大鼠小肠嗜银、亲银细胞的分布及形态学观察

本文用肠卷石蜡切片的嗜银反应(黄荫乔法)、亲银反应(Singh法),对11只大鼠小肠的嗜银、亲银细胞的分布及形态学作了初步观察,结果如下。 1.大鼠小肠的嗜银、亲银细胞的密度,在十二指肠最高,从空肠到回肠逐渐减少。 2.嗜银、亲银细胞在肠腺基底部着色较浅,在腺上部着色加深,在绒毛顶端为深染。嗜银细胞基底部有突起,穿过基膜到达固有层。在固有层内,于突起附近有嗜银颗粒和突起相延续。嗜银颗粒到达细胞顶端较为多见,有时可见到嗜银颗粒释放到腺腔内。因此我们认为,嗜银、亲银细胞兼有内、外分泌双重功能。 3.在小肠固有层的结缔组织内,发现有嗜银细胞,细胞形状不规则,有突起,胞质和突起都充满嗜银颗粒,有时可见嗜银颗粒到达细胞外。颗粒的形态、致密度及染色特点,与上皮细胞之间的嗜银细胞相同,故这些细胞可能属于内分泌细胞。

DISTRIBUTION AND MORPHOLOGIC OBSERVATION OF ARGYROPHIL AND ARGENTAFFIN CELLS IN SMALL INTESTINE OF RATS

Distribution and morphology of argyrophil and argentaffin cells in small intestine of 11 rats were studied by means of Huang's method of argyrophil reaction and Singh's method of argentaffin reaction on paraffin sections of intestine rolls. The results are as follows:1. The density of argyrophil and argentaffin cells in rat small intestine is the highest in the duodenum and progressively decreases from jejunum to ileum.2. The staining intensity of argyrophil and argentaffin cells is lowest in the basal portion of crypts and progressively increases from crypts to villus. Intensely stained argyrophil and argentaffin cells in the villus tip were observed. The basal portion of the argyrophil cells has cytoplasmic processes extending to connective tissue of the lamina propria and the argyrophil granules are released to lamina propria along these processes. Argyrophil granules can usually be found to extend to the luminal surface of these cells; occasionally they were observed extracellularly in the gland cavity, suggesting that argyrophil and argentaffin cells may have both endocrine and exocrine functions.3. Some argyrophil cells can be found in connective tissue of the lamina propria. The cells are irregular in shape and possesses processes. There are argyrophil granules in perikaryon and the processes and occasionally outside the cells. The argyrophil cells in the lamina propria are the same as those among epithelial cells in shape, argyrophil property and density of the granules. It is possible that these cells belong to endocrine cells.