LOCALIZATION OF NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE IMMUNOREACTIVITY IN MAST-CELLS OF HUMAN NASAL-MUCOSA

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BACCI, S
ARBIRICCARDI, R
MAYER, B
RUMIO, C
BORGHICIRRI, MB
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[1] UNIV FLORENCE,DEPT HUMAN ANAT & HISTOL,SECT E ALLARA,I-50139 FLORENCE,ITALY
[2] GRAZ UNIV,INST PHARMACOL & TOXICOL,GRAZ,AUSTRIA
[3] KARL ZEISS,MILAN,ITALY
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10.1007/BF00269011
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Nitric oxide (NO)-synthase immunoreactivity has been detected for the first time in mast cells of human normal nasal mucosa, with an antibody specific for neuronal NO-synthase, Intense immunoreactivity was revealed in secretion granules of mast cells but was found in mast cell granules free in the extracellular matrix only in some instances; no reactivity was found in the cytoplasm of this or other cell types. These findings suggest that human nasal mast cells contain a particulate isoform of NO-synthase, which shares epitopes with neuronal NO-synthase and is rapidly removed from granules upon exocytosis.
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