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Development of galanin-containing nerve fibres in rat tibia.
Full Abstract
Galanin exerts tonic inhibition of nociceptive input to the central nervous system. Recently, this peptide was demonstrated in several neuronal and non-neuronal structures in bones and joints. In this study, the time of appearance and topographic localization of galanin-containing nerve fibres in bone were studied in rats from gestational day 16 (GD16) to postnatal day 21 (PD21). The tibia was chosen as a model of developing long bone and indirect immunofluorescence combined with confocal laser scanning microscopy was used to identify galanin-immunoreactive (GAL-IR) nerve fibres. The earliest, sparse GAL-IR fibres were observed on GD21 in the perichondrium of both epiphyses and in the periosteum of the diaphysis. From PD1 onwards, GAL-IR fibres were also seen in the bone marrow cavity and in the region of the inter-condylar eminence of the knee joint. Intramedullary GAL-IR fibres in proximal and distal metaphyses appeared around PD1. Some of them accompanied blood vessels, although free fibres were also seen. GAL-IR fibres located in the cartilage canals of both epiphyses were observed from PD7, in the secondary ossification centres from PD10 and in the bone marrow of both epiphyses from PD14. The time course and localization of galanin-containing nerve fibres resemble the development of substance P- and CGRP-expressing nerve fibres, thus suggesting their sensory origin.
Author information
Author/s: Gajda, M (M); Litwin, J A (JA); Zagólski, O (O); Lis, G J (GJ); Cichocki, T (T); Timmermans, J-P (JP); Adriaensen, D (D);
Affiliation: Addresses of authors: Department of Histology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland. mmgajda(-atsign-)cyf-kr.edu.pl
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Anatomia, histologia, embryologia (Anat Histol Embryol), published in Germany. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2009-Apr; vol 38 (issue 2) : pp 112-7
Dates: Created 2009/03/18; Completed 2009/05/26;
PMID: 19007357, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 5/26/2009, IMS Date: )
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