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The ontogeny of the catecholaminergic system of the median eminence (ME) arcuate nucleus (ARC) complex (MEARC) has been studied in various animal species but so far, nothing has been learnt about the development of catecholaminergic structures in the porcine MEARC. To study this problem the hypothalami from animals at different ages (six groups) were collected. Nerve structures immunoreactive (IR) for the substances studied [(tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), dopamine b-hydroxylase (DbH) and phenylethanoloamine-N-metylthransferase (PNMT)] were found in the pigs at different age periods. In MEARC, TH-IR structures appeared before the 70th day of foetal life, DbH-IR before the 10th week of postnatal life and PNMT-IR only in sexually mature sows.
The arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARH) is involved in the control of energy homeostasis. Leptin — an adipocyte derived hormone — is known to act on the hypothalamic nuclei and thus to control body weight by food intake reduction. Oxidative stress is believed to be implicated in leptin signalling. However, its relevance for leptin-induced signal transduction within ARH remains unclear. The goal of the study was to investigate the effect of fasting on morphological alterations of the neuronal endoplasmic reticulum/Golgi network as well as on the expression of leptin receptors in the arcuate nucleus of aged rats. Male Wistar rats, aged 24 months, were fasted for 96 hours. The control animals were fed ad libitum. Membranous whorls in the ARH neurons were visualized using the electron microscopy technique. Leptin receptors in the membranes of ARH neurons were determined immunohistochemically (IHC), and soluble leptin receptors in the plasma as well as plasma isoprostanes were quantified immunochemically (ELISA). An intense formation of membranous whorls was observed, directly associated with the cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, as well as lamellar bodies. Interestingly, the whorls were often localized near a well-developed Golgi complex. Moreover, some Golgi complexes displayed an early stage of whorl formation. Groups of residual lipofuscin granules were found in the immediate proximity of the whorls. An increased immunoreactivity with neuronal leptin receptors suggests that hypersensitive neurons may still effectively respond to the fasting serum levels of leptin, mediating ultrastructural transformation of ARH neurons during short- -term fasting. Having observed a significant accumulation of lipofuscin granules and a marked increase of total 8-isoprostane serum level in the fasting rats, we hypothesize that signal transduction within the neurons of ARH is dependent on oxidative stress phenomena. (Folia Morphol 2009; 68, 4: 218–223)
The immunoreactivity (ir) for c-Fos, NGF and TrkA, following an acute and chronic open field stress, were studied in the periventricular zone of rat hypothalamus. Adult rats were divided into three groups: control, exposed to acute (single exposure -15 minutes) and chronic (multiple exposures - 15 minutes daily for 21 days) open field stress. In the control rats neurons immunoreactive to c-Fos, TrkA and NGF were found. The number of TrkA- and NGF-ir cells was high, whereas this of c-Fos-ir ones was low. In animals exposed to acute open field stress the number of c-Fos-ir cells in the examined nuclei varied, however it was much higher than that in the control animals. The number of TrkA-ir neurons in all the studied nuclei was also higher than that in the control animals, but the increase of the number of NGF-ir neurons was not observed in supraoptic nucleus. In the animals exposed to chronic open field stress the number of c-Fos-ir cells was increased in comparison to that in the control rats. After chronic stress exposure the number of TrkA-ir neurons in supraoptic nucleus remained high in comparison to that in animals exposed to acute stress, whereas it was decreased in other studied nuclei. No significant differences in the number of NGF-ir cells were observed between the groups exposed to the acute and chronic stress. Observed decrease of c-Fos- and TrkA-ir in the studied nuclei in the animals suffering from chronic stress in comparison with the acute one may indicate the occurrence of habituation phenomenon. This phenomenon does not concern NGF-ir.
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