[Ultrastructural changes in cells of the inner enamel epithelium, stratum intermedium and reticulum stellatum in the enamel organ of the upper incisor of the Wistar rat at different phases of amelogenesis]. 1976

L Costacurta, and C A de Carvalho, and B König, and J A Bilotta

An electronmicroscopical study of the enamel organ of the upper incisors germs of Wistar rats was performed to analyse the ultrastructural features of the cells of the inner epithelium, the intermediate layer and the stellate reticulum, during preimary, young, transitional and mineralized enamel phases of amelogenesis. So, it was observed that the mitochondria in the ameloblasts are ovoid before the beginning of the enamel matrix formation and in the primary and young enamel phases. However, in the transitional and mineralized phases, these organelles are long and tortuous and some are characterized by a compact structure. In the cells of intermediate layer and stellate reticulum, the mitochondria are ovoid until the beginning of the mineralized phase. At the ending of this phase, these organelles are very long and present irregular form; many of them show also a compact structure. The "zonula adhaerens" could be observed only in the ameloblasts of the primary and young enamel phase. The cytoplasm of ameloblasts, during primary and young enamel phases is characterized by an abundance of free ribosomes and a branular endoplasmic reticulum; but during transitional and mineralized enamel phases, the cytoplasm of these cells shows little granular endoplasmic reticulum and free ribosomes, but ehe agranular endoplasmic reticulum is present. The granular endoplasmic reticulum and free ribosomes are abundant in the cells of the intermediate layer and stellate reticulum at the ending of the young enamel phase, in the transitional enamel phase and in the beginning of the minieralized phase. During different phases of amelogenesis, in the three above referred layers of the enamel organ, were also studied the features of the Golgi apparatus the presence and topographic distribution of the pigment granules, as well as the lysosomes, desmosomes and the tonophibriles.

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
D008928 Mitochondria Semiautonomous, self-reproducing organelles that occur in the cytoplasm of all cells of most, but not all, eukaryotes. Each mitochondrion is surrounded by a double limiting membrane. The inner membrane is highly invaginated, and its projections are called cristae. Mitochondria are the sites of the reactions of oxidative phosphorylation, which result in the formation of ATP. They contain distinctive RIBOSOMES, transfer RNAs (RNA, TRANSFER); AMINO ACYL T RNA SYNTHETASES; and elongation and termination factors. Mitochondria depend upon genes within the nucleus of the cells in which they reside for many essential messenger RNAs (RNA, MESSENGER). Mitochondria are believed to have arisen from aerobic bacteria that established a symbiotic relationship with primitive protoeukaryotes. (King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed) Mitochondrial Contraction,Mitochondrion,Contraction, Mitochondrial,Contractions, Mitochondrial,Mitochondrial Contractions
D004658 Enamel Organ Epithelial cells surrounding the dental papilla and differentiated into three layers: the inner enamel epithelium, consisting of ameloblasts which eventually form the enamel, and the enamel pulp and external enamel epithelium, both of which atrophy and disappear before and upon eruption of the tooth, respectively. Enamel Organs,Organ, Enamel,Organs, Enamel
D004721 Endoplasmic Reticulum A system of cisternae in the CYTOPLASM of many cells. In places the endoplasmic reticulum is continuous with the plasma membrane (CELL MEMBRANE) or outer membrane of the nuclear envelope. If the outer surfaces of the endoplasmic reticulum membranes are coated with ribosomes, the endoplasmic reticulum is said to be rough-surfaced (ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH); otherwise it is said to be smooth-surfaced (ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, SMOOTH). (King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed) Ergastoplasm,Reticulum, Endoplasmic
D000565 Ameloblasts Cylindrical epithelial cells in the innermost layer of the ENAMEL ORGAN. Their functions include contribution to the development of the dentinoenamel junction by the deposition of a layer of the matrix, thus producing the foundation for the prisms (the structural units of the DENTAL ENAMEL), and production of the matrix for the enamel prisms and interprismatic substance. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992) Ameloblast
D000566 Amelogenesis The elaboration of dental enamel by ameloblasts, beginning with its participation in the formation of the dentino-enamel junction to the production of the matrix for the enamel prisms and interprismatic substance. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992). Amelogeneses
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
D014074 Tooth Calcification The process whereby calcium salts are deposited in the dental enamel. The process is normal in the development of bones and teeth. (Boucher's Clinical Dental Terminology, 4th ed, p43) Calcification, Tooth,Teeth Calcification,Calcification, Teeth,Calcifications, Teeth,Calcifications, Tooth,Teeth Calcifications,Tooth Calcifications
D014083 Tooth Germ The collective tissues from which an entire tooth is formed, including the DENTAL SAC; ENAMEL ORGAN; and DENTAL PAPILLA. (From Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992) Germ, Tooth,Germs, Tooth,Tooth Germs
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

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