Ultrastructural localization of NADPH-diaphorase and colocalization of nitric oxide synthase in endothelial cells of the rabbit aorta |
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Authors: | Andrzej Loesch Abebech Belai Geoffrey Burnstock |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT London, UK;(2) Centre for Neuroscience, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT London, UK |
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Abstract: | This is the first report on the ultrastructural pattern of distribution of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase (NADPH-d) in endothelial cells, using the rabbit aorta, and its colocalization with the neuronal isoform (type I) of nitric oxide synthase. About 30% of the endothelial cells showed a positive reaction for NADPH-d compared to about 6% for nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity. Simultaneous double histochemical-immunocytochemical labelling procedures indicate that all of the cells displaying nitric oxide synthase-positive reactivity also contained NADPH-d; the remainder of NADPH-d-positive endothelial cells were negative for this isoform of nitric oxide synthase. Nitric oxide synthase-immunogold labelling was mostly associated with free ribosomes, while NADPH-d activity was distributed largely in patches in the cytoplasm and in association with the cell membrane. |
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Keywords: | NADPH-diaphorase Nitric oxide synthase Colocalization Aortic endothelium Rabbit |
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