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Manso B, Sánchez M, Medina L, Aguilar L, Díaz-Cabiale Z, Narváez J, Coveñas R. Immunohistochemical mapping of pro-opiomelanocortin- and pro-dynorphin-derived peptides in the alpaca (Lama pacos) diencephalon. J Chem Neuroanat 2014; 59-60:36-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2014.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2014] [Revised: 06/10/2014] [Accepted: 06/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pesini P, Pego-Reigosa R, Tramu G, Coveñas R. Distribution of ACTH immunoreactivity in the diencephalon and the brainstem of the dog. J Chem Neuroanat 2004; 27:275-82. [PMID: 15261334 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2004.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2003] [Accepted: 05/07/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The present work describes for the first time the anatomical distribution of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in the diencephalon and the brainstem of the dog by means of the indirect immunoperoxidase technique. The distribution found in this species agrees well with the pattern found in other mammals and particularly confirms much of the findings reported in the cat. An exception to that concordance is the presence of ACTH perikarya in the nucleus of the solitary tract of the dog, a population that has been described in the rat but not in the cat, and in the ventral mesencephalon. This last population spread across the ventral tegmental area from the raphe to the cerebral peduncle and appeared to be a specific feature of the canine brain. On the other hand, we can not see ACTH fibers in the substantia nigra of the dog which could be a characteristic of the domestic carnivores, opposite to rodents, since these fibers appeared to be also lacking in the cat. Nevertheless, the widespread distribution of ACTH fibers in the brain of the dog included many other nuclei containing monoaminergic neurons which supported a possible role for ACTH in the regulation of these neurotransmitter systems.
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- P Pesini
- Departamento de Anatomía, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Santiago, 27002 Lugo, Spain.
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Belda M, Coveñas R, Narváez JA, Aguirre JA, Tramu G. An immunocytochemical mapping of methionine-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8 in the cat brainstem. ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY 2003; 206:399-408. [PMID: 12698364 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-003-0308-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/04/2002] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The distribution of methionine-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8-immunoreactive cell bodies and fibres was studied in the brainstem of the cat using an indirect immunoperoxidase technique. In the mesencephalon, immunoreactive cell bodies were observed in the periaqueductal grey, the dorsal raphe nucleus, the central and pericentral nuclei of the inferior colliculus and the pericentral division of the dorsal tegmental nucleus. In the pons, immunoreactive cell bodies were observed in the dorsolateral division of the pontine nucleus; below the central division of the dorsal tegmental nucleus; above the dorsolateral division of the pontine nucleus, and close to the superior cerebellar peduncle. In the medulla oblongata, immunoreactive cell bodies were observed in the laminar spinal trigeminal nucleus and in the lateral tegmental field; the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus; the prepositus hypoglossal nucleus; the medial nucleus of the solitary tract; the rostral division of the cuneate nucleus, and close to the parvocellular division of the alaminar spinal trigeminal nucleus. The highest (moderate) density of immunoreactive fibres was observed in the periaqueductal grey; the parvocellular and magnocellular divisions of the alaminar spinal trigeminal nucleus; the laminar spinal trigeminal nucleus; the rostral division of the cuneate nucleus; the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus; the lateral nucleus of the solitary tract, and in the midline between the central divisions of the reticulotegmental pontine nucleus. The widespread distribution of methionine-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8 in the cat brainstem indicates that the peptide might be involved in several physiological functions.
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- Magdalena Belda
- Laboratorio de Neuroanatomía de los Sistemas Peptidérgicos, Instituto de Neurociencias de Castilla y León, Facultad de Medicina, Campus Unamuno, c/ Alfonso X El Sabio s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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Marcos P, Coveñas R, Narváez JA, Diaz-Cabiale Z, Aguirre JA, Tramu G, González-Barón S. Immunohistochemical mapping of enkephalins, NPY, CGRP, and GRP in the cat amygdala. Peptides 1999; 20:635-44. [PMID: 10465517 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(99)00018-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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This immunohistochemical study shows a wide distribution of neuropeptides in the cat amygdala. Neuropeptide Y is present along the whole amygdaloid complex, and fibers and cell bodies containing neuropeptide Y are observed in all the nuclei studied. Leucine-enkephalin-, gastrin-releasing peptide/bombesin-, and calcitonin gene-related peptide-immunoreactive fibers and perikarya are observed only in discrete nuclei of the amygdaloid complex, whereas only fibers -but no cell bodies- containing methionine-enkephalin-Arg6-Gly7-Leu8 have been observed. No immunoreactivity has been found for gamma-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, dynorphin A (1-17), or galanin. These data are compared with those reported in the amygdala of other mammals.
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- P Marcos
- Universidad de Málaga, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Fisiología, Spain.
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Marcos P, Coveñas R, Narvaez JA, Aguirre JA, Tramu G, Gonzalez-Baron S. Neuropeptides in the cat amygdala. Brain Res Bull 1998; 45:261-8. [PMID: 9580215 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(97)00343-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The distribution of seven neuropeptides was studied in the cat amygdala using an indirect immunoperoxidase technique. No labeling was found for luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone or beta-endorphin (1-27). Sparse alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone-immunoreactive fibers were found in the basomedial nucleus of the amygdala, whereas a low density of fibers containing alpha-neo-endorphin was observed in the anterior amygdaloid area. Neurotensin was observed in fibers of the anterior amygdaloid area (low density) and both the lateral (low density) and the medial part (moderate density) of the central nucleus. A low density of fibers containing neurokinin A was found in the anterior amygdaloid area, the basolateral nucleus, and the medial part of the central nucleus. A moderate density was observed in the basomedial nucleus and in the medial and cortical nuclei. Fibers containing somatostatin-28 (fragment 1-12) were observed in all the amygdaloid nuclei, whereas immunoreactive cell bodies were found in all the nuclei except in the medial part of the central nucleus and the medial nucleus. Perikarya containing neurokinin A were observed in the latter nucleus. The results point to a discrete distribution of peptidergic fibers in the cat amygdala, as well as the occurrence of neurons containing neurokinin A and somatostatin-28 (fragment 1-12). The distribution of the peptides studied in the cat is compared with the location of the same peptides in the amygdala of other species. The possible diencephalic origin of the peptidergic fibers is also discussed.
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- P Marcos
- Universidad de Málaga, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Fisiologia, Spain
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Fang Y, Kelly MJ, Rønnekleiv OK. Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA expression: distribution and region-specific down-regulation by chronic morphine in female guinea pig hypothalamus. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1998; 55:1-8. [PMID: 9645954 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(97)00348-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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There is compelling evidence that endogenous opioid peptides are regulated by exogenous opiates. Our previous studies have shown that the mu-opioid receptor protein and mRNA are down-regulated in the mediobasal hypothalamus of the female guinea pig following chronic morphine treatment. In addition, electrophysiological studies have shown that hypothalamic beta-endorphin (beta-EP) neurons express mu-opioid receptors that are uncoupled and down-regulated following chronic morphine treatment. Currently, we tested the hypothesis that chronic morphine, which produces down-regulation of mu-opioid receptors, causes a down-regulation of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC, the precursor of beta-EP) mRNA expression in female guinea pig hypothalamus. Female guinea pigs were ovariectomized and implanted subcutaneously (s.c.) with 4 x 75 mg pellets for 2 days plus six more pellets of either morphine (n = 6) or placebo (n = 6) for another 5 days. Animals were sacrificed between 1000 and 1100 h on day 7. The expression of POMC mRNA were investigated using in situ hybridization histochemistry with a guinea pig specific 35S-labeled cRNA probe in hypothalamic tissue sections. POMC mRNA was localized to the arcuate nucleus (Arc) and median eminence (ME) of the medial basal hypothalamus. The distribution pattern was the same in both morphine and placebo control animals. However, the density of silver grains was less in morphine treated animals versus placebo control animals. Overall, the level of POMC mRNA was decreased by 22% in the Arc of morphine-treated guinea pigs as compared with the placebo controls (p < 0.05). This decrease in POMC mRNA expression was even greater in the caudal Arc (28%, p < 0.01) in morphine-treated animals. These results suggested that the biosynthetic activity of POMC neurons is down-regulated with chronic exposure to morphine.
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- Y Fang
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201, USA
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Coveñas R, de León M, Narváez JA, Aguirre JA, Tramu G, González-Barón S. ACTH/CLIP immunoreactivity in the cat brain stem. Peptides 1997; 18:965-70. [PMID: 9357053 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(97)00048-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The distribution of adrenocorticotropin hormone/corticotropin-like intermediate lobe peptide was studied in the cat brain stem, using an indirect immunoperoxidase technique. No immunoreactive cell bodies were observed. However, a high density of immunoreactive fibers was found in the periaqueductal gray, the dorsal nucleus of the raphe, the locus coeruleus, and the marginal nucleus of the brachium conjunctivum. A moderate density was found in the central linear nucleus, the central tegmental field, the Kolliker-Fuse nucleus, the inferior central nucleus, and the postpyramidal nucleus of the raphe. A low density was found in the superior and inferior colliculi, the interpeduncular nucleus, the nucleus sagulum, the superior central nucleus, the cuneiform nucleus, the accessory dorsal tegmental nucleus, the nucleus of the solitary tract, the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus, and the paralemniscal, magnocellular, gigantocellular, and lateral tegmental fields. Moreover, single immunoreactive fibers were observed in numerous nuclei of the cat brain stem. In comparison with previous studies carried out in the same region of the cat, as well as the rat and the human, our results point to a more widespread distribution of adrenocorticotropin hormone/corticotropin-like intermediate lobe peptide immunoreactive structures in the cat brain stem. This widespread distribution indicates that the peptide might be involved in several physiological functions of the cat brain stem.
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- R Coveñas
- Departamento de Fisiología y Farmacología, Universidad de Málaga, Facultad de Medicina, Spain.
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Coveñas R, de León M, Narváez JA, Tramu G, Aguirre JA, González-Barón S. An immunocytochemical mapping of ACTH/CLIP in the cat diencephalon. J Chem Neuroanat 1996; 11:191-7. [PMID: 8906460 DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(96)00154-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Using an indirect immunoperoxidase technique, the location of cell bodies and fibres containing adrenocorticotropin hormone/corticotropin-like intermediate lobe peptide (ACTH/CLIP) was studied in the cat diencephalon. Immunoreactivity was observed in several diencephalic nuclei of the cat in which no immunoreactivity has been previously reported. In this sense, a low density of immunoreactive cell bodies was found in the nucleus ventromedialis hypothalami; a high density of immunoreactive fibres was found in the medial preoptic area; a moderate density in the lateral preoptic area and in the nuclei centralis thalami (pars medialis), interventralis thalami, interanteromedialis thalami, parafascicularis and praemamillaris (pars ventralis and pars dorsalis); a low density in the nuclei habenularis lateralis and reuniens thalami, and single fibres were found in the nuclei lateralis thalami (pars anterior), habenularis medialis, parataenialis, corpus geniculatum mediale, ventralis thalami (pars medialis) and in the fornix. Our results point to a more widespread distribution of ACTH/CLIP immunoreactive structures in the cat diencephalon in comparison with previous studies carried out in the same region of this feline.
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- R Coveñas
- Universidad de Salamaca, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Biologia Celular y Patologia, Spain
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Liang CL, Kozlowski GP, Joseph SA, German DC. ACTH1–39 inputs to mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic neurons: Light and electron microscopic examination. Neurosci Lett 1992; 146:79-83. [PMID: 1361979 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(92)90177-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Single- and double-labeling immunocytochemical staining procedures were used to examine the relationship between adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)-containing nerve terminals and dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the rat midbrain, using both light and electron microscopy. At the light microscopic level, ACTH neuronal processes were found largely in restricted regions occupied by the mesolimbic and mesocortical DA neurons. At the electron microscopic level, in the central linear nucleus, ACTH axon terminals made symmetric and asymmetric synaptic contacts with DA dendrites, as well as appositions with unlabeled axon terminals which, in turn, synapsed upon DA dendrites. These data suggest that ACTH functions as a neurotransmitter/neuromodulator in the brain, and such ACTH-DA synapses may be important for stress-induced changes in mesocorticolimbic DA neuronal activity.
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- C L Liang
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9070
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The distribution pattern of neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity (NPY-Li) in cat hypothalamus was studied using avidin-biotin modification of immunocytochemical method. This study showed cell bodies containing NPY-Li in the periventricular and the infundibular nuclei and also a moderate number of neurons with NPY-Li in the ventromedial nucleus, an observation not reported in earlier studies. Fibers with NPY-Li were noted throughout the hypothalamus, but most prominently within the periventricular regions. The location of NPY cells within the hypothalamus suggests the possibility of an interaction with dopaminergic and other proopiomelanocortinergic neurons.
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- H Hu
- Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans 70112
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Rao JK, Hu H, Prasad C, Jayaraman A. The distribution pattern of alpha-MSH-like immunoreactivity in the cat central nervous system. Peptides 1987; 8:327-34. [PMID: 3295798 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(87)90108-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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 distribution pattern of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone-like immunoreactivity (alpha-MSH-Li) was studied in cats using avidin-biotin modification of immunocytochemical method. Cell bodies containing alpha-MSH-Li were observed in the medial basal hypothalamus, especially in the infundibular nucleus, the lateral hypothalamus and near zona incerta. Fibers with alpha-MSH-Li extended beyond the hypothalamus, into the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus, rostral amygdala, periaqueductal gray, locus ceruleus, parabrachial nucleus and medial nucleus of the nucleus tractus solitarius. Axons with alpha-MSH-Li were also seen diffusely in various cortical areas, but more extensively in the limbic cortical regions. The distribution pattern of the cell bodies and fibers containing alpha-MSH-Li bears several similarities to that seen in rats, but differs in that the alpha-MSH-Li was not observed in cell bodies in locations other than the medial basal and lateral hypothalamus.
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