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Iwasaki SI, Erdoğan S, Asami T. Evolutionary Specialization of the Tongue in Vertebrates: Structure and Function. FEEDING IN VERTEBRATES 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-13739-7_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Budzik KA, Życzyński A, Podkowa D, Żuwała K. The influence of age on taste disc density and size in the toad Incilius alvarius (Lissamphibia: Bufonidae). ZOOL ANZ 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2017.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Budzik KA, Żuwała K, Kerney R. Tongue and taste organ development in the ontogeny of direct-developing salamanderPlethodon cinereus(Lissamphibia: Plethodontidae). J Morphol 2016; 277:906-15. [DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Karolina A. Budzik
- Department of Comparative Anatomy; Jagiellonian University; Kraków Poland
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- Department of Comparative Anatomy; Jagiellonian University; Kraków Poland
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- Department of Biology; Gettysburg College; Gettysburg Pennsylvania 17325
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Budzik KA, Żuwała K, Buchholz DR. Taste organ growth and development in the direct developing frogEleutherodactylus coqui(Lissamphibia: Eleutherodactylidae). ACTA ZOOL-STOCKHOLM 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/azo.12137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Karolina A. Budzik
- Department of Comparative Anatomy; Jagiellonian University; Gronostajowa 9 30-387 Kraków Poland
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- Department of Comparative Anatomy; Jagiellonian University; Gronostajowa 9 30-387 Kraków Poland
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- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Cincinnati; 711A Rieveschl Hall 312 Clifton Ct. Cincinnati OH 45221 USA
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Effect of Gap Junction Blocker β-Glycyrrhetinic Acid on Taste Disk Cells in Frog. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2009; 29:503-12. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-008-9342-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2008] [Accepted: 12/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sato T, Nishishita K, Okada Y, Toda K. Interaction Between Gustatory Depolarizing Receptor Potential and Efferent-Induced Slow Depolarizing Synaptic Potential in Frog Taste Cell. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2008; 29:243-52. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-008-9317-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2008] [Accepted: 09/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Sato T, Nishishita K, Okada Y, Toda K. Electrical properties and gustatory responses of various taste disk cells of frog fungiform papillae. Chem Senses 2008; 33:371-8. [PMID: 18245793 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjn001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We compared the electrical properties and gustatory response profiles of types Ia cell (mucus cell), Ib cell (wing cell), and II/III cell (receptor cell) in the taste disks of the frog fungiform papillae. The large depolarizing responses of all types of cell induced by 1 M NaCl were accompanied by a large decrease in the membrane resistance and had the same reversal potential of approximately +5 mV. The large depolarizing responses of all cell types for 1 mM acetic acid were accompanied by a small decrease in the membrane resistance. The small depolarizing responses of all cell types for 10 mM quinine-HCl (Q-HCl) were accompanied by an increase in the membrane resistance, but those for 1 M sucrose were accompanied by a decrease in the membrane resistance. The reversal potential of sucrose responses in all cell types were approximately +12 mV. Taken together, depolarizing responses of Ia, Ib, and II/III cells for each taste stimulus are likely to be generated by the same mechanisms. Gustatory depolarizing response profiles indicated that 1) each of Ia, Ib, and II/III cells responded 100% to 1 M NaCl and 1 mM acetic acid with depolarizing responses, 2) approximately 50% of each cell type responded to 10 mM Q-HCl with depolarizations, and 3) each approximately 40% of Ia and Ib cells and approximately 90% of II/III cells responded to 1 M sucrose with depolarizations. These results suggest that the receptor molecules for NaCl, acid, and Q-HCl stimuli are equivalently distributed on all cell types, but the receptor molecules for sugar stimuli are richer on II/III cells than on Ia and Ib cells. Type III cells having afferent synapses may play a main role in gustatory transduction and transmission.
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- Toshihide Sato
- Division of Integrative Sensory Physiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
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Zuwała K, Jakubowski M. Structural diversification of the gustatory organs during metamorphosis in the alpine newt Triturus alpestris. J Anat 2007; 211:371-5. [PMID: 17578451 PMCID: PMC2375809 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00758.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/03/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Gustatory organs of the taste bud type occur in the epithelial lining of the oropharyngeal cavity of alpine newt larvae. They resemble the taste buds of bony fish, both in appearance (as revealed by scanning electron microscopy) and in detailed internal structure (seen on transmission electron micropscopy). During metamorphosis, at stage 55 of development, the secondary tongue (i.e. the soft tongue) is well formed and the anlages of taste discs are clearly apparent. Somewhat later, taste discs also appear in the epithelial lining outside the tongue, paralleling the disappearance of the taste buds. Well-developed taste discs of the newt differ from taste buds mainly by their structurally diversified set of 'associate cells' (mucous, wing and glial cells), which have no synaptic contact with nerve fibres. These cells accompany the neurosensory cellular components of the taste disc, i.e. the taste receptor cells and basal cells. This indicates that gustatory organs in metamorphosed newts, regardless of their small dimensions, fulfil the criteria established for taste discs previously defined in other Caudata and Anura species. Therefore, in the development of the newt there are two subsequent types of gustatory organs and two generations of the tongue: primary, in the larvae, and secondary, in metamorphosed animals.
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- Krystyna Zuwała
- Department of Comparative Anatomy, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.
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Ando H, Tomida M, Inoue K, Asanuma N. Dopamine beta-hydroxylase like immunoreactive cells in the frog taste disc. Chem Senses 2007; 32:825-32. [PMID: 17693417 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjm051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We immunohistochemically examined the existence of dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH), a noradrenalin (NA)-synthesizing enzyme from dopamine, in the taste disc of frog, Rana catesbeiana. DBH-like immunoreactive cells were located in the intermediate layer in the taste disc; the cells showed an apical process reaching the surface of the disc and one or several basal processes. Cells with a thick apical process and those with a thin apical process were both immunoreactive: these cells corresponded to type II and III receptor cells of the frog taste disc. Immunoreactive granules were observed in the cytoplasm of those cells. In the frog taste disc, only type III cells are reported to have afferent synapses with the nerve via basal processes but those basal processes have not been reported in type II cells. In the present study, we found that type II-like cells possessed a long basal process extending toward the basal lamina. Mucous (type Ia) cells, wing (type Ib) cells, and glia-like sustentacular (type Ic) cells were all immunohistochemically unreactive. The present observations support the argument that NA (or adrenalin) may work as a chemical transmitter in the frog taste organ.
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- Hiroshi Ando
- Department of Oral Physiology, Matsumoto Dental University School of Dentistry, Shiojiri, Japan.
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Sato T, Nishishita K, Okada Y, Toda K. Analysis of Slow Depolarizing Potential in Frog Taste Cell Induced by Parasympathetic Efferent Stimulation under Hypoxia. Chem Senses 2007; 32:329-36. [PMID: 17301060 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjm003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Strong electrical stimulation (ES) of the frog glossopharyngeal (GP) efferent nerve induced slow depolarizing potentials (DPs) in taste cells under hypoxia. This study aimed to elucidate whether the slow DPs were postsynaptically induced in taste cells. After a block of parasympathetic nerve (PSN) ganglia by tubocurarine, ES of GP nerve never induced slow DPs in the taste cells, so slow DPs were induced by PSN. When Ca(2+) in the blood plasma under hypoxia was decreased to approximately 0.5 mM, the slow DPs reduced in amplitude and lengthened in latency. Increasing the normal Ca(2+) to approximately 20 mM increased the amplitude of slow DPs and shortened the latency. Addition of Cd(2+) to the plasma greatly reduced the amplitude of slow DPs and lengthened the latency. These data suggest that the slow DPs depend on Ca(2+) and Cd(2+) concentration at the presynaptic PSN terminals of taste disk. Antagonists, [D-Arg(1), D-Trp(7,9), Leu(11)]-substance P and L-703 606, of neurotransmitter substance P neurokinin(1) receptor completely blocked the slow DPs. Intravenous application of substance P induced a DP of approximately 7 mV and a reduction of membrane resistance of approximately 48% in taste cells. A nonselective cation channel antagonist, flufenamic acid, completely blocked the slow DPs. These findings suggest that the slow DPs are postsynaptically initiated in frog taste cells under hypoxia by opening nonselective cation channels on the postsynaptic membrane after substance P is probably released from the presynaptic PSN axon terminals.
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- Toshihide Sato
- Division of Integrated Sensory Physiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
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Witt M, Reutter K, Ganchrow D, Ganchrow JR. Fingerprinting taste buds: intermediate filaments and their implication for taste bud formation. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2000; 355:1233-7. [PMID: 11079405 PMCID: PMC1692836 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Intermediate filaments in taste organs of terrestrial (human and chick) as well as aquatic (Xenopus laevis) species were detected using immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. During development, the potential importance of the interface between the taste bud primordium and non-gustatory adjacent tissues is evidenced by the distinct immunoreactivity of a subpopulation of taste bud cells for cytokeratins and vimentin. In human foetuses, the selective molecular marker for taste bud primordia, cytokeratin 20, is not detectable prior to the ingrowth of nerve fibres into the epithelium, which supports the hypothesis that nerve fibres are necessary for initiating taste bud development. Another intermediate filament protein, vimentin, occurs in derivatives of mesoderm, but usually not in epithelium. In humans, vimentin immunoreactivity is expressed mainly in border (marginal) epithelial cells of taste bud primordia, while in chick, vimentin expression occurs in most taste bud cells, whereas non-gustatory epithelium is vimentin immunonegative. Our chick data suggest a relationship between the degree of vimentin expression and taste bud cell proliferation especially during the perihatching period. It is suggested that surrounding epithelial cells (human) and mesenchymal cells (chick) may be contributing sources of developing taste buds. The dense perinuclear network of intermediate filaments especially in dark (i.e. non-sensory) taste disc cells of Xenopus indicates that vimentin filaments also might be associated with cells of non-gustatory function. These results indicate that the mechanisms of taste bud differentiation from source tissues may differ among vertebrates of different taxa.
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- M Witt
- Department of Anatomy, Technical University of Dresden, Germany.
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HAMASAKI KOJIRO, SETA YUJI, YAMADA KENJIRO, TOYOSHIMA KUNIAKI. Possible role of serotonin in Merkel-like basal cells of the taste buds of the frog, Rana nigromaculata. J Anat 1998; 193 ( Pt 4):599-610. [PMID: 10029193 PMCID: PMC1467885 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1998.19340599.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Merkel-like basal cells in the taste buds of the frog were examined by fluorescence histochemistry, immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. There were about 16-20 basal cells arranged in a radial fashion at the base of each taste bud. These cells were strongly immunopositive for serotonin antiserum. They were characterised by the presence of numerous dense-cored granules in the cytoplasm ranging from 80 to 120 nm in diameter, and of microvilli protruding from the cell surface. For 4 mo after sensory denervation by cutting the gustatory nerves, all cell types of the taste bud were well preserved and maintained their fine structure. Even at 4 mo after denervation, the basal cells exhibited a strong immunoreaction with serotonin antiserum. To investigate the function of serotonin in the basal cells in taste bud function, serotonin deficiency was induced by administration of p-chlorophenylalanine (PCPA), an inhibitor of tryptophan hydroxylase, and of p-chloroamphetamine (PCA), a depletor of serotonin. After administration of these agents to normal and denervated frogs for 2 wk, a marked decrease, or complete absence, of immunoreactivity for serotonin was observed in the basal cells. Ultrastructurally, degenerative changes were observed in both types of frog; numerous lysosome-like myelin bodies were found in all cell types of the taste buds. The number of dense-cored granules in the basal cells also was greatly decreased by treatment with these drugs. Serotonin in Merkel-like basal cells appears to have a trophic role in maintenance of the morphological integrity of frog taste bud cells.
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- KOJIRO HAMASAKI
- Departments of Oral Anatomy and Neurobiology, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan
- Department of Orthodontics, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Departments of Oral Anatomy and Neurobiology, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Orthodontics, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Departments of Oral Anatomy and Neurobiology, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan
- Correspondence to Dr Kuniaki Toyoshima, Department of Oral Anatomy and Neurobiology, Kyushu Dental College, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu 803-8580, Japan. Tel: +81-93-582-1131, ext. 647; fax: +81-93-582-6089; e-mail:
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BACKGROUND Taste buds are assemblies of slender epithelial cells that receive chemical stimuli from the outer (oral) environment. In contrast to the large and well documented information on the morphology of taste buds in adult humans and animals, there are only a few reports on fetal ones, and ultrastructural studies of prenatal human taste buds are lacking completely. Therefore, the present investigation has been carried out to study the taste bud primordium, its morphological changes including synaptogenesis, cell differentiation, and taste pore formation from the time of the onset of taste bud formation around the 8th week until the 15th postovulatory week. METHODS Taste bud primordia of 42 human embryonic/fetal tongues have been examined by means of transmission electron microscopy. RESULTS Nerve fibers approach the lingual epithelium between the 6th and 7th postovulatory week. They penetrate the basal lamina during the 8th week and form synapses with poorly differentiated, elongated, epithelial cells. By the 12th week, more differentiated cell types are seen: 1) electron-dense cells resembling type III cells of the adult taste bud containing large numbers of dense-cored vesicles (80-150 nm in diameter); 2) electron-dark cells with well developed endoplasmic reticulum and many apical mitochondria, being candidates for type II cells. Basally, these cells have foot-like processes containing dense-cored vesicles (120-200 nm in diameter), but they do not synapse to nerve fibers. Type I cells, characterized by apically located dense secretory granules, are not observed. First shallow grooves above the taste bud primordium are found around the 10th week. Untypically differentiated apical cellular processes extend onto the surface. Most of the taste pores develop around the 14th to 15th week. In the taste pit, mucous material is not present during the first 15 weeks of gestation. Synapses between cells and afferent nerve fibers were found by the 8th week, reaching a maximum around the 12th to 13th week. CONCLUSIONS The early presence of taste bud cells containing dense-cored vesicles suggests an at least dual function of embryonic/ fetal taste buds: First, from the 8th until the 14th week, non-gustatory, paracrine functions should be considered. After the 14th week of gestation, when typical taste pores are present, the taste buds possibly start their gustatory function. Differentiated marginal cells are possibly involved in the formation of the taste pore. The lack of type I cells producing the mucous material in the taste pit indicates that the taste bud has not achieved a fully developed function until the 15th week of gestation.
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- M Witt
- Department of Anatomy, Technical University Dresden, Germany
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Witt M. Carbohydrate histochemistry of vertebrate taste organs. PROGRESS IN HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CYTOCHEMISTRY 1996; 30:1-168. [PMID: 8724455 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6336(96)80006-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- M Witt
- Department of Anatomy, Technical University Dresden, Germany
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The frog taste disc (TD) is apparently the largest gustatory organ found in vertebrates and seems to differentiate into a specialized variety of the prototypic scheme of the taste bud. An explanation for this unusual organization is lacking although it is possible to speculate the existence of environmental and nutritional requirements. Up to the present time, the most common model of the TD was based on two main cell types (sensory and sustentacular). This model may oversimplify the morphology of this structure since more numerous cell types have been described. We now propose a new model of the TD, based on comprehensive data on the ultrastructure of the organ obtained in the last 20 years. The main conclusions are the following: (1) the TD is a pluristratified epithelium with a general organization similar to that of the olfactory and vomeronasal epithelium; (2) it has skeleton composed of three different types of epithelial cells; (3) the chemoreceptorial surface is covered by different microenvironments; (4) three different types of neuro-epithelial systems are present; the type II is an 'open' sensory cell with axonal contacts devoid of vesicles; the type III is an 'open' sensory cell with synaptic-like junctions; the type i.v. is a 'closed' sensory cell with a 'Merkel-neurite complex'; (5) the nerve fibers in the basal plexus are mostly cholinergic while the peridiscal nerve fibers are mostly peptidergic. The presence of several cell types in the TD must be considered using these large receptors in electrophysiological studies or as a source of isolated cells, and their complexity must induce caution in the interpretation of the data. Text books of histology usually describe the peripheral structures associated with taste as very simple: an idea that probably must be revised. A taste organ is a highly complex structure composed of several sensory systems and a comparative approach can aid comprehension of its general organization. The study of the 'large taste organs' present in some species of amphibians can provide useful data for knowledge of the gustatory system of vertebrates.
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- F Osculati
- Institute of Human Anatomy and Histology, Verona, Italy
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Line SR, Fortes L, Graner E, Almeida OP. Immunochemical characterization and distribution of laminin in the rat tongue. Acta Histochem 1995; 97:307-12. [PMID: 8525789 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-1281(11)80195-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Anti-laminin serum was used to investigate the distribution and composition of laminin in the rat tongue. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that laminin is a useful marker to study the microscopic anatomy of the tongue. Laminin is expressed in most tissues that form this organ, such as smooth and striated muscle, epithelium, nerves, and endothelium, allowing the observation of fine details of neuromuscular junctions, taste papillae and microvasculature. Western blot analysis revealed that laminin extracted from the tongue differs from EHS tumor laminin. Tongue laminin contains B chains, while A chain seems to be present only in small amounts.
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- S R Line
- Faculty of Odontology of Piracicaba-UNICAMP, Piracicaba SP, Brazil
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Zaccone G, Fasulo S, Ainis L, Mauceri A, Licata A, Lauriano ER. Enkephalin immunoreactivity in the paraneurons of the tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) tongue. Neuropeptides 1995; 28:257-60. [PMID: 7603585 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4179(95)90041-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Immunohistochemical tests have demonstrated the presence of leu-5-enkephalin and other bioactive compounds (serotonin and neuron-specific enolase) in the basal cells of lingual taste buds in Ambystoma tigrinum; there was also a weak reaction for met-5-enkephalin. Similar reactions were obtained from particular cells dispersed within the lingual epithelium, which are provisionally identified as Merkel cells.
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- G Zaccone
- Department of Animal Biology and Marine Ecology, University of Messina, Faculty of Science, Italy
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