title: Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II in the rat cranial sensory ganglia.
abstract: Immunohistochemistry for Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) was performed on the rat cranial sensory ganglia. More than one half of neurons was immunoreactive for the enzyme in the trigeminal (60%), jugular (70%), petrosal (55%) and nodose ganglia (63%). These neurons were mainly small to medium-sized. The co-expression study demonstrated that one half of CaMKII-immunoreactive (ir) neurons was also immunoreactive for calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) or the vanilloid receptor subtype 1 (VR1) in the trigeminal, jugular and petrosal ganglia. In the nodose ganglion, CaMKII-ir neurons were mostly devoid of CGRP-immunoreactivity (ir) (8.2%) whereas the co-expression with VR1-ir was common among such neurons (72%). In the facial skin, nasal mucosa and palate, the epithelium and taste bud were innervated by CaMKII-ir nerve fibers. In addition, the retrograde tracing study demonstrated that 39.6% and 44.8% of trigeminal neurons which were retrogradely traced with fluorogold from the facial skin and nasal mucosa exhibited CaMKII-ir. Forty-six percent of petrosal neurons which innervated the soft palate were immunoreactive for the enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Function and Anatomy, Shikata-Cho, Okayama, Japan. hiroichi@md.okayama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gouty
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Regalia
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Helke
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017950:Ganglia, Sensory / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012867:Skin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology; D012886:Skull / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D054732:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases