NEUROCALCIN-IMMUNOREACTIVE RECEPTOR-CELLS IN THE RAT OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM AND VOMERONASAL ORGAN

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作者
LINO, S [1 ]
KOBAYASHI, S [1 ]
OKAZAKI, K [1 ]
HIDAKA, H [1 ]
机构
[1] NAGOYA UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT PHARMACOL, SHOWA KU, NAGOYA, AICHI 466, JAPAN
关键词
NEUROCALCIN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; VOMERONASAL ORGAN; RAT;
D O I
10.1016/0304-3940(95)11568-2
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Occurrence of neurocalcin, a calcium-binding protein with three EF hand motifs, was examined immunohistochemically in the rat olfactory epithelium and vomeronasal organ epithelium. Immunoreactivity was detected in receptor cells in these epithelia. Immunoreactions were distributed in cytoplasm associated with outer mitochondrial membrane, endoplasmic reticulum and microtubules. Olfactory and vomeronasal nerve fibers in the lamina propria exhibited immunoreactivity. Neurocalcin may participate in calcium signalling and cytoskeletal arrangement in receptor cells.
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