The arcuate nucleus is the major source for neuropeptide Y-innervation of thyrotropin-releasing hormone neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus

Endocrinology
G Légrádi, Ronald M Lechan

Abstract

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) immunoreactive (-ir) nerve fibers densely innervate hypophysiotropic TRH perikarya and dendrites in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN). To evaluate the contribution of the arcuate nucleus (Arc) to this innervation, the effect of Arc ablation by neonatal monosodium glutamate (MSG) treatment on the density of NPY-fibers contacting TRH neurons in the PVN was investigated. After the lesioned animals and vehicle-treated controls reached adulthood, the number of contacts between NPY-ir boutons and TRH-ir perikarya in the PVN was determined in double-immunostained sections. In controls, numerous contacts between NPY-ir terminals and TRH perikarya and dendrites were observed, confirming earlier findings. MSG treatment resulted in a marked reduction of the size of the Arc and also the number of NPY-perikarya with a concomitant reduction of 82.4 +/-2.1% in the relative number of NPY terminals contacting TRH perikarya and first order dendrites in the medial parvocellular and periventricular subdivisions of the PVN. In contrast, lesioning of the ascending adrenergic bundle in the brain stem caused no statistically significant change in the number of NPY-terminals in close apposition to hypophysiotropic TRH ...Continue Reading

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