Stage-specific localization of cytoskeletal actin mRNA in murine seminiferous tubules and intestinal epithelia as demonstrated by in-situ hybridization |
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Authors: | Dr. Shigeru Sakiyama Yohko Nakamura Katsuo Tokunaga Hiroshi Takazawa Yoshinori Ohwaki Toshio Nagano |
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Affiliation: | (1) Division of Biochemistry, Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute, Chiba, Japan;(2) Department of Pathology, Chiba National Hospital, Chiba, Japan;(3) Department of Anatomy, Chiba University, School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan;(4) Division of Biochemistry, Chiba Cancer Center Research Institute, 666-2, Nitona, 280 Chiba, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary In-situ hybridization experiments have been performed using isoactin ( and )-specific riboprobes in various tissues of the rat and mouse. Distribution of the grains of actin mRNAs for both and types was similar throughout sections of the rat testis. Although both mRNAs were evenly distributed in the seminiferous tubule, extremely heavy labeling was observed in about 10% of the seminiferous tubules that could be identified as stage XII of spermatogenesis. At high magnification, grains of the mRNA were found in the cytoplasm of elongating spermatids and in the Sertoli cell cytoplasm at the adluminal side. Much higher density of the grains of mRNA was observed in the neck region of the spermatids at stage XII. Thus, the dense distribution of cytoskeletal actin mRNAs is stage-specific in the tubule during spermatogenesis in the rat. The high expression of both and actin mRNAs was also observed in the epithelial cells of the intestinal crypts. |
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Keywords: | Actin mRNA In-situ hybridization Spermatogenesis Seminiferous epithelium Intestinal crypt cell Mouse (C 57) Rat (Wistar) |
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