Division of Hypothalamic Research and Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
J Comp Neurol. 2021 Jan;529(1):111-128. doi: 10.1002/cne.24936. Epub 2020 Jun 2.
While autonomic ganglia have been extensively studied in rats instead of mice, there is renewed interest in the anatomy of the mouse autonomic nervous system. This study examined the prevalence and anatomical features of a cell bridge linking two autonomic ganglia of the neck, namely, the nodose ganglion (NG) and the superior cervical ganglion (SCG) in a cohort of C57BL/6J mice. We identified a cell bridge between the NG and the cranial pole of the SCG. This cell bridge was tubular shaped with an average length and width of 700 and 240 μm, respectively. The cell bridge was frequently unilateral and significantly more prevalent in the ganglionic masses from males (38%) than females (21%). On each of its extremities, it contained a mixed of vagal afferents and postganglionic sympathetic neurons. The two populations of neurons abruptly replaced each other in the middle of the cell bridge. We examined the mRNA expression for selected autonomic markers in samples of the NG with or without cell bridge. Our results indicated that the cell bridge was enriched in both markers of postganglionic sympathetic and vagal afferents neurons. Lastly, using FluoroGold microinjection into the NG, we found that the existence of a cell bridge may occasionally lead to the inadvertent contamination of the SCG. In summary, this study describes the anatomy of a cell bridge variant consisting of the fusion of the mouse NG and SCG. The practical implications of our observations are discussed with respect to studies of the mouse vagal afferents, an area of research of increasing popularity.
虽然自主神经节在大鼠中得到了广泛的研究,而不是在小鼠中,但人们对小鼠自主神经系统的解剖结构重新产生了兴趣。本研究检查了颈部分布的两个自主神经节(即结状神经节(NG)和颈上神经节(SCG))之间细胞桥的存在情况和解剖特征,在 C57BL/6J 小鼠队列中。我们发现了 NG 和 SCG 颅极之间的细胞桥。该细胞桥呈管状,平均长度和宽度分别为 700 和 240μm。该细胞桥通常为单侧,在雄性(38%)比雌性(21%)的神经节团块中更为常见。在其每个末端,它包含混合的迷走传入纤维和节后交感神经元。这两种神经元群在细胞桥的中间突然相互取代。我们检查了带有或不带有细胞桥的 NG 样本中选定自主标记物的 mRNA 表达。我们的结果表明,细胞桥富含节后交感神经元和迷走传入神经元的标记物。最后,使用 FluoroGold 对 NG 进行微量注射,我们发现细胞桥的存在偶尔会导致 SCG 的意外污染。总之,本研究描述了由小鼠 NG 和 SCG 融合形成的细胞桥变体的解剖结构。我们的观察结果对于研究日益普及的小鼠迷走传入神经具有实际意义。
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