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Basic fibroblast growth factor-like immunoreactivity in the rat trigeminal sensory system and peri-oral skin with vibrissae

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We have characterized an antiserum against basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) by immunoblot, investigated the location of bFGF-like immunoreactivity (bFGF-IR) in the trigeminal sensory system and perioral skin endowed with vibrissae, and demonstrated the site of bFGF mRNA expression in the vibrissae by in situ hybridization histochemistry. Light-microscopic immunohistochemistry has demonstrated that bFGF-IR is present not only in trigeminal ganglion neurons and their central and peripheral processes, but also in cells of the matrix, external root sheath and papillae of vibrissae and the stratum basale of the stratified squamous epithelium of the skin. Electron microscopy has revealed intense bFGF-IR mainly in cytoplasmic regions, other than the lumen of rough endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus, in trigeminal ganglion neurons, in fibroblast-like cells in the papillae, and in capsules of vibrissae. In contrast, actively proliferating and/or differentiating cells in the matrix of vibrissae have intensely stained euchromatin and weakly labeled cytoplasm that, unlike that of the aforementioned cells, contain immunoreaction products in discrete spots less than 100 nm in diameter, implying the generation of different molecular forms of bFGF in cells of the matrix and papillae. Moreover, the accumulation of bFGF in the euchromatin appears to take place in cells at non-mitotic stages (possibly interphases), characterized by a conspicuous nucleolus and well-developed nuclear envelope. A digoxigenin-labeled cRNA probe for the demonstration of bFGF mRNA gives conspicuous hybridization signals mainly in the matrix of vibrissae. These findings suggest that bFGF is involved in the growth and differentiation of matrix cells during certain periods of the cell cycle and that it acts as a non-mitogenic mediator in the adult trigeminal sensory system.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shigenobu, 791-02, Ehime, Japan

    Katsutoshi Okada, Seiji Matsuda, Kunihiro Uryu & Hiroko Fujita

  2. Department of Internal Medicine (Second Division), Ehime University School of Medicine, Shigenobu, 791-02, Ehime, Japan

    Yasuko Ii

  3. Department of Biochemistry, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shigenobu, 791-02, Ehime, Japan

    Nobuaki Okumura

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Okada, K., Matsuda, S., Ii, Y. et al. Basic fibroblast growth factor-like immunoreactivity in the rat trigeminal sensory system and peri-oral skin with vibrissae. Cell Tissue Res 272, 417–427 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00318548

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