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  • Title: Identification and distribution of the cell types in the pituitary gland of Austromenidia laticlavia (Teleostei, Atherinidae).
    Author: Siegmund I, Troncoso S, Caorsi CE, González CB.
    Journal: Gen Comp Endocrinol; 1987 Sep; 67(3):348-55. PubMed ID: 2822524.
    Abstract:
    By using antisera against human pituitary hormones in immunocytochemistry in combination with classical cytochemical techniques, we have been able to identify the different cell types in the adenohypophysis of the Austromenidia laticlavia and to determine their location. Antisera against prolactin and growth hormones did not stain cells in the pituitary of Austromenidia, whereas antisera against beta-endorphin, LH, and beta-TSH selectively cross-reacted with cells which have a specific location within the adenohypophysis. The beta-endorphin antiserum stained the periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)-negative cells in the pars intermedia and also, though faintly, the PAS-negative cells in the internal border of the rostral pars distalis (RPD). Human beta-TSH antiserum showed a discrete population of small PAS-positive cells in the proximal pars distalis (PPD). Antiserum against human LH stained PAS-positive cells located in the most ventral zone of the PPD and around the pars intermedia (PI). The distribution of the different cell types is similar to that of other teleosts. The phylogenetic implications of the degree of cross-reactivity of the antisera against human pituitary hormones with specific cells of the teleost fish pituitary is discussed.
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