Pinocytotic vacuoles in human dental pulp capillaries. 1993

K Lyroudia, and L Economou, and A Manthos, and P Zervas, and A Albanou, and C Foroglou
Department of Dental Pathology and Therapeutics, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.

Dental pulp capillaries were studied in human. They were of the continuous type, with the exception of a small number which were of the fenestrated type, located in the vicinity of the odontoblasts. A characteristic morphological peculiarity was found in the endothelial cells. In places there was a large quantity of multi-sized vacuoles. The vacuoles were evidently of pinocytotic origin, and their content was emptied into the extracapillary space. The initiation of their formation was indicated by the creation of cytoplasmic flaps, which could not be characterised as typical pseudopodia, and which in cross sections resembled microvilli. The flaps engulfed a quantity of plasma and then, after bending over, their edge fused with the cell, creating a vacuole. The vacuole, after being moved abluminally, was emptied into the pericapillary area by exocytosis. There was indication that flaps created at the borders of the endothelial cells (flanges) acted likewise, transporting vacuoles through the intercellular spaces. Micropinocytosis, was a distinctly different phenomenon, contributing, to a very small degree, to the intracellular enlargement of the vacuoles. It seems that this vacuolar mechanism of transportation serves an augmented metabolic need of the surrounding tissue.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008867 Microtomy The technique of using a microtome to cut thin or ultrathin sections of tissues embedded in a supporting substance. The microtome is an instrument that hold a steel, glass or diamond knife in clamps at an angle to the blocks of prepared tissues, which it cuts in sections of equal thickness. Thin Sectioning,Ultramicrotomy,Sectioning, Thin,Sectionings, Thin,Thin Sectionings
D009412 Nerve Fibers Slender processes of NEURONS, including the AXONS and their glial envelopes (MYELIN SHEATH). Nerve fibers conduct nerve impulses to and from the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. Cerebellar Mossy Fibers,Mossy Fibers, Cerebellar,Cerebellar Mossy Fiber,Mossy Fiber, Cerebellar,Nerve Fiber
D010873 Pinocytosis The engulfing of liquids by cells by a process of invagination and closure of the cell membrane to form fluid-filled vacuoles. Pinocytoses
D002196 Capillaries The minute vessels that connect arterioles and venules. Capillary Beds,Sinusoidal Beds,Sinusoids,Bed, Sinusoidal,Beds, Sinusoidal,Capillary,Capillary Bed,Sinusoid,Sinusoidal Bed
D003593 Cytoplasm The part of a cell that contains the CYTOSOL and small structures excluding the CELL NUCLEUS; MITOCHONDRIA; and large VACUOLES. (Glick, Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990) Protoplasm,Cytoplasms,Protoplasms
D003782 Dental Pulp A richly vascularized and innervated connective tissue of mesodermal origin, contained in the central cavity of a tooth and delimited by the dentin, and having formative, nutritive, sensory, and protective functions. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992) Dental Pulps,Pulp, Dental,Pulps, Dental
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
D004730 Endothelium, Vascular Single pavement layer of cells which line the luminal surface of the entire vascular system and regulate the transport of macromolecules and blood components. Capillary Endothelium,Vascular Endothelium,Capillary Endotheliums,Endothelium, Capillary,Endotheliums, Capillary,Endotheliums, Vascular,Vascular Endotheliums
D005089 Exocytosis Cellular release of material within membrane-limited vesicles by fusion of the vesicles with the CELL MEMBRANE.
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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