人胎气管内胰岛淀粉样多肽免疫反应细胞的个体发生(英文)

为了进一步探讨胰岛淀粉样多肽（ＩＡＰＰ）的分布、定位以及它与其他生物活性物质的关系;用ＩＡＰＰ组织化学ＰＡＰ邻片双标法,观察了１８例１４～３８周人胎气管内ＩＡＰＰ免疫反应（ＩＲ）细胞的个体发生及与５羟色胺（５－ＨＴ）的关系。结果显示,胎１４周,气管粘膜表面的假复层柱状上皮中已有ＩＡＰＰ－ＩＲ细胞（Ｆｉｇ．１＆２）;１５周开始,粘膜固有层气管腺导管上皮中也出现分散的ＩＡＰＰ－ＩＲ细胞（Ｆｉｇ．３）;随胎龄增长,１７～２１周,气管上皮内ＩＡＰＰ－ＩＲ细胞逐渐增多;免疫染色加深（Ｆｉｇ．４＆５）,有些细胞发出细突直达腔面（Ｆｉｇ．６＆７）,粘膜下层的气管腺腺泡中也有ＩＡＰＰ－ＩＲ（Ｆｉｇ．８）; ２２～３８周,气管内 ＩＡＰＰ－ＩＲ 细胞又呈逐渐减少趋势,ＩＡＰＰ－ＩＲ仅出现在基底锥形细胞中（Ｆｉｇ．９＆１０）,且免疫染色较深。邻片未显５－ＨＴ－ＩＲ。本研究表明,人胎儿期气管上皮细胞内有ＩＡＰＰ的表达;且ＩＡＰＰ－ＩＲ细胞随胎期的发育而发生变化。     

胰岛淀粉样多肽在豚鼠胰腺分布的免疫组织化学研究

本文用免疫组织化学ＡＢＣ法,研究了胰岛淀粉样多肽（Ｉｓｌｅｔａｍｙｌｏｉｄｐｏｌｙｐｅｐｔｉｄｅ,ＩＡＰＰ或称Ａｍｙｌｉｎ）在豚鼠胰脏的分布,并用邻片免疫组织化学双标记法,观察了ＩＡＰＰ与胰岛素（Ｉｎｓｕｌｉｎ,ＩＮＳ）、生长抑素（ＳｏｍａｔｏｓｔａｔｉｎＳＳ）的共存关系。结果显示,豚鼠胰岛内绝大多数细胞都呈ＩＡＰＰ阳性免疫反应,在胰外分泌部的腺泡和导管内也散在分布有ＩＡＰＰ免疫反应阳性细胞。多数ＩＡＰＰ免疫反应阳性的细胞都显示ＩＮＳ免疫反应阳性,胰岛内少数ＩＡＰＰ阳性细胞也呈ＳＳ免疫反应阳性。说明ＩＡＰＰ主要分布在豚鼠的胰岛内．但也少量存在于外分泌部。ＩＡＰＰ主要和ＩＮＳ共存于Ｂ细胞内。但也和ＳＳ共存于Ｄ细胞内,提示ＩＡＰＰ可能通过自分泌途径调节ＩＮＳ和ＳＳ的分泌。     

大鼠生后发育过程中胃肠胰生长抑素基因的表达

本实验采用地高辛精标记ｃＲＮＡ探针原位杂交技术和ＡＢＣ免疫组织化学方法,研究了大鼠生后发育过程中胃肠胰组织生长抑素（ＳＳ）基因的表达。结果显示,大鼠生后发育过程中,胃腺ＳＳ杂交阳性细胞及ＳＳ－ＩＲ细胞的密度（细胞数／ｍｍ粘膜肌长）均随天龄增长而增大,至第１５天前后达高峰,随后开始下降,至成年时,与出生时水平接近;十二指肠则在生后初期细胞密度较高,５天以后开始降低,第２０天后降至成年水平。胰腺的ＳＳ杂交阳性细胞及ＳＳ－ＩＲ细胞密度（细胞数／ｍｍ２）变化规律与胃腺相似,随天龄增大,至第１０天前后达高峰,第２０天左右降至成年水平,与出生水平接近。研究结果表明,胃肠胰组织ＳＳ基因表达与胃肠胰的生长发育具有一定的相关性。     

大鼠胰腺γ-氨基丁酸免疫组织化学定位

本文用ABC—GDN免疫组织化学方法,研究了γ-氨基丁酸(Gamma—Aminobutyric Acid,GABA)在大鼠胰腺的定位和分布,并用相邻切片法,观察它与胰岛素的共存关系。结果发现GABA免疫反应阳性细胞主要分布于胰腺内分泌部(胰岛)。在外分泌部亦有少许分布。大部分胰岛细胞呈GABA免疫反应阳性,集中位于胰岛的中央部。相邻连续切片免疫染色证实GABA与胰岛素共存于胰岛B细胞中。外分泌部胰腺GABA免疫反应阳性细胞,呈零散分布于腺泡和导管上皮间。本文为进一步探讨GABA在胰腺的生理作用提供了形态学依据。     

大鼠BTCe对体外培养胰岛保护作用及对糖尿病大鼠降糖作用的研究

β细胞素(betacellulin,BTC)是目前较受关注的胰岛再生因子,但其促胰腺、胰岛再生的机制不清.BTCe是betacellulin的功能片段,促细胞增殖能力与BTC相同.实验通过原核表达方法获得BTCe蛋白,MTT法证实其促3T3-L1细胞增殖能力.将BTC或BTCe作用于原代培养的大鼠胰岛,观察其对胰岛分泌的急性及长期影响作用,实时定量PCR及免疫荧光检测胰岛内关键基因的表达.将质粒pcDNA3.1-BTCe注射入链脲霉素(STZ)诱导的糖尿病大鼠肌肉中,观察对大鼠血糖的影响作用.加入BTC或BTCe可明显提高体外培养大鼠胰岛的GSIS水平,但实时定量PCR及免疫荧光显示胰岛内4种关键基因的表达并无明显变化;pcDNA3.1-BTCe转染糖尿病大鼠15～20天后血糖出现下降,糖耐量明显改善;免疫荧光显示:胰腺内有大量PDX-1 的导管细胞及胰岛素阳性细胞出现.推测BTC及BTCe对体外长期培养的大鼠胰岛具有一定的保护作用,可能通过促进胰腺内PDX-1 的导管细胞及胰岛素阳性细胞的增殖、诱导对STZ诱导的糖尿病大鼠的高血糖具有一定缓解作用.     

大鼠胼胝体内神经肽Y免疫反应阳性纤维的发育

本实验用免疫组织化学ＡＢＣ法研究了大鼠胼胝体内神经肽Ｙ免疫反应阳性（ＮＰＹ－ＩＲ）纤维的生后发育。结果发现,许多ＮＰＹ－ＩＲ纤维在大鼠出生时便存在于胼胝体内。ＮＰＹ－ＩＲ胼胝体纤维的密度在生后１周内继续逐渐增高,在第２周内达到最高峰。之后,ＮＰＹ－ＩＲ胼胝体纤维的密度逐渐下降,至第３周末时接近成年时的水平,即仅有少量ＮＰＹ－ＩＲ纤维存在于胼胝体内。这些结果提示在大鼠早期生后发育过程中许多ＮＰＹ－ＩＲ胼胝体纤维是暂时性的,其作用可能与大脑皮质的机能发育有关。     

大鼠小肠神经激肽A免疫反应（NKA－Ⅰ）物质分布特征的研究

本实验采用免疫细胞化学ＰＡＰ法,将切片与铺片技术相结合,全面研究了Ｗｉｓｔａｒ大鼠（ｎ＝２０）小肠神经激肽Ａ免疫（ＮＫＡ－Ｉ）阳性物质的分布特征。结果提示：ＮＫＡ－Ｉ神经元单个或多个散在分布于粘膜下和肌间的神经节内,粘膜下神经节处多见。ＮＫＡ－Ｉ神经纤维广泛分布于小肠各段的各层结构中。在小肠粘膜上皮和腺上皮中可见散在分布的ＮＫＡ－Ｉ强阳性细胞,推测为ＮＫＡ－Ｉ内分泌细胞。本文还对ＮＫＡ－Ｉ的形态学特点及生理功能进行了讨论。     

胰岛素对胰腺外分泌功能的影响

我们用链佐霉素选择性地破坏胰岛Ｂ细胞,研究胰岛素在糖尿病大鼠胰腺外分泌功能变化中的作用。结果表明：糖尿病时,胰淀粉酶含量显著减少,胰淀粉酶ｍＲＮＡ也降低为对照组的３．２±０．５％（Ｐ＜０．０）。体外实验表明,糖尿病大鼠胰腺腺泡上１２５Ｉ－胰岛素的结合明显增多。Ｂｍａｘ由对照组的２．８±１０－９ｍｏｌ／Ｌ增加为３．５±１０－９ｍｏｌ／Ｌ（Ｐ＜０．０１）。腺泡对３Ｈ－葡萄糖的摄取,３Ｈ－亮氨酸的掺入以及腺泡膜Ｎａ＋－Ｋ＋ＡＴＰ酶的活性均比正常组明显降低（Ｐ＜０．０１）。补充胰岛素,可翻转上述变化。从而提示,胰岛素在调节胰腺外分泌功能方面具有重要作用。     

PAI—2抑制细胞凋亡依赖其蛋白质结合功能域

将纤深酶原激活剂抑制物２型（ＰＡＩ－２）突变体ＰＡＩ－２ＣＤ和ＰＡＩ－２ＱｃＤＮＡ与真核表达载体ｐｃＤＮＡ３重组,构建真核表达质粒并转染ＨｅＬａ细胞,经Ｇ４１８筛选,Ｎｏｒｔｈｅｒｎ迷鉴定和ＥＬＩＳＡ检测,筛选出稳定表达ＰＡＩ－２ＣＤ和ＰＡＩ－２Ｑ的阳性细胞株。ＥＬＩＳＡ结果表明ＰＡＩ－２突变蛋白质在转染细胞中的表达量与相应野生型ＰＡＩ－２在阳性细胞克隆中的表达量基本相近,ＰＡＩ－２及其突变体在理     

大鼠中缝背核和中央上核内5－HT能神经元生后发育的免疫细胞化学及图像分析研究

本实验采用免疫细胞化学方法,研究了大白鼠中缝背核及中央上核内５－ＨＴ能神经元的生后转折变化,并结合图像分析对中缝中央上核内５－ＨＴ能神经元的生后发育进行了定量研究。结果显示,在生后第１天,中缝背核和中央上核内５－ＨＴ阳性胞体密集排列,突起较短。从Ｐ１到Ｐ３０,中缝背核内,５－ＨＴ阳性胞体密度明显降低,外侧部５－ＨＴ阳性细胞突起的长度显著增加。中缝中央上核内,至Ｐ１０,５－ＨＴ阳性胞体仍密集排列,且胞体增大,至Ｐ３０,细胞排列变得疏松。从Ｐ９０到Ｐ９０,中缝背核和中央上核内阳性细胞的分布及形态无明显变化。统计学处理结果表明,中缝中央上核内５－ＨＴ能胞体数量从Ｐ１到Ｐ３０有显著性增加,从Ｐ３０到Ｐ９０有显著性减少。胞体面积及周长从Ｐ１至Ｐ３０逐渐增加,在Ｐ１０至Ｐ３０阶段增长最快。Ｐ１与Ｐ３０以及Ｐ１与Ｐ９０比较,胞体形状因子显著增加。从Ｐ１至Ｐ３０,中缝中央上核外侧散布的５－ＨＴ阳性细胞逐渐减少,至成年只能偶尔见到,且胞体变得不规则。     

Presence of islet amyloid polypeptide in rat islet B and D cells determines parallelism and dissociation between rat pancreatic islet amyloid polypeptide and insulin content.

The islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) immunoreactivity of the adult rat pancreas is located in insulin-containing B cells as well as in somatostatin-containing D cells. In both cell types, the IAPP immunoreactivity is identical to rat synthetic IAPP in terms of its elution position after reversed phase HPLC and its binding to IAPP antibodies. The IAPP content per 10(6) B-cells is more than 100 fold lower than the corresponding insulin content, but comparable to the IAPP content of D cells. After induction of diabetes by streptozotocin, pancreatic IAPP seems predominantly located in somatostatin-containing cells. In normal rats, pancreatic insulin and IAPP content increase 20 fold from birth to 12 weeks of age; beyond week 12, the further rise in pancreatic insulin was not paralleled by an increase in IAPP content.     

Ontogeny of hormone-secreting cells of the rat pituitary gland: An immunocytochemical study on dissociated cells

Summary An immunocytochemical study was undertaken in foetal, prepubertal and mature rats to determine the time of differentiation of various types of adenohypophyseal cells during development. Freshly dissociated pituitary cells from foetal (18–21 days postconception), neonatal (from birth up to 30 days) and adult rats (more than 8 weeks) were characterized using immunocytochemical methods. All types of hormone-producing cells were present at day 18 postconception, although only 20% of the cells were immunolabelled. Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)-secreting cells accounted for the highest number of hormone-positive cells. Growth hormone-secreting cells increased remarkably from day 18 postconception onwards. Prolactin-secreting cells were not seen in the foetal adenohypophysis and did not start to increase until 10 days after birth, whereas by that time the number of ACTH, thyrotropin, follicle-stimulating and luteinizing hormone-secreting cells had stopped increasing. By day 30 after birth, 80–95% of the cells were immunoreactive.     

Distribution and colocalization of nitric oxide synthase and NADPH-diaphorase in adrenal gland of developing,adult and aging Sprague-Dawley rats

The distribution and colocalization of nitric oxide synthase and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-diaphorase (NADPH-diaphorase) was investigated in the adrenal gland of developing, adult and aging rats with the use of immunohistochemical and histochemical techniques. Nitric oxide synthase-immunoreactive neurons within the adrenal gland were found from the 20th day of gestation onwards. During early development the neurons were found as small clusters of smaller-size cells compared to those observed in the adult gland. Their number reached that of adult level by the 4th day after birth, and in the glands from aging rats a 28.6% increase was observed. Whilst no immunofluorescence was seen in chromaffin cells during early development, some cells from glands of aging rats showed nitric oxide synthase-immunoreactivity with varying intensity. The immunoreactive neurons from postnatal rat adrenals were also positive for NADPH-diaphorase, whilst those in prenatal rats were negative or lightly stained. Nitric oxide synthase-immunoreactive nerve fibres were present in all adrenal glands examined from the 16th day of gestation onwards. A considerable degree of variation in the distribution of immunoreactive fibres both in medulla and outer region of cortex at the different age groups was observed and described. Most, but not all, nitric oxide synthase-immunoreactive nerve fibres also showed NADPH-diaphorase staining.     

Islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) in the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas of man and rat

Summary An immunohistochemical study for islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) was made on the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and pancreas of man and rat, using antisera raised against a synthetic peptide of C-terminal human IAPP (24–37) and a synthetic peptide of rat IAPP (18–37). A large number of IAPP-immunoreactive cells were found in the pyloric antrum, and a small number in the body of the stomach in both man and rat. Cytoplasmic processes extended out from the bipolar peripheral region of the immunoreactive cells, rather like neuronal processes, and some appeared to make contact with other immunoreactive cells. In addition, small numbers of immunoreactive cells were also seen in the duodenum and rectum, whereas they were absent from the jejunum, ileum and large intestine. An examination was made for evidence of colocalization of IAPP-immunoreactive material with material immunoreactive for gastrin, somatostatin, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, pancreatic polypeptide, insulin, and glucagon, but none was found. IAPP-immunoreactive cells were also found in the pancreas of non-diabetic and non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients, but they were completely absent from a patient with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus despite the presence of IAPP in the plasma. The results of these studies suggest that the peptide may have a biological role in situ in the GI tract and, in addition to the pancreas, may be a possible source of plasma IAPP.     

Ontogenetic appearance of somatostatin-containing nerve terminals in the median eminence of rats

Summary The development of immunoreactive (ir) somatostatin-containing nerve terminals in the rat median eminence (ME) has been examined electron-microscopically. Nerve fibers containing ir particles scattered throughout the axoplasm are first seen in the external layer of the ME on day 18.5 of gestation, and, on day 21.5 appear to terminate on the basement membrane of the perivascular space of the portal vessels. After birth, the fiber terminals contain several membrane-limited granules, which are labeled with ir PAP particles. Ultrathin, Epon-embedded sections of ME, treated by the protein A gold-labeling method for somatostatin, demonstrate positively labeled granules in the nerve fibers in the postnatal ME, but in the prenatal tissue, no specific gold-labeling is found. These findings show that, in the external layer of the ME, somatostatin storing occurs in the granules in the axonal terminals after birth.     

Ontogenetic development of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)-containing neural elements in the brain of the chicken during incubation and after hatching

Summary In chicken embryos of different ages and in young chickens after hatching, neural elements reacting with antibodies generated against synthetic ovine corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) were studied by means of the peroxidase-anti-peroxidase (PAP) technique at the lightmicroscopic level. CRF-immunoreactivity was first observed in perikarya located in the periventricular part of the hypothalamus on the 14th day of the incubation period. CRF-containing neural elements were detected on the same day of incubation in the external zone of the median eminence, but not in all investigated animals. In extrahypothalamic sites, immunoreactive perikarya were demonstrable in the central gray of the mesencephalon on the 15th day of incubation. Furthermore, immunoreactive cells appeared in other brain regions such as nucleus accumbens and dorsomedial nucleus of the thalamus after hatching. The present observations provide information regarding the functional development of the hypothalamo-hypophyseal-adrenal axis in the chick embryo.     

Immunohistochemical detection of prolactin in the hypophysis of the chick and chick embryo

The appearance and localization of immunoreactive prolactin in the adenohypophysis of chick embryos and chickens was studied by antisera to the bovine prolactin. Immunoreactive prolactin was found in the chick embryos from the 15th day of development on using the methods of indirect immunofluorescence and of unlabelled antibodies with a complex PAP. In the chick embryos and in chickens during the first 10 days of life, the prolactin-containing cells were distributed, mainly, in the cephalic part of adenohypophysis; in the chickens, scarce cells were also found in the caudal part. These results suggest that in the domestic fowl the immunoreactive prolactin, similar by immunochemical specificity with the mammalian prolactin, is a late appearing marker of the adenohypophysis differentiation.     

Postnatal appearance of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH)-like material in the pineal gland of the rat

Summary Immunoreactive luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH)-like material has been demonstrated in the pineal gland of the adult rat. The objective of the present study was to examine the ontogenetic development of this LHRH-like substance in the rat pineal with the peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) method of Sternberger. LHRH-like immunoreactive material was not observed in pineal glands of newborn rats. The amount of material increased progressively from the 6th–12th day of postnatal development. On day 12, the amount of LHRH-like immunoreactivity was consistent and comparable in all pineal glands of male and female animals examined.Supported by NIH Grant 1 R01 HD-12956