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Distribution and Co-Expression Patterns of Specific Cell Markers of Enteroendocrine Cells in Pig Gastric Epithelium

Distribution and Co-Expression Patterns of Specific Cell Markers of Enteroendocrine Cells in Pig Gastric Epithelium

Linda J Fothergill, Giorgia Galiazzo, Billie Hunne, Martin J Stebbing, Josiane Fakhry, Frank Weissenborn, Therese E Fazio Coles, John B Furness

Cell Tissue Res. 2019 Dec;378(3):457-469.

PMID: 31309318

Abstract:

Although the pig is an accepted model species for human digestive physiology, no previous study of the pig gastric mucosa and gastric enteroendocrine cells has investigated the parallels between pig and human. In this study, we have investigated markers for each of the classes of gastric endocrine cells, gastrin, ghrelin, somatostatin, 5-hydroxytryptamine, histidine decarboxylase, and PYY cells in pig stomach. The lining of the proximal stomach consisted of a collar of stratified squamous epithelium surrounded by gastric cardiac glands in the fundus. This differs considerably from human that has only a narrow band of cardiac glands at its entrance, surrounded by a fundic mucosa consisting of oxyntic glands. However, the linings of the corpus and antrum are similar in pig and human. Likewise, the endocrine cell types are similar and similarly distributed in the two species. As in human, gastrin cells were almost exclusively in the antrum, ghrelin cells were most abundant in the oxyntic mucosa and PYY cells were rare. In the pig, 70% of enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells in the antrum and 95% in the fundus contained 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), higher proportions than in human. Unlike the enteroendocrine of the small intestine, most gastric enteroendocrine cells (EEC) did not contain colocalised hormones. This is similar to human and other species. We conclude that the pig stomach has substantial similarity to human, except that the pig has a protective lining at its entrance that may reflect the difference between a pig diet with hard abrasive components and the soft foods consumed by humans.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP61417467	Deamino-Tyr-β-Ala-secretin, pig		61417-46-7	Price

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