title: Evidence for neuropeptide FF (FLFQRFamide) in rat dorsal root ganglia.
abstract: By using specific antibodies and radioimmunological and immunohistochemical methods, we here show that neuropeptide FF (NPFF) occurs in cervical and lumbar dorsal root ganglia cells. Levels in the ganglia were low because they were detectable only after colchicine treatment or after unilateral dorsal rhizotomy. Similar high-performance liquid chromatography profiles were obtained from dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord extracts, indicating that the NPFF-immunoreactivity in the dorsal root ganglia represented similar molecular forms to that in the spinal cord. Immunocytochemistry localized NPFF-immunoreactivity in small- and medium-sized cells. These data suggest that low levels of NPFF present in fine diameter primary afferent fibers could be involved in the treatment of nociceptive information from fore- or hindlimb.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U.378 Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux-2, Institut François Magendie, Bordeaux, France. Michèle.Allard@bordeaux.inserm.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rousselot
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lombard
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Theodosis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; C053651:phenylalanyl-leucyl-phenylalanyl-glutaminyl-prolyl-glutaminyl-arginyl-phenylalaninamide