Immunohistochemical localization of serotonin, galanin, cholecystokinin, and methionine-enkephalin in adrenal medullary cells of the chicken.
The identification of adrenaline- (A) and noradrenaline- (NA) containing cells in the adrenal medulla of the chicken and colocalization of serotonin and neuropeptides with A or NA in medullary cells were investigated with the use of immunohistochemical methods. Antisera against tyrosine hydroxylase and phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase were used as markers for catecholamine- and A-synthesizing cells, respectively. About 70% of catecholamine-synthesizing cells also exhibited immunoreactivity for phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase antiserum. Therefore, these cells are A-containing ones and the rest of cells seem to be NA-containing cells. Immunoreactivity with serotonin antiserum was observed in almost all medullary cells. Galanin-immunoreactivity was also found throughout the adrenal medulla, but was stronger in A-containing cells than in NA-containing ones. Cholecystokinin-immunoreactivity was restricted to A-containing cells. Methionine-enkephalin-immunoreactivity was seen in both A- and NA-containing cells, but in about half of medullary cells. From these results, it is suggested that serotonin, galanin, cholecystokinin, and methionine-enkephalin may be co-released with A and/or NA from adrenal medullary cells of the chicken.[1]References
- Immunohistochemical localization of serotonin, galanin, cholecystokinin, and methionine-enkephalin in adrenal medullary cells of the chicken. Ohmori, Y., Okada, Y., Watanabe, T. Tissue & cell. (1997) [Pubmed]
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