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Adrenalectomy increases the number of substance P and somatostatin immunoreactive nerve cells in the rat lumbar dorsal root ganglia.

Abstract：

:Using an immunocytochemical technique we have analyzed changes in substance P, somatostatin, calcitonin gene-related peptide, and galanin immunoreactivity pattern in the rat dorsal root ganglia. After 7 days of adrenalectomy, sham operated rats were compared with adrenalectomized animals either receiving a daily intraperitoneal injection of 10 mg/kg b.wt. corticosterone or vehicle. Three lumbar ganglia from each animal were blocked, serially cut, and immunostained for each neuropeptide by means of the biotin-avidin-peroxidase technique. A systematic sampling of immunoreactive ganglion cells was performed and the sample number of immunoreactive ganglion cells was calculated. After adrenalectomy, the number of substance P and somatostatin immunoreactive ganglion cells markedly increased ((means +/- S.E.M.): 245 +/- 68 versus 123 +/- 12 for sham operated animals, P < 0.01 (substance P) and 42 +/- 8 as compared to 22 +/- 9 for sham operated animals, P < 0.01 (somatostatin)). No significant changes were found in the number of calcitonin gene-related peptide and galanin immunoreactive cells after adrenalectomy. These results suggest that adrenal steroid hormones may reduce the synthesis of both substance P and somatostatin in the dorsal root ganglion cells. Daily treatment with a high dose of corticosterone, mimicking its serum levels after stress, failed to prevent the increase of peptide contents after adrenalectomy. These observations also indicate that a tonic action of corticosterone on mineralocorticoid receptors may be crucial for peptide regulation in the spinal ganglia. These results may be of relevance to adrenalectomy induced changes in sensory mechanisms, neurogenic inflammation and pain transmission and to a role of substance P and somatostatin in these processes.

journal_name

Brain Res

journal_title

Brain research

authors

Coveñas R,DeLeón M,Chadi G,Cintra A,Gustafsson JA,Narvaez JA,Fuxe K

doi

10.1016/0006-8993(94)91893-7

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-03-21 00:00:00

pages

352-6

issue

1-2

eissn

0006-8993

issn

1872-6240

pii

0006-8993(94)91893-7

journal_volume

640

pub_type

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Adrenalectomy increases the number of substance P and somatostatin immunoreactive nerve cells in the rat lumbar dorsal root ganglia.