Various types of amine-storing vesicles in peripheral adrenergic nerve terminals

Résumé La combinaison de techniques cytochimiques et pharmacologiques a permis de démontrer que les grandes vésicules à contenu dense des terminaisons nerveuses sympathiques postganglionnaires de l'iris et du canal de chat renferment une substance analogue ou identique à celle renfermée dans les petites vésicules à contenu dense, c'est-a-dire la noradrénaline. Les grandes vésicules à contenu dense des terminaisons nerveuses parasympathiques ne renferment pas cette amine biogène.     

Mechanoreceptors and adrenergic nerve terminals

Zusammenfassung Es ist bekannt, dass gewisse Mechanorezeptoren durch Reizung sympathischer Nerven beeinflusst werden. Histochemisch war es möglich, adrenerge Nerven in Hautschichten des Frosches mit Berührungsrezeptoren nachzuweisen. In Pacinischen Körperchen der Katze wurde keine adrenerge Innervation gefunden, hingegen freie adrenerge Nervenendigungen an den Wurzelscheiden verschiedener Tasthaare.     

Significance of ‘empty vesicles’ in postganglionic sympathetic nerve terminals

Résumé Nous avons montré que dans les terminaisons nerveuses sympathiques de l'iris de chat, la proportion de vésicules à contenu osmiophile (noradrénaline) dépend essentiellement de la technique de fixation. Par ailleurs, après incubation des iris dans des solutions de noradrénaline et après fixation convenable, la quasi-totalité de ces vésicules renferment de la noradrénaline. Nous concluons que ces vésicules représentent une population potentiellement homogène, toutes étant capables de stoquer la noradrénaline.     

Selective destruction of adrenergic nerve terminals by chemical analogues of 6-hydroxydopamine

Zusammenfassung Verschiedene chemische Analoge von 6-Hydroxydopamin bewirken abenfalls eine selektrive Zerstörung der adrenergen Nervenendigungen. Es werden die Beziehungen zwischen der chemischen Konstitution und der Fähigkeit zur chemischen Sympathektomei diskutiert.     

Stimulation induced depletion of the synaptic vesicles in excitatory motor nerve terminals of the locust,Locusta migratoria L

Summary Neural stimulation at high frequency induced gross changes in the ultrastructural properties and depleted the synaptic vesicles in fast axon terminals of locust extensor tibiae muscles. After a 1-h-rest the synaptic vesicle populations recovered and the ultrastructural properties of these recovering neuromuscular junctions closely resembled those of the controls.Acknowledgment. The authors wish to thank Mr M. J. Parker for invaluable help with the statistical analyses. R. P. Botham gratefully acknowledges the SRC for financial assistance.     

Electron microscopic localization of 5-hydroxydopamine,a ‘false’ adrenergic neurotransmitter,in the autonomic nerve endings of the rat pineal gland

Résumé La 5-hydroxydopamine (5-HO-DA), un «faux» neuro-transmetteur adrénergique, a été localisée dans les vésicules des terminaisons nerveuses sympathiques de la glande pinéale du rat, par examen au microscope électronique, après traitement des animaux par cette amine.     

On the origin of small adrenergic storage vesicles: Evidence for local formation in nerve endings after chronic reserpine treatment

Zusammenfassung Die adrenergen Nervenendigungen der von Ratten, die während 6 Tagen Reserpin Iris erhalten haben, enthalten eine höhere Anzahl von länglichen synaptischen Vesikeln und Tubuli als diejenigen unbehandelter Kontrolltiere. Die Möglichkeit, dass die adrenergen Bläschen unter gewissen Umständen in den Nervenendigungen gebildet werden könnten, wird diskutiert.     

The localization of [3H]-desipramine in central nerve terminals studied with electron microscope autoradiography and subcellular fractionation

Summary The cellular and subcellular distribution of [³H]-desipramine (DMI) in rat brain was studied by electron microscope (EM) autoradiography and by subcellular fractionation. A considerable proportion of label was found to be bound to the membranes of presynaptic nerve terminals, as well as to sites inside those terminals.Acknowledgment. The authors are most grateful to Mr and Mrs Gudelsky for their generous support.     

The localization of [3H]-desipramine in central nerve terminals studied with electron microscope autoradiography and subcellular fractionation.

The cellular and subcellular distribution of [3H]-desipramine (DMI) in rat brain was studied by electron microscope (EM) autoradiography and by subcellular fractionation. A considerable proportion of label was found to be bound to the membranes of presynaptic nerve terminals, as well as to sites inside those terminals.     

Types of nerve terminals in fetal and neonatal rabbit myocardium

Summary With the use of electron microscopy 4 types of axonal profiles were observed in the developing myocardium of rabbits: 1) adrenergic axons which contained mainly small dense-core vesicles and which presumably can store 5-hydroxydopamine; 2) cholinergic axons which contained small clear synaptic vesicles and which were acetylcholinesterase-positive; 3) axons which contained large vesicles filled with moderately electron-dense material and which resembled purinergic axons; and 4) profiles filled with mitochondria, vesicles of various sizes, lysosome-like bodies, and microtubules and which resembled sensory terminals.Supported in part by the Kentucky Heart Association and in part by the Human Development Studies Program, University of Kentucky. Excellent technical assistance of Mrs Merle Wekstein is gratefully acknowledged.     

Types of nerve terminals in fetal and neonatal rabbit myocardium

With the use of electron microscopy 4 types of axonal profiles were observed in the developing myocardium of rabbits: 1) adrenergic axons which contained mainly small dense-core vesicles and which presumably can store 5-hydroxy-dopamine; 2) cholinergic axons which contained small clear synaptic vesicles and which were acetylcholinesterase-positive; 3) axons which contained large vesicles filled with moderately electron-dense material and which resembled purinergic axons; and 4) profiles filled with mitochondria, vesicles of various sizes, lysosome-like bodies, and microtubules and which resembled sensory terminals.     

Turnover of 5-hydroxydopamine in adrenergic nerves

Summary In adrenergic nerve endings of the guinea-pig vas deferens the population of small granular vesicles increases from 19% in control animals to 80–90% 1–3 h after the administration of 5-hydroxydopamine, and gradually declines to control values in 10 days. Large granular vesicles were also loaded but the loss of enhanced granulation was more rapid than in the small granular vesicles.M. R. C. Scholar. I am greatly indebted to Prof. G. Burnstock, Prof. G. Gray and Dr G. Gabella for helpful advice and criticism. The technical assistance of J. Barron and G. Barrett is gratefully acknowledged.