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Uezono S, Kato T, Yamada Y, Yoshimoto M, Yamamoto N. Afferent and efferent connections of the secondary general visceral sensory nucleus in goldfish. J Comp Neurol 2024; 532:e25566. [PMID: 38104256 DOI: 10.1002/cne.25566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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The secondary general visceral sensory nucleus (SVN) receives ascending fibers from the commissural nucleus of Cajal (NCC), or the primary general visceral sensoru in the medulla oblongata of teleosts. However, the full set of fiber connections of the SVN have been studied only in the Nile tilapia. We have investigated the connections of the SVN in goldfish by tracer injection experiments to the nucleus. We paid special attention to the possible presence of spinal afferents, since the spinal cord projects to the lateral parabrachial nucleus, or the presumed homologue of SVN, in mammals. We found that the SVN indeed receives spinal projections. Spinal terminals were restricted to a region ventrolaterally adjacent to the terminal zone of NCC fibers, suggesting that the SVN can be subdivided into two subnuclei: the commissural nucleus-recipient (SVNc) and spinal-recipient (SVNsp) subnuclei. Tracer injections to the SVNc and SVNsp as well as reciprocal injections to the diencephalon revealed that both subnuclei project directly to diencephalic structures, such as the posterior thalamic nucleus and nucleus of lateral recess, although diencephalic projections of the SVNsp were rather sparse. The SVNsp appears to send fibers to more wide-spread targets in the preoptic area than the SVNc does. The SVNc projects to the telencephalon, while the SVNsp sends scarce or possibly no fibers to the telencephalon. Another notable difference was that the SVNsp gives rise to massive projections to the dorsal diencephalon (ventromedial thalamic, central posterior thalamic, and periventricular posterior tubercular nuclei). These differential connections of the subnuclei may reflect discrete functional significances of the general visceral sensory information mediated by the medulla oblongata and spinal cord.
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- Shiori Uezono
- Laboratory of Fish Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Japan
- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Tokyo Health Sciences, Tama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Fish Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Japan
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- Laboratory of Fish Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Tokyo Health Sciences, Tama, Japan
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- Laboratory of Fish Biology, Department of Animal Sciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Japan
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Schuppe ER, Zhang MD, Perelmuter JT, Marchaterre MA, Bass AH. Oxytocin-like receptor expression in evolutionarily conserved nodes of a vocal network associated with male courtship in a teleost fish. J Comp Neurol 2021; 530:903-922. [PMID: 34614539 DOI: 10.1002/cne.25257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Neuropeptides, including oxytocin-like peptides, are a conserved group of hormones that regulate a wide range of social behaviors, including vocal communication. In the current study, we evaluate whether putative brain sites for the actions of isotocin (IT), the oxytocin (OT) homolog of teleost fishes are associated with vocal courtship and circuitry in the plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus). During the breeding season, nesting males produce advertisement calls known as "hums" to acoustically court females at night and attract them to nests. We first identify IT receptor (ITR) mRNA in evolutionarily conserved regions of the forebrain preoptic area (POA), anterior hypothalamus (AH), and midbrain periaqueductal gray (PAG), and in two topographically separate populations within the hindbrain vocal pattern generator- duration-coding vocal prepacemaker (VPP) and amplitude-coding vocal motor nuclei (VMN) that also innervate vocal muscles. We also verify that ITR expression overlaps known distribution sites of OT-like immunoreactive fibers. Next, using phosphorylated ribosomal subunit 6 (pS6) as a marker for activated neurons, we demonstrate that ITR-containing neurons in the anterior parvocellular POA, AH, PAG, VPP, and VMN are activated in humming males. Posterior parvocellular and magno/gigantocellular divisions of the POA remain constitutively active in nonhumming males that are also in a reproductive state. Together with prior studies of midshipman fish and other vertebrates, our findings suggest that IT-signaling influences male courtship behavior, in part, by acting on brain regions that broadly influence behavioral state (POA) as well as the initiation (POA and PAG) and temporal structure (VPP and VMN) of advertisement hums.
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- Eric R Schuppe
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
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Tripp JA, Bass AH. Galanin immunoreactivity is sexually polymorphic in neuroendocrine and vocal-acoustic systems in a teleost fish. J Comp Neurol 2019; 528:433-452. [PMID: 31469908 PMCID: PMC10128891 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Galanin is a peptide that regulates pituitary hormone release, feeding, and reproductive and parental care behaviors. In teleost fish, increased galanin expression is associated with territorial, reproductively active males. Prior transcriptome studies of the plainfin midshipman (Porichthys notatus), a highly vocal teleost fish with two male morphs that follow alternative reproductive tactics, show that galanin is upregulated in the preoptic area-anterior hypothalamus (POA-AH) of nest-holding, courting type I males during spawning compared to cuckolding type II males. Here, we investigate possible differences in galanin immunoreactivity in the brain of both male morphs and females with a focus on vocal-acoustic and neuroendocrine networks. We find that females differ dramatically from both male morphs in the number of galanin-expressing somata and in the distribution of fibers, especially in brainstem vocal-acoustic nuclei and other sensory integration sites that also differ, though less extensively, between the male morphs. Double labeling shows that primarily separate populations of POA-AH neurons express galanin and the nonapeptides arginine-vasotocin or isotocin, homologues of mammalian arginine vasopressin and oxytocin that are broadly implicated in neural mechanisms of vertebrate social behavior including morph-specific actions on vocal neurophysiology in midshipman. Finally, we report a small population of POA-AH neurons that coexpress galanin and the neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid. Together, the results indicate that galanin neurons in midshipman fish likely modulate brain activity at a broad scale, including targeted effects on vocal motor, sensory and neuroendocrine systems; are unique from nonapeptide-expressing populations; and play a role in male-specific behaviors.
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- Joel A Tripp
- Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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- Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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Kawaguchi M, Hagio H, Yamamoto N, Matsumoto K, Nakayama K, Akazome Y, Izumi H, Tsuneoka Y, Suto F, Murakami Y, Ichijo H. Atlas of the telencephalon based on cytoarchitecture, neurochemical markers, and gene expressions in Rhinogobius flumineus [Mizuno, 1960]. J Comp Neurol 2018; 527:874-900. [PMID: 30516281 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Gobiida is a basal subseries of percomorphs in teleost fishes, holding a useful position for comparisons with other orders of Percomorpha as well as other cohort of teleosts. Here, we describe a telencephalic atlas of a Gobiida species Rhinogobius flumineus (Mizuno, Memoirs of the College of Science, University of Kyoto, Series B: Biology, 1960; 27, 3), based on cytoarchitectural observations, combined with analyses of the distribution patterns of neurochemical markers and transcription factors. The telencephalon of R. flumineus shows a number of features distinct from those of other teleosts. Among others, the followings were of special note. (a) The lateral part of dorsal telencephalon (Dl), which is known as a visual center in other teleosts, is composed of as many as seven regions, some of which are conspicuous, circumscribed by cell plates. These subdivisions of the Dl can be differentiated clearly by differential soma size and color with Nissl-staining, and distribution patterns of neural markers. (b) Cell populations continuous with the ventral region of dorsal part of ventral telencephalon (vVd) exhibit extensive dimension. Especially, portion 1 of the central part of ventral telencephalon appears to represent a cell population laterally translocated from the vVd, forming a large cluster of small cells that penetrate deep into the central part of dorsal telencephalon. (c) The magnocellular subdivision of dorsal part of dorsal telencephalon (Ddmg) contains not only large cells but also vglut2a-positive clusters of small cells that cover a wide range of the caudal Ddmg. Such clusters of small cells have not been observed in the Ddmg of other teleosts.
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- Masahumi Kawaguchi
- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.,Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Genetics Research, Life Science Research Center, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
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Animals evaluate and respond to their social environment with adaptive decisions. Revealing the neural mechanisms of such decisions is a major goal in biology. We analyzed expression profiles for 10 neurochemical genes across 12 brain regions important for decision-making in 88 species representing five vertebrate lineages. We found that behaviorally relevant brain regions are remarkably conserved over 450 million years of evolution. We also find evidence that different brain regions have experienced different selection pressures, because spatial distribution of neuroendocrine ligands are more flexible than their receptors across vertebrates. Our analysis suggests that the diversity of social behavior in vertebrates can be explained, in part, by variations on a theme of conserved neural and gene expression networks.
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- Lauren A O'Connell
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology and Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Distribution of nonapeptide systems in the forebrain of an African cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni. J Chem Neuroanat 2012; 44:86-97. [PMID: 22668656 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2012.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2012] [Revised: 05/23/2012] [Accepted: 05/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Nonapeptides and their receptors have important functions in mediating social behavior across vertebrates. Where these nonapeptides are synthesized in the brain has been studied extensively in most vertebrate lineages, yet we know relatively little about the neural distribution of nonapeptide receptors outside of mammals. As nonapeptides play influential roles in behavioral regulation in all vertebrates, including teleost fish, we mapped the distributions of the receptors for arginine vasotocin (AVT; homolog of arginine vasopressin) and isotocin (IST; homolog of oxytocin/mesotocin) throughout the forebrain of Astatotilapia burtoni, an African cichlid fish with behavioral phenotypes that are plastic and reversible based on the immediate social environment. We characterized the distribution of the AVT V1a2 receptor (V1aR) and the IST receptor (ITR) using both immunohistochemistry for protein detection and in situ hybridization for mRNA detection, as well as AVT and IST using immunohistochemistry. Expression of the neuropeptide receptors was widely distributed throughout the fore- and midbrain, including the proposed teleost homologs of the mammalian amygdala complex, striatum, hypothalamus, and ventral tegmental area. We conclude that although the location of nonapeptide synthesis is restricted compared to tetrapod vertebrates, the distribution of nonapeptide receptors is highly conserved across taxa. Our results significantly extend our knowledge of where nonapeptides act in the brains of teleosts to mediate social transitions and behavior.
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Le Mével JC, Lancien F, Mimassi N, Conlon JM. Brain neuropeptides in central ventilatory and cardiovascular regulation in trout. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2012; 3:124. [PMID: 23115556 PMCID: PMC3483629 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2012.00124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Many neuropeptides and their G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are present within the brain area involved in ventilatory and cardiovascular regulation but only a few mammalian studies have focused on the integrative physiological actions of neuropeptides on these vital cardio-respiratory regulations. Because both the central neuroanatomical substrates that govern motor ventilatory and cardiovascular output and the primary sequence of regulatory peptides and their receptors have been mostly conserved through evolution, we have developed a trout model to study the central action of native neuropeptides on cardio-ventilatory regulation. In the present review, we summarize the most recent results obtained using this non-mammalian model with a focus on PACAP, VIP, tachykinins, CRF, urotensin-1, CGRP, angiotensin-related peptides, urotensin-II, NPY, and PYY. We propose hypotheses regarding the physiological relevance of the results obtained.
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- Jean-Claude Le Mével
- INSERM UMR 1101, Laboratoire de Traitement de l'Information Médicale, Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie, SFR ScInBioS, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université Européenne de Bretagne, Université de Brest, CHU de BrestBrest, France
- *Correspondence: Jean-Claude Le Mével, INSERM UMR 1101, Laboratoire de Traitement de l'Information Médicale, Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie, SFR ScInBioS, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université Européenne de Bretagne, Université de Brest, CHU de Brest, 22 avenue Camille Desmoulins, CS 93837, 29238 Brest Cedex 3, France. e-mail:
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- INSERM UMR 1101, Laboratoire de Traitement de l'Information Médicale, Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie, SFR ScInBioS, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université Européenne de Bretagne, Université de Brest, CHU de BrestBrest, France
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- INSERM UMR 1101, Laboratoire de Traitement de l'Information Médicale, Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie, SFR ScInBioS, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université Européenne de Bretagne, Université de Brest, CHU de BrestBrest, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates UniversityAl Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Ytteborg E, Torgersen JS, Pedersen ME, Baeverfjord G, Hannesson KO, Takle H. Remodeling of the notochord during development of vertebral fusions in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Cell Tissue Res 2010; 342:363-76. [DOI: 10.1007/s00441-010-1069-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2010] [Accepted: 09/30/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Berman JR, Skariah G, Maro GS, Mignot E, Mourrain P. Characterization of two melanin-concentrating hormone genes in zebrafish reveals evolutionary and physiological links with the mammalian MCH system. J Comp Neurol 2010; 517:695-710. [PMID: 19827161 DOI: 10.1002/cne.22171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) regulates feeding and complex behaviors in mammals and pigmentation in fish. The relationship between fish and mammalian MCH systems is not well understood. Here, we identify and characterize two MCH genes in zebrafish, Pmch1 and Pmch2. Whereas Pmch1 and its corresponding MCH1 peptide resemble MCH found in other fish, the zebrafish Pmch2 gene and MCH2 peptide share genomic structure, synteny, and high peptide sequence homology with mammalian MCH. Zebrafish Pmch genes are expressed in closely associated but non-overlapping neurons within the hypothalamus, and MCH2 neurons send numerous projections to multiple MCH receptor-rich targets with presumed roles in sensory perception, learning and memory, arousal, and homeostatic regulation. Preliminary functional analysis showed that whereas changes in zebrafish Pmch1 expression correlate with pigmentation changes, the number of MCH2-expressing neurons increases in response to chronic food deprivation. These findings demonstrate that zebrafish MCH2 is the putative structural and functional ortholog of mammalian MCH and help elucidate the nature of MCH evolution among vertebrates.
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- Jennifer R Berman
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA
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Mensah ET, Volkoff H, Unniappan S. Galanin systems in non-mammalian vertebrates with special focus on fishes. EXPERIENTIA SUPPLEMENTUM (2012) 2010; 102:243-62. [PMID: 21299073 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0346-0228-0_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Galanin is a well characterized multifunctional neuropeptide in mammals. Galanin has been identified from several fishes, amphibians, reptiles and birds. A large set of data is available on galanin-like protein distribution and peptide and/or mRNA sequences in non-mammalian vertebrates. Galanin receptor sequences from fishes and birds are known, but its distribution and mechanisms of actions are poorly understood. While some biological actions of galanin are known in non-mammals, the functional role of galanin in lower vertebrates is limited. For example, galanin has been shown to regulate feeding, pituitary hormone secretion and gut motility in fishes. Several aspects of galanin biology remain unknown, yet, there is enough evidence to implicate galanin as an important physiological modulator in lower vertebrates. Majority of the research articles on galanin in non-mammals arise from studies that used fishes. The objective of this chapter is to provide a summarized discussion of current knowledge on galanin peptide and gene sequences and organization, distribution of galanin gene and protein, and physiological functions of galanin in non-mammalian vertebrates with a special focus on fishes.
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- Elsie Tachie Mensah
- Laboratory of Integrative Neuroendocrinology, Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
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Amano M, Amiya N, Hiramatsu M, Tomioka T, Oka Y. Interaction between neuropeptide Y immunoreactive neurons and galanin immunoreactive neurons in the brain of the masu salmon, Oncorhynchus masou. Neurosci Lett 2009; 462:33-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.06.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2009] [Revised: 06/18/2009] [Accepted: 06/19/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Sciarrillo R, Capaldo A, Valiante S, Laforgia V, De Falco M. Localization and role of galanin in the thyroid gland of Podarcis sicula lizard (reptilia, lacertide). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 311:199-206. [PMID: 19130603 DOI: 10.1002/jez.519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Galanin (GAL) is a 29-amino acid residue neuropeptide, which was initially isolated from porcine intestine extracts and since then, widely found in a variety of vertebrate organs, in correlation with multiple neuro-hormonal actions exerted and so receiving a constantly growing attention. Moreover, although the studies undertaken so far suggest a local intrathyroidal peptidergic regulatory action, the exact role of GAL on thyroid gland remains to be established. The aim of this study was to determine in the lizard, Podarcis sicula, (1) the presence of GAL immunoreactivity in the thyroid gland and (2) the short- and long-term effects of in vivo GAL administration by intraperitoneal injection on thyroid gland physiology. First of all, the presence of GAL in the thyroid gland of P. sicula was demonstrated by immunohistochemical technique (avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex--ABC method). Second, the role of GAL in the control of thyroid gland activity was studied in vivo using light microscopy (LM) technique coupled to a specific radioimmunoassay for thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and thyroid hormones (T(4) and T(3)). Prolonged GAL administration [(0.4 mg/100 g body wt)/day] increased T(4) and T(3) release, but decreased the plasma concentration of TSH. In addition, using LM clear signs of stimulation of the thyroid gland were observed. These findings suggest that systemic administration of GAL was able to stimulate the thyroid gland of the lizard both at morphological and physiological level.
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- Rosaria Sciarrillo
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy.
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Le Mével JC, Lancien F, Mimassi N, Conlon JM. Ventilatory and cardiovascular actions of centrally administered trout tachykinins in the unanesthetized trout. J Exp Biol 2007; 210:3301-10. [PMID: 17766308 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.006106] [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: 11/20/2022]
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SUMMARYThe brains of teleost fish contain members of the tachykinin family that are the products of orthologous genes expressed in mammalian nervous tissues,but little is known regarding the physiological effects of these peptides in their species of origin. The present study compares the central actions of trout neuropeptide gamma (NPγ), substance P (SP) and neurokinin A (NKA)(5–250 pmol) on ventilatory and cardiovascular parameters in the unanesthetized rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of NPγ evoked a dose-dependent elevation of the ventilation rate (fV) but a reduction of the ventilation amplitude (VAMP) that was caused by a reduction of the magnitude of the adduction phase of the ventilatory signal. The net effect of NPγ was to produce an hypoventilatory response since the total ventilation (VTOT) was significantly reduced. The minimum effective dose for a significant effect of NPγ on fV and VAMP was 50 pmol. SP evoked a significant elevation of fV, a concomitant depression of VAMP, and a resultant decrease in VTOTbut only at the highest dose (250 pmol). NKA was without action on fV but significantly decreased VAMP at only the highest dose tested. In this case also, the net effect of NKA was to reduce VTOT. When injected centrally, none of the three peptides, at any dose tested, produced changes in heart rate or mean dorsal aortic blood pressure (PDA). Intra-arterial injection of the three tachykinins (250 pmol) produced a significant (P<0.05)increase in PDA, but only SP and NKA induced concomitant bradycardia. None of the three peptides produced any change in fV or VAMP. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that centrally injected tachykinins, particularly NPγ,produce a strong hypoventilatory response in a teleost fish and so suggest that endogenous tachykinins may be differentially implicated in neuroregulatory control of ventilation.
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- Jean-Claude Le Mével
- Laboratoire de Traitement de l'Information Médicale, INSERM U650, Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, 22 avenue Camille Desmoulins, CS 93837, 29238 Brest Cedex 3, France.
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Folgueira M, Sueiro C, Rodríguez-Moldes I, Yáñez J, Anadón R. Organization of the torus longitudinalis in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): an immunohistochemical study of the GABAergic system and a DiI tract-tracing study. J Comp Neurol 2007; 503:348-70. [PMID: 17492628 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The torus longitudinalis (TL) is a tectum-associated structure of actinopterygian fishes. The organization of the TL of rainbow trout was studied with Nissl staining, Golgi methods, immunocytochemistry with antibodies to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), and the GABA(A) receptor subunits delta and beta2/beta 3, and with tract tracing methods. Two types of neuron were characterized: medium-sized GABAergic neurons and small GABA-negative granule cells. GABA(A) receptor subunit delta-like immunoreactivity delineated two different TL regions, ventrolateral and central. Small GABAergic cells were also observed in marginal and periventricular strata of the optic tectum. These results indicate the presence of local GABAergic inhibitory circuits in the TL system. For tract-tracing, a lipophilic dye (DiI) was applied to the TL and to presumed toropetal nuclei or toral targets. Toropetal neurons were observed in the optic tectum, in pretectal (central, intermediate, and paracommissural) nuclei, in the subvalvular nucleus, and associated with the pretectocerebellar tract. Torofugal fibers were numerous in the stratum marginale of the optic tectum. Toropetal pretectal nuclei also project to the cerebellum, and a few TL cells project to the cerebellar corpus. The pyramidal cells of the trout tectum were also studied by Golgi methods and local DiI labeling. The connections of trout TL revealed here were more similar to those recently reported in carp and holocentrids (Ito et al. [2003] J. Comp. Neurol. 457:202-211; Xue et al. [2003] J. Comp. Neurol. 462:194-212), than to those reported in earlier studies. However, important differences in organization of toropetal nuclei were noted between salmonids and these other teleosts.
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- Mónica Folgueira
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of A Coruña, 15007-A Coruña, Spain
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Piñuela C, Northcutt RG. Immunohistochemical Organization of the Forebrain in the White Sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus. BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 2007; 69:229-53. [PMID: 17299256 DOI: 10.1159/000099612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2005] [Accepted: 12/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The distribution of substance P (SP), leucine-enkephalin (LENK), serotonin (5HT), dopamine (DA), and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) was examined in the forebrain of the white sturgeon in order to evaluate several anatomical hypotheses based on cytoarchitectonics, and to gain a better understanding of the evolution of the forebrain in ray-finned fishes. The subpallium of the telencephalon has the highest concentration of the neuropeptides SP and LENK, allowing the pallial-subpallial border to be easily distinguished. The distribution of dopamine is similar to that of serotonin in the subpallium, fibers positive for these transmitters are particularly dense in the dorsal and ventral divisions of the subpallium. In addition, a small population of DA- and 5HT-positive cell bodies--which appear to be unique to sturgeons--was identified at the level of the anterior commissure. The internal granular layer of the olfactory bulbs had large numbers of TH-positive cell bodies and fibers, as did the rostral subpallium. The occurrence of cell bodies positive for LENK in the dorsal nucleus of the rostral subpallium supports the hypothesis that this nucleus is homologous to the striatum in other vertebrates. This is further reinforced by the apparent origin of an ascending dopaminergic pathway from cells in the posterior tubercle that are likely homologous to the ventral tegmental area/substantia nigra in land vertebrates. Finally, the differential distribution of SP and TH in the pallium supports the hypothesis that the pallium, or area dorsalis, can be divided medially into a rostral division (Dm), a caudal division (Dp) that is the main pallial target of secondary olfactory projections, and a narrow lateral division (Dd+Dl) immediately adjacent to the attachment of the tela choroidea along the entire rostrocaudal length of the telencephalic hemisphere.
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- Carmen Piñuela
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain
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Alponti RF, Mancera JM, Martín-del-Río MP, Silveira PF. Galanin-like immunoreactivity in the brain of the snake Bothrops jararaca. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2006; 149:269-77. [PMID: 16860322 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2006] [Revised: 06/08/2006] [Accepted: 06/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The distribution of galanin-like immunoreactive perikarya and nerve fibers in the brain of the snake Bothrops jararaca was studied by means of immunohistochemistry using an antiserum against porcine galanin. Immunoreactive neurons were only detected in the infundibular recess nucleus. Immunoreactive fibers were found in the telencephalic, diencephalic and mesencephalic areas such as the dorsal cortex, nucleus accumbens, lamina terminalis, preoptic area, mediodorsal region of the supraoptic nucleus, subfornical organ, nucleus of the paraventricular organ, subcommisural organ and periventricular grey region. The habenula, paraventricular nucleus, infundibular recess nucleus and hypothalamo-hypophyseal tract presented denser innervations. The outer layer of the median eminence displayed numerous fibers located close to the portal system, while scarce fibers were seen in the inner median eminence and neural lobe of the hypophysis. The distribution of labelled neurons in the brain of this snake was more restricted than that described in a turtle. The wide hypothalamic and extrahypothalamic distribution of labelled fibers suggests that galanin peptides may have hypophysiotropic, neuromodulator and neurotransmitter roles in the snake B. jararaca.
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- R F Alponti
- Laboratory of Pharmacology, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brazil, 1500, 05503-900 São Paulo, Brazil
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Masini MA, Prato P, Uva BM. Galanin and its binding sites in the brain of eels subjected to different osmolar conditions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 305:862-71. [PMID: 16917814 DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.326] [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: 11/09/2022]
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A galanin (GAL)-like peptidergic system was investigated in the brain of Anguilla anguilla subjected to hyperosmolar and hypoosmolar conditions, by using antisera raised against porcine 1-29 GAL. A group of immunoreactive perikaria was identified in the periventricular hypothalamus, in the ventral thalamus, in the pretectal areas and in the optic tectum. Immunoreactive perikaria were present in the nucleus lateralis of the torus semicircularis in seawater (SW) adapted eels, and were absent in the freshwater (FW) adapted eels. Galaninergic fibres were observed in many areas of the brain. The immunoreactive perikaria and fibres, when localised in the same areas, were more strongly labelled and numerous in the SW adapted eels in comparison to the FW adapted animals. GAL-specific binding sites, investigated by autoradiography using iodinated porcine GAL, occurred in several regions of the brain, in particular in the dorsal telencephalon, in the dorsal thalamus and in the torus semicircularis, where a high density of binding sites was observed in the SW adapted eels. Conversely, a higher density of binding sites was observed in the caudal substantia reticularis and in the corpus cerebelli in the FW adapted eels. We conclude that different distributions and intensity in immunoreactive elements occur in response to the two environmental conditions.
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Pissios P, Bradley RL, Maratos-Flier E. Expanding the scales: The multiple roles of MCH in regulating energy balance and other biological functions. Endocr Rev 2006; 27:606-20. [PMID: 16788162 DOI: 10.1210/er.2006-0021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) is a cyclic peptide originally identified as a 17-amino-acid circulating hormone in teleost fish, where it is secreted by the pituitary in response to stress and environmental stimuli. In fish, MCH lightens skin color by stimulating aggregation of melanosomes, pigment-containing granules in melanophores, cells of neuroectodermal origin found in fish scales. Although the peptide structure between fish and mammals is highly conserved, in mammals, MCH has no demonstrable effects on pigmentation; instead, based on a series of pharmacological and genetic experiments, MCH has emerged as a critical hypothalamic regulator of energy homeostasis, having effects on both feeding behavior and energy expenditure.
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- Pavlos Pissios
- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Adrio F, Rodríguez MA, Rodríguez-Moldes I. Distribution of galanin-like immunoreactivity in the brain of the Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baeri). J Comp Neurol 2005; 487:54-74. [PMID: 15861461 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Galanin is a 29-amino acid peptide widely distributed in the central nervous system of vertebrates. The organization of galaninergic systems is well known in teleosts, the most advanced actinopterygians, but no data are available on primitive bony fish. To extend the evolutionary analysis of galaninergic systems we studied the distribution of galanin-like immunoreactive (GAL-ir) cells and fibers in the sturgeon brain, since chondrosteans are among the most primitive extant actinopterygians. Double-immunolabeling experiments were performed to compare the distribution of galanin with that of neurophysin, tyrosine hydroxylase, and serotonin. Numerous GAL-ir cells of cerebrospinal fluid-contacting (CSF-C) type were found in the ventral telencephalon, preoptic area, and in the tuberal and caudal hypothalamus. The distribution of GAL-ir elements in the sturgeon brain shows many similarities to that observed in other vertebrates, but also important differences, such as the abundance of GAL-ir CSF-C cells, which appear to be a primitive characteristic. GAL-ir neurons observed in the sturgeon telencephalic hemispheres perhaps represent the basic organization of common ancestors of bony fishes and tetrapods. In the preoptic-hypophyseal system, GAL-ir cells appeared to be related not only with neurophysin-expressing neurons (in the tuberal hypothalamus) but also with serotoninergic and catecholamines-synthesizing neurons (in preoptic and tuberal nuclei). Numerous GAL-ir fibers were observed in the median eminence and neural lobe of the hypophysis, indicating that galanin may play a role in the modulation of hypophyseal secretion. GAL-ir neurons were absent from the sturgeon brainstem, suggesting that their presence in other vertebrates could represent an evolutionary recent acquisition.
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- Fátima Adrio
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Folgueira M, Anadón R, Yáñez J. An experimental study of the connections of the telencephalon in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). I: Olfactory bulb and ventral area. J Comp Neurol 2004; 480:180-203. [PMID: 15514934 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The fluorescent carbocyanine dye 1,1'-dioctadecyl 3,3,3',3'-tetramethylindocarbocyanine perchlorate (DiI) was used in fixed tissue to comprehensively analyze the connections of the olfactory bulbs and the different regions of the ventral (V) area of the telencephalic lobes (subpallium) of the rainbow trout. With this goal, DiI was applied to the different telencephalic nuclei and zones, as well as to the olfactory nerve, the olfactory bulb, the retina, and to several structures in the diencephalon and brainstem of juvenile trout. The olfactory bulbs maintain reciprocal connections with several regions of the telencephalon [ventral nucleus of V (Vv), supracommissural nucleus (Vs), posterior zone of D (Dp), preoptic nucleus], and also project to the diencephalon (posterior tuberal nucleus, posterior hypothalamic lobe). Vv receives afferents from Vs, the dorsal nucleus of V (Vd), the preoptic nucleus, and from several nuclei in the diencephalon and brainstem (suprachiasmatic nucleus, anterior and lateral tuberal nuclei, preglomerular complex, tertiary gustatory nucleus, posterior tubercle, inferior hypothalamic lobes, thalamus, torus semicircularis, secondary gustatory nucleus, locus coeruleus, superior raphe nucleus, central gray, and reticular formation), and projects to dorsal (pallial) regions and most of the nuclei afferent to Vv. The dorsal nucleus of V (Vd) and Vs mainly project to the dorsal area. In an accompanying article (Folgueira et al., 2004), we present the results of application of DiI to dorsal (pallial) telencephalic regions, as well as of several experiments of tracer application to extratelencephalic regions. The results presented here, together with those of the accompanying article, reveal a complex connectional pattern of the rainbow trout ventral telencephalon, most of these connections having not been described previously in salmonids.
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- Mónica Folgueira
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of A Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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Bosi G, Shinn AP, Giari L, Arrighi S, Domeneghini C. The presence of a galanin-like peptide in the gut neuroendocrine system of Lampetra fluviatilis and Acipenser transmontanus: an immunohistochemical study. Tissue Cell 2004; 36:283-92. [PMID: 15261748 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2004.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2003] [Revised: 03/30/2004] [Accepted: 04/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Galanin is a brain-gut neuropeptide present in the central and peripheral nervous systems of vertebrates. In the present survey, the galaninergic and the diffuse endocrine systems of the alimentary canal of the river lamprey, Lampetra fluviatilis, and the white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, were studied by immunohistochemistry. The results show the presence of galanin-like immunoreactive endocrine cells in the gut of L. fluviatilis. In addition, a galanin-like immunoreactivity was detected in enteric intramural neurons of both species. It is conceivable that the galaninergic system plays in both species a role in the regulation of the gut muscle contractility and in the modulation of mucosal secretive/absorptive processes. In A. transmontanus, the presence of galanin-like immunoreactive nerve fibres associated with components of the gut associated-lymphoid tissue is possibly correlated with a control of the defensive events at this site. The presence of a galanin-like immunoreactivity in the neuroendocrine system of these two ancient fishes confirms the hypothesis on the early occurrence of this regulative molecule in the gastro-enteric system of vertebrates.
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- G Bosi
- Department of Veterinary Sciences and Technologies for Food Safety, University of Milan, via Trentacoste n. 2, I-20134 Milan, Italy.
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Kaslin J, Nystedt JM, Ostergård M, Peitsaro N, Panula P. The orexin/hypocretin system in zebrafish is connected to the aminergic and cholinergic systems. J Neurosci 2004; 24:2678-89. [PMID: 15028760 PMCID: PMC6729510 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4908-03.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The orexin/hypocretin (ORX) system is involved in physiological processes such as feeding, energy metabolism, and the control of sleep and wakefulness. The ORX system may drive the aminergic and cholinergic activities that control sleep and wakefulness states because of the ORX fiber projections to the aminergic and cholinergic cell clusters. The biological mechanisms and relevance of the interactions between these neurotransmitter systems are poorly understood. We studied these systems in zebrafish, a model organism in which it is possible to simultaneously study these systems and their interactions. We cloned a zebrafish prepro-ORX gene that encodes for the two functional neuropeptides orexin-A (ORX-A) and orexin-B (ORX-B). The prepro-ORX gene of the zebrafish consisted of one exon in contrast to mammals. The sequence of the ORX-A peptide of the zebrafish was less conserved than the ORX-B peptide compared with other vertebrates. By using in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry, we found that the organization of the ORX system of zebrafish was similar to the ORX system in mammals, including a hypothalamic cell cluster and widespread fiber projections. The ORX system of the zebrafish showed a unique characteristic with an additional putatively ORX-containing cell group. The ORX system innervated several aminergic nuclei, raphe, locus ceruleus, the mesopontine-like area, dopaminergic clusters, and histaminergic neurons. A reciprocal relationship was found between the ORX system and several aminergic systems. Our results suggest that the architecture of these neurotransmitter systems is conserved in vertebrates and that these neurotransmitter systems in zebrafish may be involved in regulation of states of wakefulness and energy homeostasis by similar mechanisms as those in mammals.
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- Jan Kaslin
- Department of Biology, Abo Akademi University, Biocity, FIN-20520 Turku/Abo, Finland
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Rodríguez MA, Anadón R, Rodríguez-Moldes I. Development of galanin-like immunoreactivity in the brain of the brown trout (Salmo trutta fario), with some observations on sexual dimorphism. J Comp Neurol 2003; 465:263-85. [PMID: 12949786 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The development of galanin-like immunoreactive (GAL-ir) cells and fibers was investigated in the brain of brown trout embryos, alevins, juveniles, and adults (some spontaneously releasing their gametes). The earliest GAL-ir neurons appeared in the preoptic region and the primordial hypothalamic lobe of 12-mm embryos. After hatching, new GAL-ir neurons appeared in the lateral, anterior, and posterior tuberal nuclei, and in late alevins, GAL-ir neurons appeared in the area postrema. In juveniles, further GAL-ir populations appeared in the nucleus subglomerulosus and magnocellular preoptic nucleus. The GAL-ir neuronal groups present in juveniles were also observed in sexually mature adults, although the area postrema of males lacked immunoreactive neurons. Moreover, spawning males exhibited GAL-ir somata in the olfactory bulb and habenula, which were never observed in adult females or in developing stages. In adults, numerous GAL-ir fibers were observed in the ventral telencephalon, preoptic area, hypothalamus, neurohypophysis, mesencephalic tegmentum, ventral rhombencephalon, and area postrema. Moderate to low GAL-ir innervation was seen in the olfactory bulbs, dorsomedial telencephalon, epithalamus, medial thalamus, optic tectum, cerebellum, and rhombencephalic alar plate. There were large differences among regions in the GAL-ir innervation establishment time. In embryos, GAL-ir fibers appeared in the preoptic area and hypothalamus, indicating early expression of galanin in hypophysiotrophic centers. The presence of galanin immunoreactivity in the olfactory, reproductive, visual, and sensory-motor centers of the brain suggest that galanin is involved in many other brain functions. Furthermore, the distribution of GAL-ir elements observed throughout trout development indicates that galaninergic system maturation continues until sexual maturity.
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- Miguel Angel Rodríguez
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Goodson JL, Evans AK, Bass AH. Putative isotocin distributions in sonic fish: relation to vasotocin and vocal-acoustic circuitry. J Comp Neurol 2003; 462:1-14. [PMID: 12761820 PMCID: PMC2679688 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Recent neurophysiological evidence in the plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus) demonstrated that isotocin (IT) and arginine vasotocin (AVT) modulate fictive vocalizations divergently between three reproductive morphs. To provide an anatomical framework for the modulation of vocalization by IT and to foster comparisons with the distributions of the IT homologues mesotocin (MT) and oxytocin (OT) in other vertebrate groups, we describe putative IT distributions in the midshipman and the closely related gulf toadfish, Opsanus beta. Double-label fluorescent histochemistry was used for IT and AVT (by using antibodies for MT, OT, and the mammalian AVT homologue, arginine vasopressin [AVP]). MT/OT-like immunoreactive (MT/OT-lir) cell groups were found in the anterior parvocellular, posterior parvocellular, and magnocellular preoptic nuclei. MT/OT-lir fibers and putative terminals densely innervated the ventral telencephalon and numerous areas in the hypothalamus and brainstem. These distributions included all sites of vocal-acoustic integration recently identified for the forebrain and midbrain and diencephalic components of the ascending auditory pathway. Results were qualitatively comparable across morphs, species, and seasons. In contrast to the widespread distribution of MT/OT-lir, AVP-lir somata, fibers, and putative terminals were almost completely restricted to vocal-acoustic regions. These data parallel previous descriptions of AVT immunoreactivity in these species, although the present methods showed a previously undescribed, seasonally variable AVP-lir cell group in the anterior tuberal hypothalamus, a vocally active site and a component of the ascending auditory pathway. These findings provided anatomic support for the role of IT and AVT in the modulation of vocal behavior at multiple levels of the central vocal-acoustic circuitry.
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- James L Goodson
- Psychology Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093, USA.
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Kapsimali M, Bourrat F, Vernier P. Distribution of the orphan nuclear receptor Nurr1 in medaka (Oryzias latipes): cues to the definition of homologous cell groups in the vertebrate brain. J Comp Neurol 2001; 431:276-92. [PMID: 11170005 DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20010312)431:3<276::aid-cne1070>3.0.co;2-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The orphan nuclear receptor Nurr1 has been extensively studied in mammals and shown to contribute to the differentiation of several cell phenotypes in the nervous and endocrine systems. In this study, the gene homologous to the mammalian Nurr1 (NR4A2) was isolated in the teleost fish medaka (Oryzias latipes), and the distribution of its transcripts was analyzed within brains of embryos and adults. Nurr1 has a widespread distribution in the medaka brain. Large amounts of Nurr1 transcripts were found in the intermediate nucleus of the ventral telencephalon, preoptic magnocellular nucleus, ventral habenula, nucleus of the periventricular posterior tuberculum, and nuclei of glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves. To search for homologous cell groups between teleost fish and tetrapods brains, the co-localization of Nurr1 and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) transcripts was analyzed. Neither Nurr1 nor TH expression was detected in the ventral midbrain, but both transcripts were present in the periventricular nucleus of the posterior tuberculum. This observation supports the hypothesis that this nucleus is homologous to dopaminergic mesencephalic nuclei of mammals. The presence of Nurr1 in the preoptic magnocellular nucleus of medaka and paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus of mammals reinforces the hypothesis of homology between these areas. TH and Nurr1 transcripts are also co-localized, among others, in the nucleus of the paraventricular organ and nucleus of the vagus nerve. This work suggests that the differentiating role of Nurr1 in the central nervous system is conserved in gnathostomes.
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- M Kapsimali
- Development, Evolution, and Plasticity of the Nervous System, UPR 2197, Institut de Neurobiologie A. Fessard, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91198 France
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Agústsson T, Ebbesson LO, Björnsson BT. Dopaminergic innervation of the rainbow trout pituitary and stimulatory effect of dopamine on growth hormone secretion in vitro. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2000; 127:355-64. [PMID: 11118945 DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(00)00265-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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To elucidate which factors regulate growth hormone (GH) secretion in rainbow trout, dopaminergic innervation of the rainbow trout pituitary along with the action of dopamine in vitro, were studied. Brains with attached pituitaries were double-labeled for putative dopaminergic neuronal fibers and somatotropes, using fluorescence immunohistochemistry. A direct dopaminergic innervation to the proximal pars distalis (PPD) with dopaminergic fibers terminating adjacent to somatotropes was demonstrated. Growth hormone secretion from whole pituitaries was measured in perifusate using a homologous GH-RIA. Dopamine (DA; 10(-7)-2x10(-6) g ml(-1)) increased basal GH secretion, with the GH secretion normalizing again after the DA exposure was halted. When pituitaries were pre-treated with somatostatin-14 (SRIF-14; 10(-12)-10(-9) g ml(-1)), before being exposed to different doses of DA, there was an inhibition of GH secretion which was not reversed after treatment of SRIF-14 was halted, unless DA was added. It is concluded that dopamine can function as a GH secretagogue in the rainbow trout pituitary gland.
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- T Agústsson
- Department of Zoology, Fish Endocrinology Laboratory, Göteborg University, Box 463, S 405 30, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Arginine vasotocin (AVT) and its mammalian homologue arginine vasopressin (AVP) modulate reproduction-related and other social behaviors in a broad range of vertebrate species. These functions of AVT/AVP may be in part achieved through the modulation of sensorimotor integration, although experimental evidence supporting this hypothesis remains limited. In the present experiments, we demonstrate (1) AVT innervation of candidate vocal-acoustic brain regions, and (2) AVT modulation of vocal-motor physiology in the plainfin midshipman fish (Porichthys notatus), which uses vocalizations in both mate attraction and agonistic contexts. AVT distribution was compared with known vocally active brain regions and to central auditory and vocal pathways. AVT-immunoreactive fibers and putative terminals descend almost exclusively from the preoptic area and are found in two primary candidate sites for vocal-acoustic integration - the anterior tuberal hypothalamus and paralemniscal midbrain tegmentum. AVT immunoreactivity is also located in several other vocally active regions, including the ventral tuberal nucleus, periaqueductal gray, and paraventricular regions of the isthmus and rostral hindbrain. The parvocellular preoptic area itself is also vocally active, although thresholds are substantially higher than for other regions. The functional significance of AVT input to vocal-acoustic regions was demonstrated in the paralemniscal midbrain where local delivery of AVT modulated electrically evoked, rhythmic vocal-motor output, which precisely mimicked natural vocalizations. AVT produced dose-dependent inhibitions of parameters associated with call initiation (burst latency and number of vocal-motor bursts elicited) but not of vocal-motor patterning (fundamental frequency and burst duration). Together, these findings provide support for the proposal that AVT modulates sensorimotor processes underlying social/acoustic communication.
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- J L Goodson
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Rodríguez-Gómez FJ, Rendón-Unceta MC, Sarasquete C, Muñoz-Cueto JA. Localization of galanin-like immunoreactive structures in the brain of the Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis. THE HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 2000; 32:123-31. [PMID: 10816078 DOI: 10.1023/a:1004074430973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The distribution of galanin-like immunoreactive structures was studied in the brain of the Senegalese sole, Solea senegalensis, using immunohistochemical methods. Periventricular immunoreactive cell bodies were observed in the rostral pole of the preoptic recess, within the pars parvocellularis of the nucleus preopticus parvocellularis. Another galanin-immunoreactive cell population was observed more caudal in the ventromedial hypothalamus, along the medial evaginations of the lateral recess. These cells appear within the cytoarchitectonic limits of the nucleus recessus lateralis pars ventralis. We found an extensive presence of galanin-immunoreactive fibres throughout the entire brain, although the most massive network of fibres was observed in the caudal olfactory bulbs, ventral telencephalon, preoptic area and around diencephalic ventricular recesses. Also, the hypophysis, ventricular mesencephalic area, median reticular formation and viscerosensory rhombencephalon displayed important plexuses of galanin-immunoreactive axons. The widespread distribution of these immunoreactive structures in the brain and pituitary of the Senegalese sole suggests an important role for galanin in neuroendocrine regulation of brain and adenohypophyseal functions.
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- F J Rodríguez-Gómez
- Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology, Faclulty of Marine Sciences, University of Cádiz, Puerto Real, Spain
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Ericson E, Ahlenius S. Suggestive evidence for inhibitory effects of galanin on mesolimbic dopaminergic neurotransmission. Brain Res 1999; 822:200-9. [PMID: 10082897 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01144-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The objective was to examine effects of galaninrat on forebrain monoamine synthesis and on spontaneous locomotor activity in the rat. The rate of monoamine synthesis was estimated by measuring the accumulation of l-DOPA and 5-HTP, following inhibition of cerebral aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase by means of NSD-1015 (100 mg kg-1 i.p.), after i.c.v. or intracerebral administration of galanin in adult male Wistar rats. Spontaneous locomotor activity was observed in an automated open-field arena ( approximately 0.5 m2). The i.c.v. administration of galanin (0.5-5.0 nmol bilaterally) produced a dose-dependent, statistically significant, increase in DOPA accumulation throughout the neostriatum, and in the olfactory bulb, indicating an increase in the rate of DA synthesis. No increase was observed in brain areas where noradrenaline is the predominant catecholamine, such as the neocortex or the ventral hippocampus. In addition, there was a tendency for an increase in 5-HTP accumulation in the dorso-lateral neostriatum and in the accumbens. The same i.c.v. administration of galanin produced a dose-dependent, and statistically significant, decrease in spontaneous locomotor activity. The effect on forebrain DA synthesis could also be produced by local bilateral application of galanin (2x1 nmol) into the ventral tegmental area, but not the nucleus accumbens (2x2 nmol). There were no effects on forebrain DOPA or 5-HTP accumulation by the local application of galanin into the locus coeruleus, or into the dorsal raphe nucleus. It is concluded that the neuropeptide galanin modulates forebrain dopaminergic neurotransmission. The effect appears to be mediated at the somato-dendritic level of the meso-neostriatal pathway, and could perhaps be utilized to normalize perturbations ascribed to dysfunction in this neuronal pathway, such as schizophrenia.
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- E Ericson
- Department of Pharmacology, Astra Arcus, SE-151 85, Södertälje, Sweden
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Le Mével JC, Mabin D, Hanley AM, Conlon JM. Contrasting cardiovascular effects following central and peripheral injections of trout galanin in trout. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 275:R1118-26. [PMID: 9756542 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.275.4.r1118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Little is known about the role of galanin (Gal) in fish. In the present study, cardiovascular effects of central and peripheral administrations of a synthetic replicate of trout Gal (tGal) were investigated in the unanesthetized trout. Intracerebroventricular injection of 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, and 3.0 nmol/kg body mass of the peptide demonstrated that the two highest doses tested produced a significant (P < 0.001) and equivalent increase in mean dorsal aortic blood pressure (PDA) without changing heart rate (HR). At a dose of 1.0 nmol/kg, the systemic vascular resistance (Rs) increased, but no change was detected in cardiac output compared with that produced by intracerebroventricular injection of vehicle only. In contrast, intra-arterial injections of 0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 nmol/kg body mass of tGal produced a dose-dependent decrease in PDA with a threshold dose for significant effects observed at a dose of 0.5 nmol/kg. None of the doses tested changed HR. At a dose of 1 nmol/kg, a significant decrease in Rs (P < 0.001) was the factor responsible for the fall in PDA. Intra-arterial injection of porcine Gal (1 nmol/kg) produced a change in PDA similar to that of the same dose of tGal, but HR increased slightly. Pretreatments of trout with the cyclooxygenase inhibitors indomethacin and meclofenamate did not inhibit the vasodepressor effects of tGal. However, after intra-arterial injection of NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase, the hypotensive action of Gal was reduced threefold, suggesting the possible involvement of the nitric oxide system in mediating the vasodilatory effect of Gal. In conclusion, our results have shown that tGal may have contrasting cardiovascular regulatory functions in trout depending on whether its site of action is the brain or the peripheral circulation.
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- J C Le Mével
- Laboratoire de Neurophysiologie, Unité de Formation et de Recherche de Médecine, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, 29285 Brest Cedex, France.
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Matsuda K, Shioda S, Arimura A, Uchiyama M. The Study of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide (PACAP)-like Immunoreactivity in the Brain of a Teleost, Stargazer, Uranoscopus japonicus. Zoolog Sci 1997. [DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Jiménez AJ, Mancera JM, Pombal MA, Pérez-Fígares JM, Fernández-Llebrez P. Distribution of galanin-like immunoreactive elements in the brain of the adult lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis. J Comp Neurol 1996; 368:185-97. [PMID: 8725301 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19960429)368:2<185::aid-cne2>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Galanin is a brain-gut peptide present in the central nervous system of vertebrates and invertebrates. The distribution of galanin-like immunoreactive perikarya and fibers in the brain of the river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis (Agnatha) has been studied immunocytochemically by using antisera against rat and porcine galanin. Galanin-like immunoreactive perikarya were seen in the telencephalon and mediobasal diencephalon. In the telencephalon, they were present in the nucleus olfactorius anterior, nucleus basalis, and especially, in the nucleus commissurae anterioris. The diencephalon contained most of the immunoreactive neurons. They were located in the nucleus commissurae praeinfundibularis, nucleus ventralis hypothalami, nucleus commissurae postinfundibularis, nucleus ventralis thalami, and nucleus dorsalis thalami pars medius. Most of the galanin-like immunoreactive infundibular neurons showed apical processes contacting the cerebrospinal fluid. Immunoreactive fibers and terminals were widely distributed throughout the neuraxis. In the telencephalon, the richest galaninergic innervation was found in the nucleus olfactorius anterior, lobus subhippocampalis, corpus striatum, and around the nucleus septi and the nucleus praeopticus. In the diencephalon, the highest density of galanin-like immunoreactive fibers was seen in the nucleus commissurae postopticae, nucleus commissurae praeinfundibularis, nucleus ventralis hypothalami, nucleus dorsalis hypothalami, and neurohypophysis. In the mesencephalon and rhombencephalon, the distribution of immunoreactive fibers was heterogeneous, being most pronounced in a region between the nucleus nervi oculomotorii and the nucleus interpeduncularis mesencephali, in the nucleus isthmi, and in the raphe region. A subependymal plexus of immunoreactive fibers was found throughout the ventricular system. The distribution of immunoreactive neurons and fibers was similar to that of teleosts but different to those of other vertebrate groups. The possible hypophysiotropic and neuroregulatory roles of galanin are discussed.
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- A J Jiménez
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
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Rao PD, Murthy CK, Cook H, Peter RE. Sexual dimorphism of galanin-like immunoreactivity in the brain and pituitary of goldfish, Carassius auratus. J Chem Neuroanat 1996; 10:119-35. [PMID: 8783041 DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(96)00110-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A sexually dimorphic distribution of galanin (GAL)-like immunoreactive (ir) neurons and fibers was found in the brain and pituitary of goldfish. The rostralmost GAL-ir perikarya were found in the area ventralis telencephali pars supracommissuralis dorsal to the anterior commissure. In the diencephalon, there was several GAL-ir perikarya in the nucleus preopticus periventricularis (NPP). Males had many GAL-ir perikarya in the nucleus preopticus pars parvocellularis (NPOpp) and isolated GAL-ir perikarya in the NPO pars magnocellularis, and lateral to the NPO; in females GAL-ir perikarya were not found in these sites. A large GAL-ir neuronal aggregation was observed in the nucleus lateralis tuberis pars posterioris (NLTp). Several ir perikarya were present in the nucleus posterioris tuberis; however, unlike in other regions the males revealed fewer neurons than females. Besides the established innervation of the pituitary gland by the NPP, NPO and NLT, the present study revealed GAL-ir perikarya of these nuclei apparently also innervating the telencephalon, thalamus, optic tectum, tegmentum and even some areas of the rhombencephalon. Isolated perikarya were found in the nucleus posterioris periventricularis, the dorsal vicinities of the nucleus recessus lateralis (NRL), nucleus recessus posterioris, and nucleus saccus vasculosus, and in the medulla oblongata ventral to the vagal lobes. In the pituitary gland, GAL-ir fibers ramify and terminate among the pars distalis cells. A small percentage of growth hormone-secreting cells colocalize GAL. In males, most GAL-ir cells of the proximal pars distalis (PPD) showed granular ir product in the entire cell, and some had one or two large granules; in females the ir PPD cells showed clusters of a few fine ir granules of uniform size in each. Sexual dimorphism was also found in the olfactory bulb, telencephalon, infundibulum, mesencephalic tegmentum, optic tectum and medulla oblongata, the males having a more extensive GAL-ir fiber system than the females. Galanin may play a role in both hypophysiotropic and motor functions.
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- P D Rao
- Department of Zoology, Nagpur University, India
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Vecino E, Perez MT, Ekström P. Localization of enkephalinergic neurons in the central nervous system of the salmon (Salmo salar L.) by in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry. J Chem Neuroanat 1995; 9:81-97. [PMID: 8561952 DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(95)00068-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The distribution of neurons expressing preproenkephalin (PPE) mRNA in the brain of the salmon was investigated by means of non-radioactive in situ hybridization, and directly compared with the distribution of enkephalin-immunoreactive (ENKir) neurons. This approach, utilized here for the first time in a non-mammalian vertebrate for the identification of neurons containing opioid peptides, permitted a detailed analysis of the distribution of putative enkephalinergic neurons in the salmon brain. Several cell groups containing neurons that express PPE mRNA also contain ENKir neurons. Such cell groups are located in the ventral telencephalic area, the nucleus of the rostral mesencephalic tegmentum and another nucleus immediately dorsal to it, the torus semicircularis, the valvula cerebelli and the corpus cerebelli. These cell groups consistently contain larger numbers of PPE mRNA expressing cells than ENKir ones. Some cell groups express PPE mRNA, but do not contain ENKir neurons. These cell groups are located in the dorsal telencephalic area, the inferior lobes of the hypothalamus, the pretectal area, the magnocellular superficial pretectal nucleus, the optic tectum, the oculomotor nucleus, the trochlear nucleus, the magnocellular vestibular nucleus, the secondary gustatory nucleus, the superior and medial reticular nuclei, the motor nucleus of the vagus and the ventral horn of the spinal cord. Moreover, some cell groups contain ENKir neurons, but no PPE mRNA expressing neurons. These cell groups are located in the ventromedial thalamic nucleus, the lateral tuberal nucleus, the nucleus of the lateral recess and the nucleus of the posterior recess. The majority of these periventricular ENKir neurons were of the cerebrospinal fluid-contacting type. ENKir neurons were also located in the dorsal lateral tegmental nucleus and in area B9. The results also permitted a tentative identification of enkephalinergic neurons afferent to the optic tectum, that have previously not been identified with immunocytochemistry, located in the dorsal telencephalic area, as well as enkephalinergic neurons intrinsic to the tectum that may contribute to the laminar arrangement of ENKir fibers in the optic tectum.
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- E Vecino
- Department of Cell Biology and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Spain
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de Pedro N, Céspedes MV, Delgado MJ, Alonso-Bedate M. The galanin-induced feeding stimulation is mediated via alpha 2-adrenergic receptors in goldfish. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 1995; 57:77-84. [PMID: 7544020 DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(95)91255-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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In the present study we examined the effects of intracerebroventricular (ICV) or intraperitoneal (IP) galanin administration on food intake in satiated goldfish, at different time intervals after injections, 0-2, 2-8 and 0-8 h. We found that food intake was increased by ICV administered galanin (1 and 3.33 micrograms) at 2 and 8 h postinjection, while no modifications on feeding were observed after intraperitoneal injection in any of the studied time intervals. The galanin receptor antagonist, galantide, blocked the galanin-induced feeding increase. Pretreatment with yohimbine (alpha 2-adrenergic receptor antagonist), but not with prazosin (alpha 1-adrenergic receptor antagonist) antagonized the stimulatory effect of galanin on ingestive behavior. These results suggest that galanin is involved in the central regulation of feeding in goldfish, being the food intake stimulatory effect mediated by the alpha 2-adrenergic system.
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- N de Pedro
- Departamento de Biología Animal II (Fisología Animal), Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Holmqvist BI, Ekström P. Hypophysiotrophic systems in the brain of the Atlantic salmon. Neuronal innervation of the pituitary and the origin of pituitary dopamine and nonapeptides identified by means of combined carbocyanine tract tracing and immunocytochemistry. J Chem Neuroanat 1995; 8:125-45. [PMID: 7598813 DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(94)00041-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The neuroanatomical organization of neurons projecting to the pituitary and the origin of pituitary dopamine and nonapeptides were investigated in the brain of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Carbocyanine tract tracing in combination with tyrosine hydroxylase, arginine vasotocin and isotocin immunocytochemistry for double labelling revealed a previously unknown organization of hypophysiotrophic cell groups and their extrahypothalamic projections, and provide the first direct identification in a teleost fish of the origin of the dopaminergic and nonapeptidergic innervation of the pituitary. The present data include identification of (1) hypophysiotrophic neurons in the ventral telencephalon and in the periventricular preoptic nucleus, (2) large (magnocellular) vasotocinergic hypophysiotrophic neurons in the most rostral extension of the preoptic area, (3) a distinct neuronal group located in a supraoptic/suprachiasmatic position in the anterior periventricular nucleus, that seems to be the major source of dopaminergic innervation of the pituitary, (4) the nonapeptidergic hypophysiotrophic neurons in the preoptic nucleus, (5) hypophysiotrophic neurons in the ventral and posterior hypothalamus of which some are of liquor-contacting type, (6) projections from hypophysiotrophic and non-hypophysiotrophic neurons in the preoptic nucleus to extrahypothalamic areas such as thalamic and periventricular pretectal nuclei, and (7) subdivisions within the preoptic nucleus that exhibit different combinations of hypophysiotrophic and extrahypothalamic efferent connections. Together with previous studies of retinohypothalamic projections and neurochemical organization of hypothalamic/preoptic areas, the present data suggest that the preoptic nucleus and the anterior periventricular nucleus in teleosts possess functional subdivisions with features that resemble those of the paraventricular, supraoptic and suprachiasmatic nuclei of other vertebrates. In the Atlantic salmon, specific dopaminergic and nonapeptidergic neuronal subdivisions are proposed to play a role for photoperiod control of endocrine activity.
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Anglade I, Wang Y, Jensen J, Tramu G, Kah O, Conlon JM. Characterization of trout galanin and its distribution in trout brain and pituitary. J Comp Neurol 1994; 350:63-74. [PMID: 7532194 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903500105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Galanin was purified from an extract of the stomach of the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, and its primary structure was established as Gly-Trp-Thr-Leu-Asn-Ser- Ala-Gly-Tyr-Leu10-Leu-Gly-Pro-His-Gly-Ile-Asp-Gly-His-Arg20- Thr-Leu-Ser-Asp- Lys-His-Gly-Leu-Ala. Trout galanin shows six amino acid substitutions compared with pig galanin, but the N-terminal region (residues 1-14) has been fully conserved. The distribution of galanin-immunoreactive (GAL-IR) structures in the trout brain and pituitary was studied via immunohistochemistry. GAL-IR cell bodies were observed only in the caudal telencephalon, the preoptic region, and the mediobasal hypothalamus. GAL-IR fibers, however, are widely distributed throughout the brain, with a much lower density in the midbrain and posterior brain than in the tel- and diencephalon. Particularly dense innervation of the mediobasal hypothalamus, the ventral and supracommissuralis parts of the caudal telencephalon, and the region above and below the anterior commissure was observed. A heavy innervation of the pituitary was consistently detected. GAL-IR fibers were present in neurohypophyseal digitations of both the anterior and intermediate lobes with highest density in the region of the proximal pars distalis, where growth hormone and gonadotropic cells are located. Fibers were also seen in digitations of the rostral pars distalis, in particular between the prolactin follicles. The distribution of GAL-IR neurons in the central nervous system and pituitary of the trout suggests that the peptide may exercise an important role in the regulation of neuroendocrine functions, particularly those related to reproduction.
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- I Anglade
- Laboratoire de Neurocytochimie Fonctionelle, URA CNRS 339, Talence, France
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Jiménez AJ, Mancera JM, Pérez-Fígares JM, Fernández-Llebrez P. Distribution of galanin-like immunoreactivity in the brain of the turtle Mauremys caspica. J Comp Neurol 1994; 349:73-84. [PMID: 7531723 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903490106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Galanin is a brain-gut peptide present in the central nervous system of fish, amphibians, birds, and mammals. For comparative studies among vertebrates, the distribution of galanin in the brain of reptiles has been investigated. We studied the localization of galanin-like-immunoreactive perikarya and nerve fibers in the brain of the turtle Mauremys caspica by using an antiserum against porcine galanin. In the telencephalon, few immunoreactive perikarya were seen in the amygdaloid complex. The diencephalon contained the majority of the immunoreactive perikarya present in the lamina terminalis, nucleus periventricularis anterior, lateral preoptic area, nuclei hypothalamicus ventromedialis and posterior, nucleus basalis of the anterior commissure, and nucleus ventralis tuberis. Many immunoreactive cells, especially in the infundibulum, contacted the cerebrospinal fluid by an apical process. In the rhombencephalon, immunopositive perikarya were restricted to a few cells in the nucleus tractus solitari. In the mesencephalon, they were absent. Immunoreactive nerve fibers were present in all regions containing labeled perikarya and in 1) telencephalon: septum, nucleus fasciculi diagonalis Brocae; 2) diencephalon: nucleus paraventricularis, nucleus supraopticus, nucleus suprachiasmaticus, subventricular grey, nucleus of the paraventricular organ, nucleus mamillaris, infundibular decussation, outer layer of the median eminence, posterior commissure and subcommissural organ region, habenula, nuclei dorsomedialis anterior, and dorsolateralis anterior of the thalamus; and 3) mesencephalon and rhombencephalon: stratum griseum periventriculare, stratum fibrosum periventriculare, laminar nucleus of the torus semicircularis, periventricular grey, nucleus interpeduncularis, nucleus ruber, substantia nigra, locus coeruleus, raphe nuclei, nuclei of the reticular formation, nucleus motorius nervi trigemini, cochlear and vestibular area, and nucleus spinalis nerve trigemini. Our results suggest that galanin may have hypophysiotropic and central roles in the turtle Mauremys caspica.
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- A J Jiménez
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
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Rodriguez-Moldes I, Manso MJ, Becerra M, Molist P, Anadon R. Distribution of substance P-like immunoreactivity in the brain of the elasmobranch Scyliorhinus canicula. J Comp Neurol 1993; 335:228-44. [PMID: 7693771 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903350207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Immunohistochemical methods were used to study the distribution of substance P in the brain of the small-spotted dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicula). Substance P-like immunoreactive (SP-IR) cell bodies and fibers were widely distributed. In the telencephalon, sparse populations of SP-IR neurons are present in the olfactory bulbs, pallium, and subpallium. In the subpallium numerous SP-IR boutons form unusual coats ("pericellular appositions") on SP-immunonegative neurons. In the diencephalon numerous SP-IR cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons are present in the preoptic recess organ and organon vasculosum hypothalami. Numerous SP-IR fibers also run in the hypothalamus, although no immunoreactivity was observed in the habenulo-interpeduncular system. A terminal field of SP-IR fibers is present in the median eminence. In the mesencephalic tegmentum, SP-IR neurons were observed in the Edinger-Westphal nucleus. SP-IR fibers are present at high density in the basal tegmentum, forming a conspicuous tract. In the hindbrain, numerous SP-IR fibers were observed in the isthmal region, the trigeminal descending root, the visceral sensory area and commissural nucleus, and the visceromotor column. SP-IR fibers occur at high density in the substantia gelatinosa of the rostral spinal cord.
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- I Rodriguez-Moldes
- Department of Fundamental Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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The anatomical distribution of neurons containing galanin has been studied in the central nervous system of the chicken by means of immunocytochemistry using antisera against rat galanin. Major populations of immunostained perikarya were detected in several brain areas. The majority of galanin-immunoreactive cell bodies was present in the hypothalamus and in the caudal brainstem. Extensive groups of labeled perikarya were found in the paraventricular, periventricular, dorsomedial and tuberal hypothalamic nuclei, and in the nucleus of the solitary tract in the medulla oblongata. In the telencephalon, immunoreactive perikarya were observed in the preoptic area, in the lateral septal nucleus and in the hippocampus. The mesencephalon contained only a few galanin-positive perikarya located in the interpeduncular nucleus. Immunoreactive nerve fibers of varying density were detected in all subdivisions of the brain. Dense accumulations of galanin-positive fibers were seen in the preoptic area, periventricular region of the diencephalon, the ventral hypothalamus, the median eminence, the central gray of the brainstem, and the dorsomedial caudal medulla. The distributional pattern of galanin-immunoreactive neurons suggests a possible involvement of a galanin-like peptide in several neuroregulatory mechanisms.
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- R Józsa
- Department of Anatomy, University Medical School, Pécs, Hungary
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Neuropeptides and monoamines in the carp (Cyprinus carpio) pretectum: An immunocytochemical study. Tissue Cell 1993; 25:549-61. [DOI: 10.1016/0040-8166(93)90008-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/1992] [Revised: 02/10/1993] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Johard HA, Lundquist CT, Rökaeus A, Nässel DR. Autoradiographic localization of 125I-galanin binding sites in the blowfly brain. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 1992; 42:123-34. [PMID: 1283922 DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(92)90092-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The localization of porcine galanin (pGAL) binding sites in the brain of the blowfly Phormia terraenovae was investigated by autoradiography using the following radioiodinated ligands: pGAL 1-29 (two isoforms), pGAL 15-29 and rat (r) GAL 1-29. The different porcine radioligands bound specifically with the following intensity: 125I-[Tyr26]-pGAL15-29 > > 125I-[Tyr26]-pGAL1-29 > > 125I-[Tyr9]-pGAL1-29. With rat galanin 125I-[Tyr9]-rGAL1-29 no specific binding could be shown. In addition, displacement of 125I-[Tyr26]-pGAL1-29 was tested with pGAL 1-29, pGAL 1-22 and pGAL 15-29 (at 0.1 nM-1 microM). A gradual displacement was achieved with increasing concentrations of pGAL 1-29 and pGAL15-29, whereas no displacement with pGAL 1-22 was detected. The results indicate that the C-terminal portion of pGAL is important for binding in the blowfly. The pGAL binding sites were localized in synaptic neuropils of the central body, the antennal lobes, the optic lobes, the pars intercerebralis and the subesophageal ganglion, all of which contain GAL-like immunoreactive neural processes.
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- H A Johard
- Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Sweden
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Holmqvist BI, Carlberg M. Galanin receptors in the brain of a teleost: autoradiographic distribution of binding sites in the Atlantic salmon. J Comp Neurol 1992; 326:44-60. [PMID: 1282523 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903260105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The distribution of galanin (GAL) binding sites in the brain of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) was investigated by means of radioligand binding in conjunction with autoradiography by using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) characterized radio-iodinated porcine galanin ([125I]GAL). On slide-mounted sections of frozen salmon brain homogenate, [125I]GAL (4 nM) bound rapidly and reversibly to a single population of sites with a Kd of 1.0 +/- 0.08 nM (n = 3) and Bmax of 2.38 +/- 0.19 fmol/mg wet tissue. Specific [125I]GAL binding was found in cellular regions, in fiber tracts, and in neuropil areas throughout the brain, except for in the olfactory bulb, pineal organ, and cerebellum. Autoradiographic microdensitometric measurements revealed high total [125I]GAL binding in the ventral hypothalamus (inferior lobes; around 7-12 fmol/mg tissue), the dorsal spinal cord (between 6 and 12 fmol/mg tissue), sublayers of the optic tectum (around 8 fmol/mg), torus semicircularis (around 7 fmol/mg), and glomerular complex (around 6 fmol/mg). Intermediate densities of [125I]GAL binding (3-5 fmol/mg tissue) were found in the pituitary, telencephalon, dorsolateral thalamic nucleus, and raphe nuclei and in association with the forebrain bundles. Except for in the optic tectum, there is a good concordance of [125I]GAL binding sites and GAL-immunoreactive fiber projections in most brain areas of the salmon. The wide distribution of GAL binding sites provides further evidence that a GAL-like substance might be involved in a diversity of brain functions of teleosts. The topographic distribution of target sites in the hypothalamo-hypophyseal axis indicates that GAL-like substances may have both direct and indirect effect on pituitary functions while in extrahypothalamic areas, functional implications by GAL may include involvement in somatosensory, central gustatory, olfactory, and visual functions. This study provides evidence for the presence of a specific GAL receptor in the brain of the Atlantic salmon. Together the distribution of GAL binding and GAL-like molecules provide a covering delineation of the GAL neuronal system in the brain of the Atlantic salmon. Comparisons with mammals suggest that the GAL receptor molecule has been well preserved during evolution and that GAL-like substances may be present, and even possess similar functional properties, throughout the vertebrate phylogeny.
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Olivereau M, Olivereau JM. Immunocytochemical localization of a galanin-like peptidergic system in the brain of two urodele and two anuran species (Amphibia). HISTOCHEMISTRY 1992; 98:51-66. [PMID: 1385367 DOI: 10.1007/bf00716937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Galanin-like immunoreactivity was localized in the brain of Urodela (Ambystoma, Pleurodeles) and Anura (Bufo, Xenopus) by immunocytochemistry with anti-porcine galanin antiserum. In the four species, immunoreactive perikarya were observed in the telencephalon (striatum, amygdala), diencephalon preoptic area mainly along the anterodorsal wall of the preoptic recessus, suprachiasmatic nucleus, lateral hypothalamus, ventral and dorsal infundibular nuclei, paraventricular organ, and rhombencephalon (nucleus of the solitary tract). Galaninergic fibres extended in similar regions and in the medial septum, ventral telencephalon, ventral hypothalamus, median eminence, and various mesencephalic and rhombencephalic regions. Contacts with the cerebrospinal fluid cavity occurred along the preoptic recessus (Ambystoma) and the ventral infundibular wall (all species). Fibres were scarce in the neurohypophysis. The distal and intermediate lobes of the pituitary were virtually devoid of immunoreactivity. The galaninergic system appeared more developed in adult amphibia than in young animals, suggesting the stimulating influence of sex steroids on the expression of galanin as previously described in Anguilla. The extensive distribution of the galanin-like immunoreactive neurons in amphibian brains suggests that this peptide may act as a neuromodulatur and/or neurotransmitter.
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- M Olivereau
- Laboratorie de Physiologie, Institut Océanographique, Paris, France
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Reiner A, Northcutt RG. An immunohistochemical study of the telencephalon of the senegal bichir (Polypterus senegalus). J Comp Neurol 1992; 319:359-86. [PMID: 1351063 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903190305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The telencephalon in ray-finned fish (actinopterygians) is everted, in contrast to the evaginated telencephalic hemispheres in all other vertebrates. In the more derived ray-finned fish, the teleosts, proliferation of neurons and their migration from the ependymal zone of the pallium renders comparisons between telencephalic cell groups of the teleosts and members of other vertebrate groups extremely difficult. The telencephalon of Polypterus (a primitive living ray-finned fish), although everted, is cytoarchitecturally much simpler than that of teleosts. We have thus applied immunohistochemical techniques to the study of the telencephalon of Polypterus to help clarify the evolution of the telencephalon in teleosts and facilitate comparisons between the telencephalon in ray-finned fish and other vertebrates. Antisera against the following neuroactive substances were used: 1) serotonin (5HT), 2) tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), 3) substance P (SP), 4) leucine-enkephalin (ENK), 5) neuropeptide Y (NPY), and 6) the neurotensin-related hexapeptide LANT6. Several features of the labeling patterns obtained suggested that the dorsal and ventral subdivisions of the area ventralis are homologous as a field to the basal ganglia and septum plus other basal telencephalic regions of land vertebrates, sharks and lungfish: 1) an abundance of SP+, NPY+, and ENK+ fibers; 2) an abundance of TH+ fibers, possibly of posterior tubercle/tegmental origin; 3) the presence of an SP+ fiber bundle that appeared to descend from basal telencephalic levels and terminate in the posterior tubercle/tegmentum, which contain TH+ (possibly dopaminergic) neurons; and 4) an abundance of 5HT+ fibers, presumably of posterior tubercle/tegmental origin. It was not possible, however, to recognize distinct pallidal and striatal subdivisions within the area ventralis of Polypterus. The olfactory pallium (P1) was generally poor in most of the substances examined, except for the presence of LANT6+ fibers. The P3 pallial field was conspicuously rich in SP+ and ENK+ fibers throughout its extent, and the caudal and lateral parts of the P2 field were rich in SP+ fibers and ENK+ fibers. Since this is characteristic of the medial pallial and/or dorsomedial pallial walls of the telencephalon in lungfish, sharks, frogs, and reptiles, the P3 field and caudolateral part of the P2 field may be homologous to these portions of the telencephalon in other vertebrates. More rostromedial parts of P2 may correspond to those parts of the pallium in land vertebrates that are in receipt of specific sensory input from the thalamus, since low neuropeptide levels are characteristic of these regions.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- A Reiner
- Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee-Memphis 38163
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Olivereau M, Olivereau J. Galanin-like immunoreactivity is increased in the brain of estradiol- and methyltestosterone-treated eels. HISTOCHEMISTRY 1991; 96:487-97. [PMID: 1722786 DOI: 10.1007/bf00267074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A galanin-like peptidergic system was demonstrated in the brain of Anguilla. A group of immunoreactive perikarya was located in the nucleus preopticus periventricularis close to the recessus preopticus. Galaninergic fibers occurred in various brain areas. Galanin identified in mammalian pituitary cells was undetectable in fish adenohypophysial cells. Estradiol increased the immunostaining of the rostral perikarya and brain fibers in both male and female European eels kept in fresh water and in female American eels in sea water. Methyltestosterone, an aromatizable androgen, increased galanin immunoreactivity in rostral perikarya and brain fibers of male European eels and female American eels. The cross-sectional area of these perikarya increased significantly after both treatments whereas cell bodies of the posteroventral hypothalamus were slightly affected. Dihydrotestosterone showed no clear effect. Fibers close to the corticotropes were sometime increased, but galanin synthesis was not induced in pituitary cells. In contrast, estradiol induced galanin synthesis in rat pituitary cells, but had a still controversed effect on hypothalamic galanin. A putative influence of galanin on the pituitary-gonadal axis is discussed as gonadal hormones diversely affect gonadotropes and gonosomatic indices in Anguilla.
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- M Olivereau
- Laboratoire de Physiologie, Institute Océanographique, Paris, France
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Lundquist CT, Rökaeus A, Nässel DR. Galanin immunoreactivity in the blowfly nervous system: localization and chromatographic analysis. J Comp Neurol 1991; 312:77-96. [PMID: 1720794 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903120107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In this study chromatographic, immunochemical, and immunocytochemical methods provide evidence of a galanin-like peptide(s) in an invertebrate, the blowfly Phormia terraenovae. The major portion of the galanin-like immunoreactivity (GAL-LI) in fly heads was extractable in acetic acid but not in boiling water, which suggests that the peptide(s) may be highly basic in nature. GAL-LI was present both in the head and body portion of the blowfly in roughly the same amounts. Initial gel filtration data, using a G-50 Sephadex column and a weak phosphate-buffer (pH 6.5) as eluent, suggested that a fly GAL-LI peptide(s) from fly heads, eluting as an apparent single peak, was smaller than porcine GAL(1-29) and GAL(1-15). However, concomitant analysis using a G-25 Sephadex column and acetic acid (0.2 M) as eluent, spread the immunoreactive material over a great portion of the chromatogram, although the main portion of the material eluted in the same size range as porcine GAL(1-29). Taken together, the gel filtration data thus suggest that fly GAL-LI peptide(s) may be highly basic but presumably similar in size to vertebrate GAL(1-29). However, the hydrophobic properties of the fly GAL-LI peptide(s) differ from that of porcine GAL as demonstrated by the presence of several immunoreactive components eluting both early as well as late in the chromatogram when using reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC); early peaks may represent highly basic and/or possibly smaller GAL-immunoreactive peptide(s), whereas later peaks may represent less basic and possibly elongated forms. Immunocytochemistry indicated that GAL-LI was present in the nervous system of the blowfly. About 160 GAL-immunoreactive neurons were found in the brain and subesophageal ganglion, 26 in the fused thoracic ganglion and 30 in the fused abdominal ganglion. In the brain, GAL-immunoreactive fibers supply specific subdivisions of the central body, optic lobe, superior protocerebrum, and tritocerebrum as well as neuropil in the subesophageal ganglia. In the thoracico-abdominal ganglia, GAL-immunoreactive neuron processes are found inside synaptic neuropil as well as in the neural sheath of the ganglia and several of the dorsal nerve roots. Many of the GAL-immunoreactive neurons react also with an antiserum against porcine galanin message associated peptide, a peptide present in the preprogalanin protein. Immunocytochemical double-labeling indicated that some GAL-immunoreactive neurons also reacted with antisera against the molluscan peptides FMRFamide and SCPB, whereas no evidence could be found for colabeling with antisera against tyrosine hydroxylase, substance P and physalaemin.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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