Observations under the electron microscope on the localization of phosphatases in epithelial cells of Cowper's glands in rats
Latalski, M.; Obuchowska, D.
Zeitschrift für Mikroskopisch-Anatomische Forschung 93(2): 391-396
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-3107 PMID: 532271 Document Number: 146286
The positive results of the reactions for alkaline and acid phosphatases were obtained in epithelial cells of Cowper's glands in rats. Observations under the electron microscope allowed us to state that alkaline phosphatase was localized in the cell's areola, in membranes of smooth intraplasmic reticulum and in the basement membrane of the epithelium. The acid phosphatase was seen in primary lysosomes as well as in the secondary ones, which are seldom seen on unincubated specimens.