An immunocytochemical study of calbindin-D28K in laminae I and II of the dorsal horn and spinal ganglia in the chicken with special reference to the relation to substance P-containing primary afferent neurons

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  • Li Yong-Nan
    Department of Anatomy, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
  • Sakamoto Hiroshi
    Department of Anatomy, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
  • Kawate Toyoko
    Department of Anatomy, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
  • Cheng Chang-Xie
    Department of Anatomy, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
  • Li Yan-Chao
    Department of Anatomy, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
  • Shimada Osamu
    Department of Anatomy, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
  • Atsumi Saoko
    Department of Anatomy, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi

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The localization of calbindin-D28K (CB) was studied immunocytochemically in laminae I and II of the dorsal horn and in spinal ganglia in the chicken, and compared with the distribution of substance P (SP) using double immunolabeling. At the light microscopic level, CB immunoreactivity was observed most intensely in the lamina II using the avidin-biotinylated peroxidase complex (ABC) and immunofluorescence methods. At the electron microscopic level using the ABC method, CB immunoreactivity was observed in the following three neuronal elements: 1) the scalloped central terminal with many dense-cored vesicles (DCVs) in the synaptic glomerulus;2) some vesicle-containing dendrites (VCDs) inside or outside the synaptic glomerulus; and 3) some axon terminals outside the synaptic glomerulus. The CB-immunoreactive (IR) VCDs in the synaptic glomerulus often formed reciprocal synapses with the central terminal. Strong immunoreactivity was observed at the postsynaptic membrane of CB-IR elements. Double immunofluorescence and immunolabeling methods at the electron microscopic level showed that CB and SP colocalized in the scalloped central terminal with DCVs of the synaptic glomerulus. Almost all SP-IR neurons in the spinal ganglion revealed the coexistence of CB in serial sections in the chicken. In light of previous biochemical and physiological reports, our findings suggest that CB - coexisting with SP - plays an important role in the control of pain transmission through its strong Ca2+-buffering action in the chicken.

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