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The role of biogenic amines in the activation of thyroid follicular cells by thyrotropin (TSH) was studied. 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) was chosen as the amine to study and apical pseudopod formation, assessed by scanning electron microscopy, was used as the index of follicular cell activation. All experiments were done on dogs. TSH and 5-HT were both potent inducers of pseudopod formation. The action of TSH but not that of 5-HT was antagonized by the amine depleting drug reserpine. Reserpine depleted the thyroid of 5-HT in newborn, adolescent, and adult dogs. It is concluded that one or more biogenic amines, such as 5-HT, are probably involved in follicular cell activation by TSH.
Anat Rec 1978 Oct
PMID:Formation of apical pseudopods by canine thyroid follicular cells: induction by thyrotropin and 5-hydroxytryptamine; antagonism by reserpine. 71 96

The aim of this study is to describe the presence of neuroendocrine (NE) cells (paraneurons), producing biogenic amines and/or peptidergic hormones, in the female urethra of cattle, sheep, pigs, and horses, by means of histochemical and double labeling immunofluorescent techniques. 5-Hydroxy-tryptamine-, chromogranin A-, cholecystokinin- and somatostatin-containing NE cells are present in the urethral epithelium of all the species studied, with the unique exception of the lack of somatostatin cells in the horse. Paraneurons containing 5-hydroxytryptamine colocalized with chromogranin A or cholecystokinin were also found in all subjects. Such active substances are hypothesized to play a role in the contraction of the urethral musculature, emission of urogenital fluids, and inhibition of endocrine and exocrine secretions.
Anat Rec 1992 May
PMID:Immunocytochemistry of paraneurons in the female urethra of the horse, cattle, sheep, and pig. 135 70

The presence of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-like immunoreactivity (IR) was studied in the rat female reproductive system using polyclonal antibodies directed against 5-HT. Moreover, 5-HT levels in the ovary, oviduct, uterus, and cervix were measured by high-pressure liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. The highest 5-HT concentrations were found in the oviduct, followed in descending order by the cervix, the ovary, and the uterus. Most 5-HT-like IR was observed in the cytoplasm of mast cells. These cells were found in the connective tissue around the fimbria, in the oviduct, in the uterus, and in the ovary. Mast cells are clustered in the proximity of the parenchymal blood vessels. Moreover, a few 5-HT-like nerve fibers were found distributed mainly perivascularily in the uterine cervix and in the uterine horns as well as in the oviduct. IR nerve fibers were rarely seen within the ovary. The present data provide direct evidence that 5-HT in the female reproductive system not only is associated with mast cells but is located in nerve fibre-like structures as well. The functional significance of this probable 5-HT-ergic innervation of the female reproductive tract discovered in the present study should be clarified in future investigations.
Anat Rec 1992 Jul
PMID:Localization of 5-hydroxytryptamine-like immunoreactive cells and nerve fibers in the rat female reproductive system. 160 79

Previous studies have demonstrated the uptake of exogenous and storage of endogenous 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in parenchymal cells of the anterior pituitary. The present experiments were undertaken to test the hypothesis that the endogenous 5-HT of the anterior lobe of the pituitary is costored with beta-luteinizing hormone (beta-LH) within the same secretory granules of gonadotrophs. Electron microscope immunocytochemistry was used to detect 5-HT and beta-LH immunoreactivities in the anterior pituitary glands of mice and bats. Primary antisera generated in different species of animals to these two antigens were localized with appropriate species-specific secondary antisera coupled to colloidal gold particles of different sizes. This enabled 5-HT and beta-LH immunoreactivities to be demonstrated simultaneously on ultrathin sections of fixed anterior lobe tissue mounted on electron microscope (EM) grids. In both bats and mice 5-HT immunoreactivity, identified by immunostaining of beta-LH, was found in gonadotrophs, and in no other cell type. Within gonadotrophs about 25% of the secretory granules were labeled by antisera to both 5-HT and beta-LH, although 100% of granules reacted with the antiserum to B-LH. No secretory granules were found that were immunostained only by the antiserum to 5-HT. It is concluded that endogenous 5-HT may be a normal constituent of mammalian gonadotrophs and that it is colocalized with beta-LH in at least a subset of the secretory granules of these cells. It cannot yet be concluded that gonadotrophs synthesize 5-HT as well as taking it up from the ambient medium.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Anat Rec 1986 May
PMID:Colocalization of luteinizing hormone and serotonin in secretory granules of mammalian gonadotrophs. 242 87

Recent electrophysiological studies of neurons of the myenteric plexus of the corpus of the guinea pig stomach have revealed that slow synaptic events are extremely rare. In contrast, they are commonly encountered in similar investigations of myenteric ganglia of the guinea pig small intestine. The current immunocytochemical analysis of the myenteric plexus and innervation of the muscularis externa of the corpus of the guinea pig stomach was undertaken in order to determine whether putative neurotransmitters capable of mediating slow synaptic events are present in gastric ganglia. A major difference between the small intestine and the stomach was found in the innervation of the musculature. Whereas the longitudinal muscle layer of the small intestine contains very few nerve fibers and is innervated mainly at its interface with the myenteric plexus, the longitudinal muscle of the corpus of the stomach contained as many varicose substance P (SP)-, vasocative intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-, and neuropeptide Y (NPY)-immunoreactive axons as the circular muscle layer. These putative neurotransmitters were also present in the ganglia of the myenteric plexus, where varicose SP-, VIP-, and NPY-immunoreactive fibers encircled nonimmunoreactive neurons. Varicose 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)-immunoreactive terminal axons were essentially limited to the myenteric plexus and were found both in ganglia and in interganglionic connectives, where they were particularly numerous; 5-HT-immunoreactive neurons appeared to be more abundant in the stomach than in the small intestine. Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)- and calcitonin-gene-related-peptide (CGRP)-immunoreactive axons were also more common in the myenteric plexus than in the musculature, but of these, only the TH-immunoreactive neurites tended, like those of the other putative transmitters, to encircle neurons in myenteric ganglia. Evidence was obtained that, as in the small intestine, at least some of the SP-, VIP-, NPY-, and 5-HT-immunoreactive fibers in the stomach are derived from intrinsic gastric myenteric neurons. In contrast, unlike the small intestine, gastric myenteric ganglia appeared to lack intrinsic CGRP-immunoreactive neurons; therefore, the CGRP-immunoreactive gastric axons are probably of extrinsic origin.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
Anat Rec 1989 Jul
PMID:Immunocytochemical analysis of potential neurotransmitters present in the myenteric plexus and muscular layers of the corpus of the guinea pig stomach. 247 50

Neuroepithelial endocrine (NEE) cells were for the first time identified in the lung of the entirely aquatic urodele, Ambystoma mexicanum, by using light and electron microscopy, histochemistry, and immunocytochemistry. In the basal part of the ciliated epithelium and, less often, in the respiratory portion of the lung, NEE cells were found to occur both solitarily and in small clusters. No typical neuroepithelial bodies could be found. Using the method of Fernandez Pascual, some NEE cells were found to be argyrophilic. Microspectrofluorimetric analysis of formaldehyde-induced fluorescence and immunocytochemistry revealed the presence of 5-hydroxytryptamine. With antibodies to neuron-specific enolase only a few NEE cells exhibited a faint immunostaining. Electron-microscopically, the NEE cells are provided with distinctive cytoplasmic membrane-bound dense granules of variable size, which gave a positive argentaffin reaction. The images of emiocytotic granule release are indicative of a secretory function. In the tracheal epithelium. NEE cells seem to occur only solitarily. They bear the same ultrastructural characteristics as the intrapulmonary NEE cells but here, the dense granules are larger and associated with numerous bundles of microfilaments. Intraepithelial nerve endings were observed near the airway lumen. Between nerve terminals and NEE cells, synaptic complexes with aggregations of clear-centered vesicles close to the presynaptic membrane thickenings were observed. In addition, some nerve endings from "reciprocal synapses" with NEE cells. A receptosecretory function for NEE cells in the lung of A. mexicanum is supposed.
Anat Rec 1989 Oct
PMID:Neuroepithelial endocrine cells in the lung of Ambystoma mexicanum. 281 28

Eighteen of 91 seven- to nine-month-old Belgian white and blue double-muscled male fattening cattle developed typical signs of shipping fever. They were all injected intramuscularly once a day for three days with 5 mg/kg of enrofloxacin, and in addition nine selected at random were injected intramuscularly five times at 12 hour intervals with 0.1 mg/kg of metrenperone, a 5-hydroxytryptamine blocker, the other nine receiving a placebo. During the outbreak of shipping fever metrenperone showed effective antipyretic properties, and all the calves treated with it made a complete recovery. Moreover, during the 360 day fattening period following the outbreak, the cattle treated with metrenperone gained on average 45.4 kg more weight than the control cattle.
Vet Rec 1993 Mar 06
PMID:Economic, clinical and functional consequences of a treatment using metrenperone during an outbreak of shipping fever in cattle. 838 36

The efficiency of equipment suitable for the inhalation of drugs by calves was assessed in six animals which inhaled radioisotopically labelled particles while suffering from reversible diffuse bronchoconstriction induced experimentally with 5-hydroxytryptamine and while they were breathing normally. Respiratory rates and data from pulmonary function tests and scintiscans were recorded during both investigations. After the first investigation, a mean (se) wash-out period of 9.8 (3.2) days was allowed. Under diffuse bronchoconstriction, the respiratory rate, the oscillatory resistance and the compliance of the respiratory system reached 282.1 (22.0), 161.1 (10.8) and 68.8 (2.7) per cent of their respective baseline values. When the calves were breathing normally these parameters did not change over time. The ratios (Cp/Ct) of the counts of gamma-disintegrations in the peripheral part (Cp) of the lungs and in the total lung area (Ct) were not significantly different when comparing the results from the two investigations. The ratios of Cp/Ct in the left lungs did not differ significantly from those in the right lungs.
Vet Rec 1996 Mar 30
PMID:Deposition in the distal parts of the bovine respiratory tract: assessment of equipment suitable for drug inhalation. 873 Jun 90

N-[2-[4-(2-Methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl]ethyl]-N-(2-nitrophenyl) cyclohexanecarboxamide (Rec 15/3079) was synthesized with the aim of obtaining a novel compound with 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)(1A) antagonistic properties and activity in controlling bladder function at the level of the central nervous system. Rec 15/3079 showed a selective high affinity for the 5-HT(1A) receptor (K(i) = 0.2 nM). At the human recombinant 5-HT(1A) receptor, Rec 15/3079 acted as a competitive, neutral antagonist in that it did not modify basal [(35)S]guanosine-5'-O-(3-thio)triphosphate binding to HeLa cell membranes but shifted the activation isotherm to 5-HT to the right, in a parallel manner, with a pK(b) value of 10.5. Accordingly, Rec 15/3079 (i.v.) potently antagonized 8-hydroxy-2-dipropylaminotetralin (8-OH-DPAT)-induced hypothermia in mice (ID(50) = 20 microg/kg) and 8-OH-DPAT-induced forepaw treading in rats (ID(50) = 36 microg/kg). In vitro Rec 15/3079 was poorly active in antagonizing carbachol-induced bladder (pD'(2) = 5.03) and norepinephrine-induced urethral (apparent pK(b) = 6) contractions. However, in anesthetized rats, Rec 15/3079 (10-100 microg/kg i.v.) blocked isovolumic bladder contractions with no effect on their amplitude. In conscious rats and guinea pigs with bladders filled with saline, Rec 15/3079 (300-1000 microg/kg i.v.) increased bladder volume capacity (BVC) without affecting bladder contractility. In conscious rats with bladders filled with dilute acetic acid, Rec 15/3079 (300 microg/kg i.v.) reversed the decrease of BVC induced by the acid. To evaluate apparent selective effect on lower urinary tract reflexes, Rec 15/3079 was tested in experimental models for sedative, analgesic, anxiolytic, and antidepressant activity. Rec 15/3079 showed only a slight decrease in the duration of immobility in the behavioral despair test (antidepressant activity) at 1 mg/kg i.v. No anxiolytic activity was observed at 10 mg/kg i.v. No effect was observed in the hot plate test, but Rec 15/3079 increased tail-flick latencies after 3 to 10 mg/kg i.v. In conclusion, these studies demonstrate that Rec 15/3079 is endowed with favorable effects on bladder function, and it is devoid of unwanted side effects at the level of central nervous system at doses at least 10-fold higher than those active on the bladder.
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PMID:N-[2-[4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl]ethyl]-N-(2-nitrophenyl) cyclohexanecarboxamide: a novel pre- and postsynaptic 5-hydroxytryptamine(1A) receptor antagonist active on the lower urinary tract. 1171 92

Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNECs) have been implicated in the development of small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) and pediatric asthma, and smoking is a risk factor for both diseases. We as well as others have shown that the alpha(7) nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (alpha(7) nAChR) regulates the release of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin) in PNECs and SCLC. Serotonin is an autocrine growth factor for PNECs and SCLC and acts as broncho-constrictor. We found that nicotine and its nitrosated carcinogenic derivative 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK) bind to the alpha(7) nAChR in SCLC and PNECs, resulting in the influx of Ca(2+), release of 5-HT, and activation of a mitogenic pathway mediated by protein kinase C (PKC), Raf-1, mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) and c-myc. Exposure to 10% CO(2) acted synergistically. Unstimulated SCLC cells from smokers demonstrated high base levels of 5-HT release and of individual downstream signaling components in comparison to PNECs. Subchronic exposure of PNECs to NNK up-regulated the alpha(7) nAChR and its associated serotonergic mitogenic pathway in PNECs, an effect that may contribute to the development of SCLC in smokers and pediatric asthma in children of mothers who smoke.
Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol 2003 Jan
PMID:Receptor-mediated effects of nicotine and its nitrosated derivative NNK on pulmonary neuroendocrine cells. 1249 89


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