An immunohistochemical study of the pancreatic endocrine cells in the cat-shark, Scyliorhinus torazame

The pancreatic endocrine cells of the cat-shark, S. torazame, were studied using immunohistochemical method. Five kinds of endocrine cells (glucagon-, somatostatin-, insulin-, 5-HT-and BPP-immunoreactive cells) identified in this study. The chracteristic findings of the distributions of five immunoreactive cells were as follows. Glucagon-immunoreactive cells were detected as clustering group in the epithelia of the interlobular duct and singly the pancreatic acini, respectively. Insulin -immunoreactive cells were moderately observed in the epithelia of the interlobular duct or in the periphery of the islet. Somatostatin-immunoreactive cells were distributed in single or mass groups in the epithelia of the interlobular duct and the exocrine gland of the pancreas. A very few 5-HTimmunoreactive cells were seen in the periphery of the islet and the acini of the pancreas-BPP-immunoreactive cell was singly located in the periphery of the pancreatic islet, but GAS/CCK-and Chromogranin-immunoreactive cells were not found in this study. 두툴상어의 췌장 내분비세포를 면역조직화학적으로 관찰하였던바, 5종의 면역반응세포들이 동정되었다. glucagon 면역반응세포는 도관의 상피간 및 췌장외분비선의 선포주위에서 한개 또는 다수의 집단으로 출현하였으며, insulin 면역반응세포는 islet의 주변부 또는 도관의 상피간에 각각 관찰되었다. somatostatin 면역반응세포는 도관의 상피간 또는 췌장외분비선의 주위에 한개 또는 집단으로 분포하였으며, 소수의 5-HT 연역반응세포는 islet의 주변부 및 췌장 외분비선의 선세포간에서 관찰되었다. BPP 면역반응세포는 극소수로 관찰되었으며, GAS/CCK외 chromogranin 면역반응세포들은 관찰되지 않았다.