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The thyrotropin secreting basophils in the adenohypophysis of Anoptichthys jordani

Zeitschrift für Zellforschung und Mikroskopische Anatomie, ISSN: 0302-766X, Vol: 101, Issue: 4, Page: 588-597
1969
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In order to identify the TSH cells in the pituitary gland of Anoptichthys jordani, the development of the adenohypophysial cell types was studied in relation with the differentiation of the thyroids. In addition experiments were performed in young and adult animals with propylthiouracil (PTU) and thyroxine. At the time of the first thyroid development two meso-adenohypophysial cell types in the pituitary gland of Anoptichthys jordani are distinctly differentiated: orangeophilic cells and Alcian Blue (AB)-positive basophils. Because thyroxine and PTU could evoke changes in activity of the latter but had no effect on the orangeophils, it is concluded that the angular AB-positive basophils in the meso-adenohypophysis of Anoptichthys are responsible for the TSH production. PTU and thyroxine were unable to affect TSH cell activity in adult animals. © 1969 Springer-Verlag.

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