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  • 1
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Virchows Archiv 418 (1991), S. 387-400 
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Submandibular gland ; Tissue culture ; Electron microscopy ; Proliferating cells
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Fragments of rat submandibular gland (organoids) which maintained the topological organization of the parent tissue were cultured in a three-dimensional collagen gel matrix for up to 30 days. At 48 h, vigorous peripheral outgrowth had occurred around each organoid. This was accompanied by central necrosis and the bridging of adjacent organoids. By day 5, large cyst-like spaces occupied the centre of many organoids. Bromodeoxyuridine labelling indicated that a considerable proportion of the lining cells were proliferating. Organoid growth peaked at between 5 and 10 days. Thereafter, the number of viable colonies and proliferating cells declined. Addition of isoproterenol after 24 h culture resulted in marked morphological alterations, with earlier and more prolific outgrowth and a greater tendency for organoids to flatten and grow out over the surface of the gel with squamous differentiation. Ultrastructurally, nuclear and cytoplasmic features of isoproterenol-treated and untreated cultures were similar. The secretory granules and extensive rough endoplasmic reticulum of terminal tubule cells, evident in organoids immediately after isolation, were infrequent after 24 h and absent by 48 h. Similar alterations occurred in the few acinar cells, so by 5 days the cultures were composed entirely of a uniform population of primitive, dedifferentiated cells. Further uses of this culture systems will include the study of diseases and disorders of the salivary glands as well as normal growth and differentiation pathways.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Mesothelioma ; Histogenesis ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary During an ultrastructural review of 30 diffuse and 10 localized mesotheliomas, it was apparent that some micrographs showed various stages in the developmental processes involved in the formation of histological patterns in diffuse mesotheliomas and a histogenetic link between diffuse and localized mesotheliomas. Cells in the stromal or sarcomatous regions of diffuse mesothelioma often show varying degrees of mesothelial differentiation and a gradual transition to cells with typical mesothelial characteristics that organize into structures recapitulating the surface layer of serosal membranes. Tumor cells in localized mesotheliomas had many similarities to the “stromal” cells in the diffuse counterpart including intercellular junctions, rare microvilli and occasional foci of basal lamina. It is postulated that diffuse and localized mesotheliomas share a common histogenetic origin as a result of neoplastic induction of specialized submesothelial cells. In this concept, tumor cells in diffuse mesotheliomas reflect stages in the differentiation and organization of normal serosal membranes and localized mesotheliomas mirror the earliest phases of this process.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Mesothelioma ; Serous membrane ; Localized tumour ; Histogenesis ; Ultrastructure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary It is uncertain whether localized lesions of serosal membranes have a kinship to mesotheliomas or are truly fibromatous in nature. Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical investigations were carried out on 12 localized benign and malignant pleural and peritoneal tumours from 10 patients. Electron microscopic findings, including the consistent and non-fibroblastic cellular organization of localized neoplasms, the presence of some form of intercellular junctions in 7 of 10 cases, basal lamina deposition in 3 cases, and polarized microvilli in one case indicated a form of mesothelial differentiation. Using monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, positive immunostaining of tumour cells for cytokeratin peptides was detected in one case, while antibody to vimentin stained four cases. Light microscopic, ultrastructural and immunohistochemical features of one benign localized serosal tumour, with a unique blend of epithelial and spindle cells, provided further evidence for a histogenic link between localized serosal tumours and diffuse epithelial mesotheliomas. On the basis of the current findings and reports in the literature, it would appear that the majority of localized tumours of serosal membranes are a subset of mesothelioma, while a minority are fibromas.
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