An immunohistochemical study of somatostatin in the stomach and the small intestine of the African ostrich (Struthio camelus)

作者：Chen, Min; He, Min; Peng, Kemei^*; Liu, Tingting; Jin, Chunyan; Cao, Weiwei; Wang, Lei; Xiao, Ke

来源：Tissue and Cell, 2013, 45(6): 363-366.

DOI：10.1016/j.tice.2013.06.002

• Somatostatin
• Ostrich
• Stomach
• Small intestine
• Immunohistochemistry

The aim of the present study was to clarify the distribution and relative frequencies of somatostatin (SST)-producing cells in the stomach and the small intestine of the ostrich by using immunohistochemistry. The results indicated that somatostatin-immunoreactive (SST-IR) cells were distributed in mucosal layers of the proventriculus, duodenum, jejunum and ileum. However, no immunoreactivity was observed in the gizzard. SST-IR cells were found at the lower part of glandular lobule in the proventriculus, which were oval and round generally. SST-IR cells were present in the mucous membrane of entire small intestine of the ostrich. SST-IR cells had round and spherical shapes (closed-type cells), or spindle and pyriform shapes (open-type cells) in the small intestine. SST-positive cells were localized preferentially in the proventriculus of the 60-day-old ostrich. These results indicated that SST might be involved in functional and developmental regulation of gastrointestinal tract of the ostrich.

• 出版日期2013-12
• 单位华中农业大学; 信阳农林学院