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Histochemically-reactive Zinc in the Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) Neurons: Zinc Selenium Autometallography

랫드 척수신경절내 zinc의 분포양상: Zinc Selenium Autometallography

  • Kim, Yi-Suk (Department of Anatomy, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Jo, Seung-Mook (Department of Anatomy, Gachon Medicine and Science University)
  • 김이석 (이화여자대학교 의학전문대학원 해부학교실) ;
  • 조승묵 (가천의과학대학교 의학전문대학원 해부학과)
  • Received : 2010.02.16
  • Accepted : 2010.03.23
  • Published : 2010.03.31
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Abstract

The present study was designed to demonstrate ionic zinc in the rat DRG by means of zinc selenium autometallography($ZnSe^{AMG}$). Ganglion cells varied in size from 15 to 100 ${\mu}m$. The smaller neurons were strongly stained with AMG, whereas the larger cells were weakly stained. Each large ganglion cell was surrounded by perineuronal satellite cells, showing apparent AMG staining. We demonstrated for the first time the existence of zinc-containing satellite cells in the rodent DRG. Using electron microscopy, fine AMG grains were observed scattered in the somata of the DRG neurons, especially small cells. However, much lower concentrations of the AMG grains occupied in the large cells, and these were mostly localized in lysosome-like organelles. These results indicate that zinc may be involved in sensory transmission in the DRG level.

이번 연구에서는 성체 랫드(Sprague-Dawley)의 척수신경절내 분포하는 zinc의 분포 관찰하기 위하여 zinc selenium autometallograpy(AMG)로 염색하였다. H-E염색표본에서 척수신경절 속에는 신경절세포들이 무리지어 분포하고 있었고, 세포체는 둥글거나 타원형이었으며, 작은 신경절세포, 큰 신경절세포로 대별되었다. 모든 신경절세포의 세포체는 한 층의 납작한 위성세포(satellite cell)에 의하여 둘러싸여 있었다. AMG 염색표본에서는 작은 신경절세포의 경우 강한 양성반응이 핵 주변부에서 관찰되었으나, 큰 신경절세포의 경우 전반적으로 미약한 AMG 양성반응을 보였고, 염색양상도 서로 달랐다. 그러나 큰 신경절세포를 둘러싸는 위성세포에서는 뚜렷한 AMG 양성반응이 관찰되었다. 이러한 조직화학적 본 연구의 결과는 zinc가 감각신경절인 랫드 척수신경절에서 통증을 포함한 감각의 전달과정에 의미있는 기능을 영위할 수 있음을 시사한다.

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