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Preembedding visualization of exocytosis by tannic acid treatment and postembedding immunocytochemical identification of cell types were combined to demonstrate the release of secretory products by exocytosis of characterized cell types. Treatment with tannic acid was carried out by perfusion with Ringer containing tannic acid, followed by fixation, dehydration and embedding. For electron microscopical immunocytochemistry protein A-gold was used as marker. In this study, exocytotic release was demonstrated for prolactin by cells in the pars distalis, and for oxytocin by axon terminals in the pars nervosa of the pituitary gland of the rat.
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van Putten, L.J.A., Kiliaan, A.J. & Buma, P. Ultrastructural localization of exocytotic release sites in immunocytochemically characterized cell types. Histochemistry 86, 375–378 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00494996
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