title: Immunohistochemical localization of delta sleep-inducing peptide-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system and pituitary of the frog Rana ridibunda.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the distribution of delta sleep-inducing peptide in the brain and pituitary of the frog Rana ridibunda and to determine the possible effect of this nonapeptide on adrenocorticotropic hormone and corticosteroid secretion. Delta sleep-inducing peptide-like immunoreactive fibres were observed throughout the brain of the frog. These fibres generally exhibited the characteristics of glial cell processes. Scarce delta sleep-inducing peptide-positive fibres were seen in the olfactory bulb and in the periventricular areas of the telencephalon. In the diencephalon, numerous delta sleep-inducing peptide-containing processes were noted in the preoptic nucleus, the infundibular nuclei and the median eminence. A few cerebrospinal fluid-contacting cells were visualized in the ventral nucleus of the infundibulum. Delta sleep-inducing peptide-positive fibres were also observed in the mesencephalon, radiating through the different layers of the tectum. In the cerebellum, all Purkinje cells exhibited delta sleep-inducing peptide-like immunoreactivity. More caudally, numerous delta sleep-inducing peptide-positive fibres were noted in the vestibular nucleus of the rhombencephalon. A dense network of delta sleep-inducing peptide-containing fibres was seen in the pars nervosa of the pituitary. In the distal lobe, a population of endocrine cells located in the anteroventral region contained delta sleep-inducing peptide-immunoreactive material. Labelling of consecutive sections of the pituitary by delta sleep-inducing peptide and adrenocorticotropic hormone antiserum revealed that a delta sleep-inducing peptide-related peptide is expressed in corticotroph cells. The possible role of delta sleep-inducing peptide in the control of adrenocorticotropic hormone and corticosteroid release was studied in vitro, using the perifusion system technique. Administration of graded doses of delta sleep-inducing peptide (from 10(-8) to 10(-6) M) to perifused frog anterior pituitary cells did not affect the spontaneous release of adrenocorticotropic hormone. In addition, prolonged infusion of delta sleep-inducing peptide (10(-6) M) did not alter the stimulatory effect of corticotropin-releasing factor (10(-7) M) on adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion. Similarly, exposure of frog interrenal slices to delta sleep-inducing peptide did not induce any modification of spontaneous or adrenocorticotropic hormone-evoked secretion of corticosterone and aldosterone. Our results provide the first evidence for the presence of a delta sleep-inducing peptide-related peptide in lower vertebrates. The occurrence of delta sleep-inducing peptide-like immunoreactivity in specific areas of the brain suggests that the peptide may act as a neuromodulator.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: European Institute for Peptide Research, CNRS URA 650, UA INSERM, University of Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feuilloley
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Charnay
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vaudry
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D003701:Delta Sleep-Inducing Peptide / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D011895:Rana ridibunda
chemical_list: D003701:Delta Sleep-Inducing Peptide; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone