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Anat Rec (Hoboken) ; 290(11): 1424-30, 2007 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17853403

RESUMEN

Mast cells are known to be involved in type I allergy and to be localized in almost all tissues in the body. However, they have slightly different properties depending on their tissue of residence. Although mast cells are found in skeletal muscle tissue, there have been no reports of their appearance in cultured skeletal muscles. We report here that mast cells appear in long-term cultures of skeletal muscles from neonatal rats and rat fetuses. When muscle cells were disseminated and cultured in minimum essential medium with 10% fetal calf serum and 10% horse serum, oval cells containing large granules started to appear on myotube sheets at 5 days of culture. These oval cells continued to proliferate for 2-3 months, and showed immunoreactivity for histamine, tryptase, Fc(epsilon)RI, and c-kit. They showed metachromatic staining with 0.5% toluidine blue at pH 0.5 and were stained with both Alcian blue and safranin. Biochemically measured histamine content per dish was significantly higher in 2-month than in 5-day culture. From these results, we concluded that these oval cells were mast cells. Because proteases from mast cells have been reported previously to affect myoblast proliferation, the present findings suggest that there may be some interaction between mast cells and muscle cell proliferation or differentiation. The present finding that mast cells are easily obtained from ordinary skeletal muscle cultures provides a useful method for the study of the diverse functions of mast cells.


Asunto(s)
Mastocitos/citología , Músculo Esquelético/citología , Animales , Animales Recién Nacidos , Diferenciación Celular , Proliferación Celular , Células Cultivadas , Gránulos Citoplasmáticos/ultraestructura , Femenino , Histamina/metabolismo , Mastocitos/metabolismo , Embarazo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas c-kit/metabolismo , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Receptores de IgE/metabolismo , Triptasas/metabolismo
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Neurosci Res ; 53(3): 298-303, 2005 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16129504

RESUMEN

The axonal-myelin sheath interface of vertebrate myelinated axons possesses special structural complexities, and there may be an intercellular macromolecular traffic transversing the periaxonal cleft that spans the internodal axon. By conventional electron microscopy and serial sectioning, we observed a category of double-walled vesicles at the axonal-myelin sheath interface, which often contained ribosome-like particles or endoplasmic reticulum. Some of them were demonstrated to continue with the subjacent axon with a thin stalk. In addition, we described a special category of axonal invaginations, probably mediated by subsurface cisternae. The functional implications of these specialized structures were discussed.


Asunto(s)
Axones/ultraestructura , Estructuras de la Membrana Celular/ultraestructura , Neuronas Motoras/ultraestructura , Vaina de Mielina/ultraestructura , Médula Espinal/ultraestructura , Potenciales de Acción/fisiología , Animales , Axones/fisiología , Estructuras de la Membrana Celular/fisiología , Pollos , Vesículas Citoplasmáticas/fisiología , Vesículas Citoplasmáticas/ultraestructura , Retículo Endoplásmico/fisiología , Retículo Endoplásmico/ultraestructura , Microscopía Electrónica de Transmisión , Neuronas Motoras/fisiología , Vaina de Mielina/fisiología , Ribosomas/fisiología , Ribosomas/ultraestructura , Médula Espinal/fisiología
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J Anat ; 206(6): 535-42, 2005 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15960764

RESUMEN

Dense undercoating, microtubular fascicles and scattered polyribosomal clusters have until now been considered to be the three structural features of the initial segment, and were thought not to extend beyond the initial segment into the myelinated parts of the axon. The aim of the present study was to make clear whether there is a sudden change in morphology between the unmyelinated and myelinated part. We followed spinal motor axons from the initial segment to the first internode by conventional electron microscopy and serial sectioning, and found that the microtubular fascicles and polyribosomal clusters do exist in the internodal axoplasm. The fasciculated microtubules were observed mainly in the first paranode. The polyribosomal clusters were found along the course of the first internode at a random distance, however, they occurred mainly in the proximal part of the first internode. The proportion of sections in which ribosomes were found, i.e. the incidence of ribosomes, in the first 30-microm-long portion was 71 +/- 24% (mean +/- SD, n = 4), and significantly different from that in the second 30-microm-long portion (3.2 +/- 1.3%) (mean +/- SD, n = 4) (P < 0.005). The more distal part of the first internode was not investigated.


Asunto(s)
Axones/ultraestructura , Pollos/anatomía & histología , Ganglios Espinales/ultraestructura , Fibras Nerviosas Mielínicas/ultraestructura , Animales , Microscopía Electrónica de Transmisión , Microtúbulos/ultraestructura , Neuronas Motoras/ultraestructura , Polirribosomas/ultraestructura
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Arch Histol Cytol ; 68(1): 57-70, 2005.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15827379

RESUMEN

The localization of calbindin-D28K (CB) was studied immunocytochemically in laminae I and II of the dorsal horn and in spinal ganglia in the chicken, and compared with the distribution of substance P (SP) using double immunolabeling. At the light microscopic level, CB immunoreactivity was observed most intensely in the lamina II using the avidin-biotinylated peroxidase complex (ABC) and immunofluorescence methods. At the electron microscopic level using the ABC method, CB immunoreactivity was observed in the following three neuronal elements: 1) the scalloped central terminal with many dense-cored vesicles (DCVs) in the synaptic glomerulus; 2) some vesicle-containing dendrites (VCDs) inside or outside the synaptic glomerulus; and 3) some axon terminals outside the synaptic glomerulus. The CB-immunoreactive (IR) VCDs in the synaptic glomerulus often formed reciprocal synapses with the central terminal. Strong immunoreactivity was observed at the postsynaptic membrane of CB-IR elements. Double immunofluorescence and immunolabeling methods at the electron microscopic level showed that CB and SP colocalized in the scalloped central terminal with DCVs of the synaptic glomerulus. Almost all SP-IR neurons in the spinal ganglion revealed the coexistence of CB in serial sections in the chicken. In light of previous biochemical and physiological reports, our findings suggest that CB - coexisting with SP - plays an important role in the control of pain transmission through its strong Ca(2+)-buffering action in the chicken.


Asunto(s)
Ganglios Espinales/metabolismo , Neuronas Aferentes/metabolismo , Proteína G de Unión al Calcio S100/metabolismo , Médula Espinal/metabolismo , Sustancia P/metabolismo , Animales , Calbindinas , Pollos , Dendritas/metabolismo , Dendritas/ultraestructura , Ganglios Espinales/ultraestructura , Inmunohistoquímica , Microscopía Electrónica de Transmisión , Neuronas Aferentes/ultraestructura , Células del Asta Posterior/metabolismo , Células del Asta Posterior/ultraestructura , Terminales Presinápticos/metabolismo , Médula Espinal/ultraestructura
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