Immunocytochemical study of the endocrine cels in the gastrointestinal tract of the Korean native cattle

Cho, Sung-whan; Kitamura, Nobuo

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 1988;28(2):251-259.

¹Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture, Chungnam National University
²Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

한우(韓牛)의 위장관(胃腸管)에 존재(存在)하는 내분비세포(內分泌細胞)의 면역세포화학적(免疫細胞化學的) 연구(硏究)

조성환¹, 키타무라노부오²

¹충남대학교 농과대학 수의학과
²대광축산대학 수의학과 해부학교실

Abstract

Regional distribution and relative frequency of endocrine cells in ten portions of the gastrointestinal tract of the Korean native cattle were observed by immunocytochemical methods using specific antisera against chromogranin, serotonin, somatostatin, glucagon, bovine pancreatic polypeptide(BPP), motilin, gastric inhibitory polypeptide(GIP), neurotensin, secretin, gastrin and substance P. The results observed are summarized as follows: In the abomasum, chromogranin-, serotonin-, somatostatin-, motilin-, glucagon-, gastrin-, and substance P-immunoreactive cells were found. Chromogranin-and serotonin-immunoreactive cells were more numerous in the fundic region than pyloric region. Somatostatin- and gastrinimmunoreactive cells were numerous in the pyloric region than in the fundic region. In the small intestine, chromogranin-, serotonin-, somatostatin-, glucagon-, BPP-, motilin-, gastrin-, GIP-, neurotensin-, secretin-, and substance P-immunoreactive cells were detected. Chromogranin-, somatostatin-, GIP- and secretin-immunoreactive cells were most numerous in the duodenum, while BPP-, motilin-, glucagon-, neurotensin- and substance P-immunoreactive cells were rarely seen in the small intestine. In the large intestine, chromogranin-, serotonin- and BPP-immunoreactive cells were widely distributed and most numerous in the rectum. Somatostatin-, glucagon- and substance P-immunoreactive cells were rarely seen in the large intestine.

Key Words: gastrointestinal endocrine cells, Korean native cattle, immunocytochemistry, light microscopy