Abstract
The immunocytochemical localization of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-producing cells was observed in pre- and postnatal and carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-treated rat livers in comparison with that of albumin (ALB)-producing cells. According to immunoblotting data, considerable numbers of AFP-positive hepatocytes were observed in the differentiating liver between prenatal day 19 and postnatal day 0 (6 h after birth). Analyses by serial section profiles of these cells revealed that certain AFP-positive hepatocytes are also stained with ALB antiserum. Immunoelectron microscopy of the AFP-producing cells revealed that immunoreactive gold particles are preferentially localized in rough endoplasmic cisternae, Golgi apparatus and Golgi-derived vesicles near the cell surface. In addition, the release of the content of the Golgi-derived vesicles into the differentiating bile canaliculi as well as into the space of Disse by exocytosis is apparent. In CCl4-treated rat liver, immunoreactions to AFP are localized exclusively in newly formed hepatocytes of the regenerative tissue. These AFP-positive cells have not established the hepatic cell cords, and the adjacent ones are conjugated to each other mainly by simple attachment devices as in the case of those in pre- and postnatal rat liver.
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