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. 2006 Nov 14;12(42):6874-8.
doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i42.6874.

Immunohistochemical study on distribution of endocrine cells in gastrointestinal tract of flower fish (Pseudophoxinus antalyae)

Kenan Cinar  1 , Nurgül Senol, M Rüştü Ozen
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Immunohistochemical study on distribution of endocrine cells in gastrointestinal tract of flower fish (Pseudophoxinus antalyae)

Kenan Cinar et al. World J Gastroenterol. .

Abstract

Aim: To detect distribution and relative frequency of endocrine cells in gastrointestinal tract of flower fish (Pseudophoxinus antalyae).

Methods: The intestinal tract of flower fish was divided into four portions from proximal to distal; the enlarged area after oesophagus and anterior, middle and posterior intestine. Immunohistochemical method using the peroxidase anti-peroxidase complex was employed. All antisera between four portions of flower fish were compared using ANOVA.

Results: Eleven types of gut endocrine cells were determined; they were immunoreactive for calcitonin gene related peptide, substance P, vasoactive intestinal peptide, bombesin, somatostatin-14, secretin, TrkA, TrkB, TrkC, neurotensin, neuropeptide Y, which were found in almost all portions of the gastrointestinal tract.

Conclusion: The regional distribution and relative frequency of immunoreactive cells in the flower fish, Pseudophoxinus antalyae, are essentially similar to those of other fish.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Photomicrographs of immunoreactive endocrine cells in the gastrointestinal tract of the flower fish. A: Bombesin immunoreactive cells in the enlarged area after oesophagus; B: Somatostatin immunoreactive cells in the enlarged area after oesophagus; C: Substance-P immunoreactive cells in the enlarged area after oesophagus; D: Vasoactive intestinal peptide immunoreactive cells in the anterior intestine (× 450).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Density of the immunoreactive endocrine cells in the enlarged area after oesophagus (A), the anterior intestine (B), the middle intestine (C) and the posterior intestine (D).
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