scholarly journals Distributions of Actin, Vinculin and Fibronectin in the Duodenum of Developing Chick Embryos: Immunohistochemical Studies at the Light Microscope Level. (chick embryo/duodenal morphogenesis/immunofluorescent staining/actin/vinculin)

1988 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
SETSUKO NODA ◽  
TAOAO MITSUI
2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana C Haines ◽  
Stephen Stern ◽  
Jennifer Hall ◽  
Anil Patri ◽  
Scott McNeil

1995 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-228
Author(s):  
J. Lee ◽  
M.A. Medlin ◽  
S.T. Dunn

AbstractThe cyst wall of the metacercaria of Gynaecotyla adunca (Microphallidae: Digenea) was subjected to comprehensive histochemical analysis. At the light microscope level, a uniformly thick, bipartite cyst wall, probably wholly of parasite origin, was evident. Structural modification of the cyst wall to provide an escape aperture was not apparent. The thicker, inner layer was comprised of phospholipid and glyco- and/or mucoproteins, possibly similar in structure to collagen. The outer layer was highly proteinaceous and contained additional amounts of acidic and neutral mucosubstances. The results are discussed in the context of previous observations regarding the excystment requirements of this microphallid species.


Development ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32
Author(s):  
David Ostrovsky ◽  
Joseph W. Sanger ◽  
James W. Lash

The cellular distribution of actin during two morphogenetic processes in the chick embryo has been observed, using a high-resolution fluorescent technique, with heavy meromyosin as a probe. These cytoskeletal elements have been implicated in all cell and tissue movements in the embryo. It is now commonly accepted that microfilaments are necessary to provide the motive force for morphogenesis. Two morphogenetic movements in the early embryo have been studied at the light microscope level. During somitogenesis, the mesenchymal segmental plate becomes transformed into a meristic series of transient epithelial vesicles. Again, actin distribution is diffuse and random before the morphogenetic event. During epithelialization, actin becomes prominent in the apical regions of the epithelial cells. Cells in the somitic epithelial vesicles, the core cells, appear to be passive participants in this process, and consequently show no distinct cellular localization of actin.


1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 530-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kren�cs ◽  
L. Kren�cs ◽  
B. Boz�ky ◽  
B. Iv�nyi

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 835-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Wubah ◽  
M. S. Fuller ◽  
D. E. Akin

The development from zoospore to a mature thallus in Neocallimastix sp. isolated from a Georgia cow was studied at the light microscope level. The zoospore had 9–14 posteriorly directed flagella, and its shape varied from amoeboid in agar to ovoid in broth. Encysted zoospores developed endogenously into extramatrical ovoid or spherical incipient zoosporangia with extensively branched intramatrical rhizoids that often had constrictions. Sessile mature zoosporangia varied in shape, and zoospores were fully formed within zoosporangia before release through an apical pore. In agar, zoospores encysted close to the parent zoosporangium and developed endogenously into second generation zoosporangia or exogenously into elongate thalli. At maturity, an elongate thallus was made up of a sporangium, a sporangial stalk, a cyst, and branched rhizoids. Elongate thalli were sometimes formed in broth. Melanized resting sporangia were formed on branched thalli in old (> 36 h) cultures. Two isolates of Neocallimastix frontalis from a cow and sheep and Neocallimastix patriciarum were grown under the same conditions as our isolate, and the morphology of zoospore, zoosporangium, and melanized sporangium of the four isolates were compared. In broth, the isolates developed in the same manner and formed elongate thalli and melanized sporangia as described for our isolate. There is insufficient justification, based on morphology alone, for separating the four isolates. The importance of basic light microscopy is discussed. Key words: Neocallimastix, development, morphology.


1982 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 609-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
NJ Hutchison ◽  
PR Langer-Safer ◽  
DC Ward ◽  
BA Hamkalo

In situ hybridization has become a standard method for localizing DNA or RNA sequences in cytological preparations. We developed two methods to extend this technique to the transmission electron microscope level using mouse satellite DNA hybridization to whole mount metaphase chromosomes as the test system. The first method devised is a direct extension of standard light microscope level using mouse satellite DNA hybridization to whole mount metaphase chromosomes as the test system. The first method devised is a direct extension of standard light microscope in situ hybridization. Radioactively labeled complementary RNA (cRNA) is hybridized to metaphase chromosomes deposited on electron microscope grids and fixed in 70 percent ethanol vapor; hybridixation site are detected by autoradiography. Specific and intense labeling of chromosomal centromeric regions is observed even after relatively short exposure times. Inerphase nuclei present in some of the metaphase chromosome preparations also show defined paatterms of satellite DNA labeling which suggests that satellite-containing regions are associate with each other during interphase. The sensitivity of this method is estimated to at least as good as that at the light microscope level while the resolution is improved at least threefold. The second method, which circumvents the use of autoradiogrphic detection, uses biotin-labeled polynucleotide probes. After hybridization of these probes, either DNA or RNA, to fixed chromosomes on grids, hybrids are detected via reaction is improved at least threefold. The second method, which circumvents the use of autoradiographic detection, uses biotin-labeled polynucleotide probes. After hybridization of these probes, either DNA or RNA, to fixed chromosomes on grids, hybrids are detected via reaction with an antibody against biotin and secondary antibody adsorbed to the surface of over centromeric heterochromatin and along the associated peripheral fibers. Labeling is on average ten times that of background binding. This method is rapid and possesses the potential to allow precise ultrastructual localization of DNA sequences in chromosomes and chromatin.


1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (S2) ◽  
pp. 179-180
Author(s):  
M. González-Santander Martinez ◽  
M. Monteagudo de la Rosa ◽  
G. Martinez Cuadrado ◽  
R. González Santander

Somite disintegration begins with the disruption and dispersion of cells in its ventromedial region, that upon detaching from the somite form a defined group of cells called “sclerotome”. The sclerotome is formed by scleroblasts that originate paraxial segments. Scleroblasts disperse and migrate forming the “sclerotomal mesenchyma”. This sclerotomal mesenchyma, in its evolution and cell differentiation, will give rise to skeletal tissues. One of the first features of the scleroblast is the production of extracellular matrix rich in hialuronic acid that facilitates the spreading of filopodia and the migration of the sclerotome. Sclerotome development is closely associated to the microenvironment created by the extracellular matrix in which scleroblasts are located. Hialuronic acid is found in the ample intercellular spaces occupied by the hydrated matrix.White Leghorn chick embryos at H.H. stages 9 to 12 were fixed in 2.5% glutaraldehyde, postfixed in 1 % osmium tetroxide and embedded in araldite. Semithin transversal sections were stained with toluidine blue and visualized under the light microscope to locate the sclerotome.


1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (10) ◽  
pp. 2363-2367 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. T. Mukai ◽  
A. S. M. Saleuddin

In Helisoma duryi, virgin snails lay significantly fewer eggs than mated snails. It is generally accepted that in basommatophoran pulmonates, the neurosecretory caudodorsal cells located in the cerebral ganglia produce a hormone that regulates egg laying. The synthetic activity of the caudodorsal cells in Helisoma has been measured in vitro and in vivo using tritiated leucine. Virgin and castrated snails (reproductively inactive) showed significantly reduced levels of [3H]leucine incorporation compared with first-mated snails (24 and 48 h postmating). This increase in synthetic activity following mating was corroborated by autoradiography at the light microscope level which localized transport of caudodorsal cell neurosecretory proteins to the cerebral commissure, the neurohaemal area. Mating triggers an increase in synthetic activity of the caudodorsal cells.


1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (10) ◽  
pp. 3078-3082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin D. Hyde

Investigations into the intertidal fungi of Kampong Nelayan Mangrove (Belawan), north Sumatra, yielded 39 species of which one is new to science. Driftwood and mangrove roots and branches were examined. This first report of marine fungi from north Sumatra extends our knowledge of their ecology and geographical distribution. The new species is described and illustrated at the light microscope level.


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