Dual ultrastructural immunocytochemical labeling of μ and δ opioid receptors in the superficial layers of the rat cervical spinal cord

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作者
Cheng, PY
Liu-Chen, LY
Pickel, VM
机构
[1] Cornell Univ, Coll Med, Dept Neurol, New York, NY 10021 USA
[2] Cornell Univ, Coll Med, Dept Neurosci, New York, NY 10021 USA
[3] Temple Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pharmacol, Philadelphia, PA 19140 USA
关键词
ultrastructure; anatomy; analgesia; neurotransmitter; dorsal horn;
D O I
10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00891-3
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
The delta opioid receptor (DOR) and mu opioid receptor (MOR) are abundantly distributed in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. Simultaneous activation of each receptor by selective opiate agonists has been shown to result in synergistic analgesic effects. To determine the cellular basis for these functional associations, we examined the electron microscopic immunocytochemical localization of DOR and MOR in single sections through the superficial layers of the dorsal horn in the adult rat spinal cord (C2-C4;). From a total of 270 DOR-labeled profiles, 49% were soma and dendrites, 46% were axon terminals and small unmyelinated axons, and 5% were glial processes. 6% of the DOR-labeled soma and dendrites, and < 1% of the glial processes also showed MOR-like immunoreactivity (MOR-LI). Of 339 MOR-labeled profiles, 87% were axon terminals and small unmyelinated axons, 12% were soma and dendrites, and 2% were glial processes. 21% of the MOR-labeled soma and dendrites, but none of the axon terminals also contain DOR-LI. The subcellular distributions of MOR and DOR were distinct in axon terminals. In axon terminals, both DOR-LI and MOR-LI were detected along the plasmalemma, but only DOR-LI was associated with large dense core vesicles. DOR-labeled terminals formed synapses with dendrites containing MOR and conversely, MOR-labeled terminals formed synapses with DOR-labeled dendrites. These results suggest that the synergistic actions of selective MOR- and DOR-agonists may be attributed to dual modulation of the same or synaptically linked neurons in the superficial layers of the spinal cord. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
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