Expression of the vesicular glutamate transporters-1 and -2 in adult mouse dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord and their regulation by nerve injury
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Animals
Male NMRI mice were used (body weight 25–30 g; n=19; B&K, Stockholm, Sweden). The animals were maintained under standard conditions on a 12-h light/dark cycle (light on, 7:00 a.m.), with water and food ad libitum.
The experiments were conducted in accordance with the Society for Neuroscience policy for the use of research animals, and were approved by the local ethical committee (Stockholms Norra Djurförsöksetiska Nämnd; #219/03, #385/04, #397/04). All experiments conformed to international
Dorsal root ganglia
In L4-5 DRGs of the naïve adult mouse around 11.9%±1% were VGLUT1-IR (Fig. 1A, C;Table 1; control, n=4) and 65.4%±4.5% VGLUT2-IR (Fig. 1B, D; Table 1; control, n=4). VGLUT1-IR NPs of different sizes were observed, with areas ranging from 323 μm2 to 2534 μm2, and with a peak between 600 and 1400 μm2, characteristic of medium- and large-sized DRG neurons (Figs. 1A, C; 2A). VGLUT2 showed NP areas ranging from 83 μm2 to 2169 μm2, and a peak between 200 and 600 μm2, thus favoring small- and
Discussion
In the present study we have analyzed the protein expression of two of the three known vesicular glutamate transporters in adult mouse DRGs and spinal cord. In DRGs, VGLUT1 was present in some medium- to large-sized and VGLUT2 in many small- to medium-sized neurons. Virtually all CGRP-IR and IB4-binding neurons were VGLUT2-IR, supporting an important functional role of glutamate in sensory transmission, including nociception. The expression of the VGLUTs in DRGs was affected by peripheral nerve
Acknowledgments
The present study was supported by the Swedish Research Council (04X-2887), the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. P.B. has been supported by Karolinska Institutet and the Austral University. We are grateful to Prof. Lars Terenius, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm and to Professor Elvar Theodorsson, Department of Biomedicine and Surgery, Division of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden, for
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