PMID- 27357901 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180102 LR - 20180317 IS - 1369-1651 (Electronic) IS - 0899-0220 (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 2 DP - 2016 Jun TI - SPARCL1-containing neurons in the human brainstem and sensory ganglion. PG - 112-7 LID - 10.1080/08990220.2016.1197115 [doi] AB - Secreted protein, acidic and rich in cysteine-like 1 (SPARCL1) is a member of the osteonectin family of proteins. In this study, immunohistochemistry for SPARCL1 was performed to obtain its distribution in the human brainstem, cervical spinal cord, and sensory ganglion. SPARCL1-immunoreactivity was detected in neuronal cell bodies including perikarya and proximal dendrites, and the neuropil. The motor nuclei of the IIIrd, Vth, VIth, VIIth, IXth, Xth, XIth, and XIIth cranial nerves and spinal nerves contained many SPARCL1-immunoreactive (-IR) neurons with medium-sized to large cell bodies. Small and medium-sized SPARCL1-IR neurons were distributed in sensory nuclei of the Vth, VIIth, VIIIth, IXth, and Xth cranial nerves. In the medulla oblongata, the dorsal column nuclei also had small to medium-sized SPARCL1-IR neurons. In addition, SPARCL1-IR neurons were detected in the nucleus of the trapezoid body and pontine nucleus within the pons and the arcuate nucleus in the medulla oblongata. In the cervical spinal cord, the ventral horn contained some SPARCL1-IR neurons with large cell bodies. These findings suggest that SPARCL1-containing neurons function to relay and regulate motor and sensory signals in the human brainstem. In the dorsal root (DRG) and trigeminal ganglia (TG), primary sensory neurons contained SPARCL1-immunoreactivity. The proportion of SPARCL1-IR neurons in the TG (mean +/- SD, 39.9 +/- 2.4%) was higher than in the DRG (30.6 +/- 2.1%). SPARCL1-IR neurons were mostly medium-sized to large (mean +/- SD, 1494.5 +/- 708.3 mum(2); range, 320.4-4353.4 mum(2)) in the DRG, whereas such neurons were of various cell body sizes in the TG (mean +/- SD, 1291.2 +/- 532.8 mum(2); range, 209.3-4326.4 mum(2)). There appears to be a SPARCL1-containing sensory pathway in the ganglion and brainstem of the spinal and trigeminal nervous systems. FAU - Hashimoto, Naoya AU - Hashimoto N AD - a Division of Oral Diagnosis , Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan ; FAU - Sato, Tadasu AU - Sato T AD - b Division of Oral and Craniofacial Anatomy , Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan ; FAU - Yajima, Takehiro AU - Yajima T AD - c Division of Operative Dentistry , Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan ; FAU - Fujita, Masatoshi AU - Fujita M AD - d Division of Dental Anesthesiology and Pain Management , Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan. FAU - Sato, Ayumi AU - Sato A AD - b Division of Oral and Craniofacial Anatomy , Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan ; FAU - Shimizu, Yoshinaka AU - Shimizu Y AD - b Division of Oral and Craniofacial Anatomy , Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan ; FAU - Shimada, Yusuke AU - Shimada Y AD - a Division of Oral Diagnosis , Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan ; FAU - Shoji, Noriaki AU - Shoji N AD - a Division of Oral Diagnosis , Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan ; FAU - Sasano, Takashi AU - Sasano T AD - a Division of Oral Diagnosis , Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan ; FAU - Ichikawa, Hiroyuki AU - Ichikawa H AD - b Division of Oral and Craniofacial Anatomy , Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University , Sendai , Japan ; LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160629 PL - England TA - Somatosens Mot Res JT - Somatosensory & motor research JID - 8904127 RN - 0 (Calcium-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Extracellular Matrix Proteins) RN - 0 (SPARCL1 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Afferent Pathways MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Brain Stem/*cytology/*metabolism MH - Calcium-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Extracellular Matrix Proteins/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Ganglia, Sensory/*cytology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Neurons MH - Spinal Cord/cytology OTO - NOTNLM OT - SPARCL1 OT - brainstem OT - human OT - immunohistochemistry OT - sensory ganglion EDAT- 2016/07/01 06:00 MHDA- 2018/01/03 06:00 CRDT- 2016/07/01 06:00 PHST- 2016/07/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/01/03 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1080/08990220.2016.1197115 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Somatosens Mot Res. 2016 Jun;33(2):112-7. doi: 10.1080/08990220.2016.1197115. Epub 2016 Jun 29.