Distribution of nitric oxide synthase in the human cerebral blood vessels and brain tissues

Hidekazu Tomimoto, Masaki Nishimura, Toshihiko Suenaga, Sinichi Nakamura, Ichiro Akiguchi, Hideaki Wakita, Jun Kimura, Bernd Mayer

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The distribution of nitric oxide synthase was investigated in human cerebral blood vessels and brain tissues. NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry, which is a marker for nitric oxide synthase in neurons and endothelial cells, revealed periadventitial nerve fibers in the arteries of the circle of Willis and their cortical branches, as well as the common carotid and subclavian arteries. The fibers were mostly nonvaricose in the periadventitial nerve trunk and were varicose within the adventitia. Patchy reaction products were distributed in the perinuclear region of each endothelial cell. Smooth muscle cells in the tunica media were weakly stained. Staining was particularly intense in regions with atherosclerotic changes, which consist of macrophage infiltration and proliferation of fibroblasts. In the neural parenchyma, two types of NADPH-diaphorase reactive neurons were differentiated. Type I neurons were intensely stained, medium-sized, and bipolar or multipolar. They were distributed in the cerebral cortex and white matter, mostly in the subcortical white matter. Type II neurons were lightly stained, small oval neurons with fine processes and were distributed in the cerebral cortex. Endothelial cells were intensely reactive for NADPH-diaphorase in the arteries, arterioles, and capillaries but weakly in veins. Immunohistochemistry for neural nitric oxide synthase labeled perivascular nerves in the larger arteries and those in the neural parenchyma. Both type I and type II neurons were labeled. Nitric oxide synthase in endothelial cells and the nerve encircling blood vessels further suggests a dual control of cerebral circulation by nitric oxide in human brain.

本文言語英語
ページ(範囲)930-938
ページ数9
ジャーナルJournal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
14
6
DOI
出版ステータス出版済み - 11-1994
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • 神経学
  • 臨床神経学
  • 循環器および心血管医学

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