Immunocytochemical and ultrastructural correlates of the pineal inhibition of prolactin cell activity in blind-anosmic female rats |
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| Authors: | Dr Christopher A Leadem David E Blask |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Anatomy, University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, USA;(2) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, 32610 Gainesville, Florida, USA |
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| Abstract: | Summary The effects of the pineal gland on the light microscopic-immunocytochemical and ultrastructural appearance of pituitary mammotrophs were studied in female rats eight weeks after prepubertal blinding and olfactory bulbectomy.Blinding and anosmia resulted in a marked decrease in the size of the pars distalis concomitant with a reduction in the apparent number and size of PRL cells as compared with intact animals. Ultrastructurally, these cells appeared much less active than those of intact rats. The small and angular-shaped mammotrophs of blind-anosmic rats characteristically exhibited scant arrays of rough endoplasmic reticulum, small Golgi complexes with few immature secretory granules, few mature secretory granules and rare exocytosis patterns.Pinealectomy tended to reverse the effects of blinding and anosmia on pars distalis size and PRL cell size, apparent number and ultrastructure. In fact, the mammotrophs of blind-anosmic-pinealectomized rats were quite similar in ultrastructural appearance to those of intact rats.From these data we conclude that the pineal causes mammotroph hypotrophy and hypoplasia in blind-anosmic female rats.Supported by USPHS Biomedical Research Support Grant # RR 05675. The authors thank Dr. Bruce A. Richardson for his kind help with the immunocytochemistry |
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| Keywords: | Pineal gland Prolactin Mammotroph Blind-anosmic Pituitary |
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