Ultrastructure and complex carbohydrate ultracytochemistry of the cat parotid gland |
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Authors: | G Menghi A M Bondi D Accili L Fumagalli |
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Institution: | Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare, Università di Camerino, Italy. |
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Abstract: | The structure and glycoconjugate content of the cat parotid gland were analyzed at electron microscopic level by applying morphological techniques and three ultrastructural histochemical methods - HID-TCH-SP, LID-TCH-SP and PA-TCH-SP. This gland appeared as a typical salivary gland composed of acinar secretory cells, intercalated ducts, striated ducts and excretory ducts. The most common configuration of secretory granules consisted of a dense core surrounded by a variable electron-lucent halo. All ductal segments were characterized by the presence of different cell populations and small apical granules greatly different from those localized in the acinar cells. By using HID-TCH-SP we were able to demonstrate that in a few acinar cells there are sulphated sites, whereas PA-TCH-SP staining revealed the presence of vic-glycol radicals in all acinar cells preferentially located on the halo of secretory granules. |
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