scholarly journals Morphological and histochemical variations of mucous and oxynticopeptic cells in the stomach of the seps, Chalcides chalcides

1999 ◽  
Vol 194 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
DOMENICO FERRI ◽  
GIUSEPPA ESTERINA LIQUORI ◽  
GIOVANNI SCILLITANI
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1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (2) ◽  
pp. G277-G288 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Yanaka ◽  
H. Muto ◽  
S. Ito ◽  
W. Silen

The effects of ammonium ion (NH+4) and ammonia (NH3) on function and morphology of gastric epithelial cells were studied in intact sheets of in vitro frog (Rana catesbeiana) gastric mucosa. Luminal 115 mM NH4Cl at luminal pH 8.0 (calculated [NH3] 2.7 mM), but not at 5.0 (calculated [NH3] 3 microM) induced 1) an increase in intracellular pH (pHi) in oxynticopeptic cells (OPC) and decreases in transmucosal potential difference (PD) and electrical resistance (R) in resting tissues, 2) a decrease in histamine-stimulated H+ secretion and an increase in H+ backdiffusion after removal of luminal NH4Cl, and 3) augmented acidification of OPC during luminal acidification. Serosal 30 mM NH4Cl at serosal pH 7.2 (calculated [NH3] 0.47 mM) induced 1) an increase in pHi in OPC and inhibition of the alkalinization of OPC after removal of ambient Cl-, 2) a decrease in PD associated with the increase in R and decrease in short-circuit current, effects attenuated by serosal 15 mM K+, accentuated by 0.2 mM Ba2+, and abolished by removal of ambient Cl-, 3) a sudden drop of PD in resting, but not in stimulated tissues, effects prevented by high serosal pH (7.8), serosal HCO3-, or removal of luminal Cl-, 4) a decrease in histamine-stimulated H+ secretion and an increase in H+ backdiffusion after removal of NH4Cl, and 5) augmented acidification of OPC during luminal acidification. These results suggest that 1) luminal NH3, but not NH+4, increases backdiffusion of H+ from the lumen to the mucosa, 2) serosal NH3 and/or NH+4 induces depolarization of OPC and decreases electrogenic Cl- transport, thereby attenuating the activity of the basolateral Cl(-)-HCO3- exchanger in OPC, and 3) both of these effects contribute to the augmented acidification of OPC during exposure to high luminal [H+].


1990 ◽  
Vol 259 (4) ◽  
pp. G564-G570 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Arvidsson ◽  
K. Carter ◽  
A. Yanaka ◽  
S. Ito ◽  
W. Silen

The effects of intracellular acidosis induced by acidification of the basolateral (nutrient) perfusate on the structure and function of the oxynticopeptic cell were studied in in vitro frog gastric mucosa. Changing the pH of the unbuffered nutrient perfusate (UNB) from 7.2 to 3.5 acidified the oxynticopeptic cell with no change in potential difference (PD) or resistance (R). Intracellular pH (pHi), PD, and R were 7.05 +/- 0.01, 16 +/- 1 mV, 165 +/- 7 omega.cm2 before and 6.44 +/- 0.01, 16 +/- 2 mV, 170 +/- 9 omega.cm2 after nutrient acidification. Acid secretion (H+) increased from 0.86 +/- 0.07 to 1.88 +/- 0.18 mu eq.cm-2.h-1. Addition of forskolin to tissues perfused with nutrient pH (pHn) 3.5 decreased PD to 2 +/- 2 mV and further increased H+ to 3.07 +/- 0.19 mu eq.cm-2.h-1. By light and electron microscopy oxynticopeptic cells perfused with UNB, pHn 3.5, appeared normal. Oxynticopeptic cells in tissues pretreated with omeprazole and then exposed to UNB, pHn 3.5, had extensive morphological damage. On increasing the pH of the nutrient perfusate from 3.5 to 7.2 there was prompt recovery of pHi in untreated and forskolin-stimulated mucosae (pHi 6.87 +/- 0.06 and 6.85 +/- 0.04) but no recovery of pHi in tissues pretreated with omeprazole or cimetidine (pHi 6.26 +/- 0.04 and 6.44 +/- 0.06, n = 6, 30 min after reexposure to UNB, pHn 7.2). We conclude that in a secreting mucosa intracellular acidification of the oxynticopeptic cell to pHi 6.4 is associated with normal morphology, PD, R, and increased H+, and that intracellular acidosis is not de facto deleterious.


1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. S. Bal ◽  
N. G. Ghoshal

Histomorphology of the gastric and intestinal glands was investigated in 19 sexually mature, adult guineapigs by light and transmission electron microscopy. Gastric glands exhibited the cytological characteristics of oxynticopeptic cells capable of both hydrochloric acid (HCl) and pepsinogen secretion. In the literature, occurrence of oxynticopeptic cells in tbe proventriculus of the domestic fowl (Toner, 1963; Bell & Freeman, 1971) and in the gastric glands of frogs has been reported (Sedar, 1961; Patt & Patt, 1969; Forte & Forte, 1970). It has been claimed by other investigators (Herriot et al., 1938; Long, 1967) that simultaneous secretion of HCl and pepsinogen by a single, not completely differentiated 'pure' cell type, was highly effective for rapid conversion of the zymogen to active enzyme. Under the light microscope with haematoxylin and eosin stain, the protein secreting activity of gastric glands in guineapigs was masked by the HCl secreting activity, thus morphologically resembling the oxyntic cells. Therefore, different cell types, for example protein-secreting peptic cells and the acid-secreting oxyntic cells, could not be distinguished on the basis of their morphology and staining affinity. For histochemical evaluation of the sections with stains-all method, most cells in the gastric glands responded by a positive reaction to protein. Further, protein containing cells were seen in the intestinal glands of the guineapig caecum. The function of this cell type was correlated with caecotrophic food habits of this species.


1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (5) ◽  
pp. G781-G789 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Yanaka ◽  
K. J. Carter ◽  
P. J. Goddard ◽  
M. C. Heissenberg ◽  
W. Silen

The effect of intracellular acidosis on luminal H+ secretion and the role of H(+)-K(+)-ATPase in regulation of intracellular pH (pHi) in oxynticopeptic cells (OPC) (measured with a pH-sensitive fluorescent dye) were examined in intact sheets of in vitro frog (Rana catesbeiana) gastric mucosa. Intracellular acidosis of OPC induced by decreasing pH in the serosal solution (pHs) from 7.2 to 6.0 reversibly increased forskolin-stimulated H+ secretion without increasing endogenous histamine release. The observed increase in H+ secretion was unaffected by either 1 mM cimetidine or 1 mM histamine, but was accentuated by 1 mM amiloride, an effect abolished by 0.3 mM omeprazole. Steady-state pHi values in stimulated or resting OPC at pHs 7.2 were not significantly different. However, pHi in OPC was significantly higher in stimulated than in resting tissues at pHs 6.9, a difference accentuated by decreasing pHs to 6.4 or by 1 mM amiloride. Amiloride completely prevented recovery from intracellular acidosis induced by pHs 6.4 or 6.9 in omeprazole-treated tissues, but only partially mitigated recovery in cimetidine- or forskolin-treated tissues. At pHs 6.4, high luminal [K+] (100 mM) increased H+ secretion and hastened recovery of pHi in cimetidine-treated tissues in the presence of amiloride. These results suggest that, in intact sheets of in vitro frog gastric mucosa, 1) intracellular acidosis stimulates luminal H+ secretion via histamine-independent mechanisms and 2) H(+)-K(+)-ATPase contributes to the recovery of OPC from intracellular acidosis.


1979 ◽  
Vol 194 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Vial ◽  
J. Garrido ◽  
M. Dabike ◽  
C. Koenig

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Yujie Huang ◽  
Meiling Gong ◽  
Xianshu Chen ◽  
Yijie Chen ◽  
Bikai Lu ◽  
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Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) play a vital role in the gastrointestinal motility. However, information on ICC in lower vertebrates is rare. Here, ICC and ICC-like features of the gastric wall in the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) were observed by light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The lengths and distances of the ICC/ICC-like features were measured by morphometric analysis. The gastric wall contained mucosa, submucosa, tunica muscularis, and serosa. The gastric glands contained mucous cells and oxynticopeptic cells. The ICC with 1–3 processes were located among smooth muscle cells (SMC) of the tunica muscularis. Moreover, the ICC-like features were observed among oxynticopeptic cells of the mucosa. The processes of ICC established direct contacts with SMC. Also, the gap junctions were observed between the processes of ICC and nerve fiber bundles in the tunica muscularis. The multivesicular bodies, including shedding exosomes, were frequently observed between ICC and SMC. In addition, ICC-like features and their processes were observed in close proximity to oxynticopeptic cells and blood vessels. Our findings illustrated that ICC are present in the gastric tunica muscularis, and ICC-like features were in the mucosal lamina propria of the gastric wall of R. catesbeiana. These histological evidences supported the notion that ICC are implicated in gastric motility.


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