Intragranular co-storage of neuropeptide Y and arginine vasopressin in the paraventricular magnocellular neurons of the rat hypothalamus |
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Authors: | Yasuaki Kagotani Setsuji Hisano Yoshihiro Tsuruo Shigeo Daikoku Yasuhiko Okimura Kazuo Chihara |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan;(2) International Center for Medical Research, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary Certain populations of arginine vasopressin (AVP) neurons in the magnocellular paraventricular nucleus became immunoreactive for neuropeptide Y (NPY) when rats were treated with colchicine or monosodium glutamate (MSG). The co-storage of these peptides was examined by empooying a post-embedding electron-microscopic immunohistochemistry technique using goldlabeled antibodies to the two peptides. In colchicinetreated rats, the neuronal perikarya contained numerous secretory granules showing co-storage of the two peptides. The cells of the MSG-treated rats were characterized by having well-developed Golgi bodies with the granular structures also co-storing the two peptides, although the secretory granules in the perikarya were rather fewer than in the colchicine-treated rats. It is concluded that the destruction of the arcuate nucleus by MSG-treatment may potentiate the synthesis of NPY in AVP neurons, the synthesis of which is latent in intact animals. |
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Keywords: | Neuropeptide Y Arginine vasopressin Co-storage Immunohistochemistry Electron microscopy Paraventricular nucleus Rat (Sprague-Dawley) |
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