ISSN:
1432-0878
Keywords:
Anterior pituitary (ovine)
;
Gonadotropic cells
;
Electron microscopic immunocytochemistry
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary An immunocytochemical technique using the peroxidase-antiperoxidase complex (PAP) was applied to identify and characterize the LH-secreting cells in the ovine pituitary at the ultrastructural level. These cells, round or oval in shape, possessing flattened cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, contain one class of secretory granules (mean diameter 250 nm) and large dense bodies (600 to 800 nm in diameter). LH molecules and the two subunits LHα and LHβ were localized on the secretory granules and on the small granules near the Golgi complex. The large dense bodies, the cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum and the saccules of the Golgi complex showed no reaction product.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00219783
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