Development of the Periventricular Nucleus as a Brain Center, Containing Dopaminergic Neurons and Neurons Expressing Individual Enzymes of Dopamine Synthesis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Dopamine and L-DOPA Levels in the Periventricular and Arcuate Nuclei in Perinatal Rats
2.2. Dopamine Content in Vibratome Sections of the Periventricular Nucleus and Substantia Nigra in Rats on the 5th Postnatal Day, as Well as in the Incubation Medium after Incubating Sections in the Medium with or without 2-Aminobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-Carboxylic Acid
2.3. The Number of Neurons Immunopositive for Tyrosine Hydroxylase, for Aromatic L-amino Acid Decarboxylase, and for Both Enzymes in the Periventricular Nucleus in Rats on the 18th and 21st Embryonic Days and on the 5th Postnatal Day
2.4. Confocal Microscopy of Topographic Relationships of Neurons and Nerve Fibers, Immunopositive Only for Tyrosine Hydroxylase, Only for Aromatic L-amino acid Decarboxylase, and for Both Enzymes, with the 3rd Cerebral Ventricle in Rats on Embryonic Days 18 and 21 and on Postnatal Day 5
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Animals
4.2. Experiments and Obtaining Samples for Analysis
4.2.1. Obtaining Periventricular and Arcuate Nuclei Samples for Biochemical Analysis
4.2.2. Incubation of Vibratome Sections of the Periventricular Nucleus and Substantia Nigra of Rats on Postnatal Day 5
4.2.3. Preparing the Brain for Immunohistochemistry
4.3. Methods
4.3.1. High Performance Liquid Chromatography
4.3.2. Immunohistochemistry
4.3.3. Microscopy and Quantitative Image Analysis
4.3.4. Confocal Microscopy and Image Analysis
4.4. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
AADC | aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase |
AN | arcuate nucleus |
BCH | 2-aminobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-carboxylic acid |
DA | dopamine |
E | embryonic day |
KRS | Krebs-Ringer solution |
L-DOPA | L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine |
P | postnatal day |
PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
PeVN | periventricular nucleus |
SN | substantia nigra |
TH | tyrosine hydroxylase |
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Pronina, T.; Pavlova, E.; Dil’mukhametova, L.; Ugrumov, M. Development of the Periventricular Nucleus as a Brain Center, Containing Dopaminergic Neurons and Neurons Expressing Individual Enzymes of Dopamine Synthesis. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 14682. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314682
Pronina T, Pavlova E, Dil’mukhametova L, Ugrumov M. Development of the Periventricular Nucleus as a Brain Center, Containing Dopaminergic Neurons and Neurons Expressing Individual Enzymes of Dopamine Synthesis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(23):14682. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314682
Chicago/Turabian StylePronina, Tatiana, Ekaterina Pavlova, Liliya Dil’mukhametova, and Michael Ugrumov. 2022. "Development of the Periventricular Nucleus as a Brain Center, Containing Dopaminergic Neurons and Neurons Expressing Individual Enzymes of Dopamine Synthesis" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 23: 14682. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232314682