Immunohistochemical demonstration of a CCK-like peptide in the nervous system of a marine annelid worm, Nereis diversicolor O.F. Müller
- 1 November 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cell and tissue research
- Vol. 227 (2) , 401-411
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00210894
Abstract
Perikarya and nerve fibers containing a substance immunologically related to CCK-8 were detected in the nervous system of Nereis, a marine annelid worm. The most noteworthy immunostaining was seen in cell bodies, localized at the periphery of the brain, within nuclei 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 23–24. Immunoreactive fibers were also found in the neuropile without any particular grouping. Numerous other “positive” perikarya occur in the medio-ventral portion of the ventral nerve cord, and in the ventral and dorsal parts of the suboesophageal ganglion. In addition to the cell bodies in the cerebral external layer, immunoreactive axons were abundantly observed in the connectives between the ganglia. Moreover, our results demonstrate CCK-like staining in neurons showing variations in size and shape, and in affinity for paraldehyde fuchsin. The present results support the hypothesis that this peptide may exert a role as neurotransmitter or neuromodulator in annelids.Keywords
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