ULTRASTRUCTURAL-LOCALIZATION OF CALCIUM IN MECHANORECEPTORS OF THE ORAL-MUCOSA

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TACHIBANA, T
NAWA, T
MIZUHIRA, V
YOSHIDA, Y
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[1] SHIONOGI & CO LTD,RES LABS,KANZAKIGAWA LAB,OSAKA 553,JAPAN
[2] IWATE MED UNIV,ELECTRON MICROSCOPY LAB,MORIOKA,IWATE 020,JAPAN
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JOURNAL OF NEUROCYTOLOGY | 1992年 / 21卷 / 10期
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10.1007/BF01181589
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Cytochemical localization of Ca2+ in Meissner corpuscles and Merkel cell-neurite complexes in the palatine mucosa of the Mongolian gerbil was studied by a combined oxalate antimonate-microwave irradiation procedure. The reaction products obtained were identified as calcium antimonate by EGTA solubility and X-ray microanalysis. Meissner corpuscles in the normal palatine rugae could be roughly classified into three types by amount and localization of Ca2+. Type I corpuscles were characterized by a high Ca2+ content in both the terminal axoplasm and caveolae of the lamellar plates, type II, by a low Ca2+ content in the terminal axoplasm and a high Ca2+ content in the lamellar cytoplasm. Type III corpuscles showed intermediate characteristics. Palatine rugae stimulated mechanically during fixation contained an increased number of type I corpuscles. On the other hand, two patterns were distinguished in the distribution of Ca2+ in Merkel cells in palatine rugae fixed under normal conditions. One showed abundant Ca2+ dispersed throughout the cell, while in the other, Ca2+ was specifically localized in the Golgi apparatus and mitochondria. Similar distribution patterns also were observed in palatine rugae that had received mechanical stimulus during fixation. Axon terminals of most Merkel cell-neurite complexes in normal palatine rugae were poor in axoplasmic Ca2+, whereas those in most Merkel cell-neurite complexes in mechanically stimulated palatine rugae contained abundant Ca2+ in their axoplasm.
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