Immunocytochemistry of somatotrophs, gonadotrophs, prolactin and adrenocorticotropin cells in larval sea bream (Sparus auratus) pituitaries. | - CCMAR -

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TitleImmunocytochemistry of somatotrophs, gonadotrophs, prolactin and adrenocorticotropin cells in larval sea bream (Sparus auratus) pituitaries.
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsPower, DM, Canario, AVM
Year of Publication1992
JournalCell Tissue Res
Volume269
Issue2
Date Published1992 Aug
Pagination341-6
ISSN0302-766X
KeywordsAdrenocorticotropic Hormone, Animals, Gonadotropins, Pituitary, Growth Hormone, Immunohistochemistry, Larva, Perciformes, Pituitary Gland, Anterior, Pituitary Hormones, Anterior, Prolactin
Abstract

The chronological appearance of endocrine cells in the pituitary of sea-bream (Sparus auratus) larvae was studied using antisera against salmon prolactin, trout growth hormone, salmon gonadotropin and N-terminal human adrenocorticotropin. The larval pituitary (1-12 days after hatching) was oval in shape and was composed of a dense mass of cells with few neurohypophysial fibres. By 60 days after hatching it began to resemble the adult and was divisible into a distinct rostral pars distalis containing prolactin and adrenocorticotropin cells; a proximal pars distalis containing somatotrophs and gonadotrophs and a pars intermedia. Cells immunoreactive with antisera against growth hormone were observed immediately after hatching (2 days post-fertilization). Weakly staining prolactin cells were observed 2 days later in the region corresponding to the rostral pars distalis. Cells immunoreactive with antigonadotropin and anti-adrenocorticotropin sera were observed in the pituitary 6 and 8 days after hatching, respectively. All the cell-types studied were immunoreactive from the time they were first identified until the final samples 90 days after hatching.

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Alternate JournalCell Tissue Res.
PubMed ID1330314
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