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PYY-like material and its spatial relationship with NPY, CGRP and 5-HT in the lung of the Syrian golden hamster

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We investigated the presence of peptide YY, neuropeptide Y, calcitonin gene-related peptide and serotonin in the hamster lung by radioimmunoassay, high performance liquid chromatography and immunocytochemistry. Lung-tissue concentrations of peptide YY and neuropeptide Y were 1.3±0.2 and 2.5±0.2 pmol/g wet weight, respectively. These two closely related pancreatic peptides were demonstrated in separate peaks with high performance liquid chromatography. The peptide YY appeared fragmented as immunoreactive peptide YY eluted primarily late in the gradient but showed additional peaks early in the gradient. Peptide YY-like immunoreactivity (PYY-LI) was predominantly observed in one or more cells of neuroepithelial bodies in all airways peripheral to bronchioles, and in solitary neuroendocrine cells primarily located in the same peripheral areas. Neuropeptide Y-LI was seen in individual, thin nerve fibers around arteries and veins, in the airway lamina propria, and in the airway epithelium; in the latter also immunopositive nerve terminals were located. This pattern did not appear to coincide with that of calcitonin gene-related peptide-LI in epithelial nerve fibers and terminals. Peptide YY-LI, calcitonin gene-related-LI and serotonin-LI were present in cells of one and the same neuroepithelial body. However, peptide YY-LI was never found to be co-localized with calcitonin gene-related-LI or serotonin-LI, but the latter two were co-localized as previously reported.

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Keith, I.M., Ekman, R. PYY-like material and its spatial relationship with NPY, CGRP and 5-HT in the lung of the Syrian golden hamster. Cell Tissue Res 262, 543–550 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00305251

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