Immunocytochemical localization of a galanin-like peptidergic system in the brain and pituitary of some teleost fish
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Immunocytochemical localization of a galanin-like peptidergic system in the brain and pituitary of some teleost fish
Abstract
Immunostaining of brain and pituitary sections of teleost fishes (eels, salmonidae, cyprinidae, gourami, sculpin, mullet) with anti porcine galanin (GAL) revealed the presence of immunoreactive (ir) perikarya and a rich network of fibers. Ir-perikarya were located rostrodorsally to the recessus preopticus, and in the posterior tuberal hypothalamus. Ir-fibers were abundant in basal telencephalon and around diencephalic ventricular recesses but never contacted their lumen. Furthermore, they were observed in basal hypothalamus, brainstem and ventral medulla. Ir-fibers passed along corticotropic (ACTH), gonadotropic cells and somatotropes (GH cells) in eel and trout pars distalis, but rarely ended in caudal neurohypophysis. In goldfish pituitary ir-fibers occurred in neural digitations and among different cell types which however did not contain a GAL-like peptide. The relation GAL fibers/GH cells appeared more evident in species with a high growth rate. The other species showed a similar distribution of brain GAL. In eels and trout, ir-perikarya were not observed in areas containing somatostatin, GH- and ACTH-releasing factor, and ACTH-like perikarya, suggesting that GAL did not coexist with these peptides. The widespread distribution of a GAL-like peptide in teleost brain suggests that it could play a role of neurotransmitter and/or neuromodulator and regulate the secretion of adenohypophysial hormone(s).
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