Adenohypophysitis in rat pituitary allografts.
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| Abstract |
The histological, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural alterations in 81 pituitary allografts from Lewis rats transplanted beneath the renal capsule of Wistar rats were investigated. Intrasellar pituitaries of rats bearing allografts were also examined. Recipient rats were sacrificed at various time points after transplantation. Two days after transplantation, the central portion of the allografts demonstrated ischaemic necrosis. A week later, massive mononuclear cell infiltrates consisting primarily of lymphocytes and to a lesser extent, macrophages, plasma cells and granulocytes became prominent. At about three to four weeks after transplantation, the mononuclear cell infiltrate diminished; the surviving adenohypophysial cells, mainly prolactin (PRL) cells, increased in number and necrosis was replaced by connective tissue. No histological changes were noted in the intrasellar pituitaries of rats bearing allografts. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated that the surviving adenohypophysial cells were mainly PRL-producing cells. Electron microscopy revealed adenohypophysial cell destruction, a spectrum of inflammatory cells and, in late phase, accumulation of fibroblasts and collagen fibres. PRL cells were the prominent cell types; they increased in number. It appears that pituitary allografts are 'foreign' and evoke an immune response, suggesting that they may be used as an experimental animal model for morphological investigation of the development and progression of adenohypophysitis, a rare disease occurring mainly in young women often associated with pregnancy.
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| Authors | Fabio Rotondo, Andres Quintanar-Stephano, Sylvia L Asa, Matilde Lombardero, Istvan Berczi, Bernd W Scheithauer, Eva Horvath, Kalman Kovacs |
| Journal | International journal of experimental pathology (Int J Exp Pathol) Vol. 91 Issue 5 Pg. 445-50 (Oct 2010) ISSN: 1365-2613 [Electronic] England |
| PMID | 20586813 (Publication Type: Journal Article) |
| Copyright | © 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
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