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ArticleJournal of molecular histology2021

Distribution, shape, and immunohistochemical characteristics of serotonin-immunoreactive neuroendocrine cells in the urethra and periurethral genital organs in mice.

Kei-Ichiro Uemura, Tasuku Hiroshige, Kosuke Ueda, Keisuke Ohta, Tokumasa Hayashi, Shingo Hirashima, Tomonoshin Kanazawa, Makoto Nakiri, Tsukasa Igawa, Kei-Ichiro Nakamura

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Kei-Ichiro UemuraDivision of Microscopic and Developmental Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. uepooh2@icloud.com.
Tasuku HiroshigeDivision of Microscopic and Developmental Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kosuke UedaDepartment of Urology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
Keisuke OhtaDivision of Microscopic and Developmental Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
Tokumasa HayashiDepartment of Urology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
Shingo HirashimaDivision of Microscopic and Developmental Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
Tomonoshin KanazawaDivision of Microscopic and Developmental Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
Makoto NakiriDepartment of Urology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
Tsukasa IgawaDepartment of Urology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kei-Ichiro NakamuraDivision of Microscopic and Developmental Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kurume University · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19K09743
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study is to clarify the disibution, shape, and immunohistochemical characteristics of serotonin-immunoreactive neuroendocrine cells (SIR-NECs) in mouse prostate and in the surrounding genital organs by histological and immunohistochemical analysis of the light microscopic serial sections of urethra. We collected lower urinary tracts from 13-week-old mice and observed the distribution pattern and shape of the SIR-NECs by serial light microscopy. The organs on the sections were divided into three anatomical zones to clarify the distribution pattern of SIR-NECs: (1) zone A, the ducts near the prostatic urethra; (2) zone B, the ducts outside the urethral sphincter; and (3) zone C, the acinus areas. Sections were double immune-stained with antibodies against serotonin and one of neuroendocrine-related factors (NRFs), including 10 neural cell markers and eight neurotransmitters, and also 4',6-diamino-2-phenylindole (DAPI). In addition, SIR-NECs were double immune-stained with antibodies against cytokeratin 5 (CK5) and p63, together with DAPI. SIR-NECs were mostly localized in zone A, and no SIR-NECs were observed in zone C. The proportion of flask-shaped SIR-NECs was approximately 15% in zones A and B. No flask-shaped SIR-NECs were observed in urethral epithelia. The NRFs co-localized with SIR-NEC were calcitonin gene-related peptide, CD56, chromogranin A, neuron-specific enolase, neuron cytoplastic protein 9.5, and synaptophysin (72.3%, 73.2%, 88.9%, 92.3%, 91.7%, and 81.9%, respectively). CK5 and p63 were not co-localized with SIR-NECs. In this study, SIR-NEC of the urethra and the surrounding genital organs was ubiquitous in the urethra and the ducts near the urethra and co-expressed specific nerve-related NRFs.

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AnimalsBiological TransportBiomarkersEpithelial CellsFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGenitaliaImmunohistochemistryMaleMiceNeuroendocrine CellsNeurotransmitter AgentsProstateSerotoninUrethraBiomarkersNeurotransmitter AgentsSerotoninGenital organNeuroendocrine cellProstateSerotoninUrethra

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