title: Distributions of antibovine-pepsinogen-positive cells in glandular regions of forestomach in the bactrian camel, Camelus bactrianus.
abstract: The present paper describes mucous cells in the forestomach glandular region which immunoreacted to antibovine pepsinogen serum in adult and young bactrian camels, Camelus bactrianus (female, 25 years old; female, 6 months old; from Hilar Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China, in August 1988). These immunoreactive cells in forestomach glandular regions also reacted to Alcian blue (pH 1.0) and/or periodic acid-Schiff. Cross-reactivity of antibovine pepsinogen serum against extracts from the forestomach glandular region was analyzed by Western blotting, supporting that this serum could detect pepsin and/or pepsinogen in the bactrian camel. It was suggested that mucous cells in forestomach glandular regions produce pepsinogen molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Amasaki
authors.lastname: Guirung
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogimoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D010435:Pepsinogens / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010435:Pepsinogens