title: Cytochemistry of gastric parietal cells with high-pressure freezing followed by freeze-substitution.
abstract: Gastric parietal cells were examined for changes in their ultrastructure and distribution of the proton pump during feeding and fasting states in rats. The fundic glands from rats fed ad libitum or fasted with free access to water were cryofixed using high-pressure freezing followed by freeze-substitution in acetone containing osmium or acrolein and then embedded in Epon 812 or Lowicryl K4M resin, respectively. Excellent ultrastructural preservation was achieved. During the feeding state, intracellular canaliculi and numerous microvilli were well developed, while tubulovesicles were poorly developed. In contrast, during the fasting state, the microvilli in the narrowed space of the intracellular canaliculi were tightly packed and the tubulovesicles were enlarged. Ultrathin sections were immunostained with antibodies against the alpha- and beta-subunits of the proton pump, H+ x K(+)-ATPase, using the immunogold method. The labelling was strong and clearly localized in comparison with that obtained using the conventional chemical-fixation method. Each subunit was localized on the membrane of the microvilli, intracellular canaliculi and tubulovesicles. The distribution of subunit proteins varied between the two states. During ad libitum feeding, the immunolabelling was localized strongly on the membranes of the microvilli and intracellular canaliculi. In contrast, the labelling was strong on the tubulovesicle membrane in the fasting state. The results obtained with each anti-subunit antibody by H+ x K(+)-ATPase immunostaining revealed differences in distribution and labelling density between the feeding and fasting states.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, 8-35-1 Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima 890-8520, Japan. stsuyama@m.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuyama
authors.forename: Sachie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: Suguru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yonezawa
authors.forename: Fusayoshi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Murata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017110:Freeze Substitution / Q000379:methods*; D005615:Freezing; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015388:Organelles / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010295:Parietal Cells, Gastric / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D011312:Pressure; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar