期刊
NEUROSCIENCE
卷 166, 期 2, 页码 455-463出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.12.059
关键词
periventricular nucleus; arcuate nucleus; cortex; hippocampus
资金
- NIH [NS18710, HL51314]
Neuronostatin (NST) is a newly identified peptide of 13-amino acids encoded by the somatostatin (SST) gene. Using a rabbit polyclonal antiserum against the human NST, neuronostatin-immunoreactive (irNST) cells comparable in number and intensity to somatostatin immunoreactive (irSST) cells were detected in the hypothalamic periventricular nucleus. Fewer and/or less intensely labeled irNST cells were noted in other regions such as the hippocampus, cortex, amygdala, and cerebellum. Double-labeling hypothalamic sections with NST- and SST-antiserum revealed an extensive overlapping of irNST and irSST cells in the periventricular nucleus. Pre-absorption of the NST-antiserum with NST (1 mu g/ml) but not with SST (1 mu g/ml) abrogated irNST and vice versa. The activity of NST on dissociated and cultured hypothalamic neurons was assessed by the Ca2+ imaging method. NST (10, 100, 1000 nM) concentration-dependently elevated intracellular Ca2+ concentrations [Ca2+](i) in a population of hypothalamic neurons with two distinct profiles: (1) a fast and transitory increase in [Ca2+](i), and (2) an oscillatory response. Whereas, SST (100 nM) reduced the basal [Ca2+](i) in 21 of 61 hypothalamic neurons examined; an increase was not observed in any of the cells. Optical imaging with a slow-responding voltage sensitive dye DiBAC(4)(3) showed that NST (100 nM) depolarized or hyperpolarized; whereas, SST (100 nM) hyperpolarized a population of hypothalamic neurons. The result shows that NST and SST, though derived from the same precursor protein, exert different calcium mobilizing effects on cultured rat hypothalamic neurons, resulting in diverse cellular activities. (C) 2010 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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