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Distribution of vitamin D binding protein expressing neurons in the rat hypothalamus.

We observed immunostaining for vitamin D binding protein (DBP) in rat hypothalamus. Part of the supraoptic and of the paraventricular neurons showed DBP immunoreactivity, in part colocalized with Arg-vasopressin. DBP was also observed in widespread axonal projections throughout the lateral hypothalamus, the median eminence and the posterior pituitary lobe. A portion of ependymal cells, the choroids plexus epithelium and some of the endocrine cells in the anterior pituitary lobe contained DBP immunoreactivity. In situ hybridization of semithin sections with a synthetic oligonucleotide probe to DBP mRNA resulted in staining of magnocellular hypothalamic neurons, but not of ependymal cells or anterior lobe cells. Our observations indicate an intrinsic expression of DBP in the rat hypothalamus. DBP may be synthesized and transported along with the classical neurohypophyseal hormones. The multiple locations of DBP-expressing neurons indicate multiple functional properties: DBP may be released from in the posterior lobe, it may act as a hypophyseotropic factor and as a central neuroactive substance.

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