The striated perineal urethral muscle (UM) is involved in the voluntary control of the micturition that requires complex interactions between afferent and efferent (autonomic and somatic) pathways to storage and periodically eliminate the urine. Our aim was to define the site, cross sectional area and phenotype of sympathetic trunk ganglia (STG) neurons projecting to the porcine UM, combining retrograde neuronal tracer Fast Blue (FB) and double immunohistochemical labelling methods. The research was carried out on 3 male intact pigs, in which we counted a total number of 4992.67±834.35 (mean ± S.E.M., n=3) FB+ neurons distributed in the bilateral T12-S3 STG. These neurons were significantly larger in lumbar STG than in the sacral ones. Moreover we highlighted the presence of Dopamine  hydroxylase (DH), Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter (VAChT), neuronal Nitric Oxyde Sinthase (n-NOS), Calcitonine Gene Related Peptide (CGRP), Leu-Enkephaline (LENK), Neuropeptide Y (NPY), Substance P (SP), Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP) and Somatostatine (SOM) and their eventual co-existence with Tyrosine Hydroxylase(TH) in both lumbar and sacral FB+ neurons. In particular lumbar and sacral STG neurons expressed similar percentages of immunoreactivity for TH, SP and CGRP, but showed significantly different levels of immunoreactivity for NPY, VIP, VAChT, LENK, nNOS, DH and SOM. Taken together, these data indicate a different contribution of lumbar and sacral pathways in the sympathetic transmission to the boar UM.

LOCALIZATION AND NEUROCHEMICAL FEATURES OF THE SYMPATHETIC TRUNK GANGLIA NEURONS PROJECTING TO THE URETHRAL MUSCLE. AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN A PORCINE ANIMAL MODEL / Botti, Maddalena; Ragionieri, Luisa; Gazza, Ferdinando; Panu, Rino. - In: ANNALS OF ANATOMY. - ISSN 0940-9602. - 196:4(2014), pp. 206-216. [10.1016/j.aanat.2013.12.002]

LOCALIZATION AND NEUROCHEMICAL FEATURES OF THE SYMPATHETIC TRUNK GANGLIA NEURONS PROJECTING TO THE URETHRAL MUSCLE. AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN A PORCINE ANIMAL MODEL.

BOTTI, Maddalena
;
RAGIONIERI, Luisa;GAZZA, Ferdinando;PANU, Rino
2014-01-01

Abstract

The striated perineal urethral muscle (UM) is involved in the voluntary control of the micturition that requires complex interactions between afferent and efferent (autonomic and somatic) pathways to storage and periodically eliminate the urine. Our aim was to define the site, cross sectional area and phenotype of sympathetic trunk ganglia (STG) neurons projecting to the porcine UM, combining retrograde neuronal tracer Fast Blue (FB) and double immunohistochemical labelling methods. The research was carried out on 3 male intact pigs, in which we counted a total number of 4992.67±834.35 (mean ± S.E.M., n=3) FB+ neurons distributed in the bilateral T12-S3 STG. These neurons were significantly larger in lumbar STG than in the sacral ones. Moreover we highlighted the presence of Dopamine  hydroxylase (DH), Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter (VAChT), neuronal Nitric Oxyde Sinthase (n-NOS), Calcitonine Gene Related Peptide (CGRP), Leu-Enkephaline (LENK), Neuropeptide Y (NPY), Substance P (SP), Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP) and Somatostatine (SOM) and their eventual co-existence with Tyrosine Hydroxylase(TH) in both lumbar and sacral FB+ neurons. In particular lumbar and sacral STG neurons expressed similar percentages of immunoreactivity for TH, SP and CGRP, but showed significantly different levels of immunoreactivity for NPY, VIP, VAChT, LENK, nNOS, DH and SOM. Taken together, these data indicate a different contribution of lumbar and sacral pathways in the sympathetic transmission to the boar UM.
2014
LOCALIZATION AND NEUROCHEMICAL FEATURES OF THE SYMPATHETIC TRUNK GANGLIA NEURONS PROJECTING TO THE URETHRAL MUSCLE. AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN A PORCINE ANIMAL MODEL / Botti, Maddalena; Ragionieri, Luisa; Gazza, Ferdinando; Panu, Rino. - In: ANNALS OF ANATOMY. - ISSN 0940-9602. - 196:4(2014), pp. 206-216. [10.1016/j.aanat.2013.12.002]
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