Cytological effects of salt‐stress and localization of transport adenosine triphosphatase in the lateral nasal glands of the desert iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis

Wiley - Tập 180 Số 2 - Trang 285-297 - 1974
Richard A. Ellis1, Clarence C. Goertemiller1
1Division of Biological and Medical Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912

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Abstract

Each of the bilateral nasal glands of Dipsosaurus is surrounded by a thin cartilagenous capsule. A short excretory duct leads to the vestibule of the nasal cavity. This duct connects with the branched principal secretory tubules that end in small terminal segments. Tall columnar cells line the principal secretory tubules, but mucous and tuft cells form the terminal elements. In salt‐stressed animals the spaces between dark and light principal secretory cells are dilated. Potassium‐dependent, ouabain sensitive, adenosine triphosphatase (Ernst, '72a) was localized within the lateral plications of the principal secretory cells and in the apical microvilli of the tuft cells. These observations are consistent with current concepts of ion transport in salt‐secreting epithelia, and they suggest that the tuft cells, not found in avian salt glands, play a role in the unusual physiology (Templeton, '66) of the nasal glands in this reptile.

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Wiley

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285-297

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