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Using the enzyme peroxidase and ionic lanthanum as tracers, paracellular uptake has been demonstrated in the foot of the slug Agriolimax reticulatus (Mü). Both tracers appeared to pass between adjacent foot epithelial cells and were demonstrated in the zonula adhaerens, the septate desmosomes, and the intercellular spaces which occur beneath the septate junctions. Ferritin, a somewhat larger tracer, was excluded from all these sites.
Ionic lanthanum was not normally pinocytosed in short incubation times. The epithelial cells could be induced to endocytose this marker, however, when combined with a variety of proteins. The implications these findings have on the uptake of molluscicides is discussed.
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This research was supported by the Agricultural Research Council (G.B.) Grant No. AG 72/13
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Ryder, T.A., Bowen, I.D. Studies on transmembrane and paracellular phenomena in the foot of the slug Agriolimax reticulatus (Mü). Cell Tissue Res. 183, 143–152 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00219998
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