The V 1a and V 1b , But Not V 2 , Vasopressin Receptor Genes Are Expressed in the Supraoptic Nucleus of the Rat Hypothalamus, and the Transcripts Are Essentially Colocalized in the Vasopressinergic Magnocellular Neurons

Autor: Amandine Hurbin, Nathalie Joux, Alain Rabié, Françoise Moos, Hélène Orcel, Philippe Richard, Line Boissin-Agasse, Michel G. Desarménien
Přispěvatelé: Biologie des Neurones Endocrines [CNRS-UPR9055], Biologie des neurones endocrines (BNE), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Hurbin, Amandine
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Endocrinology
Endocrinology, Endocrine Society, 1998, 139, 11, pp.4701-4707. ⟨10.1210/endo.139.11.6320⟩
Endocrinology, 1998, 139, 11, pp.4701-4707. ⟨10.1210/endo.139.11.6320⟩
ISSN: 0013-7227
Popis: International audience; We have identified and visualized the vasopressin (VP) receptors expressed by hypothalamic magnocellular neurons in supraop-tic and paraventricular nuclei. To do this, we used RT-PCR on total RNA extracts from supraoptic nuclei or on single freshly dissociated supraoptic neurons, and in situ hybridization on frontal sections of hypothalamus of Wistar rats. The RT-PCR on supraoptic RNA extracts revealed that mainly V 1a , but also V 1b , subtypes of VP receptors are expressed from birth to adult-hood. No V 2 receptor messenger RNA (mRNA) was detected. Furthermore , the single-cell RT-nested PCR indicated that the V 1a receptor mRNA is present in vasopressinergic magnocellular neurons. In light of these results, in situ hybridization was performed to visualize the V 1a and V 1b receptor mRNAs in supraoptic and para-ventricular nuclei. Simultaneously, we coupled this approach to: 1) in situ hybridization detection of oxytocin or VP mRNAs; or 2) immu-nocytochemistry to detect the neuropeptides. This provided a way of identifying the neurons expressing perceptible amounts of V 1a or V 1b receptor mRNAs as vasopressinergic neurons. Here, we suggest that the autocontrol exerted specifically by VP on vasopressinergic neurons is mediated through, at least, V 1a and V 1b subtype receptors.
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