Immunohistochemical studies for the neuronal elements in the vomeronasal organ of the one-humped camel

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Kazumi TANIGUCHI⁴  Nobuaki NAKAMUTA¹  Kazuyuki TANIGUCHI²  Fatma ABDEL-MAKSOUD³  Dalia IBRAHIM¹  Yoshio YAMAMOTO¹ 

[1] United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1�?1 Yanagido, Gifu, Gifu 501-1193, Japan;Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3�?18�?8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan;Department of Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt;Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, 23�?35�?1 Higashi, Towada, Aomori 034-8628, Japan

关键词: olfactory system;    OMP;    PGP 9.5;    PLCβ2;    SCCs;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.14-0424

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(29)Cited-By(3)The neuronal elements of the vomeronasal organ (VNO) of camel were investigated immunohistochemically. PGP 9.5 labeled the receptor cells in the vomeronasal sensory epithelium, but not the supporting or basal cells. OMP stained some receptor cells, but no immunoreactive signals for OMP were detected in the non-sensory epithelium. PLCβ2 labeled scattered cells in the sensory epithelium and a larger number of cells in the non-sensory epithelium. Double labeling immunohistochemistry revealed that the PLCβ2-positive cells were surrounded by substance P-positive nerve fibers. Collectively, these data suggest that the camel VNO bears, in addition to the mature vomeronasal receptor cells, trigeminally-innervated solitary chemosensory cells which are expected to play a substantial role in the control of stimulus access to the VNO.

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