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Anatomical relationships between aromatase-immunoreactive neurons and nitric oxide synthase as evidenced by NOS immunohistochemistry or NADPH diaphorase histochemistry in the quail forebrain
Balthazart, Jacques; Panzica, G. C.; Krohmer, R. W.
2003In Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 25 (1), p. 39-51
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Keywords :
estrogen synthase; Japanese quail; double label immunohistochemistry; sexual behavior; preoptic areas; ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus
Abstract :
[en] In Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica), previous studies indicated that the distribution of reduced nicotinamide dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) diaphorase overlaps with steroid-sensitive areas that contain dense populations of aromatase-immunoreactive (ARO-ir) cells. We investigated here the anatomical relationships between aromatase (ARO) and nitric oxide synthase (NOS)containing cells that were visualized both by NOS-immunohistochemistry and NADPH-histochemistry. The distribution of ARO-ir and of NADPH-positive cells in the forebrain observed here matched exactly the distribution previously reported. The distribution of NOS-immunoreactive material in the vicinity of ARO-ir cell groups appeared similar to the distribution of NADPH-positive structures previously identified by histochemistry. The number of NOS-immunoreactive cells was similar to the number of NADPH-positive cells and them were found in the same brain regions. In contrast. few NOS-immunoreactive fibers were observed whereas numerous NADPH-positive fibers and Punctuate structures were present in many areas. Major groups of NOS-immunoreactive/ NADPH-positive neurons were adjacent to the main ARO-ir cell groups, such as the medial preoptic nucleus. the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and the nucleus ventromedialis hypothalamic. Hove ever. examination of adjacent sections indicated that there is very little overlap between the NOS-immunoreactive and ARO-ir cell populations. This notion got further support by double-labeled sections where no double-labeled cells could be identified. In sections stained simultaneously by histochemistry for NADPH and immunohistochemistry for ARO, many NADPH-positive fibers and punctate structures were closely associated with ARO-ir perikarya. Taken together, the present data indicate that NOS is not or very rarely colocalized with ARO but that NOS inputs are closely associated with ARO-ir cells. Based on previous work in a variety of model systems. it can be hypothesized that these inputs modulate the expression or activity of ARO in the quail brain. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
Author, co-author :
Balthazart, Jacques  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biologie de la différenciation sexuelle du cerveau
Panzica, G. C.
Krohmer, R. W.
Language :
English
Title :
Anatomical relationships between aromatase-immunoreactive neurons and nitric oxide synthase as evidenced by NOS immunohistochemistry or NADPH diaphorase histochemistry in the quail forebrain
Publication date :
January 2003
Journal title :
Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
ISSN :
0891-0618
eISSN :
1873-6300
Publisher :
Elsevier Science Bv, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
25
Issue :
1
Pages :
39-51
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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