PMID: 9422359Jan 9, 1998Paper

Nigrostriatal dopamine neurons express low levels of GTP cyclohydrolase I protein

Journal of Neurochemistry
K Hirayama, G Kapatos

Abstract

A previous study using the in situ hybridization technique showed that serotonin neurons contain substantially more GTP cyclohydrolase I mRNA than do either dopamine or norepinephrine neurons. The objective of the current study was to determine whether these differences in mRNA abundance are predictive of the amount of GTP cyclohydrolase I protein available for tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthesis. The double-label immunofluorescence technique was used to localize GTP cyclohydrolase I protein to the tyrosine hydroxylase-positive A9 dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra and the A6 norepinephrine neurons of the locus ceruleus or the tryptophan hydroxylase-positive B6/B7 serotonin neurons of the dorsal raphe nucleus. Although GTP cyclohydrolase I immunofluorescence within serotonin and norepinephrine neurons was relatively intense, the fluorescence signal within dopamine neurons was faint to nondetectable. An immunoautoradiographic technique was developed to quantify these apparent differences in GTP cyclohydrolase I protein expression at the cellular level. Significant differences between all three neurochemical subdivisions were found and comparisons showed that on average serotonin neurons contain between 2.3- and 7.3-fold more ...Continue Reading

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