TY - JOUR
T1 - Expression of immunoreactivity for Ca-binding protein, spot 35 in the interstitial cell of the rat pineal organ
AU - Yamamoto, Miyuki
AU - Kondo, Hisatake
AU - Yamakuni, Tohru
AU - Takahashi, Yasuo
PY - 1990/1
Y1 - 1990/1
N2 - In the rat pineal organ numerous stellate cells exhibited intense immunoreactivity for calcium-binding spot 35 protein. Because of their peculiar shape and ultrastructure, identical to those of intrapineal S-100-immunoreactive cells, the spot 35-immunoreactive stellate cells were identified as the interstitial cells. The comparison of the morphology and population density of spot 35-, S-100-, and GFAP (glial fibrillar acidic protein)-immunoreactive cells, suggests that spot 35-immunoreactive cells represent a major subpopulation of the interstitial cells, all of which are S-100-immunoreactive and generally considered to be of glial nature, while GFAP-immunoreactive cells represent a minor subpopulation of the interstitial cells located in the proximal part close to the pineal stalk. This is the first report describing the occurrence of the calcium-binding protein in cells of glial nature.
AB - In the rat pineal organ numerous stellate cells exhibited intense immunoreactivity for calcium-binding spot 35 protein. Because of their peculiar shape and ultrastructure, identical to those of intrapineal S-100-immunoreactive cells, the spot 35-immunoreactive stellate cells were identified as the interstitial cells. The comparison of the morphology and population density of spot 35-, S-100-, and GFAP (glial fibrillar acidic protein)-immunoreactive cells, suggests that spot 35-immunoreactive cells represent a major subpopulation of the interstitial cells, all of which are S-100-immunoreactive and generally considered to be of glial nature, while GFAP-immunoreactive cells represent a minor subpopulation of the interstitial cells located in the proximal part close to the pineal stalk. This is the first report describing the occurrence of the calcium-binding protein in cells of glial nature.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF01962873
DO - 10.1007/BF01962873
M3 - Article
C2 - 2312346
AN - SCOPUS:0025157170
VL - 22
SP - 4
EP - 10
JO - Journal of Molecular Histology
JF - Journal of Molecular Histology
SN - 1567-2379
IS - 1
ER -