Bipolarity of duodenal enterochromaffin cells in the rat |
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Authors: | Dr. O. Nilsson H. Ahlman M. Geffard A. Dahlström L. E. Ericson |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Neurobiology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden;(2) Department of Surgery I, Sahlgren's Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden;(3) Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie, Institut de Biochimie Cellulaire et Neurochimie du CNRS, Bordeaux, France;(4) Department of Anatomy, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden;(5) Institute of Neurobiology, University of Göteborg, P.O.B. 33031, S-40033 Göteborg, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Summary Enterochromaffin cells of the rat duodenum have been studied immunocytochemically by use of a specific antiserum to serotonin. At the light-microscopic level serotonin immunoreactivity was observed in enterochromaffin cells located in the epithelium of the duodenal mucosa. Most of the serotonin-immunoreactive material was localized to the basal portion of the enterochromaffin cells, but small amounts of immunoreactive material were regularly observed in the apical portion. At the electron-microscopic level serotonin immunoreactivity in enterochromaffin cells was found to be concentrated over the dense cores of the cytoplasmic granules. The majority of these granules was located in the basal cytoplasm of the enterochromaffin cells, but serotonin-immunoreactive granules were also observed in the apical cytoplasm immediately beneath the microvilli. These observations indicate that duodenal enterochromaffin cells are bipolar and that they secrete serotonin both basally, to the circulation, and apically, to the gut lumen. Rat duodenal enterochromaffin cells thus appear to have an exocrine as well as an endocrine function. |
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Keywords: | Enterochromaffin cells Serotonin Duodenum Immunocytochemistry Electron microscopy Rat |
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