Effect of Brn-3a deficiency on parvalbumin-, calbindin D-28k-, calretinin- and calcitonin gene-related peptide-immunoreactive primary sensory neurons in the trigeminal ganglion

Aug 2, 2002Neuroscience

Impact of Brn-3a deficiency on different types of sensory nerve cells in the face's main sensory ganglion

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Abstract

A 63% decrease in parvalbumin-immunoreactive neurons was observed in Brn-3a knockout mice compared to wildtype.

In wildtype mice, the trigeminal ganglion was rich in parvalbumin-, calbindin D-28k-, and CGRP-immunoreactive neurons, but lacked calretinin-immunoreactive neurons.
Brn-3a knockout led to a 3.5-fold increase in calbindin D-28k-immunoreactive neurons and a 91-fold increase in calretinin-immunoreactive neurons.
Loss of Brn-3a resulted in the presence of small (<100 microm²) neurons while reducing the proportion of larger (>200 microm²) neurons.
In the oro-facial tissues of knockout mice, parvalbumin-immunoreactive fibers significantly decreased, while calbindin D-28k-immunoreactive fibers increased.
CGRP-immunoreactive neurons and fibers remained unchanged in Brn-3a knockout mice.

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Immunohistochemistry for parvalbumin, calbindin D-28k, calretinin and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) was performed on the trigeminal ganglion and oro-facial tissues in Brn-3a wildtype and knockout mice at embryonic day 18.5 and postnatal day 0. In wildtype mice, the trigeminal ganglion contained abundant parvalbumin-, calbindin D-28k- and CGRP-immunoreactive neurons while the ganglion was almost devoid of calretinin-immunoreactive neurons. In Brn-3a knockout mice, a 63% decrease of parvalbumin-immunoreactive neurons was detected. In contrast, the absence of Brn-3a dramatically increased the number of calbindin D-28k-immunoreactive (3.5-fold increase) and calretinin-immunoreactive neurons (91-fold increase). The number of CGRP-immunoreactive neurons, however, was not altered by the Brn-3a deficiency. Cell size analysis indicated that loss of Brn-3a increased the proportions of small (<100 microm (2)) parvalbumin-, calbindin D-28k- and CGRP-immunoreactive neurons while it decreased those of large (>200 microm(2)) immunoreactive cells. Calretinin-immunoreactive neurons were either small or medium (100-200 microm (2)) in mutant mice. The oro-facial tissues contained parvalbumin-, calbindin D-28k- and CGRP-immunoreactive fibers, but not calretinin-immunoreactive ones in wildtype mice. In Brn-3a knockout mice, the number of parvalbumin-immunoreactive fibers markedly decreased in the infraorbital nerve and parvalbumin-immunoreactive endings disappeared in the vibrissa. In contrast, the number of calbindin D-28k-immunoreactive fibers increased significantly in the infraorbital and mental nerves. In addition, calbindin D-28k-immunoreactive endings appeared in the vibrissa. As well, some fibers showed calretinin-immunoreactivity in the infraorbital nerve of the mutant. However, no obvious change of CGRP-immunoreactive fibers was observed in the oro-facial region of knockout mice. Taken together, our data suggest that Brn-3a deficiency has effects on the expression of neurochemical substances in the trigeminal ganglion.

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Effect of Brn-3a deficiency on parvalbumin-, calbindin D-28k-, calretinin- and calcitonin gene-related peptide-immunoreactive primary sensory neurons in the trigeminal ganglion

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