Uterus-innervating neurones in porcine inferior mesenteric ganglion: an immunohistochemical characteristic.
The presence of tyrosine hydroxylase, neuropeptide Y, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, galanin, Met-enkephalin-Arg-Gly-Leu, substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide was studied with immunohistochemistry in uterus-innervating neurones found in the inferior mesenteric ganglia after fluorescent tracer (Fast Blue) injection into different regions of the porcine uterus (uterine cervix, paracervical, middle and paraoviductal part of the uterine horn). Virtually all Fast Blue-positive neurones found in the inferior mesenteric ganglia after tracer injection into all studied parts of the uterus contained tyrosine hydroxylase and ca. 45% of them contained neuropeptide Y. Single galanin-positive/Fast Blue-positive cells were found in the ganglia only after tracer injections into uterine cervix. No other studied substances were found in the Fast-Blue positive neurones of the inferior mesenteric ganglia.
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Department of Animal Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, ul. Oczapowskiego 13, Bldg. 105J, 10-957 Olsztyn-Kortowo II, Olsztyn, Poland. wasowicz@moskit.uwm.olsztyn.pl
D000818:Animals; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / Q000032:analysis; D004744:Enkephalin, Methionine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D019004:Galanin / Q000032:analysis; D005724:Ganglia / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000737:chemistry; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D009474:Neurons / Q000737:chemistry*; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000032:analysis; D013552:Swine / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000032:analysis; D014599:Uterus / Q000294:innervation*; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide / Q000032:analysis
D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D014660:Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide; D004744:Enkephalin, Methionine; C033453:enkephalin-Met, Arg(6)-Gly(7)-Leu(8)-; D019004:Galanin; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide