STUDIES ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE VITREOUS BODY .12. CYTOLOGICAL AND HISTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON THE CORTICAL TISSUE LAYER
STUDIES ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE VITREOUS BODY .12. CYTOLOGICAL AND HISTOCHEMICAL STUDIES ON THE CORTICAL TISSUE LAYER
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DOI:
10.1016/s0014-4835(64)80008-7
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发表时间:
1964-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
MITCHELL, AP
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作者:
BALAZS, EA;TOTH, LZJ;MITCHELL, AP
The cortical tissue layer of the vitreous body, in adult mammals and in birds, is a solid tissue which is contiguous to the ciliary body and the retina and which contains a uniform population of cells called "hyalocytes". Only the area contiguous to the optic disc contains another type of connective tissue cell, viz. fibrocytes. The largest number of cells per surface area of vitreous body is found at the ciliary body and at the optic disk. The granules of the hyalocytes show light- and oxygen-sensitive autofluorescence and take up cationic dyes in the living state and after fixation. The PAS-positive basophilic material in the granules cannot be removed by treatment with hyaluronidase or neuraminidase. Histamine liberator B. W. 48-80 does not affect the granules. The dynamic apparatus of the hyalocytes is demonstrated in cinephotomicrography by the movements of the cell membranes, granules, vesicles and mitochondria, as well as by the amoeboid movement of the whole cell. The formation of surface vesicles characterizes one of the two distinctly different degenerative processes of the cells. Vital staining of the granules with neutral red initiates a photodynamic process, which results in a reduction of the dye in the granules and an acceleration of the cell degeneration. A basophilic droplet layer rapidly develops on the surface of the cortical tissue layer after the death of the animal. The droplets are interpreted as a coacervation of macromolecules originating from the retina and the vitreous body.