STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF ENDOCARDIAL CUSHIONS
STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF ENDOCARDIAL CUSHIONS
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DOI:
10.1002/aja.1001480108
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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通讯作者:
MANASEK, FJ
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作者:
MARKWALD, RR;FITZHARRIS, TP;MANASEK, FJ
Development of chick [embryo] and rat [embryo] endocardial cushions (cardiac mesenchyme) was studied histologically (using Nomarski differential interference optics on living and unfixed tissue), ultrastructurally (scanning and transmission), electron microscopy cytochemically (using acidified dialyzed Fe as a visual probe for polyanionic material) and autoradiographically (using 35S) to elucidate the origin of the mesenchyme, the morphologic sequences leading to cushion formation and secretion of sulfated glycosaminoglycans, if any, by migrating mesenchymal cells. Cushion formation was similar for both species. Mesenchymal cells appeared initially, in 16- to 18-somite embryos, beneath the endothelium (which lacked a basal lamina) of the future atrioventricular canal and outflow tract. The cytoplasm of cushion mesenchymal cells was structurally similar to the endothelium; probably these cells arose by proliferation of the endothelium. Mitotic figures among the seeded cells were also numerous. Cushion cells were initially attached to the endothelium by desmosomes but acquired motile apparatus (pseudopodia and filopodia containing microtubules and microfilamentous bundles). Serial sectioning of successively-aged embryos (20-44 somites) indicated a centrifugal migratory direction. Interaction of the cell processes with extracellular matrix suggested that the latter was used as a migratory substrate. Contact of the advancing wedge of cushion cells with the myocardium produced no alteration in cell structure of mitotic activity. Localization of hyaluronidase-sensitive, dialyzed iron (DI) precipitates in 250 nm Golgi vacuoles and hyaluronidase-sensitive 35S-engendered silver grains over cushion cells indicated that this tissue contributed sulfated macromolecules to the matrix. Localization of hyaluronidase-labile, DI material in coated, endocytic-like vesicles and caveolae also suggested potential modification or conditioning of the matrix by migrating mesenchymal cells. Loci in developing cushions were established where disruption of the developmental sequence could engender valvular or septal defects.