PUBLICATION
Identification and distribution of nitric oxide synthase in the brain of adult zebrafish
- Authors
- Holmqvist, B., Ellingsen, B., Alm, P., Forsell, J., Oyan, A.M., Goksoyr, A., Fjose, A., and Seo, H.C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-001026-9
- Date
- 2000
- Source
- Neuroscience letters 292(2): 119-122 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Fjose, Anders, Seo, Hee-Chan
- Keywords
- nitric oxide synthase type-1; teleostei; regeneration; central nervous system; immunocytochemistry; nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; phosphate diaphorase histochemistry; reverse transcription-polymerase; chain reaction; digoxigenin-in situ hybridization
- MeSH Terms
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- Age Factors
- Animals
- Digoxigenin
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- In Situ Hybridization
- Molecular Sequence Data
- NADPH Dehydrogenase/analysis
- Nitric Oxide Synthase/analysis*
- Nitric Oxide Synthase/genetics*
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Telencephalon/enzymology*
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 10998563 Full text @ Neurosci. Lett.
Citation
Holmqvist, B., Ellingsen, B., Alm, P., Forsell, J., Oyan, A.M., Goksoyr, A., Fjose, A., and Seo, H.C. (2000) Identification and distribution of nitric oxide synthase in the brain of adult zebrafish. Neuroscience letters. 292(2):119-122.
Abstract
Nitric oxide (NO) is proposed to be involved in developmental and plastic processes. We investigated the presence and distribution of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) using molecular and histochemical techniques. A partial gene sequence corresponding to the neuronal NOS isoform (nNOS) was identified, and in situ hybridization revealed cellular nNOS mRNA expression throughout the brain of adult zebrafish, distributed in distinct central nuclei and in proliferation zones. NOS immunoreactivity and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase activity partly coincided with the nNOS mRNA expression, however was present also in additional neuronal and non-neuronal cell types. The results indicate the occurrence of different NOS isoforms in the adult brain, of which nNOS may participate in neurotransmission, and in mechanisms related to the continuous growth and neuronal plasticity of the teleost brain.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping