Histological alterations in denervated non-regenerating limbs of urodele larvae
Histological alterations in denervated non-regenerating limbs of urodele larvae
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10.1002/jez.1400880208
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发表时间:
1941-01-01
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Schotté, OE
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Butler, EG;Schotté, OE
Using larvae of Amblystoma punctatum, A. opacum, and Triturus viri-descens, studies were made on the histological changes in non-regenerating nerveless limbs in comparison with the histology of normal regeneration. Denervation and amputation lead to extreme regression, which involves all organized structures of a limb. Regardless of the level of amputation, skeleton, muscles, blood vessels and connective tissues undergo regression and disappear as far proximally as the shoulder region. Regression and disappearance of structural units is essentially the result of cellular dediffer-entiation, with subsequent resorption of material. No blastema is established on a completely nerveless amputated limb. However, when reinnervation of a dedifferentiating limb takes place, a blastema forms. The point where the blastema is established bears no direct relationship to the time or to the level of amputation. A blastema can arise long after amputation at a point far removed from the level of amputation. The blastema is regarded as a structure which plays a role, not only in the establishment of a regenerate, but also in the maintenance of a balance between the processes of dedifferentiation and differentiation, which are associated in normal regeneration.