Abstract
The expression patterns of adenosine A 1 receptors (A 1Rs), adenosine deaminase (ADA) and ADA binding protein (CD26) were studied in goldfish brain using mammalian monoclonal antibody against A 1R and polyclonal antibodies against ADA and CD26. Western blot analysis revealed the presence of a band of 35 kDa for A 1R in membrane preparations and a band of 43 kDa for ADA in both cytosol and membranes. Immunohistochemistry on goldfish brain slices showed that A 1 receptors were present in several neuronal cell bodies diffused in the telencephalon, cerebellum, optic tectum. In the rhombencephalon, large and medium sized neurons of the raphe nucleus showed a strong immunopositivity. A 1R immunoreactivity was also present in the glial cells of the rhombencephalon and optic tectum. An analogous distribution was observed for ADA immunoreactivity. Tests for the presence of CD26 gave positive labelling in several populations of neurons in the rhombencephalon as well as in the radial glia of optic tectum, where immunostaining for ADA and A 1R was observed. In goldfish astrocyte cultures the immunohistochemical staining of A 1R, ADA and CD26, performed on the same cell population, displayed a complete overlapping distribution of the three antibodies. The parallel immunopositivity, at least in some discrete neuronal areas, for A 1Rs, ADA and CD26 led us to hypothesize that a co-localization among A 1R, ecto-ADA and CD26 also exists in the neurons of goldfish since it has been established to exist in the neurons of mammals. Moreover, we have demonstrated for the first time, that A 1R, ecto-ADA and CD26 co-localization is present on the astroglial component of the goldfish brain. This raises the possibility that a similar situation is also shown in the glia of the mammalian brain.
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