Cytochemical localization of complex carbohydrates in the thyroid gland of normal and TSH-treated mice |
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Authors: | S. Tamura H. Fujita |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Anatomy, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Kasumi 1-2-3, 734 Hiroshima, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary The silver methenamine method for the ultrastructural localization of carbohydrates and glycoproteins was applied to the thyroid glands of normal and TSH-treated mice. The majority of the cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum showed a weak, but apparently positive reaction. These findings support the opinion that glycosylation of thyroglobulin occurs initially in the rough endoplasmic reticulum. By this method the Golgi apparatus was observed to display a staining gradient. The intermediate to inner saccules were intensely stained, whereas the outer saccules were not so heavily stained. This phenomenon indicates that the Golgi apparatus has a functional polarity for the addition of carbohydrates to thyroglobulin and other proteins. In the inner and/or the peripheral regions of the Golgi apparatus and in the apical cytoplasm, a large number of globules of various sizes, considered to be colloid droplets, lysosomes and apical secreting vesicles, showed a positive reaction. The luminal colloid was also positive with silver methenamine staining, with almost the same intensity as the globules and vesicles.This study was supported by a grant from the Japan Ministry of Education |
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