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Histochemical Detection of Ionic Zinc in the Rat Olfactory Mucosa: Zinc Selenium Autometallography ($ZnSe^{AMG}$)  

Nam, Dong-Woo (Department of Anatomy, Hallym University)
Sun, Yuan-Jie (Department of Anatomy, Hallym University)
Kim, Sung-Joo (Department of Anatomy, Hallym University)
Kim, Yong-Kuk (Department of Anatomy, Hallym University)
Kim, Soo-Jin (Department of Biology, Hallym University)
Yu, Yun-Cho (Department of Oriental Medicine, Woosuk University)
Jeong, Young-Gil (Department of Anatomy, Konyang University)
Jo, Seung-Mook (Department of Anatomy, Hallym University)
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Applied Microscopy / v.33, no.2, 2003 , pp. 145-154 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study was designed to demonstrate ionic zinc in the rat nasal mucosa by means of zinc selenium autometallography ($ZnSe^{AMG}$). Rats were given sodium selenide either intraperitoneally (i.p) or intranasally (i.n). Prior to the i.n. administration the rats were anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium (30 mg/kg, i.p.). A thin plastic tube coupled to a Hamilton syringe was then inserted into the right nostril and $10{\mu}l$ of the solution was instilled. For the i.p. administration non-anesthetized rats were given $100{\mu}l$ of the sodium selenide solution (10 mg/kg). Control rats were instilled with saline. After 2 hrs survival, the rats were anaesthetized and transcardially perfused with 3% glutaraldehyde. The olfactory area was removed and put into same fixative. The nose was then sectioned ($30{\mu}m$) horizontally, autometallography (AMG) was performed according to Danscher et al. (1997). After silver enhancement, fine AMG grains were scattered in the whole length of the olfactory epithelium containing olfactory receptor neurons, sustentacular and basal cells. However, much higher concentration of the AMG grains occupied near the surface and in the basal region of the olfactory epithelium. Both groups of i.p. and i.n. administration showed almost same level in the concentration of the AMG grains. In i.n. group, few AMG grains were also found in olfactory nerves of the lamina propria, suggesting zinc transport into the olfactory bulb via olfactory axons. At the electron microscopic level, the AMG grains were most entirely found in the supporting cells of the olfactory epithelium, and they were mostly localized in lysosome-like organelles. The i.n. group showed various signs of tissue damage of the olfactory mucosa, where dense concentration of AMG grains were localized at crystalloid structures. The present study demonstrated dense population of ionic zinc in the rat olfactory epithelium. zinc may play a role in the olfactory functioin and in the pathogenesis of the neurodegerative disorders affecting nose.
Keywords
AMG grains; Lysosome; Olfactory mucosa; Rat; Sodium selenide; Supporting cells; Zinc;
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