5-HT1D receptor immunoreactivity in the sphenopalatine ganglion: implications for the efficacy of triptans in the treatment of autonomic signs associated with cluster headache
Ivanusic, Jason J., Kwok, Matthew M.K., Ahn, Andrew H., and Jennings, Ernest A. (2011) 5-HT1D receptor immunoreactivity in the sphenopalatine ganglion: implications for the efficacy of triptans in the treatment of autonomic signs associated with cluster headache. Headache, 51 (3). pp. 392-402.
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Abstract
Objective.- To determine if 5-HT(1D) receptors are located in the sphenopalatine ganglion. Background.- While the 5-HT(1D) receptor has been described in sensory and sympathetic ganglia in the head, it was not known whether they were also located in parasympathetic ganglia.
Methods.- We used retrograde labeling combined with immunohistochemistry to examine 5-HT(1D) receptor immunoreactivity in rat sphenopalatine ganglion neurons that project to the lacrimal gland, nasal mucosa, cerebral vasculature, and trigeminal ganglion. Results.- We found 5-HT(1D) receptor immunoreactivity in nerve terminals around postganglionic cell bodies within the sphenopalatine ganglion. All 5-HT(1D) -immunoreactive terminals were also immunoreactive for calcitonin gene-related peptide but not vesicular acetylcholine transporter, suggesting that they were sensory and not preganglionic parasympathetic fibers. Our retrograde labeling studies showed that approximately 30% of sphenopalatine ganglion neurons innervating the lacrimal gland, 23% innervating the nasal mucosa, and 39% innervating the trigeminal ganglion were in apparent contact with 5-HT(1D) receptor containing nerve terminals.
Conclusion.- These data suggest that 5-HT(1D) receptors within primary afferent neurons that innervate the sphenopalatine ganglion are in a position to modulate the excitability of postganglionic parasympathetic neurons that innervate the lacrimal gland and nasal mucosa, as well as the trigeminal ganglion. This has implications for triptan (5-HT(1D) receptor agonist) actions on parasympathetic symptoms in cluster headache.
| Item ID: | 15633 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1526-4610 |
| Keywords: | parasympathetic; 5-HT1D; sumatriptan; trigeminal; axon reflex; calcitonin gene-related peptide |
| Funders: | NH&MRC, Brain Foundation- Australia, NIH |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2011 06:56 |
| FoR Codes: | 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1109 Neurosciences > 110902 Cellular Nervous System @ 40% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1109 Neurosciences > 110905 Peripheral Nervous System @ 40% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1105 Dentistry > 110502 Dental Therapeutics, Pharmacology and Toxicology @ 20% |
| SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920111 Nervous System and Disorders @ 100% |
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