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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 266: C981-C989, 1994;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 266, Issue 4 C981-C989, Copyright © 1994 by American Physiological Society

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Ultrastructural localization of nitric oxide synthase in canine small intestine and colon

I. Berezin, S. H. Snyder, D. S. Bredt and E. E. Daniel
Department of Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

The ultrastructural distribution and subcellular localization of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) immunoreactivity and its possible colocalization with vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and substance P in the muscularis externa in canine ileum and colon were studied by using polyclonal antisera raised against VIP, substance P, and cerebellar NOS. Immunogold staining, with or without silver enhancement, was carried out directly on ultrathin sections using single and two-faced double immunogold methods. NOS immunoreactivity was observed in nerve profiles in myenteric plexus and circular muscle layer. Immunoreactivity was occasionally detected in smooth muscle cells and interstitial cells of Cajal. The double immunostaining revealed NOS and VIP in the same nerve varicosities but never in the same organelles. NOS was localized in electron-dense material of undetermined nature, whereas VIP was associated with large granular vesicles. Substance P and NOS were never found in the same nerves. These results indicate that NOS is present in the enteric nerves containing VIP but in different organelles and that nitric oxide release probably does not occur by an exocytotic mechanism.


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