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  • Title: Ultrastructure of pre- and postcolostral enterocytes of the newborn calf.
    Author: Kaup FJ, Drommer W, Jochims K, Pickel M.
    Journal: Anat Histol Embryol; 1996 Dec; 25(4):249-55. PubMed ID: 9011101.
    Abstract:
    Ten calves were used to elucidate the ultrastructure of enterocytes before and 24 h after colostral intake. Tissue samples were obtained from duodenum, jejunum (5 locations) and ileum. Protein A-gold technique was applied to immunoelectron-microscopically demonstrate colostral IgA. The prominent feature of the precolostral enterocytes are intracytoplasmic vacuoles. The frequency of vacuoles increases from cranial jejunum to ileum and from the villi bases to the tips. The appearance of absorptive vacuoles after colostral administration correlates with the incidence of precolostral empty vacuoles. Bovine IgA was detected in absorptive vacuoles and within the intestinal lumen of postcolostral calves. In addition to a diffuse IgA labelling of most vacuoles, a few corresponding enterocytic vacuoles labelled inhomogenously or negatively. This study demonstrates morphologically that the main site of colostral absorption is the middle-to-caudal region of the small intestine. Immunoelectron microscopy of IgA labelling provides indications of a selective IgA absorption in addition to pinocytosis.
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