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Development, Vol 115, Issue 2 617-627, Copyright © 1992 by Company of Biologists

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The expression of neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity in the avian sympathoadrenal system conforms with two models of coexpression development for neurons and chromaffin cells

JE Garcia-Arraras, AM Lugo-Chinchilla and I Chevere-Colon
Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras 00931.

We have studied the expression and development of neuropeptide Y-like immunoreactivity (NPY-LI) in the sympathoadrenal system of the chicken using single and double immunocytochemical techniques and radioimmunoassay. NPY-LI is expressed by neurons of the paravertebral sympathetic ganglia and by chromaffin cells of the adrenal gland in embryonic and adult chickens. The peptide is coexpressed with catecholaminergic properties in neurons. In chromaffin cells, it is also expressed with immunoreactivity to somatostatin and serotonin. We have used the expression of NPY-LI to analyze how cells that coexpress two or more neuroactive substances arrive at their final phenotype. Our results suggest that the ontogeny of coexpression in neurons of the avian paravertebral sympathetic ganglia occurs in a sequential pattern, where the expression of the peptide follows the initial expression of the "classical neurotransmitter". In contrast, in chromaffin cells, expression of the peptides occurs concomitantly with expression of catecholaminergic properties or soon after. Initially, coexpression of several neuroactive substances occurs, but this is followed by further specialization where the expression of one peptide prevails over the other. We believe that the two models of coexpression shown by our results can be used to describe the ontogeny of coexpression in other cells of the nervous system.


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