The cytochemical localization of adenylate cyclase activity in mucous and serous cells of the salivary gland
dc.contributor.author | Kim, Sun-Kee | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-28T16:45:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-28T16:45:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1976 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Kim, Sun-Kee (1976)."The cytochemical localization of adenylate cyclase activity in mucous and serous cells of the salivary gland." Journal of Supramolecular Structure 4(2): 185-197. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/38201> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0091-7419 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1547-9366 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/38201 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=1263509&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The present study was undertaken to localize adenylate cyclase activity in salivary glands by cytochemical means. For the study, serous parotid glands and mixed sublingual glands of the rat were used. Pieces of the fixed glands were incubated with adenosine triphosphate (ATP) or adenylyl-imidodi-phosphate (AMP-PNP) as substrate: inorganic pyrophosphate or PNP liberated upon the action of adenylate cyclase on the substrates is precipitated by lead ions at their sites of production. In both glands, the reaction product was detected along the myoepithelial cell membranes in contact with secretory cells, indicating that a high level of adenylate cyclase activity occurs in association with these cell membranes. The association with a high level of the enzyme activity might be related to the contractile nature of myoepithelial cells which are supposed to aid secretory cells in discharging secretion products. A high level of adenylate cyclase activity was also detected associated with serous secretory cells (acinar cells of the parotid gland and demilune cells of the sublingual gland), but not with mucous secretory cells. In serous cells, deposits of reaction product were localized along the extracellular space of the apical cell membrane bordering the lumen. This is the portion of the cell membrane which fuses with the granule membranes during secretion. Since the granule membranes are not associated with a detectable level of adenylate cyclase activity, it appears that the enzyme activity becomes activated or associated with the granule membranes as they become part of the cell membrane by fusion. The association with a high level of adenylate cyclase activity appears to be related to the ability of the membrane to fuse with other membranes. It is likely, since the luminal membrane of mucous cells which does not fuse with mucous granule membranes during secretion is not associated with a detectable enzyme activity. | en_US |
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dc.format.extent | 3118 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Alan R. Liss, Inc. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley Periodiocals, Inc. | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Life Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Molecular Cell Biology | en_US |
dc.title | The cytochemical localization of adenylate cyclase activity in mucous and serous cells of the salivary gland | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Chemical Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Veterans Administration Hospital and Department of Anatomy, The University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 1263509 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/38201/1/400040206_ftp.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jss.400040206 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Supramolecular Structure | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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