Abstract
The concentration of immunoreactive (IR) vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) in extracts from bovine adrenal medulla was 29.9 ± 7.2 pmol/g wet wt., which was about 100 times that of IR neurotensin and 30 times that of IR somatostatin. Chromatographic analysis showed that most of the IR-VIP was the same molecular size as synthetic VIP(1–28). On retrograde perfusion of isolated bovine adrenal gland, release of VIP with catecholamine (CA) was marked on stimulation with high K +, but slight on stimulation with acetylcholine, which induced marked release of CA. These results suggest that most of the VIP is localized not in CA storing granules in chromaffin cells, but in other intraadrenal neuronal components. In immunohistochemical studies, IR VIP fibers with large varicosities were observed around the vessels in the adrenal medulla.
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