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Superficial cells of the oral mucosal epithelium in the carp and the cytoskeleton of the epithelial cells are examined by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Microridges are formed on the surface of the epithelium. Epithelial cells contain two types of vesicles: mucous secretory vesicles and coated vesicles. Most of the mucous vesicles are situated in the center of the cell near the Golgi apparatus. In freeze-fracture replicas, intramembranous particles are abundant in the membranes of the secretory vesicles but rare in the apical plasma membrane. Coated vesicles are situated in the apical and subapical cytoplasm. A great number of thick filaments, considered to be keratin filaments, run randomly throughout the cell to form a meshwork. Thick filaments, which are sparse in the central cytoplasm, are connected to the membranes of the secretory vesicles and other membranous organelles. A layer of closely packed thin filaments, considered to be actin filaments, is found just beneath the apical plasma membrane. Microtubules also occur in the apical cytoplasm and run almost parallel to the cell surface. Both kinds of vesicles are connected to the thin and thick filaments. Their functional significance in the regulation of membrane at the free surface is discussed.
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Uehara, K., Miyoshi, M. & Miyoshi, S. Function of the cytoskeleton in cells with microridges from the oral epithelium of the carp Cyprinus carpio . Cell Tissue Res 276, 45–50 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354783
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