Immunohistochemical localization of physiologic urinary proteins in Wistar rats.

ABSTRACT

Rat physiologic urinary proteins were immunohistochemically localized. In male Wistar rats, urinary protein antigens were present in both hepatic and epithelial cells of the salivary ducts, the coagulating gland, and the prostate gland. In female rats, urinary protein antigens were present in the same proportion of the salivary glands as in males and in the uterine glands, but to a lesser extent than in salivary glands. The results of this study indicate multiple origins of rat urinary proteins. It remains to be determined if female uterine glands contribute to urinary proteins.