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Croizier S, Amiot C, Chen X, Presse F, Nahon JL, Wu JY, Fellmann D, Risold PY. Development of posterior hypothalamic neurons enlightens a switch in the prosencephalic basic plan. PLoS One 2011; 6:e28574. [PMID: 22194855 PMCID: PMC3241628 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2011] [Accepted: 11/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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In rats and mice, ascending and descending axons from neurons producing melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) reach the cerebral cortex and spinal cord. However, these ascending and descending projections originate from distinct sub-populations expressing or not “Cocaine-and-Amphetamine-Regulated-Transcript” (CART) peptide. Using a BrdU approach, MCH cell bodies are among the very first generated in the hypothalamus, within a longitudinal cell cord made of earliest delaminating neuroblasts in the diencephalon and extending from the chiasmatic region to the ventral midbrain. This region also specifically expresses the regulatory genes Sonic hedgehog (Shh) and Nkx2.2. First MCH axons run through the tractus postopticus (tpoc) which gathers pioneer axons from the cell cord and courses parallel to the Shh/Nkx2.2 expression domain. Subsequently generated MCH neurons and ascending MCH axons differentiate while neurogenesis and mantle layer differentiation are generalized in the prosencephalon, including telencephalon. Ascending MCH axons follow dopaminergic axons of the mesotelencephalic tract, both being an initial component of the medial forebrain bundle (mfb). Netrin1 and Slit2 proteins that are involved in the establishment of the tpoc and mfb, respectively attract or repulse MCH axons. We conclude that first generated MCH neurons develop in a diencephalic segment of a longitudinal Shh/Nkx2.2 domain. This region can be seen as a prosencephalic segment of a medial neurogenic column extending from the chiasmatic region through the ventral neural tube. However, as the telencephalon expends, it exerts a trophic action and the mfb expands, inducing a switch in the longitudinal axial organization of the prosencephalon.
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- Sophie Croizier
- EA3922, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
- IFR133, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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- EA3922, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
- IFR133, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- UMR 6097 CNRS, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France
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- UMR 6097 CNRS, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- EA3922, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
- IFR133, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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- EA3922, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
- IFR133, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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Venkatesan S, Carr JA. Distribution of neuronal melanocortins in the spadefoot toad Spea multiplicata and effects of stress. BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 2001; 57:150-60. [PMID: 11509823 DOI: 10.1159/000047233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We examined the effects of an acute stressor on regional alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alphaMSH) content in the New Mexican spadefoot toad, Spea multiplicata. We first used immunocytochemistry along with radioimmunoassay (RIA) to examine the distribution of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons in the brain of Spea. Neurons immunoreactive for alphaMSH, beta-endorphin, and corticotropin were observed in the preoptic nucleus and ventral infundibulum of the hypothalamus. Ascending immunoreactive fibers projected to the olfactory nucleus, nucleus accumbens, and striatum. Numerous immunoreactive fibers were also observed in the hypothalamus. The thalamus/hypothalamus (T/HT) contained the greatest concentrations of alphaMSH as determined by RIA followed by the preoptic area (PO). Levels in the telencephalon, brain stem, and optic tectum (OT) were 14-23 times lower than in the T/HT. Exposure to a brief stressor elevated alphaMSH levels in the PO and OT. We conclude that Spea possesses two distinct POMC neuronal cell groups, one located in the anterior preoptic area and one located in the ventral infundibulum. Ascending projections to the basal ganglia might play an indirect role in tectal regulation and the control of prey-catching behavior. Exposure to an acute stressor alters brain alphaMSH content in Spea, although there are regional and temporal differences in the response pattern compared to Bufo. These findings are consistent with the notion that neuronal melanocortins influence how frogs and toads gather information about their environment during stress.
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- S Venkatesan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Tex 79409-3131, USA
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Salzet M, Wattez C, Bulet P, Malecha J. Isolation and structural characterization of a novel peptide related to gamma-melanocyte stimulating hormone from the brain of the leech Theromyzon tessulatum. FEBS Lett 1994; 348:102-6. [PMID: 8026574 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)00581-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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This paper reports the purification of a novel pro-opiomelanocortin derivative peptide (a gamma-melanocyte stimulating hormone-like (gamma-MSH-like) molecule) from the brain of the leech Theromyzon tessulatum. After reverse-phase HPLC purification, the sequence of the gamma-MSH-like peptide (YVMGHFRWDKFamide) was established by a combination of automated Edman degradation, electrospray mass spectrometry measurement, enzymatic treatment and co-elution experiments in reverse-phase HPLC with synthetic peptides.
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- M Salzet
- Laboratoire de Phylogénie moléculaire des Annélides, ER 87 CNRS, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- H Kawauchi
- Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, School of Fisheries Sciences, Kitasato University, Iwate, Japan
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Baker BI. Melanin-concentrating hormone: a general vertebrate neuropeptide. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1991; 126:1-47. [PMID: 2050497 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)60681-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- B I Baker
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Bath, Cleverton Down, England
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Takayama Y, Wada C, Kawauchi H, Ono M. Structures of two genes coding for melanin-concentrating hormone of chum salmon. Gene 1989; 80:65-73. [PMID: 2792771 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(89)90251-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Two MCH genes coding for melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) were isolated from a chum salmon liver DNA library and characterized. They were shown to be intronless genes with 0.63-kb exons, each of which commonly consisted of an about 80-bp 5'-untranslated region, a region coding for 132 amino acids (aa) MCH precursor protein and an approx. 160-bp 3'-untranslated region. About 20 bp upstream from the putative cap site, sequences were found corresponding to the TATA box. The two genes were 86% identical at the nucleotide sequence level. Sequences homologous to the chum salmon MCH genes were present in the genomes of other fish such as catfish, carp and Chinese grass carp, whereas no highly homologous sequence could be detected in other vertebrate genomes.
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- Y Takayama
- Department of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
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Vallarino M, Andersen AC, Delbende C, Ottonello I, Eberle AN, Vaudry H. Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) immunoreactivity in the brain and pituitary of the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula. Colocalization with alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) in hypothalamic neurons. Peptides 1989; 10:375-82. [PMID: 2547205 DOI: 10.1016/0196-9781(89)90046-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The distribution of melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) in the central nervous system of the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula was determined by indirect immunofluorescence and peroxidase-anti-peroxidase techniques, using an antiserum raised against synthetic salmon MCH. Three groups of MCH-positive cell bodies were localized in the posterior hypothalamus. The most prominent cell group was detected in the nucleus sacci vasculosi. Scattered MCH-immunoreactive cells were observed in the nucleus tuberculi posterioris and in the nucleus lateralis tuberis. At the pituitary level, the caudal part of the median lobe of the pars distalis contained strongly MCH-positive perikarya. Some of these cells were liquor-contacting-type. Immunoreactive fibers originating from the hypothalamic perikarya projected throughout the dorsal wall of the posterior hypothalamus. Positive fibers were also detected within the thalamus and the central gray of the mesencephalon. The distribution of MCH-containing neurons was compared to that of alpha-MSH-immunoreactive elements using consecutive, 5-micron thick sections. Both MCH- and alpha-MSH-immunoreactive peptides were found in the same neurons of the nucleus sacci vasculosi. These data suggest that MCH and alpha-MSH, two neuropeptides which exert antagonistic activities on skin melanophores, may also act in a coordinate manner in the central nervous system of cartilaginous fish.
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- M Vallarino
- Istituto di Anatomia Comparata, Università Degli Studi di Genova, Italy
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Kawauchi H. Melanin concentrating hormone. II. Structure and biosynthesis of melanin-concentrating hormone. Life Sci 1989; 45:1133-40. [PMID: 2677572 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(89)90500-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Melanin-concentrating hormone is a neuropeptide produced in teleost hypothalami and transferred to the neurohypophysis. Salmon MCH was a novel cyclic heptadecapeptide capable of inducing melanin aggregation of integumentary melanophores at picoto nano-molar concentrations in all teleosts tested. The MCH gene is intronless and the exon encodes a 132 amino acid precursor protein, in which the heptadecapeptide of MCH locates at the C-terminal end. Immunohistochemical surveys with anti-salmon MCH antiserum strongly suggest that an MCH-like peptide is present in the hypothalami of higher vertebrates. Biological effects of salmon MCH on other vertebrates are found to be versatile.
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- H Kawauchi
- Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, School of Fisheries Sciences, Kitasato University, Iwate, Japan
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Eberle AN, Baker BI, Kishida M, Baumann JB, Girard J. Melanin concentrating hormone. IV. Development of a sensitive solid-phase radioimmunoassay for melanin-concentrating hormone. Life Sci 1989; 45:1149-54. [PMID: 2796601 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(89)90502-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A two-step solid-phase radioimmunoassay for melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) was developed for direct determination of the hormone in plasma samples. To this end, synthetic MCH was coupled to bovine thyreoglobulin and the complex was injected into rabbits. Specific antisera of high titer were obtained which did not crossreact with other hormones. The IgGs were chemically linked to immunobeads, an acrylamide/acrylic acid polymer matrix. In the first step, plasma MCH was immunoextracted by incubation of diluted plasma samples with anti-MCH immunobeads. In the second step, the washed polymer was incubated with radioiodinated MCH tracer for titration of non-occupied sites. This procedure made it possible to determine as little as 4 pg MCH per ml of plasma. Application of the radioimmunoassay to plasma levels of black or white background-adapted trout showed a marked difference in circulating MCH: while trout on a black background contained a mean value of 29 +/- 5.6 pg/ml, animals on a white background had 106 +/- 19 pg/ml. These findings strengthen the hypothesis that MCH is directly involved in the control of color change of teleost fishes. By contrast, there was no detectable salmonid MCH immunoreactivity in rat or human plasma.
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- A N Eberle
- Department of Research, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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Schoofs L, Jégou S, Tonon MC, Huybrechts R, Vaudry H, De Loof A. Biological, chromatographical, and radioimmunological evidence for a melanotropin-like peptide in the central nervous system of Locusta migratoria. Gen Comp Endocrinol 1988; 71:36-44. [PMID: 3410297 DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(88)90292-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Our recent immunocytochemical study has demonstrated the existence of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH)-like material in the locust central nervous system. The aim of the present study was to further characterize alpha-MSH in the locust brain by its biological effect on frog skin and by high-pressure liquid chromatography in combination with radioimmunological and biological detection methods. Parallel radioimmunoassay (RIA) curves of crude nervous tissue extracts coupled with bioactivity in a very specific bioassay suggest similarity between the locust alpha-MSH-like substance and synthetic alpha-MSH. The highest concentration of alpha-MSH immunoreactive material in the central nervous system was found in the optic lobes, where alpha-MSH immunoreactive cell bodies are localized, as was previously shown by immunocytochemistry. High concentrations of alpha-MSH immunoreactive material were also detected in the thoracic ganglia of the locust ventral nervous system. The application of locust brain extracts to gel permeation HPLC resulted in a similar elution profile of the bioactive and immunologically active substances, both coeluting with synthetic alpha-MSH. As is the case for vertebrate brain material, reverse-phase HPLC revealed four alpha-MSH immunoreactive peaks. One of the peaks coelutes with monoacetyl-alpha-MSH and other RIA-positive material elutes at times close (but not identical) to the methionine sulfoxide forms of alpha-MSH. Peak three, however, elutes in a very different position from desacetyl-alpha-MSH. Peaks are absent in the position of desacetyl-alpha-MSH. Similarity between the locust alpha-MSH-related substance and authentic alpha-MSH is discussed.
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- L Schoofs
- Zoological Institute of the University (KUL), Leuven, Belgium
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