Distribution of Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide -Containing Nerves in the Upper Airway of the Guinea Pig

Jeon, Sea Young; Sung, Jae Jun; Song, Byung Uk; Park, Jung Je; Jung, Tae Gee; Sim, Bo Seong

doi:10.35420/jcohns.1997.8.2.279

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1997; 8(2):279-285

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.1997.8.2.279

원저

기니픽 상기도의 Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide 함유 신경의 분포

전시영¹, 성재준¹, 송병욱¹, 박정제¹, 정태기¹, 심보성¹

Distribution of Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide -Containing Nerves in the Upper Airway of the Guinea Pig

Sea Young Jeon¹, Jae Jun Sung¹, Byung Uk Song¹, Jung Je Park¹, Tae Gee Jung¹, Bo Seong Sim¹

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¹경상대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실

¹Department of Otolaryngology, College of Mediene, Kyung Sang Unwersiiy，Jin Ju, Korea

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Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide(VIP) is a 28-amino acid peptide extracted from porcine duodenum as a potent vasodilator, originally. Current evidence suggests that VIP mediates inhibitory-nonadrenergic noncholinergic effects in the respiratory tract of several species, including human. It has been reported that vasoactive intestinal polypeptide-containing nerves relax the airway smooth muscle and blood vessels and stimulate glandular secretion in the airway mucosa.

The present study was undertaken to localize VlP-containing nerves in the upper airway oi the guinea pig using rabbit anti-VIP serum and avidin- biotin-complex method.

VIP-containing nerves were distributed around glands, excretory duct, along sinusoid wall and around small blood vessels of nasal mucosa and distributed in the smooth muscle of trachea. Some VIP-containing ganglion cells were distributed in the sphenopalatine ganglion.

In conclusion, these finding imply that VIP coexists with acetylcholine along the cholinergic nerve fibers in the airway mucosa and has regulatory function in glandular secretion, vasodilation and bronchodilation in the upper airway of the guinea pig.

Keywords: Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide; Immunohistochemistry nasal mucosa; Sphenopalatine ganglion; Tracheal smooth muscle