Abstract

The existence, distribution and density of various neuropeptides in human submandibular and parotid glands were investigated using immunocytochemistry and radioimmunoassay. Numerous nerve fibers containing vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) and peptide histidine methionine (PHM), or neuropeptide Y (NPY) and C-flanking peptide of NPY (CPON) immunoreactivities (ir) were found in close association to acini, ducts and blood vessels. Only few calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)- and substance P (SP)-ir nerve fibers could be demonstrated, mainly localized around blood vessels and ducts. Galanin and the newly discovered peptides helospectin and pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide (PACAP) could not be detected in human salivary glands.

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