A stereological evaluation of secretin and gastric inhibitory peptide-containing mucosal cells of the perinatal small intestine of the pig

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Abstract

Stereological methods were used to quantify secretin and gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP)-immunoreactivity (GIP-IR) in paraffin sections of the duodenum, jejunum and ileum of fetal and neonatal piglets. In addition, sections were processed for GLP-1-immunohistochemistry. The volume density of the tunica mucosa increased after birth, giving rise to a decreased volume density of the tela submucosa and tunica muscularis. Generally known region-specific morphological distinctions were reflected in differing volume densities of the various layers. The highest volume density of GIP-IR epithelial cells was observed in the jejunum of the neonate. In contrast, the volume density of secretin-IR epithelial cells was highest in the duodenum of both fetal and neonatal piglets. The volume occupied by GIP-IR and secretin-IR epithelial cells increased in the jejunum after birth. Additionally, ileal secretin-IR epithelial cells were more numerous in the neonatal piglet. In conclusion, the quantitative and qualitative presence of GIP-IR and secretin-IR epithelial cells agree with earlier reports of their presence and co-localization between GIP-IR and GLP-1-IR, in the pig small intestine. Furthermore, the differences suggest that age- and region-related functional demands are temporally and probably causally related with the morphological diversification of the intestine and its endocrine cells. © Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2004.

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Van Ginneken, C., & Weyns, A. (2004). A stereological evaluation of secretin and gastric inhibitory peptide-containing mucosal cells of the perinatal small intestine of the pig. Journal of Anatomy, 205(4), 267–275. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00338.x

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