A neurophysiological evidence of capsaicin-sensitive nerve components innervating interscapular brown adipose tissue |
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Authors: | Shinozaki Keiichi Shimizu Yasutake Shiina Takahiko Nishijima Kazutoshi Atoji Yasuro Nikami Hideki Niijima Akira Takewaki Tadashi |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physiology and Pathogenetic Veterinary Sciences, The United Graduate School, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, 501-1193 Gifu, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Neurophysiological basis for the heterogeneity of the nerve components in the brown adipose tissue (BAT) was examined in this experiment. Efferent nerve signals were recorded from the central cut end of the small nerve filament dissected from the nerve fibers innervating the interscapular BAT (IBAT). By focusing on qualitative aspects of observed compound action potentials (spikes), we found two distinctive types of spikes exhibited by the intercostal nerves innervating IBAT. The spikes mainly appeared upon sympathetic stimulations (cold stimulation and glucose administration) were characterized by low amplitude with relatively short duration (small spike) and their sensitivity to the ganglion blocker, hexamethonium (C6). On the other hand, the spikes seen throughout the experiments were characterized by high amplitude with long duration (large spike) and their insensitivity to C6. Since BAT is activated by cold and feeding via sympathetic nervous system, the small spikes seemed to be exhibited by sympathetic fibers. On the other hand, appearance of the large C6-insensitive spikes was strongly attenuated in capsaicin-desensitized rats. Even though the functional link between IBAT and C6 insensitive fibers remains unanswered, our results suggest that IBAT is under control of various nerve types including capsaicin-sensitive fibers in addition to the control of sympathetic nervous system. |
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Keywords: | BAT brown adipose tissue C6 hexamethonium bromide CGRP calcitonin gene-related peptide IBAT interscapular brown adipose tissue NE norepinephrine TH tyrosine hydroxylase SP substance P Brown adipose tissue Thermogenesis Sympathetic nervous system Efferent nerve activity Capsaicin-desensitization |
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