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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-1
pubmed:abstractText
Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript-immunoreactive (CART-IR) neurons and nerve fibers were abundant in the submucosal and myenteric plexuses of the guinea pig duodenum, ileum, cecum, proximal and distal colon. CART immunoreactivity was also observed in cell bodies and nerve fibers in the extrahepatic biliary tract. In the myenteric plexus, similar proportions (~20-25%) of neurons were CART-IR in all regions, with the exception of the cecum, where only 13% were CART-IR. In the submucosal plexus, CART-IR was detected in 35-50% of the neurons along the bowel with the exception of the proximal colon (~10%). Multiple label immunohistochemistry in the myenteric plexus of the ileum demonstrated that CART-IR neurons were also immunoreactive for choline acetyltransferase (83%), tachykinins (77%), calbindin (50%), nitric oxide synthase (20%), and/or vasoactive intestinal peptide (23%). In triple label studies, we found that ~8% of the CART-IR neurons were also immunoreactive for both choline acetyltransferase and nitric oxide synthase. CART immunoreactivity was not colocalized with calretinin, somatostatin, or serotonin. These results, combined with previous studies of chemical coding and projection patterns in the guinea pig ileum, indicate that at least four different classes of gut neurons in the myenteric plexus express CART peptide, including excitatory and inhibitory motor neurons projecting to the circular muscle, intrinsic primary afferent neurons, and a subset of descending interneurons. Because all CART-IR neurons in the submucosal plexus were also vasoactive intestinal peptide-IR, they are likely to include secretomotor/vasodilator neurons.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0302-766X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
312
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
265-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Distribution and chemical coding of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide (CART)-immunoreactive neurons in the guinea pig bowel.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, D-403A Given Building, The University of Vermont College of Medicine, 89 Beaumont Avenue, VT 05405, Burlington, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.