Endocrinology, Vol 127, 1727-1734, Copyright © 1990 by Endocrine Society

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Immunohistochemical localization of nuclear 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine receptor proteins in rat tissues studied with antiserum against C-ERB A/T3 receptor

T Tagami, H Nakamura, S Sasaki, T Mori, H Yoshioka, H Yoshida and H Imura
Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Japan.

We have previously raised an anti-c-erb A peptide antibody (designated 4B II) which immunoprecipitated in vitro transcription/translation products of c-erb A alpha 1 and beta. 4B II could recognize nuclear T3 receptor (NT3R) without distinction between difference in species and tissues. Using 4B II, we studied immunohistochemical localization of NT3R proteins in various tissues of the rat. Cryostat sections (4-6 microns) of selected rat tissues were incubated with 4B II at 4C overnight, followed by fluorescein-isothyocianate-conjugated anti- rabbit immunoglobulin G for 60 min at 25 C. The cellular localization of fluorescence in all tissues examined was exclusively nuclear. Under the same conditions, control sections stained with antiserum which had previously absorbed with c-erb A peptide or inactive serum showed no specific staining. In the brain the large nuclei, supposed to be neuronal, were strongly stained in the cerebral cortex and the granular layer of the cerebellum. In the kidney, cells in the glomerulus, the distal, but not the proximal, tubules, and the collecting ducts exhibited nuclear staining. Nuclear fluorescence was observed homogeneously in the heart and liver, but the intensity was much weaker in the latter. Less intense fluorescence was seen in the testis and spleen, although specific immunostaining was clearly observed in the nuclei of spermatocytes, Leydig cells, and the heads of the sperms in the testis, and many lymphocytes in the spleen. Nuclei of follicular cells of the thyroid exhibited very strong fluorescence, suggesting existence of plenty of NT3R proteins. The anterior pituitary showed strong immunostaining in most nuclei, and clear nuclear fluorescence was also detected in the intermediate lobe of the pituitary. The present study showed that NT3R distributes selectively in certain types of cells in many tissues and that the content of NT3R proteins seems to correlate with the concentration of c-erb A mRNA alpha 1 and beta among many organs.

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