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Neuropeptide Y: presence in sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation of the nasal mucosa
Authors:J S Lacroix  A Änggård  T Hökfelt  M M T O'Hare  J Fahrenkrug  J M Lundberg
Institution:(1) Department of Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;(2) Department of Histology and Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;(3) Department of Oto-rhino-laryngology, Karoliaska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden;(4) Clinic of Oto-rhino-laryngology, Cantonal University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland;(5) Laboratory for Molecular Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark;(6) Department of Clinical Chemistry, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark;(7) Department of Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Box 60 400, S-104 01 Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract:Summary The occurrence of neuropeptide Y (NPY), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and peptide histidine isoleucine (PHI) in the sympathetic and parasympathetic innervation of the nasal mucosa was studied in various species including man. A dense network of NPY-immunoreactive (IR) fibres was present around arteries and arterioles in the nasal mucosa of all species studied. NPY was also located in nerves around seromucous glands in pig and guinea-pig, but not in rat, cat and man. The NPY-IR glandular innervation corresponded to about 20% of the NPY content of the nasal mucosa as revealed by remaining NPY content determined by radioimmunoassay after sympathectomy. These periglandular NPY-positive fibres had a distribution similar to the VIP-IR and PHI-IR nerves but not to the noradrenergic markers tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) or dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH). The NPY nerves around glands and some perivascular fibres were not influenced by sympathectomy and probably originated in the sphenopalatine ganglion where NPY-IR and VIP-IR ganglion cells were present. The venous sinusoids were innervated by NPY-positive fibres in all species except the cat. Dense NPY and DBH-positive innervation was seen around thick-walled vessels in the pig nasal mucosa; the latter may represent arterio-venous shunts. Double-labelling experiments using TH and DBH, and surgical sympathectomy revealed that the majority of NPY-IR fibres around blood vessels were probably noradrenergic. The NPY-positive perivascular nerves that remained after sympathectomy in the pig nasal mucosa also contained VIP/PHI-IR. The major nasal blood vessels, i.e. sphenopalatine artery and vein, were also densely innervated by NPY-IR fibres of sympathetic origin. Perivascular VIP-IR fibres were present around small arteries, arterioles, venous sinusoids and arterio-venous shunt vessels of the nasal mucosa whereas major nasal vessels received only single VIP-positive nerves. The trigeminal ganglion of the species studied contained only single TH-IR or VIP-IR but no NPY-positive ganglion cells. It is concluded that NPY in the nasal mucosa is mainly present in perivascular nerves of sympathetic origin. In some species, such as pig, glandular and perivascular parasympathetic nerves, probably of VIP/PHI nature, also contain NPY.
Keywords:Nasal mucosa  Neuropeptide Y (NPY)  Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)  Peptide histidine isoleucine (PHI)  Noradrenaline  Sympathetic/parasympathetic innervation  Pig  Cat  Guinea-pig  Rat  Man
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