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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
An important requirement in pathological diagnostics in the human enteric nervous system (ENS) is the estimation of the total numbers of neurons and of proportions of distinct subpopulations. In this study, we compared the suitability of two suggested panneuronal markers, cuprolinic blue (CB) and anti-Hu-protein (HU), for staining and counting human myenteric neurons in wholemounts, derived from small and large intestinal samples. Furthermore, the proportional expression of three cytoskeletal intermediate filaments, alpha-internexin (IN), neurofilament 200 (NF) and peripherin (PE), was correlated with both CB and HU. In 8 CB- and HU-stained wholemounts, 93.3% of all neurons were double labeled, 3.3% of neurons were stained only with CB whereas 3.3% were immuno-stained only for HU. Thus, both markers were comparably reliable in representing the putative total human myenteric neuron population in our material. The wholemounts double stained for IN/CB or IN/HU revealed between 56.2 and 71.5% of neurons to be IN-reactive. Between 42.8 and 50.9% of neurons were immunoreactive for NF whereas 53.9 to 62.4% of neurons were reactive for PE. Although our sample number was too small to allow final conclusions, we suggest that the variations in proportions of intermediate filament expression we observed may be due to individual circumstances rather than to correlation with age or region. The proportions of neurons positive for IN, NF or PE but unstained by CB histochemical or HU immunohistochemical techniques was between 0 and 2.2%. We conclude that both CB and HU techniques are suitable methods for representation of almost all myenteric neurons in the human gut and that the differential expression of the cytoskeletal proteins investigated has to be included in the classification of enteric neurons in pathological diagnostics of human gastrointestinal diseases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Biological Markers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Indoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Intermediate Filament Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neurofilament Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Organometallic Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/alpha-internexin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/copper phthalocyanine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/neurofilament protein H, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/peripherin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1699-5848
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
41-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Colon, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Duodenum, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Ileum, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Indoles, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Intermediate Filament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Intestinal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Intestines, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Myenteric Plexus, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Neurofilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Neuronal Plasticity, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16267786-Organometallic Compounds
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Investigation of general and cytoskeletal markers to estimate numbers and proportions of neurons in the human intestine.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy I, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't