COMPARISON OF EUMELANOGENESIS AND PHEOMELANOGENESIS IN RETINAL AND FOLLICULAR MELANOCYTES - ROLE OF VESICULO-GLOBULAR BODIES IN MELANOSOME DIFFERENTIATION
COMPARISON OF EUMELANOGENESIS AND PHEOMELANOGENESIS IN RETINAL AND FOLLICULAR MELANOCYTES - ROLE OF VESICULO-GLOBULAR BODIES IN MELANOSOME DIFFERENTIATION
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DOI:
10.1111/1523-1747.ep12531650
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
TAKEUCHI, T
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作者:
JIMBOW, K;OIKAWA, O;TAKEUCHI, T
Vesiculo-globular bodies, 40 nm in diameter, are present in melanosomes. The mode of their involvement in melanosomal differentiation was studied by ultrastructural comparison of eu- and pheomelanogenesis occurring in retinal and follicular melanocytes in chickens and mice. The number and distribution of these bodies differ significantly with types of melanogenesis and tissues. They were not affected by physical stimuli or by embryonic origin of melanocytes. The earliest form of melanosomes is identical in eu- and pheomelanogenesis. The vesiculoglobular bodies are involved in organization of melanosomal constituents. In eumelanogenesis, they are more numerous in feather than in retina and hair. They are least numerous in white hair and pink eyes where melanization is blocked. During melanosomal development, they become associated with melanosomal inner lamellae and their outer surface becomes melanized. Their core is hardly melanized, leaving small vesicular structures. In pheomelanogenesis, their number is almost equal in feather and hair. Lamellae are not formed, but these bodies fuse with each other to form an amorphous matrix on complete differentiation of melanosomes.