Abstract
The distributions of gut hormones in the colon of Hirschsprung's disease were investigated by the peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) immunohistochemical method. Three colonic segments (ganglionic, oligoganglionic, and aganglionic) were stained by the unlabeled antibody enzyme method. The immunoreactivity of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) was found to be reduced in the oligoganglionic and aganglionic segments. Antisera to substance P and met-enkephalin demonstrated immunoreactive cells and fibers in the ganglionic segment, whereas these cells and fibers were almost completely absent in the oligoganglionic and aganglionic segments. A similar distribution was seen for the mucosal endocrine cells with somatostatin immunoreactivity. Antisera to neurotensin, motilin, bombesin, and cholecystokinin revealed no immunoreactivity in the normal colon or the three segments. The differences in these peptides between normal and impaired colonal segments may be one of the causes of colon constriction in Hirschsprung's disease.
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