Immunohistochemical localization of a calcium pump and calbindin-D28k in the oviduct of the laying hen |
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| Authors: | R. H. Wasserman C. A. Smith C. M. Smith M. E. Brindak C. S. Fullmer L. Krook J. T. Penniston R. Kumar |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Physiology, VRT717, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, 14853 Ithaca, NY, USA;(2) Department of Pathology, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, 14853 Ithaca, NY, USA;(3) Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, 55905 Rochester, MN, USA;(4) Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, 55905 Rochester, MN, USA |
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| Abstract: | Summary The localization of a plasma membrane calcium pump in the oviduct of the laying hen was investigated by immunohistochemical techniques, utilizing a monoclonal antibody (5F10) produced against the human erythrocyte calcium pump. This antibody was shown to react with an epitope of the pump in oviductal tissue, and prominent staining was observed on the microvilli of the tubular gland cells of the hen shell gland (uterus) and the isthmus. The Ca2+ pump was not detectable in the infundibulum or the magnum. Calbindin-D28k, also localized by immunohistochemical means, was observed to be present in the tubular gland cells of the shell gland and the distal isthmus (adjacent to shell gland) but not in either the proximal isthmus (adjacent to the magnum), the magnum or the infundibulum. The localization of the Ca2+ pump in the oviduct corresponds to known sites of mineral deposition during egg shell formation. The distribution of calbindin-D28k differed, co-localizing with the Ca2+ pump in the shell gland and distal isthmus but not in the proximal isthmus. This might reflect a greater rate of active Ca2+ secretion in the distal isthmus and shell gland as compared to the proximal isthmus. |
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