title: Immunocytochemical demonstration of hydroxyindole O-methyltransferase (HIOMT), neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and S-100 protein in the bovine pineal gland.
abstract: The immunocytochemical localization for hydroxyindole O-methyltransferase (HIOMT), neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and S-100 protein in the bovine pineal gland is described in this paper. Most of the pinealocytes showed immunoreactivities to a HIOMT antiserum and an NSE antiserum, simultaneously. Neither HIOMT-nor NSE-immunoreactivity was observed in a few pinealocytes. On the other hand, dispersed interstitial cells (glial cells) were stained only by an S-100 protein antiserum. No evident HIOMT-immunoreactivity was observed in the retina and intestinal mucosa, where HIOMT has been suggested to occur.
mesh_terms: D000121:Acetylserotonin O-Methyltransferase / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D008780:Methyltransferases / Q000032:analysis*; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000032:analysis*; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000032:analysis*; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D009418:S100 Proteins; D008780:Methyltransferases; D000121:Acetylserotonin O-Methyltransferase; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase