Title: Improved enrichment of functionally intact anterior pituitary cells by sequential centrifugal elutriation and density gradient sedimentation
Abstract: Abstract. By centrifugal elutriation and subsequent Percoll density gradient centrifugation, we obtained highly enriched cell populations of the anterior pituitary of ovariectomized adult rats. Enrichment of somatotrophs, gonadotrophs and mammotrophs was 90%, 80% and 77%, respectively (determined by immunocytochemistry). 41% of the GH-cells showed a medium cell size and the highest density. 52% of the LH-cells and 44% of the FSH-cells were found within the population of the large and medium-dense cells. 69% of the prolactin-cells belonged to the small-sized cells with low density. Thyrotrophs were found within all of the size ranges. The majority of the corticotrophs (82%) showed a small cell size. The enriched somatotrophs, LH-gonadotrophs, and mammotrophs responded to GRF, LRH and TRH. Before and after enrichment, somatotrophs and mammotrophs showed the same responsiveness to releasing hormones. In contrast, enriched LH-gonadotrophs exhibited a higher responsiveness to LRH than unfractionated LH-gonadotrophs.
Publication Year: 1986
Publication Date: 1986-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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