Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and NPY receptors in the rat pineal gland
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and NPY receptors in the rat pineal gland. / Mikkelsen, J. D.; Hauser, F.; Olcese, J.
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T1 - Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and NPY receptors in the rat pineal gland
AU - Mikkelsen, J. D.
AU - Hauser, F.
AU - Olcese, J.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - NPY is considered to play an important role in pineal function, because it is co-stored with the dominant pineal transmitter noradrenaline. However, little evidence from the literature suggests that NPY alone is a strong regulator of melatonin synthesis or secretion and it is therefore more likely that NPY modulates noradrenergic neurotransmission in the rat pineal gland. The purpose of the present studies was to determine the nature and origin of NPYergic inputs to, and the type of specific NPY receptor subtypes in, the rat pineal gland. Gel filtration and immunocytochemistry using region-specific antisera revealed that all proNPY present in intrapineal nerve fibres is cleaved to amidated NPY and a C-terminal flanking peptide of NPY (CPON). The vast majority of NPY content in the pineal gland was found to be of sympathetic origin. Receptor autoradiography showed that only a few NPY specific binding sites were present in the superficial pineal gland. A reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction detected sequences of only NPY receptor subtype Y1 and not other NPY receptor subtypes in pineal extracts. These results together with the available literature imply that NPY under certain conditions is co-released with noradrenaline and exerts its actions either presynaptically or on the pinealocyte through a Y1 receptor. The available data indicate that NPY has no effect alone, but acts in concert with noradrenaline. A presynaptic action regulating noradrenaline neurotransmission is also possible. NPY has been reported only to act on melatonin secretion in vitro, and it remains to be established what function NPY plays in the pineal gland in vivo. This paper discuss possible modulatory actions of NPY being a predominant sympathetic transmitter.
AB - NPY is considered to play an important role in pineal function, because it is co-stored with the dominant pineal transmitter noradrenaline. However, little evidence from the literature suggests that NPY alone is a strong regulator of melatonin synthesis or secretion and it is therefore more likely that NPY modulates noradrenergic neurotransmission in the rat pineal gland. The purpose of the present studies was to determine the nature and origin of NPYergic inputs to, and the type of specific NPY receptor subtypes in, the rat pineal gland. Gel filtration and immunocytochemistry using region-specific antisera revealed that all proNPY present in intrapineal nerve fibres is cleaved to amidated NPY and a C-terminal flanking peptide of NPY (CPON). The vast majority of NPY content in the pineal gland was found to be of sympathetic origin. Receptor autoradiography showed that only a few NPY specific binding sites were present in the superficial pineal gland. A reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction detected sequences of only NPY receptor subtype Y1 and not other NPY receptor subtypes in pineal extracts. These results together with the available literature imply that NPY under certain conditions is co-released with noradrenaline and exerts its actions either presynaptically or on the pinealocyte through a Y1 receptor. The available data indicate that NPY has no effect alone, but acts in concert with noradrenaline. A presynaptic action regulating noradrenaline neurotransmission is also possible. NPY has been reported only to act on melatonin secretion in vitro, and it remains to be established what function NPY plays in the pineal gland in vivo. This paper discuss possible modulatory actions of NPY being a predominant sympathetic transmitter.
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M3 - Journal article
C2 - 10810506
AN - SCOPUS:0033282347
VL - 460
SP - 95
EP - 107
JO - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
JF - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
SN - 0065-2598
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