• Applied Microscopy
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.8-12
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• 2017

The ultrastructures of the secretory acinar granules of submandibular and parotid salivary gland were examined in the Korean striped field mouse, Apodemus agraius. The acini of the submandibular salivary gland had serous and mucous acinar cells filled with numerous secretory granules. The serous acinar granules had uniformly fine dense contents and were round typed with a definite boundary between the granules. The mucous acinar granules were relatively coarse, with moderate density, and clustered together as a result of the indistinct boundaries between the granules. The acini of the parotid salivary glands contained only serous cells filled with numerous round-typed serous acinar granules. Serous acinar granules had uniformed dense matrix and definite boundaries. The ultrastructures without substructure in a matrix of serous and mucous acinar granules in the submandibular and parotid salivary glands of A. agraius were similar to those of species of Rodentia but different from those of Soricidae in Korea with a characteristic substructure in a matrix. This ultrastructure and charateristics in secretory acinar granules provide fundamental data for molecular comparisions of genetic relationships and are one of the key methods for classifying A. agraius.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.383-388
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• 2011

Regulators of G-protein signaling (RGS) proteins are regulators of $Ca^{2+}$ signaling that accelerate the GTPase activity of the G-protein ${\alpha}$ -subunit. RGS1, RGS2, RGS4, and RGS16 are expressed in the pancreas, and RGS2 regulates G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR)-induced $Ca^{2+}$ oscillations. However, the role of RGS4 in $Ca^{2+}$ signaling in pancreatic acinar cells is unknown. In this study, we investigated the mechanism of GPCR-induced $Ca^{2+}$ signaling in pancreatic acinar cells derived from $RGS4^{-/-}$ mice. $RGS4^{-/-}$ acinar cells showed an enhanced stimulus intensity response to a muscarinic receptor agonist in pancreatic acinar cells. Moreover, deletion of RGS4 increased the frequency of $Ca^{2+}$ oscillations. $RGS4^{-/-}$ cells also showed increased expression of sarco/endoplasmic reticulum $Ca^{2+}$ ATPase type 2. However, there were no significant alterations, such as $Ca^{2+}$ signaling in treated high dose of agonist and its related amylase secretion activity, in acinar cells from $RGS4^{-/-}$ mice. These results indicate that RGS4 protein regulates $Ca^{2+}$ signaling in mouse pancreatic acinar cells.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.34-46
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• 1988

췌장비 acinar cell에서 자극-분비 반응 과정을 알아보기 위하여 전자현미경을 이용하였다. 분비 촉진 물질인 아세틸콜린이나 MNNG의 투여에 따른 세포내 반응이 세포의 형태적 변화로서 잘 나타났으며 특히 guanylate cyclase를 활성화시키는 것으로 알려진 MNNG는 투여 후 일정시간 뒤 세포내에 많은 분비물 과립의 형성을 유발하였다. 이러한 결과에서 볼때 췌장의 acinar cell을 아세틸콜린으로 자극할 경우 guanylate cyclase는 지속적 반응 단계의 초기에 분비에 가세하는 것으로 생각되었고 cycloheximide나 dibucaine은 지속적 반응을 억제하는 것으로 나타났다. 또 췌장의 acinar cell에서는 분비물 과립의 형성이 소포체에서 직접 이루어지는 것으로 생각되었다.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.37-41
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• 2012

Pancreatic acinar cells exhibit a polarity that is characterized by the localization of secretory granules at the apical membrane. However, the factors that regulate cellular polarity in these cells are not well understood. In this study, we investigated the effect of Mist1, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, on the cellular architecture of pancreatic acinar cells. Mist1-null mice displayed secretory granules that were diffuse throughout the pancreatic acinar cells, from the apical to basolateral membranes, whereas Mist1 heterozygote mice showed apical localization of secretory granules. Deletion of the Mist1 gene decreased the expression of type 3 inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptors ($IP_3R$) but did not affect apical localization and expression of $IP_3R2$. Mist1-null mice also displayed an increase in luminal areas and an increase in the expression of zymogen granules in pancreatic acinar cells. These results suggest that Mist1 plays a critical role in polar localization of cellular organelles and in maintaining cellular architecture in mouse pancreatic acinar cells.

• 치과방사선
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.31-45
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• 1988

The author studied the histopathologic changes according to a single or a split dose and the time after irradiation on the acinar cells of rat parotid gland. 99 Sprague Dawley rats, weighing about l20gm, were divided into control and 3 experimental groups. In experimental groups, GroupⅠ and Ⅱ were delivered a single dose of l5Gy, 18Gy and Group Ⅲ and Ⅳ were delivered two equal split doses of 9Gy, 10.5Gy for a 4 hours interval, respectively. The experimental groups were delivered by a cobalt-60 teletherapy unit with a dose rate of 222cGy/min, source-skin distance of 50㎝, depth of l㎝ and a field size of l2×5㎝. The animals were sacrificed at 1, 2, 3, 6, 12 hours, 1, 3, 7 days after irradiation and examined by light and electron microscopy. The results were as follows: 1. As the radiation dose increased and the acinar cells delivered a single dose exposure were more damaged, and the change of acinar cells appeared faster than those of a split dose exposure. 2. The histopathologic change of acinar cells appeared at 1 hour after irradiation. The recovery from damaged acinar cells appeared at 1 day after irradiation and there was a tendency that the recovery from damage of a split dose exposure was somewhat later than that of a single dose exposure. 3. Light microscope showed atrophic change of acinar cells and nucleus, degeneration and vesicle formation of cytoplasm, widening of intercellular space and interlobular space. 4. Electron microscope showed loss of nuclear membrane, degeneration of nucleus and nucleoli, clumping of cytoplasm, widening and degeneration of rough endoplasmic reticulum, loss of cristae of mitochondria, lysosome, autophagosome and lipid droplet. 5. Electron microscopically, the change of rough endoplasmic reticulum was the most prominent and this appeared at 1 hour after irradiation as early changes of acinar cells. The nuclear change appeared at 2 hours after irradiation and the loss of cristae of mitochondria was observed at 2 hours after irradiation in all experimental groups.

• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.163-169
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• 1999

We investigated the culture condition and effects of various growth factors on the culture of salivary gland acinar cells. Male, Sprague-Dawley rats (about 6 weeks old) were sacrificed and their submandibular, sublingual, and parotid glands were used as specimens. High oxygen level more than 90% and coating of Matrigel on culture dish were important factors to help increase the survival time of acinar cells, Proper concentration of enzymes such as collagenase and hyaluronidase during isolation steps was also important. Addition of various growth factors such as dexamethasone, insulin, transferrin, selenous acid, reduced glutathione, epidermal growth factor, isoproterenol, and putrescine in culture medium helped to increase lifetime of cultured salivary acinar cells.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.147-156
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• 2005

Purpose : To observe the histopathological changes and caspase-3 expression in the submandibular gland in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats after irradiation. Materials and Methods : The male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing approximately 250 gm were divided into four groups: control, diabetes, irradiation, and diabetes-irradiation groups. Diabetes mellitus was induced in the rats by injecting streptozotocin. Rats in the control and irradiation groups were injected with citrate buffer only. After 5days, rats in irradiation and diabetes-irradiation groups were irradiated with a single absorbed dose of 10 Gy to the head and neck region. All the rats were sacrificed at 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28 days after irradiation. The specimen including the submandibular gland were sectioned and observed using histopathological and immunohistochemical methods. Results : In the irradiation group, the condensed nucleus, karyolysis, and degeneration of the acinar cells and atrophy of the duct cells were observed in the early experimental phase. However, the acinar cells were found to be normal at 28 days after irradiation. In the diabetes group, the condensed nucleus, karyolysis, atrophy, and degeneration of the acinar cells were observed in the early experimental phase. However, the acinar cells were found to be normal at 21 days after diabetic state induction. In the diabetes-irradiation group, the ductal epithelial cells were predominant in their glandular tissues at 28 days after irradiation. In all of the experimental groups, the most prominent change of the acinar cells and ductal cells were observed at 14 days after diabetic state induction and irradiation. Conclusion The expression of caspase-3 in the acinar cells and ductal cells of the submandibular gland was weak after irradiation, but that in the acinar cells, ductal cells, and fibrous cells of the submandibular gland was prominent after diabetic state induction.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제3권5호
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• pp.521-528
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• 1999

Reactive oxygen species (ROS), generated by infiltrating neutrophils, are considered as an important regulator in the pathogenesis and deveolpment of pancreatitis. The present study aims to investigate whether neutrophils primed by $4{\beta}-phorbol\;12{\beta}-myristate\;13{\alpha}-acetate$ (PMA) affect the productions $H_2O_2$ and lipid peroxide (LPO), $NF-_{\kappa}B$ activation and cytokine production in pancreatic acinar cells, and whether these alterations were inhibited by an antioxidant, N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and superoxide dismutase (SOD). $H_2O_2$ (ferrithiocyanate method), LPO (as thiobarbiturate reactive substances), and cytokines $(IL-l{\bata},\; IL-6,\;TNF-{\alpha};\;enzyme-linked\;immunosorbent\;assay)$ and $NF-_{\kappa}B$ activation (electrophoretic mobility shift assay) were analyzed in acinar cells treated with or without PMA-primed neutrophils in the absence or presence of NAC (10 mM) or SOD (300 U/ml). As a result, the productions of H2O2, LPO and $TNF-{\alpha}$ were increased with the ratio of PMA-primed neutrophils to acinar cells while the productions of LPO, $IL-l{\beta},\;IL-6\;and\;TNF-{\alpha}$ were increased with time. PMA-primed neutrophils resulted in the activation of $NF-_{\kappa}B.$ Both NAC and SOD inhibited neutrophil-induced alterations in acinar cells. In conclusion, ROS, generated by neutrophils, activates $NF-_{\kappa}B,$ resulting in upregulation of inflammatary cytokines in acinar cells. Antioxidants might be clinically useful antiinflammatory agents by inhibiting oxidant-mediated activation of $NF-_{\kappa}B$ and decreasing cytokine production.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2007

뒤쥐 Sorex caecutiens의 악하선의 미세구조를 연구하였다. 악하선은 샘포들과 도관들로 구성되었다. 악하선 샘포는 잘 발달된 조면소포체, 미토콘드리아와 많은 전자밀도가 있는 분비과립으로 채워진 장액선 세포와 점액선 세포를 가지는 혼합샘이었다. 장액선 샘포 과립은 명확한 한계막이 없는 타원형으로 다양한 전자밀도를 가지는 거친 알갱이만을 가지고 있었다. 점액선 샘포 과립은 명확한 한계막이 없는 타원형이고 전자밀도가 있는 균질한 기질 내에 몇 개의 연하거나 투명한 띠를 가져 다양한 문양으로 관찰되었다. 따라서 뒤쥐아과(Soricinae)에 속하는 뒤쥐, S. caecutiens의 악하선 샘포 과립은 샘포 과립의 경계막의 부재와 점액 샘포 과립의 특별한 문양으로 땃쥐아과(Crocidurinae)를 포함한 다른 포유류 종들과 구분된다. 과립관세포에서 많은 작은 과립소포와 층으로 된 한계막으로 덮이고 거친 장액성의 분비 과립 혹은 균질한 기질로 채워진 몇 개의 특징적 구조들이 관찰되었다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.91-97
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• 2005

이하선의 선세포와 분비과립을 작은땃쥐 Crocidura suaveolens와 우수리땃쥐 C. lasiura에서 연구하였다. 두 종 모두의 이하선은 장액선세포 한 종류만을 가지는 장액선이었고 선세포, 사이관, 과립관 그리고 줄무늬관들은 평범하였다. 작은땃쥐의 경우, 장액선세포는 잘 발달된 조면소포체, 현저한 골지체, 몇몇의 큰 미토콘드리아와 성숙 혹은 융합하고 있는 많은 중간 정도의 전자 밀도 과립들을 가지고 있었다. 미성숙 선세포의 분비과립들은 미세하고 강한 전자 밀도의 알갱이만으로 혹은 알갱이들이 주가 되었고 불분명한 경계막을 가지고 있었고, 성숙 분비과립들은 균일하고 옅은 중심부를 가지고 그 주변에 미세하고 강한 전자밀도의 알갱이들과 명확한 경계막을 가지고 있었다. 우수리땃쥐의 경우, 선세포는 잘 발달된 조면소포체, 현저한 골지체, 몇몇의 큰 미토콘드리아 뿐 아니라 성숙 혹은 융합하고 있는 많은 진한 전자 밀도의 분비과립들을 가지고 있었다. 미성숙 선세포 분비과립들은 옅고 거친 알갱이들만으로 채워져 있었으며 불명확한 경계막을 가지고 있었고, 성숙 분비과립들은 진하고 거친 알갱이들만으로 채워져 있었고 명확한 경계막을 가지고 있었다. 결국, 작은땃쥐의 이하선 분비과립은 광학과 전자현미경 수준에서 중간 정도의 전자밀도로, 우수리땃쥐의 분비과립은 광학 현미경 수준에서는 아주 진하게, 전자현미경에서는 진하게 관찰되었다.