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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 273: C1641-C1649, 1997;
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Vol. 273, Issue 5, C1641-C1649, November 1997

Intermediate endocrine-acinar pancreatic cells in duct ligation conditions

Eugenio Bertelli and Moïse Bendayan

Department of Anatomy, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3J7

When tissues were subjected to 24 h of duct ligation, intermediate pancreatic cells simultaneously displaying endocrine and exocrine phenotypes appeared. Immunocytochemistry by laser scanning confocal microscopy revealed the appearance of a large number of these cells coexpressing insulin and amylase. These cells were located within the islets of Langerhans as well as in the acinar parenchyma. They were also detected in a culture system of isolated pancreatic cells. With the use of immunoelectron microscopy, two types of secretory granules were identified in these cells. One was insulin immunoreactive, whereas the other, resembling zymogen granules, contained amylase. Occasionally, some small granules displayed a double labeling for both secretory proteins. Numerous crinophagic bodies and autophagosomes containing insulin and/or amylase were also present. In situ hybridization, applied with the specific probes, confirmed the presence of both insulin and amylase mRNAs in these cells. Because duct ligation is known to induce insulin cell proliferation, the present results confirm that endocrine-acinar cells do appear in such condition and may represent intermediate steps in a transdifferentiating process.

pancreas; transdifferentiation; confocal microscopy; immunocytochemistry; in situ hybridization


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