Permeability of the diaphragmatic mesothelium: the ultrastructural basis for "stomata".
Permeability of the diaphragmatic mesothelium: the ultrastructural basis for "stomata".
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膈间皮的渗透性:“气孔”的超微结构基础。
DOI:
10.1002/aja.1001510409
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发表时间:
1978
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通讯作者:
K. Rahil
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作者:
L. V. Leak;K. Rahil
The topograplhy and organization of cells lining the peritoneal surface of the diaphragm in inormal and intraperitoneally injected mice have been studied by transmission and scanning electron microscopy and freeze-fracture replication techniques. The mesothelid cells of the peritoneal surface of the diaphragm are organized into two discrete populations. A population of cuboidal cells are found in areas over the lymphatic lacuna (roof covering submesothelial lymphatic vessels) while the remaining areas (not covering lymphatic lacunae) of the diaphragm are lined by extremely flattened cells. The apical surfaces of both cuboidal and flattened mesothelial cells are covered with numerous microvilli. The lateral borders of the cuboidal cells are characterized by the presence of numerous filamentous processes which interlace with similar structures from adjacent cells to form intercellular gaps which overlie a thin layer of connective tissue. In addition to the intercellular gap: $, special circular pores are found between the margins of several neighboring cells. The observations suggest that these circular pores are formed when cell margins of several lymphatic endothelial cells span the submesothelial connective tissue to form intercellular junctions with cell margins of several neighboring mesothelial cells lining the peritoneal surface of the diaphragm. The intimate intercellular contact between these two different cell types provides an open channel between the peritoneal cavity and the lumen of the diaphragmatic lymphatic vessels (lymphatic lacunae). It is suggested that these circular pores correspond to the “stomata” of von Recklinghausen. Intraperitoneally injected col1oida. l particles (biological carbon) and red blood cells are rapidly removed from the peritoneal cavity via the circular pores (stomata).The studies of William Hunter, around 1799, on the physiology of the lymphatic vessels of the serous cavities demonstrated that fluids and particulate substances and cells were rapidly absorbed when injected into the peritoneal and pleural cavities (Hewson, 1846). It was also observed that water and salt solutions containing vital dyes were iibsorbed more rapidly than particulate substances (Starling and Tubby, 1894). Subsequent studies on the absorption of fluids and payticulate substances from both pleural and peritoneal cavities of mammals and amphibians suggested that the peritoneal cavity is an intricate part of the lymphatic system with absorption taking place primarily by the subperitoneal lymphatics. However, it was not until the work of Heidenhain (1895) on the secretion of