INVESTIGADORES
VISSIO Paula Gabriela
artículos
Título:
Melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) system in the brain and skin of the cichlid fish, Cichlasoma dimerus: anatomical localization, ontogeny and distribution in compararision to alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (αMSH) expressing cells
Autor/es:
PANDOLFI, MATÍAS; CÁNEPA, MAXIMILIANO; RAVAGLIA, M; PAZ, D; MAGGESE, M. CRISTINA; VISSIO, PAULA
Revista:
CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH
Editorial:
SPRINGER
Referencias:
Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2003 vol. 311 p. 61 - 69
ISSN:
0302-766X
Resumen:
Abstract Distribution and development of the melaninconcentrating hormone (MCH) system were examined by immunocytochemistry of the brain, pituitary gland and skin of the South American cichlid fish Cichlasoma dimerus. In adults, the most prominent group of MCH-ir perikarya was located in the nucleus lateralis tuberis (NLT). Outside the NLT, in the posterior hypothalamic region, a group of small neurons was found between the third ventricle and the lateral ventricular recess with delicate immunoreactive fibers that did not seem to contribute to the pituitary innervation. MCH-ir perikarya were identified at day 4 after hatching (AH) in a proliferating zone of the hypothalamic floor. Pituitary innervation could be detected at this stage. Another group of small MCH-ir neurons, only detected in pre-juvenile stages, originated close to the third ventricle in the medial hypothalamic region by day 6 AH. αMSH-ir neurons were localized in similar regions of the NLT and in the nucleus periventricularis posterior (NPP). Free MCH-ir neuromasts were detected in the ventral and dorsal skin of larval heads. These epidermal sensory organs were in close association with blood vessels and dermal melanocytes, suggesting that MCH synthesized in larval skin might act in an endocrine way reaching different targets and/or in a paracrine mode regulating melanin concentration in dermal melanocytes.