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Intercellular junctions of rat endocardium. 1975

P Anversa, and J Giacomelli, and J Wiener

The ultrastructure of the intercellular junctions of rat endocardium has been characterized following lanthanum exposure in vitro and uranyl acetate staining en bloc. The interendothelial clefts of the endocardium run either a relatively straight or convoluted course and posses one or two loci where the plasma membranes are in close apposition or form punctate fusions. Elongate restrictions, that exhibit hexagonal arrays of subunits following lanthanum immersion (gap junctions), are also present in the intercellular endocardial clefts. The occurrence of interendothelial clefts of endocardium lacking occlusive foci can account for the permeability properties of ventricular endocardium, where the direction of diffusion of macromolecules has been attributed to pressure gradients between ventricular cavity and myocardium. The relationship of gap junctions to possible electrical phenomena within the endocardium is also discussed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007365 Intercellular Junctions Direct contact of a cell with a neighboring cell. Most such junctions are too small to be resolved by light microscopy, but they can be visualized by conventional or freeze-fracture electron microscopy, both of which show that the interacting CELL MEMBRANE and often the underlying CYTOPLASM and the intervening EXTRACELLULAR SPACE are highly specialized in these regions. (From Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2d ed, p792) Cell Junctions,Cell Junction,Intercellular Junction,Junction, Cell,Junction, Intercellular,Junctions, Cell,Junctions, Intercellular
D008297 Male Males
D002463 Cell Membrane Permeability A quality of cell membranes which permits the passage of solvents and solutes into and out of cells. Permeability, Cell Membrane
D004699 Endocardium The innermost layer of the heart, comprised of endothelial cells. Endocardiums
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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