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. 1977 Aug;74(8):3587–3591. doi: 10.1073/pnas.74.8.3587

Occurrence of somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in some peripheral sympathetic noradrenergic neurons

T Hökfelt *,†, L G Elfvin ‡, R Elde *,§, M Schultzberg *, M Goldstein , R Luft ǁ
PMCID: PMC431637  PMID: 16592433

Abstract

By means of the indirect immunofluorescence technique of Coons and collaborators, somatostatin-like immunoreactivity has been demonstrated in principal ganglion cells of some sympathetic ganglia. The noradrenergic nature of these cells was established by “staining” of the same or consecutive sections with antiserum to dopamine β-hydroxylase [dopamine β-monooxygenase; 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylamine, ascorbate:oxygen oxidoreductase (β-hydroxylating), EC 1.14.17.1], the enzyme converting dopamine to noradrenaline (norepinephrine). In guinea pigs the somatostatin immunoreactive material was found in almost two-thirds of all principal ganglion cells of the coeliac-superior mesenteric ganglion complex (anterior inferior part) and of the inferior mesenteric ganglion, but only in a few cells of the superior cervical ganglion. It appeared to be localized close to the Golgi complex. The present findings may represent a concomitant storage of a biogenic amine and a small peptide in a neuron. Because both noradrenaline and somatostatin may fulfill a role as a neurotransmitter or modulator, the sympathetic neurons described in this study may represent an example of mammalian nerve cells not conforming to Dale's hypothesis, i.e., the one neuronone transmitter concept.

Keywords: amine precursor uptake and decarboxylation (APUD) concept, Dale's principle, peripheral peptide neurons

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