Ultrastructure and immunocytochemistry of endocrine cells in the midgut of the desert locust,Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal) |
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Authors: | L M Montuenga M A Barrenechea Prof P Sesma J López J J Vázquez |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Histology and Pathology, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain;(2) Departamento de Histología y Anatomía Patológica, Universidad de Navarra, Apartado 273, 31080 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain |
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Abstract: | Summary The endocrine cells of the midgut epithelium of the desert locust are found dispersed among the digestive cells and are similar to those of the vertebrate gut. According to their reactivity to silver impregnation techniques and the ultrastructural features of the secretory granules (shape, electron-density, size, and structure) 10 types of endocrine cell have been identified, of which seven are located in the main segment of the midgut or in the enteric caeca, and the other three seem to be present only in the ampullae through which the Malpighian tubules drain into the gut. The endocrine cells have a slender cytoplasmic process that reaches the gut lumen, a feature that supports the receptosecretory nature postulated for this cellular type in insects as well as vertebrates. Antisera directed against mammalian gastrin, CCK, insulin, pancreatic polypeptide and bombesin reacted with some of the endocrine cells. This is the first time that insulin- and bombesin-like immunoreactive cells have been described in the midgut of an insect. |
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Keywords: | Gut hormones Insulin Bombesin Immunocytochemistry Pancreatic polypeptide Cholecystokinin (CCK) Gastrin Schistocerca gregaria (Insecta) |
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