title: The striatal GABA-ergic neurons expressing substance P receptors in the basal ganglia of mice.
abstract: By using a double immunofluorescence, we have examined the distribution of striatal GABAergic neurons that expressed substance P receptor (SPR) in the basal ganglia of adult C57 mice. The distribution of GABA-immunoreactive neurons completely or partially overlapped with that of SPR-immunoreactive neurons in the striatum (i.e. the caudate-putamen), globus pallidus, ventral pallidum, and nucleus accumbens. Neurons showing both GABA- and SPR-immunoreactivities were, however, predominantly found in the caudate-putamen, and most of them were characterized by their large-sized aspiny neuronal profile. Semi-quantification indicated that only about 13% of the total GABA-immunoreactive neurons (including large and medium-sized) displayed SPR-immunoreactivity, and these double-labeled neurons constituted about 31% of the total SPR-immunoreactive cells in the striatum. Neurons double-labeled with GABA- and SPR-immunoreactivities were hardly detected in other aforementioned regions of the basal ganglia. In addition, double immunofluorescence also showed co-localization of SPR- with glutamic acid decarboxylase-immunoreactivity, but not with parvalbumin-immunoreactivity, in the striatal neurons. Taken together with previous reports, the present study has suggested that a sub-population of striatal GABA-ergic neurons, most possibly GABA-ergic interneurons, may also receive direct physiological modulation by tachykinins through SPR in the basal ganglia of mammals.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosciences, Fourth Military Medical University, 710032, Xi'an, China. lwchen@pub.xaonline.com
authors.forename: L-W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: H-L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D003712:Dendrites / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D017072:Neostriatum / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010320:Parvalbumins / Q000378:metabolism; D018040:Receptors, Neurokinin-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D013373:Substance P / Q000378:metabolism*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010320:Parvalbumins; D018040:Receptors, Neurokinin-1; D013373:Substance P; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase