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Name OZAWA Hitoshi

Title

Visualization of kisspeptin binding to rat hypothalamic neurons

Author

Norio Iijima,Ken Takumi,Keisuke Matsumoto,Hitoshi Ozawa

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Journal

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Publisher

Japan Society of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

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Volume

48

Number

6

Starting Page

179

Ending Page

184

Publication Date

2015-12

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Refereed

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Not invited

Language

English

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Research paper (scientific journal)

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10.1267/ahc.15017

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The neuropeptide kisspeptin plays an important role in fertility and the onset of puberty, stimulating gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons to activate the hypothalamic– pituitary–gonadal axis. Several studies have demonstrated a morphological interaction between kisspeptin- and GnRH-expressing neurons
 however, few have addressed the interaction of kisspeptin with other neuronal subtypes. We recently showed that fibers immunoreactive for kisspeptin were densely distributed in the dorsal part of the arcuate nucleus. These fibers were found in close proximity to GnRH and tuberoinfundibular dopamine (TIDA) neurons. In the present study, using biotinylated kisspeptin, we established a visualization method for identifying kisspeptin binding sites on TIDA neurons. Biotinylated kisspeptin bound to the cell bodies of TIDA neurons and surrounding fibers, suggesting that TIDA neurons express sites of action for kisspeptin. Our assay also detected biotinylation signals from kisspeptin binding to GnRH fibers in the median eminence, but not to cell bodies of GnRH neurons in the medial preoptic area. Positive signals were completely eliminated by addition of excess non-labeled kisspeptin. This method enabled us to detect kisspeptin binding sites on specific neural structures and neuronal fibers.

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