ELECTRON MICROSCOPY HISTOCHEMICAL OBSERVATION OF THE EFFECT OF CORTISONE ON THE ACID PHOSPHATASEOF NEUROHYPOPHYSIS / 解剖学报

ABSTRACT

Twenty-eight adult male rats were used for this study. The experimentar were injected intramuscular with 25 mg/d cortisone acetate and were killed in various intervals separately. The neurohypophysis were fixed in mixed solution of 4% paraformaldehyde and 2% glutaraldehyde in buffered cacodylate. Frozens ections were incubated in the medium of sodium glycero-phosphate and lead nitrate, postfixed in caulfield solution, dehydrated, embedded, ultrathin sectioned, stained With uranium acetate without lead citrate, and observed under EM, In the neurohypophysis of control animals, the active areas of acid phosphatase were few and were limited in lysosome and Golgi apparatus of pituicytes and endothelia of capillaries. After injection of cortisone, the lysosome of pituicytes were increased and the activity of acid phosphatase were strengthened. Besides pituicytes and endothelia cells, there were so many positive thin granules in the processes of dark pituicytes, some areas of positive reaction of AcP appeared in neurosecretion fibers. After increasing the drug dosage, positive reaction of AcP areas showed a tendency of expansion. In this study, we discussed the effect of cortisone on the AcP of neurohypophysis and the functional significance of pituicytes in neurosecretion procedure.