Yokota Makoto, Ozaki Yumi, Sakamoto Fumihiko, Yamada Seiji, Saito Jun, Fujihara Hiroaki, Ueta Yoichi
Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, 807-8555, Japan.
Stress. 2004 Jun;7(2):109-12. doi: 10.1080/10253890410001727370.
We examined the effects of centrally administered neuromedin U (NMU) on corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF)-containing neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of rats, using double immunohistochemistry for CRF and Fos. Almost all CRF-containing neurons in the parvocellular divisions of the PVN expressed Fos-like immunoreactivity 90 min after intracerebroventricular administration of NMU (3 nmol/rat). This results suggest the possibility that central NMU may be involved in stress-induced activation of CRF-containing neurons in the PVN.
我们采用促肾上腺皮质激素释放因子(CRF)和Fos的双重免疫组织化学方法,研究了向大鼠下丘脑室旁核(PVN)中脑内注射神经介素U(NMU)对含促肾上腺皮质激素释放因子(CRF)神经元的影响。脑室内注射NMU(3 nmol/大鼠)90分钟后,PVN小细胞部几乎所有含CRF的神经元均表达Fos样免疫反应性。这些结果提示,中枢NMU可能参与应激诱导的PVN中含CRF神经元的激活。