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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-18
pubmed:abstractText
In the normal parotid glands of mice at 12 weeks of age, mK1, a true tissue kallikrein, was detected at the apical rim of the striated ducts (SDs). Sexual dimorphism in the immunostaining intensity in parotid glands was seen, i.e., immunostaining was more intense in males than in females. Under electron microscopy, secretory granules, being small in size, and condensed at the subluminal cytoplasm, were labeled with immunogold particles showing the presence of mK1. These secretory granules were rather abundant and large in males. Castration in males reduced the immunoreactivity of mK1 in the SD cells because of a decrease in the number and size of secretory granules as revealed by electron microscopy. Hypophysectomy in male mice resulted in considerable loss of immunoreactivity for mK1, which was characterized under electron microscopy by complete disappearance or significant reduction of secretory granules in many SD cells. These results suggest that mK1 expression in the SD cells of murine parotid glands is regulated by pituitary-dependent hormones, and sexual dimorphism of mK1 expression is regulated by androgens.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1618-1247
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2004 The Society of the Nippon Dental University
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
73-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Androgens, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Hypophysectomy, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Mice, Inbred ICR, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Microscopy, Immunoelectron, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Orchiectomy, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Parotid Gland, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Pituitary Gland, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Pituitary Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Salivary Ducts, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Secretory Vesicles, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Sex Characteristics, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Testis, pubmed-meshheading:15490309-Tissue Kallikreins
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunocytochemical localization of mK1, a true tissue kallikrein, in the mouse parotid gland: sexual dimorphism and effects of castration and hypophysectomy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Histology, Nippon Dental University School of Dentistry, 1-9-20 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan. kurabuchi@tokyo.ndu.ac.jp.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article