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  • Title: Studies on translocation of immunoglobulins across intestinal epithelium. II. Immunoelectron-microscopic localization of immunoglobulins and secretory component in human intestinal mucosa.
    Author: Brown WR, Isobe Y, Nakane PK.
    Journal: Gastroenterology; 1976 Dec; 71(6):985-95. PubMed ID: 992282.
    Abstract:
    To define mechanisms involved in the transport of immunoglobulins into intestinal fluids, we localized IgM, IgA, IgG, and secretory component (SC) in human intestinal mucosa by the peroxidase-labeled antibody technique. At the light microscopic level, immunocytes containing IgA, IgM, or IgG were found in the lamina propria. IgA, IgM, and SC were prominent in the epithelium of gland crypts; IgG was limited to a few cells at tips of villi. At the electron-microscopic level, SC was localized to perinuclear spaces, endoplasmic reticulum, saccules associated with Golgi complexes, cytoplasmic vesicles, and lateral and basal plasma membranes of columnar epithelial cells. IgA and IgM, but not IgG, also were localized to plasma membranes and cytoplasmic vesicles of these cells. Neither the immunoglobulins nor SC was found within other types of epithelial cells (Paneth, goblet, endocrine). The findings provide evidence that (1) the site of SC synthesis in intestinal epithelium is secretory columnar cells, principally those in gland crypts; (2) the polymeric immunoglobulins IgM and IgA are translocated through such SC-containing cells by a process that involves formation of cytoplasmic vesicles; (3) IgM and IgA could combine with SC during transcellular transport (likely sites are lateral or basal plasma membranes or supranuclear cytoplasm); (4) the monomeric immunoglobulin IgG does not share the transepithelial cell route involved in IgM and IgA transport.
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