HISTOCHEMICAL DEMONSTRATION OF PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHETASE IN MAST CELL / 解剖学报

ABSTRACT

Thymus, lymph node and intestine (two pieces each) were taken from 20 adult guinea pigs and 10 adult rats. One piece was frozen in liquid nitrogen (-70℃) and cryostat sections were stained with Janszen and Nugteren (1971) method to demonstrate prostaglandin synthetase activity, Another piece was fixed in methanol, and paraffin sections were stained with HE and toluidin blue to demonstrate mast cell. Teased preparation of mesentery were stained by the same methods to show enzyme activity. Indomethacin inhibiting test was used as control. It is proven that the brown deposit represented the prostaglandin synthetase activity. These deposit existed in cytoplasm of mast cell, while and was absent in nucleus and specific granules. Prostaglandin synthetase positive mast cells distributed widely in lamina propria, axis of villi and submucosal layer in intestine, capsule, septa and medulla in thymus; capsule, trabecullum and paracortical zone of lymph node.