Abstract
In order to make an immunohistochemical analysis of the development of the caudal neurosecretory system of the chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, we employed the peroxidase-anti-peroxidase technique using antisera specific for urotensins (U) I and II on artificially reared embryos, larvae, and juveniles of this species. Immunoreactivities for UI and UII were first demonstrated in the embryo immediately before hatching, showing labeled perikarya and fibers in the most caudal region of the spinal cord where the presumptive caudal neurosecretory system is located. However, distinct differentiation of the histological neurohemal organ had not yet begun in the embryo. Immunoreactive perikarya and fibers gradually increased in number, and an elaborate urophysis comparable to that of adults was demonstrated in the larvae about 5 months after hatching. At this stage, weak immunoreactivity against UI was detected in the neurohypophysis.
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Oka, S., Chiba, A., Honma, Y. et al. Development of the caudal neurosecretory system of the chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, as revealed by immunohistochemistry for urotensins I and II. Cell Tissue Res 272, 221–226 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00302727
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