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Electron-microscopic immunocytochemical study of the endocrine pancreas of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

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Insulin (B)-, somatostatin 25 (SST-25) (D1)-, somatostatin 14 (SST-14) (D2)-, glucagon (A)-, and glucagon PP/PYY/NPY (PP-like)-immunoreactive cells in islets of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) were characterized according to their ultrastructure and immunogold labeling. Cells labeled with antisera to bonito and salmon insulin had numerous secretory granules with a small halo and round core, and a few with wide halo and round or crystalloid core. Gold particles were found throughout the granule in tissue labeled with the former but only in the core in tissue labeled with the latter. D1 cells had large granules with a medium electron-dense content and some with a darker core. D2 had smaller medium or high electron-dense secretory granules than D1 cells, located mainly in cell periphery. Glucagon-immunoreactive cells contained some granules with a polygonal core that was heavily labeled and other granules with a round core with no or hardly any labeling. Glucagon and PP-like immunoreactivity were co-localized in secretory granules, in which the gold particles showed no different distribution with the various antisera used. PYY-immunoreactive granules were also found in nerve endings. All the pancreatic endocrine cell types showing involutive characteristics are found.

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    B. Agulleiro, M. T. Lozano, M. E. Abad & M. P. García Hernández

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Agulleiro, B., Lozano, M.T., Abad, M.E. et al. Electron-microscopic immunocytochemical study of the endocrine pancreas of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Cell Tissue Res 274, 303–314 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00318749

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