Orexin-B-like immunoreactivity localizes in both luteinizing-hormone-containing cells and melanin-concentrating hormone-containing fibers in the red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) pituitary |
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Authors: | Hirohumi Suzuki Toshiharu Yamamoto |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Biology, Fukuoka University of Education, Akamabunkyo-machi 1-1, Munakata, Fukuoka, 811-4192, Japan 2. Department of Human Biology, Kanagawa Dental College, Inaoka-cho 82, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 238-8580, Japan
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Abstract: | We examined orexin-like immunoreactivity in the pituitary of the red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri). Orexin-B-immunoreactive (IR) cells corresponded to luteinizing hormone (LH)-containing cells in the pars distalis, and orexin-B-IR fibers corresponded to melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH)-containing fibers in the pars nervosa. In the pars distalis, orexin-B-IR puncta that were also immunoreactive for MCH were observed around the orexin-B-IR cells. In the ventral hypothalamus, orexin-B-IR and MCH-IR neurons were found in the nucleus lateralis tuberis. Immunoelectron-microscopic analysis revealed that the orexin-B-like substance co-localized with LH in secretory granules and with MCH in MCH-containing neurons. Some of the MCH secreted in the pituitary might participate in the modulation of LH secretion from the gonadotrophs, together with orexin-B, leading to food intake by the stimulation of growth hormone secretion from the somatotrophs. |
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