Localization of vasopressin,serotonin and angiotensin II in endothelial cells of the renal and mesenteric arteries of the rat |
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| Authors: | J Lincoln A Loesch G Burnstock |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom;(2) Centre for Neuroscience, University College London, London, United Kingdom;(3) Laboratory of the Ultrastructure of the Nervous System, Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland |
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| Abstract: | Summary The localization of vasopressin, serotonin and angiotensin II in the endothelial cells of renal and mesenteric arteries was investigated using the pre-embedding peroxidase-antiperoxidase technique for electron microscopy. Vasopressin-and serotonin-positive endothelial cells were present in both renal and mesenteric arteries while angiotensin II-positive cells were observed in the mesenteric artery exclusively. Both arteries showed less than 10% immunoreactive cells. The lack of angiotensin II in the endothelial cells of the renal artery suggests that there may be subtle physiological differences between the renal and mesenteric arteries with respect to the local control of blood flow. |
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| Keywords: | Vasopressin Serotonin Angiotensin II Endothelial cells Renal artery Mesenteric artery Rat (Wistar) |
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