Neuroendocrine structures of the small intestine of the capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Mammalia, Rodentia)

Author:

Rodrigues Sartori Sirlene Souza1,Peixoto Juliano Vogas2,Lopes Vanessa de Paula Guimarães1,Barbosa Alfredo José Afonso3,Neves Clóvis Andrade4,Fonseca Cláudio César5

Affiliation:

1. 1Department of Animal Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

2. 2Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Lavras, Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil

3. 3Department of Pathological Anatomy and Legal Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

4. 4Department of General Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

5. 5Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Abstract

Abstract A complex network of nerve fibers of the enteric nervous system and enteroendocrine cells is known to regulate the gastrointestinal tract. The distribution and frequency of the argyrophil, argentaffin and serotonin immunoreactive endocrine cells and of the submucosal and myenteric nervous ganglia were studied in the small intestine of the capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, aiming to verify the existence of possible numerical correlations between endocrine cells and nervous ganglia. Fragments of the duodenum, jejunum and ileum of adult animals were collected and processed according to routine histological techniques. To study the nervous ganglia, hematoxylin and eosin staining was used, while specific staining techniques were used to study the argyrophil, argentaffin and serotonin immunoreactive endocrine cells: Grimelius, modified Masson-Fontana and peroxidase anti-peroxidase, respectively. Endocrine cells were more abundant in the area of the crypts and, in relation to their morphology, ‘open type’ endocrine cells prevailed. The population of argyrophil cells was larger than that of argentaffin cells, and these cells were larger than serotonin immunoreactive cells. The frequency of endocrine cells was apparently greater in the duodenum, indicating the importance of this intestinal segment in digestive and absorptive functions. Prominent nervous ganglia were observed in the submucosal and myenteric plexi, and were larger and more frequent in the myenteric plexus. A numerical correlation was found among the endocrine cells (argentaffin and serotonin immunoreactive cells) and the myenteric nervous ganglia, suggesting the presence of physiological interactions among the endocrine and nervous systems for the control of intestinal activities. The findings in this study contribute to the understanding of the digestive processes of this species, which may also help in its conservation and future survival.

Publisher

Brill

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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