Embryonic Pancreatic Tissue Research Articles

Distribution of acetylcholinesterase — and monoamine oxidase — positive neurons in pancreatic tissue transplant

Acetylcholinesterase-and monoamine oxidase-positive neuronal elements were investigated in embryonic pancreatic tissue fragments transplanted into the anterior eye-chamber of rats for 28, 77, and 135 d, using enzyme histochemical method. Amongst the components of the parenchymal tissue, only the ductal and islets cells survived. Monoamine oxidase ( MAO)- and acetylcholinesterase ( AChE)-positive neuronal cell bodies and fibres were found to be considerably many in the surviving and newly formed islets of Langerhans, in the wall and periphery of the tubules. Their topography with regards to these components is similar to that in normal tissue. In normal tissue, MAO-positive fibres abut the basal and lateral parts of acinar cells. AChE-positive neurons are most conspicuous in the islets and in the wall of pancreatic ducts.

The Golgi apparatus in the acinar cells of the developing embryonic pancreas: I. Morphology and enzyme cytochemistry

The Golgi apparatus of pancreatic acinar cells of rat embryos was studied during development from day 13 through day 20 of gestation. The morphological and enzyme cytochemical patterns varied characteristically in the course of cell differentiation. A pronounced system of "rigid lamellae" characterized the area near the trans face of the Golgi stacks in the protodifferentiated and early phases of the differentiated states; by contrast, "rigid lamellae" were sparse in the terminal period of gestation. Reaction product of acid phosphatase labeled the "rigid lamellae" in the protodifferentiated state, was extended across the majority of the stacked cisternae in the early differentiated state, but was restricted to the trans side again in the later periods of cell differentiation. The early phase of the differentiated state was characterized by the tight association of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi cisternae on the trans side; the close spatial relationship of the two compartments was lessened after production of secretion granules had started. The findings are in line with those of recent studies on the Golgi organization in some other types of cells in different functional states, and they present the embryonic pancreatic tissue as another model for demonstrating the high flexibility of the Golgi complex. In agreement with the patterns previously found in the absorptive cells of the small intestine, the present results show that the close associations of the endoplasmic reticulum and cisternae of the trans Golgi side predominate in the early stages of cell differentiation.

Compensation of alloxan diabetes in rats by transplantation of embryonic pancreatic tissue into the anterior chamber of the eye and cerebral ventricles

Compensation of alloxan diabetes in rats by transplantation of embryonic pancreatic tissue into the anterior chamber of the eye and cerebral ventricles