Distribution and morphology of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) innervation in flat mounts of whole rat atria and ventricles

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Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is widely used as a marker for nociceptive afferent axons. However, the distribution of CGRP-IR axons has not been fully determined in the whole rat heart. Immunohistochemically labeled flat-mounts of the right and left atria and ventricles, and the interventricular septum (IVS) in rats for CGRP were assessed with a Zeiss imager to generate complete montages of the entire atria, ventricles, and septum, and a confocal microscope was used to acquire detailed images of selected regions. We found that 1) CGRP-IR axons extensively innervated all regions of the atrial walls including the sinoatrial node region, auricles, atrioventricular node region, superior/inferior vena cava, left pre-caval vein, and pulmonary veins. 2) CGRP-IR axons formed varicose terminals around individual neurons in some cardiac ganglia but passed through other ganglia without making appositions with cardiac neurons. 3) Varicose CGRP-IR axons innervated the walls of blood vessels. 4) CGRP-IR axons extensively innervated the right/left ventricular walls and IVS. Our data shows the rather ubiquitous distribution of CGRP-IR axons in the whole rat heart at single-cell/axon/varicosity resolution for the first time. This study lays the foundation for future studies to quantify the differences in CGRP-IR axon innervation between sexes, disease models, and species.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:251

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Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical - 251(2024) vom: 01. Jan., Seite 103127

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Jin [VerfasserIn]
Bendowski, Kohlton T [VerfasserIn]
Bizanti, Ariege [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yuanyuan [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Jichao [VerfasserIn]
Hoover, Donald B [VerfasserIn]
Gozal, David [VerfasserIn]
Shivkumar, Kalyanam [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Zixi Jack [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atria
Calca protein, rat
Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
Calcitonin gene-related peptide
Heart
Intrinsic cardiac ganglia
JHB2QIZ69Z
Journal Article
Vasculature
Ventricles

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Date Completed 29.01.2024

Date Revised 29.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.autneu.2023.103127

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NLM367019337