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Pilocarpine-induced changes in the saccharide composition of the tectorial membrane and interdental cells of the organ of Corti: a study with gold-labeled lectins

ME Rubio, J Rueda, JJ Prieto and JA Merchan

Department of Histology, University of Alicante, Spain.

The glycoconjugates in the cytoplasm of inner ear interdental cells and those constituting the limbal tectorial membrane were identified by a post-embedding cytochemical method using low-temperature embedding in Lowicryl K4M and labeling with biotinylated lectins, goat anti-biotin antibody, rabbit anti-goat antibody, and gold-labeled protein A in control animals, and after the systemic injection of pilocarpine. The lectins used were ConA, PHA-E, PSA, RCA, SBA, Succ-WGA, UEA, and WGA. In control animals, a semiquantitive analysis of gold particles showed that Succ-WGA produced the strongest labeling on the tectorial membrane, followed by SBA, ConA, WGA, RCA, PHA-E, and PSA. The lowest values were obtained with UEA. The cytoplasm of the interdental cells was also labeled with all the lectins, but the number of particles/microns2 was lower than on the tectorial membrane. The concentration of gold particles on the limbal tectorial membrane in pilocarpine-treated animals was higher than in control animals for some lectins (RCA, PSA, UEA) but lower for others (WGA, SBA, PHA-E, Succ- WGA). The changes in the labeling pattern of the cytoplasm of the interdental cells paralleled those in the tectorial membrane. These results demonstrate that the saccharide composition of the limbal tectorial membrane can be modified by systemic injection of pilocarpine. This action may take place through a change in either the secretion rate or the amount of some glycoconjugates by the interdental cells.

Volume 42, Issue 3, pp. 405-416, 03/01/1994
Copyright © 1994 by The Histochemical Society


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