Substance P as a baro- and chemoreceptor afferent neurotransmitter: immunocytochemical and neurochemical evidence in the rat |
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Authors: | C J Helke T L O'Donohue D M Jacobowitz |
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Institution: | 1. Laboratory of Clinical Science, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20205 USA;2. Department of Pharmacology, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059 USA |
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Abstract: | The possibility that substances P (SP) is a neurotransmitter of baro- and chemoreceptor afferents in the rat was investigated. SP-like immunoreactivity (SP-I) was analyzed quantitatively by radioimmunoassay in various levels of the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS), the site of termination of these afferents while SP-containing afferent neurons were studied in various portions of the peripheral pathways by immunocytochemistry. It was found that the NTS contained significant amounts of SP-I and that unilateral removal of the nodose ganglia reduces the SP-I content of those portions of the NTS known to receive vagal afferents. In addition, SP-I was visualized in discrete fibers in the tunica adventitia of the aortic arch and carotid sinus regions, the vagus nerve and nodose ganglia. These results in the rat are consistent with our previous studies in the cat and provide further evidence that SP is contained within baro- and chemoreceptor afferent nerves. |
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Keywords: | Substance P Nucleus tractus solitarius Aortic arch afferents Vagal afferents Baro- and chemoreceptors |
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