ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS OF MUSCLE DEDIFFERENTIATION IN REGENERATING AMBLYSTOMA LIMBS
ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS OF MUSCLE DEDIFFERENTIATION IN REGENERATING AMBLYSTOMA LIMBS
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DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(59)90018-1
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发表时间:
1959-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
HAY, ED
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作者:
HAY, ED
The changes in the fine structure of skeletal muscle fibers of the amphibian limb as they dedifferentiate to form mononucleate blastema cells are described. In the 2 to 6 day period after amputation of the limb, all differentiated stump tissues dedifferentiate to produce a group of blastema cells which are identical in their fine structure and typical of embryonic cells in general. During dedifferentiation, muscle nuclei become rounded, nucleoli prominent and free cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein granules become numerous. Intracellular and extracellular products of cell differentiation are lost and the syncytial muscle fibers break up into mononucleate cells which migrate toward the tip epithelium to aggregate with other un-differentiated blastema cells. The disappearance of myofibrils begins with fragmentation of myofilaments. The Z band behaves as a distinct extrafilamentous component. Both myofilaments and Z bands ultimately disappear completely from the cytoplasm. New cell membranes between the individual muscle units appear to form by fusion of small vesicles derived largely from the endoplasmic reticulum. The endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus fragment into disorganized vesicles, whereas mitochondria show little change. These fine structural features are discussed in relation to the significance of dedifferentiation in limb regeneration.