大鼠脊髓背角浅层GABA能轴突与SP受体阳性神经元的突触联系(英文)

目的:研究大鼠脊髓背角浅层内GABA能神经元与P物质受体(SPR)阳性神经元之间的相互关系.方法:应用SPR包埋前免疫电镜结合GABA胶体金技术.结果:SPR样免疫阳性神经元主要分布于脊髓背角Ⅰ层和Ⅱ层背侧部的内侧半.电镜下,浅层内SPR样免疫反应阳性产物主要定位于细胞体和树突.免疫反应产物在树突呈片或颗粒状,常常与线粒体外膜表面、粗面内质网、高尔基氏体、树突膜、胞浆膜内面和核膜外表面等相连.双标记显示SPR样免疫反应树突接受GABA样免疫金标记的轴突传入,形成对称性轴-树突触.此外,GABA还可与SPR共存于同一树突中.结论:GABA和P物质受体在脊髓背角神经元的突触联系,为以往GABA调制脊髓伤害感受功能的药理学研究提供了形态学证据.

Synaptic interaction between GABAergic terminals and substance P receptor-positive neurons in rat spinal superficial laminae

AIM:To identify synaptic relationship between y-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-containing terminals and substance P receptor-positive neurons in the superficial dorsal horn of rat spinal cord. METHODS:A combination of preembedding immunoperoxidase staining for substance P receptor with postembedding immunogold staining for GABA was employed. RESULTS: Intense substance P receptor-expressing neurons were concentrated in medial half of the lamina I and the outer lamina II of the spinal cord.Under electron microscopy, substance P receptor immunoreactivity was found mainly in perikarya and dendrites, and deposited along neuronal membranes, in Golgi complex, in rough endoplasmic reticulum and on the surface of mitochondria with patch- or granular-like staining. The double-labeling studies revealed that substance P receptor-expressing dendrites received symmetric synaptic contacts from axonal terminals labeled with immunogold particles indicating GABA. GABA also co-localized with substance P receptors in the dendrites. CONCLUSION:The synaptic contact between GABA-containing terminal and substance P receptor-expressing neuron provided important morphological evidence for previous pharmacological studies concerning antinocicep-tive function of GABA in the spinal cord.