alpha-melanotropin and beta-endorphin-like immunoreactivities are contained within neurons and nerve fibers of the rat duodenum.
Both alpha-melanotropin and beta-endorphin were revealed by immunofluorescence microscopy studies within neurons and nerve fibers of the rat duodenum. An immunohistochemical staining for alpha-melanotropin was seen within neuronal cell bodies and nerve fibers bundles of the myenteric and submucous plexus. A beta-endorphin immunofluorescence was visualized within perikarya and nerve fibers of both the myenteric and submucous plexus. alpha-Melanotropin as well as beta-endorphin immunoreactivities were strictly localized to structures of the enteric nervous system. In crypts and epithelial cells only a non-specific staining was observed.
D000818:Animals; D004386:Duodenum / Q000294:innervation*; D004723:Endorphins / Q000276:immunology*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones / Q000276:immunology*; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000276:immunology; D009474:Neurons / Q000276:immunology; D051381:Rats; D001615:beta-Endorphin
D004723:Endorphins; D001615:beta-Endorphin; D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones