脑啡肽与生长抑素在鸡视网膜无长突细胞共存的免疫组织化学研究

本文介绍用免疫组织化学的单标和双标技术研究脑啡肽(ENK)和生长抑素(SOM)在鸡视网膜无长突细胞的定位和共存。单标的实验结果表明,一些SOM免疫反应阳性无长突细胞的形态、胞体在内核层的位置及其突起在内网层的分支式样与某些ENK免疫反应阳性无长突细胞相似,虽然其突起在内网层的第3、4亚层形成的丛网不象ENK免疫反应阳性突起那样丛密,在内网层的第5亚层也未见SOM免疫阳性突起。双标的实验结果表明,一些无长突细胞显示ENK和SOM两种免疫阳性反应,而另一些无长突细胞分别只显示ENK或SOM阳性免疫反应。文中还对视网膜神经多肽间或与经典神经递质的共存进行了讨论。

IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY ON THE COEXISTENCE OF ENKEPHALIN AND SOMATOSTATIN IN AMACRINE CELLS OF THE CHICKEN RETINA

The immunohistochemical single and double label techniques were used to study the localization and coexistence of immunoreaetive enkephalin (ENK) and somatostatin (SOM) in amacrine cells of the chicken retina. The single label experiments showed that certain SOM-immunoreactive amacrine cells are similar in morphology, location in the inner nuclear layer (INL) and the manner of processes ramified in the inner plexiform layer (IPL) to some ENK-immunoreactive amacrine cells, although the plexus of SOM-immunoreactive processes in sublamina 3 and 4 were not as dense as ENK-immunoreactive plexus and SOM-immunoreactive processes in sublamina 5 were not observed. The double label studies indicated that some amacrine cells showed both SOM and ENK positive immunoreactivity and some other amacrine cells showed only SOM or ENK positive immunoreactivity.The coexistence of two neuropeptides or a neuropeptide and a classical neurotransrnitter in the retinal amacrine cells were also discussed.