenolol (100 microg lip(-1)). However, the BK B(1) receptor antagonist des-Arg(9)-Leu(8)-BK (1 and 2 microg lip(-1)), antibody and/or antiserum against each of the cytokines, the adrenergic neurone blocker guanethidine (30 mg kg(-1) day(-1), s.c., for 3 days) and the cyclooxygenase(COX)-2 inhibitor celecoxib (50 and 200 microg lip(-1), s.c.; or 1 and 3 mg kg(-1), i.p.) reduced only the second phase of the response. The nonselective COX inhibitor indomethacin and the 5-lipoxygenase activating protein inhibitor MK886 did not change formalin-induced nociception. 4. Our results indicate that BK, TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-6, IL-8, sympathetic amines and PGs (but not leukotrienes) contribute significantly to formalin-induced orofacial nociception in the rat and the response seems to be more susceptible to inhibition by B(2) receptor antagonist and selective COX-2 inhibitor than by B(1) receptor antagonist or nonselective COX inhibitor.
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- Juliana G Chichorro
- Department of Pharmacology, Biological Sciences Section, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81540-970, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Biological Sciences Section, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81540-970, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Biological Sciences Section, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81540-970, Brazil
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Matsumoto I, Emori Y, Nakamura S, Shimizu K, Arai S, Abe K. DNA microarray cluster analysis reveals tissue similarity and potential neuron-specific genes expressed in cranial sensory ganglia. J Neurosci Res 2004; 74:818-28. [PMID: 14648586 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Each of four cranial sensory ganglia, trigeminal, geniculate, petrosal, and nodose ganglia, contains multiple kinds of sensory neurons with different cell morphologies and neuronal properties that transmit information about sensory stimuli received peripherally. Here we analyze the complex properties of these neurons from the viewpoint of gene expression using DNA microarrays by cluster analysis. From a total of 8,740 genes, 498 genes were selected as showing tissue-dependent expression on the microarray by hierarchical cluster analysis, and their profiles indicated that, among the four sensory ganglia, the petrosal and trigeminal ganglia are intimately related. Tissue trees of 37 subclusters containing the 498 genes showed that the profiles of gene expression and the subclusters were classified into a smaller number of groups (18 groups) when information on the amounts of expression was added. In situ hybridization analysis of 21 genes selected from 13 different groups was carried out, and the gene expression patterns were classified into eight categories. The putative profiles postulated from the microarray data were essentially consistent with the patterns of expression at the cellular level as shown by in situ hybridization. In conclusion, from the overall analyses of gene expression by DNA microarray, we can identify a number of candidate genes showing neuron type-specific expression in the peripheral ganglia.
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- Ichiro Matsumoto
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Ishii M, Miyashita T, Tsuchiya K, Ueda K, Umemura A, Honda T. HISTOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION AND ULTRASTRUCTURAL FEATURES OF IMMUNOREACTIVE TERMINALS AGAINST RT97, A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TO A 200 kD NEUROFILAMENT, IN THE SPINAL DORSAL HORN OF A RAT. Fukushima J Med Sci 2004; 50:65-74. [PMID: 15779572 DOI: 10.5387/fms.50.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Localization and ultrastructural features of immunoreactive fibers and terminals against RT-97, a mouse monoclonal antibody that recognizes subunit of a 200-kD neurofilament, were examined in the spinal dorsal horn of adult rats. Under a light-microscope, many RT-97 immunoreactive fibers were detected in the dorsal root, collaterals of the dorsal root in the dorsal funiculus, and laminae III and IV in the dorsal horn. Few immunoreactive fibers were found in laminae I and II. Electron microscopic observation demonstrated that almost all RT-97 immunoreactive fibers in the dorsal root were myelinated, and unmyelinated fibers immunonegative. The immunoreactive fibers entered into the dorsal horn passing through the collaterals of the dorsal root along the superficial gray lamina. In the dorsal horn, these fibers ascended into and then terminated in lamina II. RT-97 immunoreactive central terminals were semicircular or ellipsoid in appearance and contained many flat-type presynaptic vesicles. Some terminals made synaptic contact with dendritic profiles in lamina II. Our present results indicate that RT-97 is a useful marker for ultrastructural examination of terminals served by non-nociceptive A-fibers.
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- Maiko Ishii
- Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Japan
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Borsook D, Burstein R, Becerra L. Functional imaging of the human trigeminal system: Opportunities for new insights into pain processing in health and disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 61:107-25. [PMID: 15362156 DOI: 10.1002/neu.20085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Peripheral inflammation or nerve damage result in changes in nervous system function, and may be a source of chronic pain. A number of animal studies have indicated that central neural plasticity, including sensitization of neurons within the spinal cord and brain, is part of the response to nervous system insult, and can result in the appearance of altered sensation, including pain. It cannot be assumed, however, that data obtained from animal models unambiguously reflects CNS changes that occur in humans. Currently, the only noninvasive approach to determining objective changes in neural processing and responsiveness within the CNS in humans is the use of functional imaging techniques. It is now possible to use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure CNS activation in the trigeminal ganglion, spinal trigeminal nucleus, the thalamus, and the somatosensory cortex in healthy volunteers, in a surrogate model of hyperalgesia, and in patients with trigeminal pain. By offering a window into the temporal and functional changes that occur in the damaged nervous system in humans, fMRI can provide both insight into the mechanisms of normal and pathological pain and, potentially, an objective method for measuring altered sensation. These advances are likely to contribute greatly to the diagnosis and treatment of clinical pain conditions affecting the trigeminal system (e.g., neuropathic pain, migraine).
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- David Borsook
- P.A.I.N. Group, Brain Imaging Center, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, Massachusetts 02478-9106, USA.
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Kramer MF, Cook WJ, Roth FP, Zhu J, Holman H, Knipe DM, Coen DM. Latent herpes simplex virus infection of sensory neurons alters neuronal gene expression. J Virol 2003; 77:9533-41. [PMID: 12915567 PMCID: PMC187408 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.17.9533-9541.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The persistence of herpes simplex virus (HSV) and the diseases that it causes in the human population can be attributed to the maintenance of a latent infection within neurons in sensory ganglia. Little is known about the effects of latent infection on the host neuron. We have addressed the question of whether latent HSV infection affects neuronal gene expression by using microarray transcript profiling of host gene expression in ganglia from latently infected versus mock-infected mouse trigeminal ganglia. (33)P-labeled cDNA probes from pooled ganglia harvested at 30 days postinfection or post-mock infection were hybridized to nylon arrays printed with 2,556 mouse genes. Signal intensities were acquired by phosphorimager. Mean intensities (n = 4 replicates in each of three independent experiments) of signals from mock-infected versus latently infected ganglia were compared by using a variant of Student's t test. We identified significant changes in the expression of mouse neuronal genes, including several with roles in gene expression, such as the Clk2 gene, and neurotransmission, such as genes encoding potassium voltage-gated channels and a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor. We confirmed the neuronal localization of some of these transcripts by using in situ hybridization. To validate the microarray results, we performed real-time reverse transcriptase PCR analyses for a selection of the genes. These studies demonstrate that latent HSV infection can alter neuronal gene expression and might provide a new mechanism for how persistent viral infection can cause chronic disease.
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- Martha F Kramer
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Dinh QT, Groneberg DA, Mingomataj E, Peiser C, Heppt W, Dinh S, Arck PC, Klapp BF, Fischer A. Expression of substance P and vanilloid receptor (VR1) in trigeminal sensory neurons projecting to the mouse nasal mucosa. Neuropeptides 2003; 37:245-50. [PMID: 12906843 DOI: 10.1016/s0143-4179(03)00065-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Substance P and neurokinin A (NKA) have potent pro-inflammatory effects in the airways. The release of these neuropeptides from primary afferent (sensory) nerve endings to various stimuli is considered to be induced by activation of the capsaicin (vanilloid) receptor (VR1). In this study, retrograde neuronal tracing studies were combined with immunohistochemistry for VR1 and substance P to investigate the occurrence and distribution of substance P and VR1 receptor expression in mouse trigeminal neurons that were identified by retrograde labeling with Fast blue dye from the nasal mucosa. Fast blue signaling was observed in mucosa layers of the right nasal cavity and in sensory trigeminal neurons close to the division of the ophthalmic and maxillary nerve. Expression patterns of VR1 and substance P were found with different frequencies: 11.3+/-1.2% (mean+/-SEM) were immunoreactive for VR1, 4.9+/-1.1% for VR1 and SP, and 6.4+/-1.3% only for VR1 but not for SP. These VR1-positive neurons were partly binding to lectin I-B4, indicating VR1-expression in non-peptidergic upper airway C-fibers. In conclusion, based on the extent of SP and VR1 co-localization in nasal afferent neurons, the present study suggests that, following a peripheral activation of the VR1 receptor on SP afferents, there could be a triggering of SP-mediated phenomena, including those related to inflammation, such as plasma extravasation.
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- Q Thai Dinh
- Department of Medicine, Charité, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
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Zeredo JL, Toda K, Soma K. Nature of neck motor unit activities evoked by different trigeminal inputs in rats. J Dent Res 2003; 82:402-5. [PMID: 12709510 DOI: 10.1177/154405910308200515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Recent reports have suggested functional interactions between the masticatory and head motor systems. However, the neurophysiological mechanisms behind these phenomena have not been thoroughly investigated. In this study, the motor unit activity was recorded bilaterally from the dorsal neck splenius muscles (SPL) while the cell bodies of trigeminal afferent fibers were stimulated at either the trigeminal mesencephalic nucleus (Me5) or the Gasserian ganglion (5Gn) in 13 barbiturate-anesthetized Wistar rats. After Me5 electrical stimulation, SPL motor unit responses were recorded ipsilaterally (n = 24), with an onset latency distribution between 1.3 and 1.8 ms. After 5Gn stimulation, SPL responses were recorded bilaterally from 18 single units, with latencies ranging from 2.2 to 2.4 ms. Our results suggest that there are at least two distinct pathways from the trigeminal afferents to the neck muscles, with significant functional differences.
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- J L Zeredo
- Orthodontic Science, Department of Orofacial Development and Function, Division of Oral Health Sciences, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.
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The main axons of mammalian sensory neurons are usually viewed as passive transmitters of sensory information. However, the spindle afferents of jaw-closing muscles behave as if action potential traffic along their central axons is phasically regulated during rhythmic jaw movements. In this paper, we used brainstem slices containing the cell bodies, stem axons, and central axons of these sensory afferents to show that GABA applied to the descending central (caudal) axon often abolished antidromic action potentials that were elicited by electrical stimulation of the tract containing the caudal axons of the recorded cells. This effect of GABA was most often not associated with a change in membrane potential of the soma and was still present in a calcium-free medium. It was mimicked by local applications of muscimol on the axons and was blocked by bath applications of picrotoxin, suggesting activation of GABA(A) receptors located on the descending axon. Antidromic action potentials could also be blocked by electrical stimulation of local interneurons, and this effect was prevented by bath application of picrotoxin, suggesting that it results from the activation of GABA(A) receptors after the release of endogenous GABA. We suggest that blockage is caused mainly by shunting within the caudal axon and that motor command circuits use this mechanism to disconnect the rostral and caudal compartments of the central axon, which allows the two parts of the neuron to perform different functions during movement.
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Watanabe M, Tanaka E, Nishi M, Iwabe T, Hattori Y, Suemune S, Tanne K. Expression of c-Fos-like immunoreactive neurons in the supratrigeminal region in the rat following noxious stimulation of the orofacial tissues. Neurosci Lett 2002; 335:99-102. [PMID: 12459508 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(02)01163-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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This study was conducted to investigate immunohistochemically the expression of c-Fos in neurons around the trigeminal motor nucleus following application of mechanical force to a tooth, a mechanical pinch to the tongue, and paraformaldehyde injection into the periodontal ligament and masseter muscle. Following the application of all of these stimuli except pinching the tongue, a small number of c-Fos-like immunoreactive (Fos-LI) neurons were found in the ipsilateral supratrigeminal region. c-Fos expression was also detected in numerous neurons in the superficial laminae of the subnucleus caudalis in all experimental animals. Induction of c-Fos in the subnucleus caudalis and the supratrigeminal region indicates that Fos-LI neurons in the supratrigeminal region are involved in the processing of intraoral nociceptive signals.
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- Mineo Watanabe
- Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, 734-8553, Hiroshima, Japan.
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