title: Hippocampal sympathetic ingrowth occurs following 192-IgG-Saporin administration.
abstract: Electrolytic lesions of the medial septal region leads to an unusual neuronal reorganization in which peripheral sympathetic fibers, originating from the superior cervical ganglia, grow into the cholinergically denervated areas of the hippocampus. Since these lesions disrupt cells and fibers of passage which are non-cholinergic, there has been a debate whether Hippocampal Sympathetic Ingrowth is due only to cholinergic denervation of the hippocampus. Using the intraseptal administration of 192-IgG-Saporin, a specific cholinergic neurotoxin, we have found that hippocampal sympathetic ingrowth occurs in the cholinergically denervated hippocampus at 4, 8 and 12 weeks post Saporin injection. These results clearly suggest that hippocampal sympathetic ingrowth is due to the specific loss of the cholinergic projection from the medial septum.
authors.affiliation: VA Medical Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. lharrell@uab.edu
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Harrell
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kolasa
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000378:metabolism; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002450:Cell Communication / Q000502:physiology; D018678:Cholinergic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002799:Cholinergic Fibers / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000922:Immunotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D054789:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 1; D000076985:Saporins; D012686:Septal Nuclei / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D017783:Superior Cervical Ganglion / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D017779:Sympathetic Fibers, Postganglionic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: C085696:192 IgG-saporin; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D018678:Cholinergic Agents; D000922:Immunotoxins; D009498:Neurotoxins; D054789:Ribosome Inactivating Proteins, Type 1; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases; D000076985:Saporins; D000109:Acetylcholine; D009638:Norepinephrine