Ultra structure differentiation of the anterior pituitary cells of the adult female non pregnant carnivore Vulpes zerda

Selim, Atteyat; Nahass, Eman El-

doi:10.1016/j.jobaz.2016.12.003

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“…The adenohypophysis consists of acinuses, which contain specialized cell types, each of which has its own unique hormonal function and characteristics [6]. The analysis of foreign and domestic literature showed insufficient information concerning the cell structure, differentiation, classification and structural features of the cell composition of the anterior pituitary gland in mammals, particularly in artiodactyls [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

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Ultrastructural characteristics of the anterior pituitary gland of cattle in the definitive period of postnatal ontogenesis

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Today much attention is paid to the study of the pituitary ultrastructure of laboratory animals and humans. But there is not enough available literature to study the most important organ of internal secretion of productive animal. The aim of our work is to study the structure of the ultrastructure of cells of the anterior pituitary gland of cattle in the definitive period of postnatal ontogenesis. Histological, morphometric, and electron microscopic techniques were used to study the cellular composition of the anterior pituitary gland of cattle. It was revealed that the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland occupies 64 % of the entire pituitary parenchyma, while the posterior and middle lobes occupy 27% and 9%, respectively. After using general histological methods there are detected the functionally inactive chromophobes (41%) and chromophilic cells, which include acidophils (38%) and basophils (21%) in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. The electron microscopic studies in the parenchyma of the anterior pituitary gland let find Somatotropes that differ in the presence of a large number of secretory granules in the cytoplasm. Lactotropes are less common than somatotropes and differ from them in larger secretory granules. Corticotropes, gonadotropes and thyrotropes with a minimum content of secretory granules are the least detected. All identified endocrine cells are at different stages of functional activity.

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