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Immunocytochemical demonstration of nerve growth factor and histofluorescence of catecholaminergic nerves in the salivary glands of diabetic mice

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Nerve growth factor (NGF) was localized in the submandibular, sublingual, and parotid salivary glands of male and female diabetic mice and their normal littermates by immunoperoxidase staining usingp-phenylenediamine-pyrocatechol as a chromogen for the cytochemical demonstration of peroxidase activity. In the normal male submandibular gland, immunoreactive NGF was localized in the apical regions of granular, intercalated and collecting duct cells, while in the normal female submandibular gland, NGF was present throughout the cytoplasm of granular duct cells. The localization of NGF in the diabetic male and female submandibular glands was similar and resembled that of the normal female. NGF immunoreactivity was also observed in the striated duct cells in the sublingual and parotid glands of all four types of mice.

The sympathetic innervation of the submandibular glands of normal and diabetic mice was demonstrated using glyoxylic acid-induced histofluorescence. The pattern of sympathetic innervation and the intensity of catecholamine fluorescence was consistently different in the four types of mice. In the normal male submandibular gland the fluorescence was very intense, particularly in nerves adjacent to the granular ducts. In the normal female submandibular gland, the fluorescence was weak, while in the diabetic male and female the fluorescence was moderate.

The correlation between the intensity of the immunocytochemical staining for NGF and the catecholamine fluorescence adjacent to the granular ducts suggests a trophic influence of the NGF-containing granular ducts on their sympathetic innervation.

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  1. Keith A. Carson

    Present address: Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, 23508, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

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  1. Dental Research Center and School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, 27514, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    Keith A. Carson & Jacob S. Hanker

  2. Neurobiology Program, University of North Carolina, 27514, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    Keith A. Carson, Madhabananda Sar & Jacob S. Hanker

  3. Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, 27514, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    Madhabananda Sar

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Carson, K.A., Sar, M. & Hanker, J.S. Immunocytochemical demonstration of nerve growth factor and histofluorescence of catecholaminergic nerves in the salivary glands of diabetic mice. Histochem J 14, 35–48 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01041129

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