Influence of Pilocarpine and Ammonia Vapour on the Secretion and Structure of Cat Tracheal Mucins: Differentiation of Goblet and Submucosal Gland Cell Secretions

Author(s):  
J. T. Gallagher ◽  
P. W. Kent ◽  
R. Phipps ◽  
P. Richardson
2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 251-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana da Paula ◽  
Anabela Ramalho ◽  
Carlos Farinha ◽  
Judy Cheung ◽  
Rosalie Maurisse ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shingo Suzuki ◽  
R Geoffrey Sargent ◽  
Beate Illek ◽  
Horst Fischer ◽  
Alaleh Esmaeili-Shandiz ◽  
...  

1988 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 1891-1894 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Yang ◽  
J. M. Farley ◽  
T. M. Dwyer

The Cl content of isolated tracheal submucosal gland cells was studied using 36Cl as a tracer. 36Cl uptake reached a steady state within 10 min, yielding an estimate of intracellular Cl concentration of approximately 40 mM. Intracellular Cl fell rapidly when ouabain or furosemide was added, indicating that isolated tracheal submucosal gland cells concentrate Cl above its electrochemical equilibrium concentration. Acetylcholine (ACh) caused a Ca2+-dependent decline in cell Cl, with an effective concentration for a 50% response (EC50) of 62 nM; this loss of cell Cl was blocked by atropine or pirenzepine. The EC50 was 6 nM in cells when 95% of the acetylcholinesterase activity was abolished by diisopropylfluorophosphate (DFP) treatment. ACh continued to cause a decline in cell Cl even after a 7-day course of DFP treatment, which has been shown to abolish ACh-stimulated mucous glycoprotein secretion (23). After the 7-day course of DFP treatment, the EC50 for ACh increased to 77 nM. Thus the Cl economy of the tracheal submucosal gland cell resembles that of cells in epithelia that secrete fluid; in addition, the transmitter-dependent loss of cell Cl is under long-term metabolic control of the cell.


Author(s):  
Karmele Saez de Gordoa ◽  
Jose Guerrero ◽  
Rosanna Bishop ◽  
Ivan Archilla ◽  
Maite Rodrigo ◽  
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Vacuum ◽  
2021 ◽  
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Author(s):  
Lenke Kócs ◽  
Borbála Tegze ◽  
Emőke Albert ◽  
Csaba Major ◽  
András Szalai ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 287 (45) ◽  
pp. 38316-38326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Lee ◽  
J. Kevin Foskett

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 622-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ola M. Maria ◽  
Osama Maria ◽  
Younan Liu ◽  
Svetlana V. Komarova ◽  
Simon D. Tran

Parasitology ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Erasmus

The ultrastructure of the reproductive system of mature (54-day-old), immature (32-day-old) and females from unisexual infections of Schistosoma mansoni is described in detail. The uterus is tegumentary in structure but the vitelline duct and oviduct are complex and possess cilia as well as lamellae on their luminal surfaces. The characteristics of the cells forming the walls of the ducts suggests that they may have a digestive function. The posterior portion of the oviduct of the adult worm contains sperm which become enveloped by lamellae. The vitelline cells of the adult contain vitelline droplets, much lipid and little glycogen. A second type of body derived from endoplasmic whorls is also present. Mehlis's gland contains only one type of gland cell and these cells pass through the ootype wall and open into its lumen. The female from unisexual infections has an incompletely developed Mehlis's gland, an ovary in which the Golgi complexes do not produce typical cortical granules and has vitelline cells which remain immature. The oviduct, ootype and uterus are well developed in contrast to the vitelline duct. A comparison with young, but not inseminated worms, suggests that the presence of sperm in the oviduct is not the major stimulus which induces maturation of the female worm.


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