Abstract
An immunocytochemical method using a recently produced monoclonal antibody (ASPM-29) with an antibody specificity to spermine (Spm) and spermidine (Spd) fixed in situ, was used to demonstrate an immunocytochemical localization of polyamine (PA) pools in the gastrointestinal tracts of rats and mice. High PA immunoreactivity was always found in the cytoplasm of cells not only at the cell proliferative zone or the precursor cell zone but also at the neighboring non-proliferative premature cell zone of the epithelium, and a gradient of decreasing PA levels was noticed from these cells to the fully mature differentiated gastric surface mucous cells and absorptive cells of the small and large intestines. Also, strong staining for PAs was seen in the cytoplasm of fully differentiated gastric chief cells and neurons of both the myenteric and submucous plexuses, whereas the nuclei of the cells remained virtually unstained. These results may suggest that PAs are closely associated with the high biosynthetic activity in the cells of the gastrointestinal mucosa of normal rats and mice. This seems to be consistent with the PA imunocytochemical results previously obtained for neoplastic cells and active protein- or peptide-secreting cells, including exocrine or endocrine cell types.
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Fujiwara, K., Masuyama, Y. & Kitagawa, T. Immunocytochemical localization of polyamines in the gastrointestinal tracts of rats and mice. Histochem Cell Biol 106, 465–471 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02473308
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