title: Tachykinin immunoreactivity in the European common frog, Rana temporaria: localization, quantification and chromatographic characterization.
abstract: 1. Tachykinin immunoreactivity has been localized, quantified and chromatographically-characterized in the brain, stomach, intestine and skin of Rana temporaria. 2. Antisera to mammalian substance P (SP) and neurokinin A (NKA) immunostained nerve fibres in all tissues except skin, and a population of mucosal endocrine cells in the intestinal epithelium. 3. Radioimmunoassay of tissue extracts identified SP immunoreactivity in all tissues but NKA immunoreactivity was restricted to the brain. 4. Chromatographic analysis of both frog tachykinins revealed that they possessed different physico-chemical properties than their mammalian counterparts.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cell and Experimental Biology, School of Biology, Queen's University of Belfast, U.K.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Halton
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fairweather
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Buchanan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007422:Intestines / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000737:chemistry; D015287:Neurokinin B / Q000032:analysis; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D011896:Rana temporaria / Q000378:metabolism*; D012867:Skin / Q000737:chemistry; D013270:Stomach / Q000737:chemistry; D013373:Substance P / Q000032:analysis; D015320:Tachykinins / Q000032:analysis*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D015320:Tachykinins; D013373:Substance P; D015287:Neurokinin B