Distribution of catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes and some neuropeptides in the median eminence-arcuate nucleus complex (MEARC) of the immature female pig

Acta histochemica
W SienkiewiczM Lakomy

Abstract

The presence of the catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (D beta H) and some neuropeptides, including neuropeptide Y (NPY), Leu5-enkephalin (LENK), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), substance P (SP), galanin (GAL) and somatostatin (SOM) was investigated in nerve fibres and perikarya of the median eminence-arcuate nucleus complex (MEARC) of the sexually immature female pigs by means of the immunohistochemical avidin-biotin complex method. Although immunoreactivities to all the studied substances were found in nerve fibres of the porcine MEARC, there were differences in the distribution and density of particular subsets of nerve fibres within the complex. While loose D beta H-immunoreactive (D beta H-IR) and dense TH-, NPY- and VIP-IR nerve meshworks occurred predominantly in the internal layer of the MEARC, nerve fibres immunoreactive to TH, CGRP, SOM, SP and LENK were more numerous in the external than in the internal layer of the median eminence (ME). Numerous TH-, D beta H-, NPY-, VIP-, SP- and CGRP-IR perivascular nerve fibres were also observed within both layers of the median eminence. There were also differences in the dis...Continue Reading

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