The distribution of acetylcholinesterase and of two neuropeptide (substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide) immunoreactivities has been investigated in sensory neurons of lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia during chick embryo development, combining immunolocalization of neuropeptides with simultaneous histochemical detection of acetylcholinesterase, in order to study co-localization of the two peptides and their relations with acetylcholinesterase. Achetylcholinesterase at E7 of developement appears in only a few neurons, usually the larger ones located in the lateroventral region of the ganglia. As development proceeds the number of neurons and intensity of staining increase. Until E12-13 acetylcholinesterase positivity is limited to the region of the ganglion containing larger neurons. At later stages (E20) it spreads progressively, leading to staining of cells over the whole ganglion. Substance P-like immunoreactivity appears at E16 and for calcitonin gene-related peptide at E7. These immunoreactivities progressively increase with development, remaining limited to the small neuron compartment of the dorsomedial region of the ganglion. Immunoreactivity for both neuropeptides reaches a maximum around E10-13 and then declines. Using simultaneous double immunostaining, calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P-like immunoreactivities are largely co-localized, although their distribution is not completely coincident. Neuropeptide-positive cells are usually devoid of any acetylcholinesterase activity until E15. They become positive for the enzyme at later stages. The significance of acetylcholinesterase expression in sensory neurons and the possible relation of tits appearance and neurons size is discussed.

Ontogeny of acetylcholinesterase, substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivity in chick dorsal root ganglia / F., Castrignano'; DE STEFANO, Maria Egle; F., Leone; B., Mulatero; Tata, Ada Maria; A., Fasolo; Tocco, Gabriella. - In: NEUROSCIENCE. - ISSN 0306-4522. - STAMPA. - 34:(1990), pp. 499-510. [10.1016/0306-4522(90)90158-Z]

Ontogeny of acetylcholinesterase, substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivity in chick dorsal root ganglia

DE STEFANO, Maria Egle;TATA, Ada Maria;TOCCO, Gabriella
1990

Abstract

The distribution of acetylcholinesterase and of two neuropeptide (substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide) immunoreactivities has been investigated in sensory neurons of lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia during chick embryo development, combining immunolocalization of neuropeptides with simultaneous histochemical detection of acetylcholinesterase, in order to study co-localization of the two peptides and their relations with acetylcholinesterase. Achetylcholinesterase at E7 of developement appears in only a few neurons, usually the larger ones located in the lateroventral region of the ganglia. As development proceeds the number of neurons and intensity of staining increase. Until E12-13 acetylcholinesterase positivity is limited to the region of the ganglion containing larger neurons. At later stages (E20) it spreads progressively, leading to staining of cells over the whole ganglion. Substance P-like immunoreactivity appears at E16 and for calcitonin gene-related peptide at E7. These immunoreactivities progressively increase with development, remaining limited to the small neuron compartment of the dorsomedial region of the ganglion. Immunoreactivity for both neuropeptides reaches a maximum around E10-13 and then declines. Using simultaneous double immunostaining, calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P-like immunoreactivities are largely co-localized, although their distribution is not completely coincident. Neuropeptide-positive cells are usually devoid of any acetylcholinesterase activity until E15. They become positive for the enzyme at later stages. The significance of acetylcholinesterase expression in sensory neurons and the possible relation of tits appearance and neurons size is discussed.
1990
Dorsal root ganglion; Acetylcholinesterase; Substance P
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Ontogeny of acetylcholinesterase, substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide-like immunoreactivity in chick dorsal root ganglia / F., Castrignano'; DE STEFANO, Maria Egle; F., Leone; B., Mulatero; Tata, Ada Maria; A., Fasolo; Tocco, Gabriella. - In: NEUROSCIENCE. - ISSN 0306-4522. - STAMPA. - 34:(1990), pp. 499-510. [10.1016/0306-4522(90)90158-Z]
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