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Watanabe IS, Dias FJ, Mardegan Issa JP, dos Santos Haemmerle CA, Cury DP, Takada SH, Sosthenes MCK, Pereira da Silva MC, Campos LMG, Nogueira MI, Iyomasa MM. Immunohistochemistry and ultrastructural characteristics of nerve endings in the oral mucosa of rat. Microscopy (Oxf) 2012; 62:259-70. [DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfs068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ichikawa H, De Repentigny Y, Kothary R, Sugimoto T. The survival of vagal and glossopharyngeal sensory neurons is dependent upon dystonin. Neuroscience 2006; 137:531-6. [PMID: 16289886 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.08.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2005] [Revised: 08/22/2005] [Accepted: 08/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The vagal and glossopharyngeal sensory ganglia and their peripheral tissues were examined in wild type and dystonia musculorum mice to assess the effect of dystonin loss of function on chemoreceptive neurons. In the mutant mouse, the number of vagal and glossopharyngeal sensory neurons was severely decreased (70% reduction) when compared with wild type littermates. The mutation also reduced the size of the circumvallate papilla (45% reduction) and the number of taste buds (89% reduction). In addition, immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated that the dystonin mutation reduced the number of PGP 9.5-, calcitonin gene-related peptide-, P2X3 receptor- and tyrosine hydroxylase-containing neurons. Their peripheral endings also decreased in the taste bud and epithelium of circumvallate papillae. These data together suggest that the survival of vagal and glossopharyngeal sensory neurons is dependent upon dystonin.
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- H Ichikawa
- Department of Oral Function and Anatomy, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8525, Japan.
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Takeda M, Suzuki Y, Obara N, Uchida N, Kawakoshi K. Expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and GDNF family receptor alpha1 in mouse taste bud cells after denervation. Anat Sci Int 2005; 80:105-10. [PMID: 15960316 DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-073x.2005.00105.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic' factor (GDNF) has been isolated as a neurotrophic factor that affects the survival and maintenance of central and peripheral neurons. Using immunocytochemical methods, we examined whether the taste bud cells in mouse circumvallate papillae after transection of the glossopharyngeal nerves expressed GDNF and its receptor, GDNF family receptor alpha1 (GFRalpha1). By 5 and 10 days after denervation, the number of taste buds had decreased markedly; however, the remaining taste bud cells still expressed GDNF and GFRalpha1. By 14 days after denervation, most of the taste buds had disappeared and GDNF- and GFRalpha1-immunoreactive cells were not seen. By 4 weeks after denervation, numerous TrkB-immunoreactive nerve fibers had invaded the papilla and a few taste buds expressing GDNF and GFRalpha1 had regenerated. Thus, GDNF- and GFRalpha1-immunoreactive taste bud cells after denervation vanished following the disappearance of the taste buds and reappeared at the same time as the taste buds reappeared.
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- Masako Takeda
- Department of Oral Anatomy, School of Dentistry, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Tobetsu, Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Fehér E, Batbayar B, Zelles T. Morphological evidence of sensory neurons in the root of the rat tongue. THE ANATOMICAL RECORD. PART A, DISCOVERIES IN MOLECULAR, CELLULAR, AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 2005; 286:848-53. [PMID: 16100709 DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In our previous studies, a large number of substance P (SP)-immunoreactive (IR) nerve fibers were detected in the rat tongue and their number increased after inflammation, suggesting that these fibers might be involved in the axon reflex. Therefore, in this study, we have examined the different neuropeptide-containing nerve elements by light, electron, and confocal laser microscopy. SP, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), and neuropeptide Y (NPY) IR varicose fibers were numerous compared with other ones. Small groups of ganglia with perikarya IR for SP, VIP, NPY, galanin, and somatostatin were observed. The SP-IR nerve cell bodies were mainly located in the tunica propria just below the epithelial lining. Double-labeling immunohistochemistry showed that the intrinsic SP-IR neurons did not colocalize VIP. The SP containing nerve terminals were observed in and below the epithelium as well as in very close contact to or making real synapses with other neurons in the intralingual ganglion. Our data confirmed the possibility of intrinsic sensory neurons, which might be the afferent branch of the intralingual reflex arch, while the VIP- and NPY-IR neurons located in the salivary glands, around the blood vessels, and in the muscle layer might constitute the efferent site of this reflex.
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- Erzsébet Fehér
- Laboratory of Oral Morphology, Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Uchida N, Kanazawa M, Suzuki Y, Takeda M. Expression of BDNF and TrkB in mouse taste buds after denervation and in circumvallate papillae during development. ARCHIVES OF HISTOLOGY AND CYTOLOGY 2003; 66:17-25. [PMID: 12703550 DOI: 10.1679/aohc.66.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) is a member of the neurotrophin family which affects the proliferation and survival of neurons. Using an immunocytochemical method, we examined the expression of BDNF and its receptor, TrkB, in the taste bud cells of the circumvallate papillae of normal mice and of mice after transection of the glossopharyngeal nerves. We additionally observed the expression of BDNF and TrkB in the developing circumvallate papillae of late prenatal and early postnatal mice. In normal untreated mice, BDNF was expressed in most of the taste bud cells; TrkB was detected in the plasma membrane of taste bud cells and in the nerve fibers. Double-labeling studies showed that BDNF and NCAM (neural cell adhesion molecule) or TrkB and NCAM colocalized in some of the taste bud cells, but that most taste bud cells were immunopositive for only BDNF or TrkB. NCAM-immunoreactive cells are known to be type-III cells, which have afferent synaptic contacts with the nerve terminals. Five days after denervation, the number of taste buds and nerve fibers markedly decreased; however, the remaining taste bud cells still expressed BDNF and TrkB. By 10 days after denervation, most of the taste buds had disappeared, and there were a few TrkB-immunoreactive nerve fibers in the connective tissue core. By 4 weeks after denervation, numerous TrkB-immunoreactive nerve fibers had invaded the papillae, and a few taste buds expressing BDNF and TrkB had regenerated. At E (embryonic day) 15 during development, the circumvallate papillae appeared, and then TrkB-immunoreactive nerve fibers entered the connective tissue core, and some of these fibers further invaded among the dorsal epithelial cells of the papillae. TrkB-immunoreactive oval-shaped cells were occasionally found in the dorsal epithelium. Such TrkB-immunoreactive nerve fibers and cells were also observed at E16-18. However, BDNF was not expressed in the papillae through the late prenatal days of E15 to E18. At P (postnatal day) 0, a cluster of BDNF-and TrkB-immunoreactive cells appeared in the dorsal epithelium of the papillae, and was presumed to be primitive taste buds. We conclude that TrkB-immunoreactive nerve fibers are necessary for papillary and taste bud formation during development and for the regeneration of taste buds after denervation. BDNF in the taste bud cells may act as a neurotrophic factor for innervating sensory neurons--through TrkB receptors of the axons of those neurons, and also may exert autocrine and paracrine trophic actions on neighboring taste bud cells by binding to their TrkB receptors.
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- Nobuhiko Uchida
- Department of Oral Surgery, School of Dentistry, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Tobetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
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Ishida Y, Ugawa S, Ueda T, Murakami S, Shimada S. Vanilloid receptor subtype-1 (VR1) is specifically localized to taste papillae. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 2002; 107:17-22. [PMID: 12414119 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(02)00441-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Pungent sensation of hot peppers is thought to be mediated by vanilloid receptor subtype-1 (VR1), which can be activated by capsaicin, but there is little information regarding its histological localization in the tongue. We examined the immunohistochemical distribution of VR1 in the rat tongue. Intensely labeled VR1-immunoreactive (VR1-IR) fibers were concentrated in the circumvallate, foliate, and fungiform papillae, while sparse VR1-IR fibers were scattered throughout the tongue. VR1-positive taste-bud cells were not observed. Many VR1-positive nerve fibers surrounded the furrows of the circumvallate and foliate papillae, forming plexuses. Some of these VR1-positive fibers penetrated the apical epithelium and the trench wall epithelium, while a few of them entered taste buds. These VR1 distribution patterns resembled those of substance P (SP) and the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). Double-labeling experiments revealed that most of the VR1-immunoreactivity coexisted with SP- or CGRP-immunoreactivity in the nerve terminals in the circumvallate and foliate papillae. On the other hand, in the fungiform papillae, most of the VR1-IR fibers were positive for SP, but fewer were also positive for CGRP. Although VR1-immunoreactivity was not observed in taste-bud cells, our findings that a large number of VR1-IR fibers concentrated in the taste papillae suggest that capsaicin easily reaches the VR1 nerve terminals because of its lipophilic nature.
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- Yusuke Ishida
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nagoya City University Medical School, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan.
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The taste buds of the fungiform papillae, circumvallate papilla, foliate papillae, soft palate and epiglottis of the rat oral cavity were examined by lectin histochemistry to elucidate the relationships between expression of glycoconjugates and innervation. Seven out of 21 lectins showed moderate to intense staining in at least more than one taste bud. They were succinylated wheat germ agglutinin (s-WGA). Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA), Bandeiraea simplicifolia lectin-I (BSL-I), Ricinus communis agglutinin-I (RCA-I), peanut agglutinin (PNA), Ulex europaeus agglutinin-I (UEA-I) and Phaseolus vulgaris agglutinin-L (PHA-L). UEA-I and BSL-I showed moderate to intense staining in all of the taste buds examined. They strongly stained the taste buds of the epiglottis, which are innervated by the cranial nerve X. UEA-I intensely stained the taste buds of the fungiform papillae and soft palate, both of which are innervated by the cranial nerve VII. The taste buds of circumvallate papilla and foliate papillae were innervated by the cranial nerve IX and strongly stained by BSL-I. Thus, UEA-I and BSL-I binding glycoconjugates, probably alpha-linked fucose and alpha-D-galactose, respectively, might be specific for taste buds. Although the expression of these glycoconjugates would be related to the innervation of the cranial nerve X, the differential expression of alpha-linked fucose and alpha-D-galactose might be related to the innervation of the cranial nerve VII and IX, respectively.
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- K Kano
- Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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Wakisaka S, Miyawaki Y, Youn SH, Kato J, Kurisu K. Protein gene-product 9.5 in developing mouse circumvallate papilla: comparison with neuron-specific enolase and calcitonin gene-related peptide. ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY 1996; 194:365-72. [PMID: 8896700 DOI: 10.1007/bf00198538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The present study was made to investigate the ontogeny of protein gene-product 9.5 (PGP 9.5)-like immunoreactivity (-LI) in the developing mouse circumvallate papilla (CVP), and its distribution was compared to that of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP). In adult CVP, PGP 9.5-LI was observed in the subgemmal nerve plexus; some thin PGP 9.5-like immunoreactive (-IR) nerve fibers penetrated taste buds and apical epithelium. PGP 9.5-LI was also observed in the spindle-shaped cells in taste buds, and a small number of round- or oval-shaped ganglionic cells in the lamina propria. The distribution of NSE-LI was comparable to that of PGP 9.5-LI. CGRP-LI was observed in the nerve fibers only; distribution of CGRP-IR nerve fibers was similar to that of PGP 9.5-IR nerve fibers, although the number of CGRP-IR nerve fibers was smaller than that of PGP 9.5-IR nerve fibers. At least six developmental stages were defined with regard to the developmental changes in the distribution of PGP 9.5-LI from embryonic day (E) 12 to adulthood: Stage I (E12-13)-a dense nerve plexus of PGP 9.5-IR nerve fibers was detected in the lamina propria beneath the core of newly-formed papilla. Stage II (E14-16) - thin PGP 9.5-IR nerve fibers penetrated the apical epithelium, and a few round-shaped cells in the apical epithelium also displayed PGP 9.5-LI. Stage III (E17-18) - thin PGP 9.5-IR nerve fibers penetrated the inner lateral epithelium of the trench. Stage IV [Postnatal day (P) 0-3] - many PGP 9.5-IR nerve fibers penetrated the outer lateral epithelium of the trench; later in this stage, taste buds appeared. Stage V (P5-10) - a small number of PGP 9.5-IR cells in the taste buds appeared, and their number increased gradually. Stage VI (P14-adult) - the number of PGP 9.5-IR taste cells increased and reached the adult level, while the number of PGP 9.5-IR nerve fibers decreased. The development of NSE-LI was similar to that of PGP 9.5-LI. CGRP-IR nerve fibers were detected at E12 in the lamina propria, and the development of the intraepithelial CGRP-IR nerve fibers was similar to that of PGP 9.5-IR nerve fibers. The present results indicate that invasion by nerve fibers of the epithelium of lingual papillae occurs in a complex manner, and that these nerve fibers may participate in the formation of the taste buds.
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- S Wakisaka
- Department of Oral Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry, Japan.
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Montavon P, Hellekant G, Farbman A. Immunohistochemical, electrophysiological, and electron microscopical study of rat fungiform taste buds after regeneration of chorda tympani through the non-gustatory lingual nerve. J Comp Neurol 1996; 367:491-502. [PMID: 8731221 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19960415)367:4<491::aid-cne2>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The sensory innervation of fungiform papillae on the rat dorsal tongue is derived from branches of two cranial nerves: the lingual branch of the trigeminal nerve which provides somatosensory innervation and the chorda tympani (CT) branch of the facial nerve, which provides innervation to the taste buds. Removal of the CT results in degeneration of the taste buds. Removal of both nerves results in reduction in size of fungiform papillae and an altered pattern of keratinization in its epithelium. Regeneration of nerves to the epithelium restores the pre-operative condition. Thus, in addition to their sensory functions, both the CT and lingual seem to exert trophic effects on the phenotypic expression of epithelial cells in the fungiform papillae. We severed both the CT and lingual nerves in rats and sutured the proximal stump of the CT to the distal stump of the lingual to promote regeneration of the CT along the lingual nerve pathway. At the same time, we prevented the proximal stump of the lingual from regenerating into the tongue. Our purpose was to determine whether and how the innervation pattern of the regenerated taste bud might be different from normal under these experimental conditions. We found that reinnervation by the CT through the lingual nerve occurs, that this restores the anatomical and functional integrity of the fungiform taste buds and papillae, and that some papillae, but not all, were richly innervated with subgemmal, extragemmal, and perigemmal neuron-specific enolase, calcitonin gene-related peptide, substance P, and neurokinin A-positive fibers. Moreover, responses to taste stimuli were recorded electrophysiologically from the CT.
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- P Montavon
- Nestec, Ltd, Research Centre, Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Lyubimova ZV, Subrakova SA, Nikitina AA, Zelenkova OP. Structural and functional organization of the pain sensitivity component of lingual mechanoreceptor structures. Bull Exp Biol Med 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02444964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ganchrow JR, Seltzer Z, Bitchacho N. The effect of neonatal capsaicin treatment on gustatory behavior in the albino rat. Physiol Behav 1992; 52:1037-42. [PMID: 1484858 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(92)90456-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Small-diameter fibers present in gustatory peripheral nerves have historically been suspected of relaying information about the bitter quality of a taste stimulus. Neonatally injected capsaicin irreversibly destroys a proportion of unmyelinated C- and some A delta-fibers. Consummatory responses to increasing concentrations of quinine and other chemical solutions following neonatal capsaicin injection were compared to those of untreated and vehicle-injected control Sabra albino rats. Capsaicin-treated rats significantly increased their withdrawal thresholds to noxious, CO2 laser-generated heat pulses verifying treatment effectiveness. Furthermore, neonatal capsaicin treatment diminished sensitivity to pungent capsaicin solutions in mature rats. However, there were no group differences in quinine intake, suggesting that the full array of unmyelinated fibers associated with taste buds is not essential for the transmission of bitter taste. Capsaicin-treated animals showed a significant reduction in intake of normally highly preferred sodium chloride and sucrose concentrations. These results were probably not due to loss of peripheral unmyelinated afferent fibers per se, but rather to secondary central changes.
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- J R Ganchrow
- Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine Founded by the Alpha Omega Fraternity, Jerusalem, Israel
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Welton J, Taylor R, Porter AJ, Roper SD. Immunocytochemical survey of putative neurotransmitters in taste buds from Necturus maculosus. J Comp Neurol 1992; 324:509-21. [PMID: 1385495 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903240405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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To investigate synaptic mechanisms in taste buds and collect information about synaptic transmission in these sensory organs, we have examined taste buds of the mudpuppy, Necturus maculosus for the presence of neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. Immunocytochemical staining at the light microscopic level revealed the presence of serotonin-like and cholecystokinin-like (CCK) immunoreactivity in basal cells in the taste bud. Nerve fibers innervating taste buds were immunoreactive for vasoactive intestinal peptide-like (VIP), substance P-like, and calcitonin gene-related peptide-like (CGRP) or compounds closely related to these substances. Immunoreactivity for tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) in the taste cells and nerve fibers was absent. These data suggest that serotonin, CCK, VIP, substance P, and CGRP are involved in synaptic transmission or neuromodulation in the peripheral organs of taste. No evidence was found for cholinergic or adrenergic mechanisms on the basis of the absence of immunocytochemical staining for key enzymes involved in these two transmitter systems.
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- J Welton
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins 80523
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- W L Silver
- Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109
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Role of the pain component in the organization of the chemosensory taste reaction. Bull Exp Biol Med 1991. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00839574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Montavon P, Lindstrand K, Luts A, Sundler F. Peptide-containing nerve fibers in the fungiform papillae of pigs and rats. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 1991; 32:141-50. [PMID: 2034820 DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(91)90042-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The occurrence and distribution of an array of neuropeptides and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase in the fungiform papillae of pigs and rats were studied by immunocytochemistry. Structural differences between the fungiform papillae of the two species were correlated to differences in the occurrence and distribution of neuropeptides. Calcitonin gene-related peptide-, substance P- and neurokinin A-containing fibers were numerous in the fungiform papillae of both species, although their distribution within the papilla differed. In the pig, the majority of these fibers ended within the taste buds, while in the rat numerous fibers also penetrated the adjacent epithelium. Galanin- and bombesin-immunoreactive nerve fibers could not be detected in the rat fungiform papillae, while in the pig many, but not all, of the fungiform papillae contained bombesin- and galanin-positive nerve fibers. Vasoactive intestinal peptide- and peptide histidine isoleucine-immunoreactive fibers occurred in the fungiform papillae of both species. A few neuropeptide Y-containing fibers and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase-positive (presumably adrenergic) fibers could be observed in the porcine papillae only.
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- P Montavon
- Nestlé Research Centre, Nestec Ltd., Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Ichikawa H, Matsuo S, Wakisaka S, Itotagawa T, Kato J, Akai M. Leucine-enkephalin-, neurokinin A- and cholecystokinin-like immunoreactivities in the guinea pig tongue. Arch Oral Biol 1990; 35:181-8. [PMID: 2161647 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9969(90)90053-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The occurrence of these neuropeptides was examined by immunofluorescence. Leu-Enk-like immunoreactivity was seen in nerve fibres associated with the epithelium, blood vessels and lingual salivary glands as well as in ganglionic cells within the tongue. Neuropeptide A-like immunoreactivity was found in nerve fibres associated with the epithelium, taste buds, blood vessels and lingual salivary glands. Cholecystokinin-like immunoreactivity was found in some nerve fibres around blood vessels as well as in ganglionic cells. The coexistence of these neuropeptides and substance P was also demonstrated in some nerve fibres and ganglionic cells within the tongue. Like substance P, these neuropeptides could be involved in blood flow regulation, salivation and as trophic factors for taste buds.
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- H Ichikawa
- Department of Oral Anatomy (1st), Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry, Japan
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Ganchrow JR, Ganchrow D. Long-term effects of gustatory neurectomy on fungiform papillae in the young rat. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 1989; 225:224-31. [PMID: 2683869 DOI: 10.1002/ar.1092250308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Recent evidence from mature hamster fungiform papillae indicates that following denervation taste buds are present from 21 to 330 days in the absence of discernible intragemmal nerve fibers. In contrast, most prior taste bud degeneration studies focused on shorter survival times. The present inquiry in young rats examined the issue of postneurectomy buds, in which regeneration of the resected chorda tympani or facial nerves was prevented and anterior tongue tissue examined over a range of relatively long survival times (30-90 days). Conditions for observing potential taste buds used three histologic stains and a definition of the taste bud not necessarily requiring pore identification. In each case, serial section examination of the anterior-most 2-3 mm of lingual epithelium revealed 29-56 bud-containing fungiform papillae on the unoperated side. In contrast, ipsilateral to the neurectomy, only zero-7 medially-placed, mature-looking buds were observed per case, as well as zero-3 more laterally situated fungiform papillae containing small clusters of cells in basal epithelium that lacked the vertical organization and cytoplasmic staining intensity of mature taste buds. These cell aggregates were distributed evenly across survival time and stain used. Therefore, in young rats following gustatory neurectomy, longer survival times, per se, would not appear to be a prerequisite for sustaining fungiform taste buds. The appearance of "midline" buds postsurgery may be attributed to either normal contralateral or a net bilateral innervation, and/or ipsilateral denervation and bud loss inducing neural sprouting from the contralateral side.
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- J R Ganchrow
- Department of Oral Biology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
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Unger WG, Terenghi G, Zhang SQ, Polak JM. Alteration in the histochemical presence of tyrosine hydroxylase and CGRP-immunoreactivities in the eye following chronic sympathetic or sensory denervation. Curr Eye Res 1988; 7:761-9. [PMID: 2903010 DOI: 10.3109/02713688809033207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Changes in the content of calcitonin gene-related polypeptide (CGRP) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactivities in the anterior segment of the rat eye were assessed histochemically in animals subjected to sympathetic ganglionectomy or to chronic sensory denervation induced by neonatal capsaicin treatment. In the sympathectomised eyes there was a marked depletion of TH and increase in CGRP immunoreactivity while in tissue subjected to sensory denervation the reverse was found, raised presence of TH and absence of CGRP-immunostaining. The results suggest important neurotrophic influences by the host tissue or a trophic interaction of one nerve set on another.
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- W G Unger
- Department of Visual Science, Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK
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Kinnman E, Aldskogius H. Collateral reinnervation of taste buds after chronic sensory denervation: a morphological study. J Comp Neurol 1988; 270:569-74. [PMID: 3372748 DOI: 10.1002/cne.902700410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Peripheral transganglionic transport of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was used to label afferent fibers in the taste buds and lingual epithelium 2-12 weeks after chronic chorda tympani or combined chorda tympani-lingual nerve lesions. From 4-12 weeks after a chronic chorda tympani lesion, taste buds could be found. These were innervated by fibers from the ipsilateral lingual nerve. From 8-12 weeks after a chronic chorda tympani-lingual nerve lesion, nerve fibers from the contralateral lingual nerve could be found in a few taste buds on the denervated side of the tongue. Thus, collateral sprouting took place over the midline in this instance. These findings indicate that intact gustatory axons do not sprout into denervated taste buds, but trigeminal fibers in the lingual nerve do have this ability.
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- E Kinnman
- Department of Anatomy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Dubový P. A study of the dipeptidylpeptidase IV activity in cat fungiform papillae: light and electron microscope histochemistry. Acta Histochem 1988; 83:173-84. [PMID: 2901805 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-1281(88)80054-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The present paper describes histochemical study of the dipeptidylpeptidase IV activity in the nerve structures of cat fungiform papillae at the light and electron microscope levels. The dipeptidylpeptidase IV activity was found in blood vessels and nerve bundles entering the connective tissue stroma of fungiform papillae. The taste buds exhibited a moderate staining for the dipeptidylpeptidase IV activity. Ultracytochemical findings revealed this enzyme as membrane-bound in the endothelium of blood vessels, in plasma membrane of the Schwann cells at the axon-Schwann cell interface as well as in the taste bud cells. A possible function of the dipeptidylpeptidase IV activity in the peripheral nerve structures is discussed in view of the ability of this enzyme to cleave the substance P to the minor fragments with inherent physiological roles.
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- P Dubový
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Purkynĕ University Brno, Czechoslovakia
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- W G Unger
- Department of Visual Science, Institute of Ophthalmology, London
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Wakisaka S, Ichikawa H, Nishikawa S, Uchiyama T, Matsuo S, Takano Y, Akai M. Immunohistochemical study on regeneration of substance P-like immunoreactivity in rat molar pulp and periodontal ligament following resection of the inferior alveolar nerve. Arch Oral Biol 1987; 32:225-7. [PMID: 2444197 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9969(87)90141-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Using an indirect immunofluorescence method, after 14 days, regenerated SP-containing nerve fibres first appeared around the blood vessels in apical and coronal regions of the pulp and apical and middle regions of the periodontal ligament. Penetration of regenerated SP-positive fibres into the dentine and predentine was observed 25 days after operation. The number of regenerated SP-containing fibres recovered to nearly to the same level as in intact controls by 35 days. They had a similar distribution in the tissues.
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- S Wakisaka
- First Department of Oral Anatomy, Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry, Japan
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Terenghi G, Zhang SQ, Unger WG, Polak JM. Morphological changes of sensory CGRP-immunoreactive and sympathetic nerves in peripheral tissues following chronic denervation. HISTOCHEMISTRY 1986; 86:89-95. [PMID: 2878909 DOI: 10.1007/bf00492350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The morphological relationship between sensory and sympathetic nerves was studied in tissues of the eye and the oral cavity following chronic sympathetic or sensory denervation. Immunoreactivities for calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) were used as indexes to assess the changes of the two nerve populations after denervation. Following surgical sympathectomy, a marked increase of CGRP-containing fibres was seen in all tissues studied, while TH-imunoreactive fibres were totally depleated. Conversely, after capsaicin treatment, an increase of TH-immunoreactive nerves was found in the same tissues, concomitant with a sharp decrease of CGRP-immunoreactive nerves. These changes were particularly evident in iridial stroma and around blood vessels in all tissue, where sensory and sympathetic nerves have a closely overlapping distribution pattern. The altered proportion of sensory peptide- and catecholamine-containing nerves following sympathetic and sensory denervation suggest that there is a reciprocal trophic influence between the two nerve subsets, possibly with the intervention of neurotrophic substances such as nerve growth factor. These results indicate a close interaction between sensory peptidergic and sympathetic nervous systems in peripheral organs.
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