Intragranular colocalization of arginine vasopressin and methionine-enkephalin-octapeptide in CRF-axons in the rat median eminence |
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Authors: | Prof. Dr. Setsuji Hisano Yoshihiro Tsuruo Shinsuke Katoh Shigeo Daikoku Noboru Yanaihara Tamotsu Shibasaki |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Anatomy, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan;(2) Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, Shizuoka College of Pharmacy, Shizuoka, Japan;(3) Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Tokyo, Japan;(4) Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima, 770 Tokushima, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary Ultrastructural appearances of axonal terminals containing corticoliberin (CRF) were examined in the rat median eminence prepared by a freeze-drying procedure. Immunolabeling was performed by using 5-, 8-, or 15-nm gold-antibody complexes for CRF, arginine vasopressin (VP) and methionine-enkephalin-octapeptide (Enk-8), singly or in combination. In intact animals, the CRF-containing secretory granules were only slightly labeled with goldanti-VP or -Enk-8. In adrenalectomized rats, granules within single axons appeared to be labeled with all the immunogold complexes. This intragranular colocalization of the three antigens was confirmed by using three neighboring sections of the same axon terminals which were stained separately with each one of the antibodies and visualized with the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex method. The granules labeled for CRF had decreased 9 days after adrenalectomy but had increased again by day 21, while those labeled for VP steadily increased after adrenalectomy. However, this did not correspond with the appearances of cell bodies in the paraventricular nucleus; the cell bodies labeled for both CRF and VP steadily increased in number and in stainability. By contrast, Enk-8 immunoreactivity in the axonal terminals and cell bodies was not affected by adrenalectomy. These findings suggest that although the three peptides could be released simultaneously from the axonal terminals, VP may play some special role in the expression of CRF activity. |
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Keywords: | Immuno-electron microscopy Triple-immunogold-labeling CRF axon terminal Median eminence Rat |
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