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Hur SW, Kim SK, Kim DJ, Lee BI, Park SJ, Hwang HG, Jun JC, Myeong JI, Lee CH, Lee YD. Digestive Physiological Characteristics of the Gobiidae: - Characteristics of CCK-producing Cells and Mucus-secreting Goblet Cells of Stomach Fish and Stomachless Fish. Dev Reprod 2016; 20:207-217. [PMID: 27796002 PMCID: PMC5078146 DOI: 10.12717/dr.2016.20.3.207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In this study, we investigated the characteristics of CCK-producing cells and mucus-secreting goblet cells with respect to stomach fish and stomachless fish of the Gobiidae in order to provide a basis for understanding the digestive physiology. Hairychin goby (Sagamia geneionema), which is stomachless fish, the numbers of mucus-secreting goblet cells is highest in the posterior intestine portion (P<0.05), while CCK-producing cells are scattered throughout the intestine. Gluttonous goby (Chasmichthys gulosus), which is stomach fish, mucus-secreting goblet cells are most abundant in the mid intestine portion (P<0.05), whereas CCK-producing cells are observed only in the anterior and mid intestine portion. Trident goby (Tridentiger obscurus) which is stomach fish, mucus-secreting goblet cells were most abundant in the mid intestine portion (P<0.05). CCK-producing cells are found in the anterior and mid intestine portion. Giurine goby, Rhinogobius giurinus which is also stomach fish, the largest number of mucus-secreting goblet cells showed in anterior intestine portion except for esophagus (P<0.05). CCK-producing cells are present only in the anterior and mid intestine portion. In S. geneionema, digestive action occurs in the posterior intestine portion to protect and functions to activate digestion. In contrast, in C. gulosus, T. obscurus and R. giurinus, their digestive action occurs in the anterior and mid intestine portion to protect and functions to activate digestion. Further studies of the modes of food ingestion by these fish, the contents of their digestive tracts, and the staining characteristics of the goblet cells need to be carried out.
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- Sang-Woo Hur
- Aquaculture Management Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS), Busan 46083, Korea
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- Aquaculture Management Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS), Busan 46083, Korea
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- Aquaculture Management Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS), Busan 46083, Korea
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- Aquaculture Management Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS), Busan 46083, Korea
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- Aquaculture Management Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS), Busan 46083, Korea
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- Aquaculture Management Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS), Busan 46083, Korea
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- Aquaculture Management Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS), Busan 46083, Korea
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- Aquaculture Management Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS), Busan 46083, Korea
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- Marine Science Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju 63333, Korea
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- Marine Science Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju 63333, Korea
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Hur SW, Lee CH, Lee SH, Kim BH, Kim HB, Baek HJ, Lee YD. Characterization of cholecystokinin-producing cells and mucus-secreting goblet cells in the blacktip grouper, Epinephelus fasciatus. Tissue Cell 2012; 45:153-7. [PMID: 23274134 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2012.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2012] [Revised: 10/25/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The characteristics and distributions of cholecystokinin (CCK)-producing cells and mucus-secreting goblet cells were investigated in the digestive tract of the blacktip grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus). CCK-producing cells were scattered throughout the digestive tract. The highest frequency of CCK-producing cells was observed in the anterior intestine portion and pyloric ceca, with a very small number of cells distributed as far as the rectum. Mucus-secreting goblet cells were found to differ remarkably in their regional distributions and relative frequencies. High frequencies of mucus-secreting goblet cells were found in the digestive tract, mainly in the anterior intestine portion and pyloric ceca, but not the esophagus; the frequency decreased slightly toward the rectum. Our result suggests that food digested by gastric acid in the stomach moves on the anterior (including the pyloric ceca) and mid intestine portion, thereby ensuring effective stimulation of the CCK-producing cells. In addition, the distribution pattern of the CCK-producing cells closely resembled that of mucus-secreting goblet cells. In E. fasciatus, CCK-producing cells and mucus-secreting goblet cells seem to be well adapted to promoting optimal control of the digestive process.
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- Sang-Woo Hur
- Marine and Environmental Research Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju 695-965, South Korea
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Tagliafierro G, Faraldi G, Pozzi MG. Ultrastructure of the pyloric endocrine cells in the cartilaginous fishScyliorhinus stellaris. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/11250008409439468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Large-scale gene duplications occurred early in the vertebrate lineage after the split with protochordates. Thus, protochordate hormones and their receptors, transcription factors, and signaling pathways may be the foundation for the endocrine system in vertebrates. A number of hormones have been identified including cionin, a likely ancestor of cholecytokinin (CCK) and gastrin. Both insulin and insulin-like growth hormone (IGF) have been identified in separate cDNAs in a tunicate, whereas only a single insulin-like peptide was found in amphioxus. In tunicates, nine distinct forms of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) are shown to induce gamete release, even though a pituitary gland and sex steroids are lacking. In both tunicates and amphioxus, there is evidence of some components of a thyroid system, but the lack of a sequenced genome for amphioxus has slowed progress in the structural identification of its hormones. Immunocytochemistry has been used to tentatively identify a number of hormones in protochordates, but structural and functional studies are needed. For receptors, protochordates have many vertebrate homologs of nuclear receptors, such as the thyroid, retinoic acid, and retinoid X receptors. Also, tunicates have cell surface receptors including the G-protein-coupled type, such as β-adrenergic, putative endocannabinoid, cionin (CCK-like), and two GnRH receptors. Several tyrosine kinase receptors include two epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptors (tunicates) and an insulin/IGF receptor (amphioxus). Interestingly, neither steroid receptors nor a full complement of enzymes for synthesis of sex steroids are encoded in the Ciona genome. Tunicates appear to have some but not all of the necessary molecules to develop a vertebrate-like pituitary or complete thyroid system.
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Nilsson IBM, Svensson SPS, Monstein HJ. Molecular cloning of a putative Ciona intestinalis cionin receptor, a new member of the CCK/gastrin receptor family. Gene 2004; 323:79-88. [PMID: 14659881 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2003.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cionin, a peptide showing similarities with cholecystokinin and gastrin has been shown to be expressed in the gut and neural ganglion of the protochordate Ciona intestinalis. The present report describes the cloning of a putative cionin receptor (CioR), a new member of the CCK/gastrin family from the gastrointestinal tract of C. intestinalis. mRNA from the stomach of C. intestinalis was isolated using a modified RNA extraction procedure and, subsequently, reverse-transcribed into single-stranded cDNA by means of rapid amplification of 5'- and 3'-cDNA ends (RACE-PCR), followed by full-length PCR amplification. The cloned full-length PCR amplicons contained a short upstream open-reading frame (uORF) coding for a putative 16 amino acid long peptide, followed by a long open reading frame encoding a 526 amino acid putative CioR protein. At the amino acid level, the putative CioR protein shared 35-40% homology with cloned mammalian, chicken, and Xenopus laevis CCK receptors. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the chicken and X. laevis CCK receptors are orthologues of the mammalian CCK2 receptors whereas CioR protein forms a clade with vertebrate cholecystokinin receptors. Moreover, we found that the CioR cDNA and deduced amino acid sequences were found to correspond to the annotated CCK/gastrin-like receptor gene on Scaffold 117 (C. intestinalis draft genome project, Joint Genome Institute database; http://www.jgi.doe.gov).
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- Isabelle B M Nilsson
- Laboratorie Medicin Ostergötland (LMO), Strategic Development, Molecular Biology Laboratory, University Hospital, Linköping University, S-581 85, Linköping, Sweden.
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Monstein HJ, Thorup JU, Folkesson R, Johnsen AH, Rehfeld JF. cDNA deduced procionin. Structure and expression in protochordates resemble that of procholecystokinin in mammals. FEBS Lett 1993; 331:60-4. [PMID: 8405412 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)80297-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Using an improved 3' RACE (PCR) amplification system containing oligonucleotide primer with an inosine at ambiguous codon positions and inverse PCR to amplify the 5' ends, we have isolated and characterized cDNA clones which encode cionin, a protochordean homologue of the mammalian hormones, cholecystokinin (CCK) and gastrin. The full-length cloned cDNA of 510 bp encoded a 128 amino acid preprocionin. Reverse transcription-PCR and subsequent cDNA cloning revealed that cionin mRNA is expressed in both the neuronal ganglion and the gut of the protochordate Ciona intestinalis. The primary structure of procionin resembles that of proCCK more than that of progastrin. Sequence-specific immunochemical analysis showed that the cionin gene is expressed also at peptide level in both the gut and the neural ganglion. The neuronal processing of procionin is, however, more complete both with respect to carboxyamidation and tyrosine O-sulfation. Hence, the tissue-specific expression of the cionin gene in Ciona intestinalis resembles that of the CCK gene in mammals.
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- H J Monstein
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Bautz A, Richoux JP, Schilt J. Demonstration by immunocytochemical staining of a somatostatin-28-(1-14)-like peptide in planarians (Plathyhelminthes Turbellaria Tricladida). Gen Comp Endocrinol 1990; 78:469-73. [PMID: 2347490 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(90)90035-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A specific polyclonal antiserum directed against the somatostatin-28(1-14) of vertebrates was applied to sections of the planarians Dugesia lugubris and Dendrocoelum lacteum. This made it possible to reveal nerve cells and processes specifically both in cerebral ganglia and in ventral nerve cords. The phylogenetic importance of this demonstration is pointed out.
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- A Bautz
- Université de Nancy I, Faculté des Sciences, Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire du Développement, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France
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Dockray GJ. Comparative Neuroendocrinology of Gut Peptides. Compr Physiol 1989. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.cp060208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Sahlin K. Gastrin/CCK-like immunoreactivity in Hatschek's groove of Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Cephalochordata). Gen Comp Endocrinol 1988; 70:436-41. [PMID: 3417119 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(88)90119-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Gastrin/CCK-like immunoreactivity was demonstrated in a specific group of epithelial cells in Hatschek's groove. Positive reactions were obtained with antisera directed against the C-terminal amino acid sequence common to mammalian CCK and gastrin, but not with antisera against the midportions of these hormones. No immunoreactivity was obtained with antisera against peptides from hypophysis, neuroendocrine peptides in the gastrointestinal tract, islet hormones, calcitonin, NSE, and S-100. The function of the gastrin/CCK-like peptide found in Hatschek's groove is discussed.
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- K Sahlin
- Department of Zoology, University of Stockholm, Sweden
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Conlon JM, Schwartz TW, Rehfeld JF. Sulphated CCK-8-like peptides in the neural ganglion of the protochordate Ciona intestinalis. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 1988; 20:241-50. [PMID: 3363181 DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(88)90080-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Immunochemical studies were carried out on extracts of the neural ganglion from the ascidian Ciona intestinalis in order to the characterize the peptide(s), which react with antibodies against the C-terminal sequence common for the mammalian hormones, cholecystokinin (CCK) and gastrin. Radioimmunoassays specific for the sulphotyrosyl-containing N-terminus of CCK-8, for the common alpha-carboxyamidated C-terminus and for gastrin were used to monitor gel chromatography and reverse-phase HPLC of the extracts. Only neutral extracts contained immunoreactive material (634 (524-785) pmol eqv.CCK-8/g) (mean and range, n = 4)). HPLC revealed a small peak eluting almost like CCK-8 and a larger peak eluting earlier. By subsequent gel chromatography the larger peak eluted in the same position as sulphated CCK-8. The material was recognized almost equally by the N- and C-terminal CCK radioimmunoassays, whereas the specific C-terminal gastrin radioimmunoassay did not measure the peptides. Treatment with arylsulphatase removed the binding to the antiserum specific for the sulphotyrosyl-containing sequence of CCK. The results indicate that the ganglion of Ciona intestinalis contains a tyrosyl-sulphated peptide resembling mammalian CCK-8.
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- J M Conlon
- Clinical Research Group for Gastrointestinal Endocrinology of the Max-Planck-Society, University of Göttingen, F.R.G
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Evolutionary Aspects of Gastrointestinal Hormones. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-027311-9.50007-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Pestarino M, Garaud JC, Ravera F. Localization of immunoreactive gastrin-like cells in the alimentary tract of the ascidian Styela plicata. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1988; 69:13-8. [PMID: 3282973 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(88)90047-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The occurrence of a gastrin-like immunoreactivity in the alimentary tract of the ascidian Styela plicata has been investigated using immunocytochemical methods. Gastrin-like cells are present only in the gastric epithelium among the cell types responsible for digestion and absorption of food. The physiological role played by the ascidian gastrin-like peptides is discussed together with the evolutionary history of peptides of the gastrin/cholecystokinin family.
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- M Pestarino
- Istituto di Anatomia Comparata, Università di Genova, Italy
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Thorndyke M, Dockray GJ. Identification and localization of material with gastrin-like immunoreactivity in the neural ganglion of a protochordate, Ciona intestinalis. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 1986; 16:269-79. [PMID: 3562899 DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(86)90026-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Little is known of the identity of gastrin/cholecystokinin (CCK)-like peptides in protochordates. These animals are at a level of organization corresponding to that from which the vertebrate line arose; in order to shed light on the origins of gastrin/CCK-like peptides, we have studied by immunochemical methods these peptides in a protochordate, Ciona intestinalis. In radioimmunoassay, boiling water extracts of the neural ganglion reacted with C-terminal specific gastrin/CCK antibodies, but not N-terminal or intact G17 specific antibodies. Of particular importance was the fact that a gastrin antibody which reacts weakly with CCK8 showed full activity with the Ciona material, suggesting that it resembles the C-terminus of gastrin. A single major peak was found by gel filtration and HPLC. In immunohistochemistry, nerve cell bodies were found in the cortical regions of the ganglion, and abundant fibres ramified in the central neuropile. We conclude that peptides of the gastrin/CCK series occur in nervous tissue in protochordates, and that while they are distinguishable from known forms of both gastrin and CCK, they resemble C-terminal fragments of the mammalian gastrins.
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Ono JK. Localization and identification of neurons with cholecystokinin and gastrin-like immunoreactivity in wholemounts of Aplysia ganglia. Neuroscience 1986; 18:957-74. [PMID: 3531915 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(86)90111-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Immunohistochemical procedures were applied to wholemounts of the central nervous system and posterior intestine of the mollusc, Aplysia californica, to facilitate localization of cells that were immunoreactive to several antisera recognizing various epitopes of the peptides cholecystokinin and gastrin. Only antisera that recognized the carboxyl terminal sequence common to cholecystokinin and gastrin reacted with the Aplysia tissues tested. Intracellular electrophysiological studies of identified postsynaptic targets of immunoreactive neurons in the cerebral ganglia indicated that mammalian forms of gastrin 1-17, several cholecystokinin fragments, and the related peptide, amphibian caerulein, did not mimick the synaptic response mediated by the immunoreactive presynaptic neurons. Combinations of electrophysiological, immunohistochemical, and biochemical studies of several neurons in the buccal ganglia indicated that neurons B7 and B13 were immunoreactive to antisera against cholecystokinin and gastrin and that neuron B13 also contained a concentration of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine as high as in the identified cholinergic buccal neurons, B4 and B5. Several differences in the immunoreactivity of the various antisera were observed. Only one of the antisera was effective in staining neurons in the abdominal ganglia and another antiserum stained subsets of neurons that were immunoreactive to most of the other antisera recognizing the carboxyl terminus common to cholecystokinin and gastrin. The giant serotoninergic metacerebral neurons in Aplysia were not immunoreactive to the cholecystokinin/gastrin antisera even though it has been reported that the homologous neurons in a pulmonate mollusc contain cholecystokinin-like immunoreactivity. These studies demonstrated that there are many neurons with cholecystokinin/gastrin-like immunoreactivity in the Aplysia central and peripheral nervous system and suggested that the peptide may differ from vertebrate forms of cholecystokinin and gastrin. The identification of immunoreactive neurons with known postsynaptic target neurons and buccal neurons with acetylcholine co-localized with a cholecystokinin/gastrin-like peptide will facilitate elucidation of the functions of peptides in the nervous system since the Aplysia preparation is well known to be amenable to multidisciplinary studies.
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Tagliafierro G, Faraldi G, Bandelloni R. Distribution, histochemistry and ultrastructure of somatostatin-like immunoreactive cells in the gastroenteric tract of the cartilaginous fish Scyliorhinus stellaris (L.). THE HISTOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 1985; 17:1033-41. [PMID: 2866171 DOI: 10.1007/bf01417952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Somatostatin-like immunoreactive cells of an open type have been identified in the digestive tract of the cartilaginous fish Scyliorhinus stellaris (L.) by the use of immunocytochemical techniques. In the stomach these cells are numerous both in the corpus (neck zone and tubular glands) and in the pyloric portion (crypts). In the spiral valve, somatostatin-like cells are rare, situated in the intestinal epithelium and without any particular localization. Using semithin serial sections, somatostatin-like cells are found to be Davenport-negative and weakly positive towards the Grimelius silver reaction, and using the semithin and ultrathin technique have been identified at the ultrastructural level; their secretory granules appear electron dense, round or slightly polygonal, and with a limiting membrane tightly adherent to the core. The mean diameter varies from 250-300 nm.
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Dhainaut-Courtois N, Tramu G, Marcel R, Malécha J, Verger-Bocquet M, Andriès JC, Masson M, Selloum L, Belemtougri G, Beauvillain JC. Cholecystokinin in the nervous systems of invertebrates and protochordates. Immunohistochemical localization of a cholecystokinin-8-like substance in annelids and insects. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1985; 448:167-87. [PMID: 3896094 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1985.tb29917.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Recent studies have indicated that cholecystokinin (CCK) peptides have a long evolutionary history. However, whereas all vertebrates examined have been shown to contain CCK-like peptides, this has not been possible to demonstrate for all invertebrate groups. Immunostaining studies indicate that CCK peptides originate only in neurons in groups below the level of the protochordates. It seems likely that CCK gastrointestinal endocrine cells evolved first at the level of the protochordates, possibly from sensory gut neurons similar to those seen in the invertebrates. Immunochemical and biological studies of a few invertebrate CCK-like peptides suggest that those molecules are substantially different in structure from vertebrate CCKs. Gastrin appears to have evolved from CCK at the level of the appearance of amniotes in vertebrate phylogeny. In mammals, central and peripheral CCK receptors differ in specificity for CCK- and gastrin-like peptides. Comparative studies reveal that this is true for birds as well, but reptiles, amphibia, and fish brain and pancreas CCK receptors exhibit nearly identical specificity patterns. This suggests that the lower vertebrate CCK receptor is ancestral to the distinct brain and pancreas CCK receptors seen in birds and mammals.
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The neural complex of the ascidian Styela plicata has been investigated by means of cytochemical and immunocytochemical methods. In the cerebral ganglion, using a mammalian antibody to synthetic CCK-8, immunoreactive neurons and nerve fibers have been localized; at the same time immunofluorescent cells are scattered in some glandular lobules of the neural gland. The possible functions of a CCK-8-like peptide in ascidians is suggested and discussed.
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Georges D, Dubois MP. Methionine-enkephalin-like immunoreactivity in the nervous ganglion and the ovary of a protochordate, Ciona intestinalis. Cell Tissue Res 1984; 236:165-70. [PMID: 6370451 DOI: 10.1007/bf00216527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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When methionine-enkephalin antiserum was applied to paraffin sections of adult Ciona intestinalis it reacted with neurons in the ganglion and along the visceral nerve. The fluorescence was strong before and during spawning season, but partially disappeared at the end of August. With the same antibody a positive immunoreactivity was detected in the ovary during the growth of oocytes. The distribution of positive granules in the cytoplasm did not change significantly with varying lighting conditions (normal photoperiod, permanent light or darkness) in which the animals were maintained. In contrast, treatment with a substance isolated from crude extracts of Ciona ("peroxide 1") induced a dense, crescent-like concentration of positive granules near the nucleus of oocytes. The follicular cells did not show any immunofluorescent reaction.
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Rzasa PJ, Kaloustian KV, Prokop EK. Immunochemical evidence for met-enkephalin-like and leu-enkephalin-like peptides in tissues of the earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. C, COMPARATIVE PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY 1984; 77:345-50. [PMID: 6144441 DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(84)90026-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The presence of met- and leu-enkephalin-like immunoreactive materials in nerve, gut, seminal vesicle and body wall tissues of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris has been demonstrated by means of radioimmunoassay technique. The greatest activity of met- and leu-enkephalin-like immunoreactivity in earthworm gut appears in regions of high digestive enzyme activity and gastrin-like immunoreactivity where it presumably plays a role in regulation of gut function. In all tissues studied the levels of met-enkephalin-like immunoreactivity were higher than that of leu-enkephalin-like immunoreactivity. Dual localization of met- and leu-enkephalin-like immunoreactivity in earthworm gut and nerve tissues follows the pattern observed of peptide hormones in vertebrates which are common to both endocrine and non-endocrine tissues.
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Larson BA, Vigna SR. Species and tissue distribution of cholecystokinin/gastrin-like substances in some invertebrates. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1983; 50:469-75. [PMID: 6884752 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(83)90268-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Twenty-six species of invertebrates representing eight phyla were surveyed for the presence of cholecystokinin/gastrin-like (CCK/gastrin-like) peptides by radioimmunoassay of various tissue extracts. This is the first report of the presence of CCK/gastrin-like peptides in representatives of the phylum Ectoprocta, the arthropodan classes Crustacea and Merostomata, and in the nervous systems of the gastropod mollusc Aplysia californica and the oligochaete annelid Lumbricus terrestris. It has been proposed that CCK/gastrin evolved in the invertebrates as a neural peptide and was subsequently exploited by the vertebrates as a regulatory peptide in both the nervous system and the gastrointestinal endocrine system. The present results indicate that some gastropod molluscs, a merostomatan arthropod, and an annelid have detectable CCK/gastrin in both nervous and gut tissue. However, extractable CCK/gastrin was found only in gut tissue and not in the central nervous system of a crustacean arthropod. The tissue origin of the extracted CCK/gastrin in Bugula (phylum Ectoprocta) was not determined. Final resolution of the question of the nervous versus gut endocrine cellular origin of CCK/gastrin in invertebrates awaits further investigation. CCK/gastrin-like peptides are widely distributed among the invertebrates, which thus provide a rich source of comparative material for study of these regulatory substances.
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The evolutionary origin of extracellular chemical messengers. N Engl J Med 1982; 307:629-31. [PMID: 6125885 DOI: 10.1056/nejm198209023071018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Pestarino M. Occurrence of different secretin-like cells in the digestive tract of the ascidian Styela plicata (Urochordata, Ascidiacea). Cell Tissue Res 1982; 226:231-5. [PMID: 7127422 DOI: 10.1007/bf00217097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Secretin-like cells have been detected in the digestive tract of the ascidian Styela plicata by means of immunofluorescent and immunocytochemical methods. Especially, in the esophageal epithelium there are immunoreactive cells (S2) in which a biogenic amine (5-HT) and a regulatory peptide (secretin) occur together. In the gastric epithelium only secretin-like cells (S1) are present. Tests of cross-reactivity performed with glucagon, GIP and VIP, have confirmed the presence of a secretin-like molecule only in the S1 and S2 cells.
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Thorndyke MC. Cholecystokinin (CCK)/gastrin-like immunoreactive neurones in the cerebral ganglion of the protochordate ascidians Styela clava and Ascidiella aspersa. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 1982; 3:281-8. [PMID: 7043665 DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(82)90133-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Antisera raised against the COOH-terminal sequence of mammalian CCK/gastrin were used to ascertain the distribution of CCK/gastrin-like immunoreactive cells in the cerebral ganglion of two ascidian protochordates. Styela clava and Ascidiella aspersa. the cell bodies were found to have a specific regional distribution in Ascidiella, but not in Styela. In addition to central immunoreactive nerve fibres, a number of peripherally located immunoreactive fibres was found. These observations support the idea that some centrally originating protochordate neuronal peptides may have a peripheral role and give weight to the hypothesis that many vertebrate brain-gut peptides had their origin in the neuronal elements of more primitive species.
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Fritsch HA, Van Noorden S, Pearse AG. Gastro-intestinal and neurohormonal peptides in the alimentary tract and cerebral complex of Ciona intestinalis (Ascidiaceae). Cell Tissue Res 1982; 223:369-402. [PMID: 6279305 DOI: 10.1007/bf01258496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Polypeptide-hormone producing cells were localized in the alimentary tract and cerebral ganglion of Ciona intestinalis using cytochemical, immunocytochemical and electron-microscopical methods. Antisera to the following peptides of vertebrate type were employed: bombesin, human prolactin (hPRL), bovine pancreatic polypeptide (PP), porcine secretin, motilin, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), beta-endorphin, leu-enkephalin, met-enkephalin, neurotensin, 5-hydroxytryptamin (5-HT), cholecystokinin (CCK), human growth (GH), ACTH, corticotropin-like intermediate lobe peptide (CLIP) and gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP). Immunoreactive cells were found both in the alimentary tract epithelium and in the cerebral ganglion for bombesin, PP, substance P, somatostatin, secretin and neurotensin. Additionally, in the cerebral ganglion only, there were cells immunoreactive for beta-endorphin, VIP, motilin and human prolactin. 5-HT positive cells, however, were restricted to the alimentary tract. No immunoreactivity was obtained either in the cerebral ganglion or in the alimentary tract with antibodies to leu-enkephalin, met-enkephalin, CCK, growth hormone, ACTH, CLIP and GIP. Prolactin-immunoreactive and pancreatic polypeptide-immunoreactive cells were argyrophilic with the Grimelius' stain and were found in neighbouring positions in the cerebral ganglion. At the ultrastructural level five differently granulated cell types were distinguished in the cerebral ganglion. Granules were present in the perikarya as well as in axons. The possible functions of the peptides as neurohormones, neuroregulators and neuromodulators are discussed.
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Joosse J, de Vlieger TA, Roubos EW. Nervous systems of lower animals as models, with particular reference to peptidergic neurons in gastropods. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1982; 55:379-404. [PMID: 6761762 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)64210-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Bevis PJ, Thorndyke MC. Stimulation of gastric enzyme secretion by porcine cholecystokinin in the ascidian Styela clava. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1981; 45:458-64. [PMID: 6277729 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(81)90049-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Martin G, Dubois MP. A somatostatin-like antigen in the nervous system of an isopod Porcellio dilatatus Brandt. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1981; 45:125-30. [PMID: 6116644 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(81)90177-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Boer HH, Schot LP, Veenstra JA, Reichelt D. Immunocytochemical identification of neural elements in the central nervous systems of a snail, some insects, a fish, and a mammal with an antiserum to the molluscan cardio-excitatory tetrapeptide FMRF-amide. Cell Tissue Res 1980; 213:21-7. [PMID: 7006829 DOI: 10.1007/bf00236917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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With an antiserum to the molluscan cardio-excitatory tetrapeptide FMRF-amide neurons and/or nerve fibers were immunocytochemically identified in the central nervous systems of a snail (Lymnaea stagnalis), some insects (Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Periplaneta americana, Locusta migratoria, Pieris brassicae), a fish (Poecilia latipinna) and a mammal (mouse). The fact that immunoreactive material was observed in neurohaemal organs (corpora cardiaca of the insects) as well as in axon terminals ending on other neurons, seems to indicate that this peptide can function as a neurohormone and/or as a neurotransmitter. The results sustain the hypothesis that biologically active peptides have a wide distribution in the animal kingdom.
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Fritsch HA, Van Noorden S, Pearse AG. Substance P-, neurotensin- and bombesin-like immunoreactivities in the gill epithelium of Ciona intestinalis L. Cell Tissue Res 1980; 208:467-73. [PMID: 6156765 DOI: 10.1007/bf00233878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Substance P-, neurotensin- and bombesin-like immunoreactivities were localised in some gill epithelial cells in the pharynx of Ciona intestinalis L. No immunoreactivity was obtained with antisera to gastrin, glucagon, insulin, pancreatic polypeptide or calcitonin. Some of the epithelial cells of the gills were shown to be argyrophilic with the Grimelius technique.
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Pestarino M, Staffieri S. Physio-morphological observations on the digestive apparatus of Microcosmus polymorphusHeller (Ascidiacea, Pyuridae). BOLLETINO DI ZOOLOGIA 1980; 47:9-19. [DOI: 10.1080/11250008009440316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Fritsch HA, Van Noorden S, Pearse AG. Localization of somatostatin-, substance P- and calcitonin-like immunoreactivity in the neural ganglion of Ciona intestinalis L. (Ascidiaceae). Cell Tissue Res 1979; 202:263-74. [PMID: 391395 DOI: 10.1007/bf00232240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Indirect immunofluorescence studies using antisera to synthetic somatostatin, human calcitonin and substance P indicate, in the neural complex of the sea-squirt, Ciona intestinalis L., that these polypeptides are present in large perikarya situated at the periphery of the cerebral ganglion as well as in some smaller perikarya in the medulla. In the medullary and transitional zone, there are nerve fibres that cross-react positively with anti-calcitonin and anti-substance P.
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