PMID- 19109097 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090212 LR - 20191111 IS - 1121-760X (Print) IS - 1121-760X (Linking) VI - 52 IP - 4 DP - 2008 Oct-Dec TI - Identification of orexin A- and orexin type 2 receptor-positive cells in the gastrointestinal tract of neonatal dogs. PG - 229-35 AB - The presence and distribution of cells positive to orexin A (OXA) and to orexin type 2 receptor (OX2R) were investigated in the gastrointestinal tract of neonatal dogs by means of immunohistochemical techniques. The orexin A-positive cells were identified with some of the endocrine cells in the stomach and in the duodenum; they were both of the open and closed type and were lacking in the large intestine. In the stomach, a large subset of orexin A-positive cells also showed gastrin-like immunoreactivity while, in the duodenum, many of them seemed to store serotonin. The orexin type 2 receptor-positive cells were evidenced all along the gastrointestinal tract examined, also in the large intestine, and they showed the same morphological characteristics as those positive to orexin A. Moreover, the immunohistochemical techniques revealed intense positivity for both orexin A and orexin type 2 receptor in the neurons and fibers of the enteric nervous system. A large subset of orexin A-positive neurons seemed to store substance P. FAU - Dall'Aglio, C AU - Dall'Aglio C AD - Dipartimento di Scienze Biopatologiche Veterinarie ed Igiene delle Produzioni Animali ed Alimentari, Sezione di Anatomia Veterinaria, Via San Costanzo 4, 06126, Perugia, Italy. cecilia.dallaglio@unipg.it FAU - Pascucci, L AU - Pascucci L FAU - Mercati, F AU - Mercati F FAU - Giontella, A AU - Giontella A FAU - Pedini, V AU - Pedini V FAU - Scocco, P AU - Scocco P FAU - Ceccarelli, P AU - Ceccarelli P LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Italy TA - Eur J Histochem JT - European journal of histochemistry : EJH JID - 9207930 RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Neuropeptides) RN - 0 (Orexin Receptors) RN - 0 (Orexins) RN - 0 (Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled) RN - 0 (Receptors, Neuropeptide) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Animals, Newborn MH - Cell Count MH - Dogs/anatomy & histology/*physiology MH - Duodenum/cytology/*metabolism MH - Enteroendocrine Cells/cytology/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Gastric Mucosa/*metabolism MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Neuropeptides/*metabolism MH - Orexin Receptors MH - Orexins MH - Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Neuropeptide/*metabolism MH - Stomach/cytology EDAT- 2008/12/26 09:00 MHDA- 2009/02/13 09:00 CRDT- 2008/12/26 09:00 PHST- 2008/12/26 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/12/26 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/02/13 09:00 [medline] AID - 10.4081/1221 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Histochem. 2008 Oct-Dec;52(4):229-35. doi: 10.4081/1221.