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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-7
pubmed:abstractText
The present study investigated the origin of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) -immunoreactive (IR) fibers innervating guinea pig cardiac ganglia. Immunohistochemistry was performed on whole-mounts containing cardiac ganglia, and sections of stellate, nodose, and dorsal root ganglia (DRG, thoracic levels 1-4), and caudal medulla. In control preparations, only 4% of the cardiac neurons were PACAP-IR, although most cardiac ganglion cells were surrounded by a network of PACAP-IR fibers. After 3-7 days in explant culture, the number of PACAP-IR cardiac neurons increased approximately eightfold. However, virtually all PACAP-IR fibers surrounding the cardiac neurons had degenerated, demonstrating that the major source of the PACAP-IR fibers was extrinsic to the cardiac ganglia preparation. PACAP- and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) immunoreactivity were colocalized in fibers within the stellate ganglia but not within neuropeptide Y (NPY) -IR cell bodies and fibers. PACAP-IR cells and fibers were present in the nodose ganglia. PACAP immunoreactivity also was present in fibers and primarily small neurons in thoracic DRGs. In situ hybridization demonstrated the presence of proPACAP mRNA within neurons in the region of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus and nucleus ambiguus. PACAP immunoreactivity was colocalized with ChAT immunoreactivity, but not with NPY immunoreactivity or SP immunoreactivity, in fibers surrounding neurons within cardiac ganglia. We conclude that PACAP-containing fibers innervating the postganglionic parasympathetic neurons in guinea pig cardiac ganglia are primarily preganglionic parasympathetic axons.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9967
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
423
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
26-39
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Choline O-Acetyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Ganglia, Parasympathetic, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Ganglia, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Guinea Pigs, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Medulla Oblongata, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Nerve Fibers, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Neural Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Neuropeptide Y, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Neuropeptides, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Nodose Ganglion, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Stellate Ganglion, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Substance P, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Thoracic Vertebrae, pubmed-meshheading:10861534-Vagus Nerve
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Origin of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP)-immunoreactive fibers innervating guinea pig parasympathetic cardiac ganglia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't