Different organization of intermediate filaments in columnar cells of rat large intestinal mucosa as revealed by confocal laser scanning microscopy and quick-freezing and deep-etching method
Different organization of intermediate filaments in columnar cells of rat large intestinal mucosa as revealed by confocal laser scanning microscopy and quick-freezing and deep-etching method
复制标题
共聚焦激光扫描显微镜和速冻深蚀法揭示大鼠大肠粘膜柱状细胞中间丝的不同组织
作者:
A. Hemmi;A. Komiyama;A. Kawaoi;R. Katoh,;K. Suzuki;S. Ohno;Y. Fujii
The relationship between cell differentiation and ultrastructural changes of intermediate filaments (IF) was studied in columnar cells of large intestinal mucosa of rats by confocal laser scanning microscopy and quick-freezing and deep-etching method. A feature of the IF in immature columnar cells was minibundle formation with prominent branching, which organized the meshwork structures. The minibundles, which appeared to be formed by the attachment of two or more IF in side-to-side fashion, were loosely distributed throughout the cytoplasm. In contrast, in mature columnar cells, the IF were densely distributed under the terminal web in the cytoplasm and beneath the upper part of the lateral membrane regions, whereas the other areas of the cytoplasm contained only a small number of IF. Minibundle formation was not observed, and the branching was rarely identified. The changes in the distribution and density of IF, which are expressed in specific areas of mature columnar cells, apparently represent a characteristic of intracellular differentiation. It is suggested that the dissociation of minibundled IF, which was often observed in the immature columnar cells, is an important step in the acquisition of functional polarity in cells of this type.
DOI:
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发表时间:
1985-03
期刊:
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology
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作者:
D. Cooper;A. Schermer;T. Sun
通讯作者:
D. Cooper;A. Schermer;T. Sun