title: Calretinin immunoreactivity in taste buds and afferent fibers of the grey mullet Chelon labrosus.
abstract: The presence of the calcium-binding protein calretinin in taste buds of a teleost, the thick-lipped grey mullet, was investigated using immunohistochemical techniques. Taste bud sensory cells had calretinin immunoreactivity. The nerve fiber plexus innervating taste buds, the ganglia and the viscerosensory roots projecting to the vagal lobe, also showed calretinin immunoreactivity. These results demonstrate for the first time the occurrence of calretinin in the taste buds and the taste afferent system of a teleost.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of A Coruña, 15071-A Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: Sofía M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Díaz-Regueira
authors.forename: Iván
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lamas
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anadón
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D064032:Calbindin 2; D005724:Ganglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000378:metabolism*; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G / Q000378:metabolism*; D023701:Smegmamorpha / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D064032:Calbindin 2; D064030:S100 Calcium Binding Protein G