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    Calcified tissue international 5 (1970), S. 183-188 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Bone ; Enamel ; Apatite ; Hydroxyl ; Composition
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Une méthode de détermination du contenu total en hydroxyle est décrite au niveau l' élément minéral des tissus calcifés. De l'os bovin anorganique et de l'émail dentaire sont dissouts dans un solvant non-aqueux (du chlorure méthanolique hydrogéné) et l'eau formée à partir des ions hydroxyle et carbonate, par dissolution acide du minéral, est déterminée par titration selon la méthode de Karl Fischer. L'eau, formée par réaction avec le carbonate, est calculée et soustraite du montant total de l'eau pour dèterminer la quantité d'eau, dérivée de l'ion hydroxyle. Les éléments inorganiques des échantillons sont ègalement déterminés. En utilisant des équations simultanées, basées sur l'équivalence électrochimique des ions à la surface et dans la maille de l'hydroxyle-apatite, les résultats des études de composition chimique sont utilisés pour calculer les quantités d'hydroxyle dans chaque substance. Le contenu en ion hydroxyle de l'os anorganique, basé sur ce traitement théorique, tenant compte de 2 hydroxyles par molécule, est de 1.40 moles par gramme, alors que, par analyse directe, on trouve 1.01±0.026 (S.E) m moles par gramme. Pour un échantillon d'émail dentaire, d'origine diverse, les valeurs théoriques et les valeurs expérimentales, relevées pour les contenus en hydroxyle, sont respectivement de 1.64 et 1.62 m moles par gramme.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Es wird eine Methode zur Bestimmung des gesamten Hydroxylgehaltes im Mineral von verkalkten Geweben beschrieben. Anorganischer Knochen und Zahnschmelz vom Rind wurden in einem wasserfreien Lösungsmittel (Methanolhydrogenchlorid) gelöst und das aus Hydroxyl- und Carbonat-Ionen sich bildende Wasser beim sauren Auflösen des Minerals mit der Titration nach Karl Fischer bestimmt. Das aus der Carbonatreaktion entstehende Wasser wurde berechnet, von der gesamten Wassermenge abgezogen und so der vom Hydroxylion her stammende Wasseranteil ermittelt. Die Proben wurden auf anorganische Bestandteile hin untersucht. Unter Anwendung simultaner Gleichungen, die sich auf die elektrochemische Äquivalenz der Ionen an der Oberfläche und im Kristallgitter von Hydroxyapatit stützten, konnten die Werte der chemischen Zusammensetzung zur Berechnung der Hydroxylmenge in jeder der Substanzen benützt werden. Auf Grund der theoretischen Berechnung und unter Annahme von 2 Hydroxylgruppen pro Molekül fand sich im anorganischen Knochen ein Hydroxylionengehalt von 1,40 mMol/g; durch die direkte Bestimmung konnte ein solcher von 1,01±0,026 (S.E.) mMol/g nachgewiesen werden. In einer gepoolten Zahnschmelzprobe betrug der Hydroxylgehalt theoretisch berechnet 1,64 mMol/g und praktisch bestimmt 1,62 mMol/g.
    Notes: Abstract A method is described for estimation of the total hydroxyl content of the mineral of calcified tissues. Anorganic bovine bone and dental enamel were dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent (methanolic hydrogen chloride) and the water formed from hydroxyl and carbonate ions by acid dissolution of the mineral was determined by the Karl Fischer titration. Water formed by reaction of carbonate was calculated and subtracted from the total amount of water to give the quantity of water derived from hydroxyl ion. The samples were analyzed for inorganic constituents. Using simultaneous equations, based upon the electrochemical equivalence of ions on the surface and lattice of hydroxyapatite, the data of chemical composition were used to calculate the amounts of hydroxyl in each substance. The content of hydroxyl ion of anorganic bone based on this theoretical treatment, assuming 2 hydroxyls per molecule, was 1.40 m moles per gram, and by direct analysis was 1.01±0.026 (S.E.) m moles per gram. With a pooled dental enamel sample, theoretical and determined values for hydroxyl contents were 1.64 and 1.62 m moles per gram, respectively.
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  • 2
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    Calcified tissue international 5 (1970), S. 13-20 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Phospholipids ; Hydroxyapatite ; Bone ; Chelation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé L'association de phospholipides et de la phase minérale de tissus calcifiés est étudiée en équilibrant un mélange de phosphatides avec de l'os anorganique. L'os est élué progressivement avec du chloroforme, chloroforme/méthanol et chloroforme/méthanol/HCl. Dans chaque éluat, les phospholipides sont identifiés par chromatographie quantitative. Les phosphatides acides et neutres sont présents, dans des proportions variables, dans l'éluat chloroformique de l'os anorganique. Ces lipides constituent plus de 80% des phospholipides totaux liés. L'extraction chloroforme/méthanol permit d'isoler un groupe de lipides essentiellement neutres. La composition de cet éluat d'os anorganique est voisin de l'extrait de solvant neutre d'os compact bovin minéralisé. Au troisième stade d'élution, on a pensé que lorsque l'acide du produit d'extraction agit comme un agent de déminéralisation, on pouvait comparer l'éluat avec l'extrait lipidique, obtenu après déminéralisation de l'os compact. Certes il existe des similitudes entre les phospholipides acides de l'extrait obtenu après déminéralisation et le troisième éluat lipidique de l'os. Il est possible que les phospholipides acides soient liés par des liaisons coordonnées aux ions Ca2+ et Mg2+ de la maille apatitique de l'os. En présence d'acide ou d'agent de déminéralisation, ces ions métalliques sont déplacés. Le rôle de ces composés de liaison, en tant que ponts entre les phases organiques et inorganiques des tissus calcifiés, est discuté.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Durch Äquilibration eines Gemisches von Phosphatiden mit anorganischen Knochen wurde die Bindung zwischen Phospholipiden und dem Mineralanteil von Hartgewebe untersucht. Der Knochen wurde sukzessive mit Chloroform, Chloroform/Methanol und Chloroform/Methanol/HCl eluiert. Die Phospholipide wurden in jedem der Eluate chromatographisch identifiziert und anschließend quantitativ bestimmt. Sowohl die sauren als auch die neutralen Phosphatide waren in verschiedenen Mengen im Chloroformeluat des anorganischen Knochens vorhanden. Zusammen machten diese Lipide über 80% der gesamtengebundenen Phospholipide aus. Die Extraktion in Chloroform/Methanol entzog dem anorganischen Knochen eine Gruppe von Lipiden mit vorwiegend neutralem Charakter. Die Zusammensetzung dieses zweiten Eluates aus dem anorganischen Knochen war jener ähnlich, wie sie für den Extrakt aus dem mineralisierten kompakten Rinderknochen mit einem neutralen Lösungsmittel beschrieben ist. Bei der dritten Elution wurde erörtert, daß dieses Eluat mit dem nach Demineralisation erhaltenen Lipidextrakt von kompakten Knochen verglichen werden kann, da die Säure des Extraktionsmittels demineralisierend wirkt. In der Tat wurden, was die sauren Phospholipide anbetrifft, Ähnlichkeiten zwischen dem Extrakt nach Demineralisation und dem dritten Lipideluat des Knochens festgestellt. Als Interpretation dieser Resultate wurde vorgeschlagen, daß die sauren Phospholipide koordinativ an Ca2+- und Mg2+-Ionen des Apatitgitters des Knochens gebunden sind. In einem sauren oder einem demineralisierenden Milieu werden die Bindungen zu Metallionen zerstört. Die Rolle solcher koordinativ wirkender Verbindungen als Brücken zwischen organischen und anorganischen Phasen mineralisierter Gewebe wurde besprochen.
    Notes: Abstract The association of phospholipids with the mineral phase of hard tissues was investigated by equilibrating a mixture of phosphatides with anorganic bone. The bone was eluted sequentially with chloroform, chloroform/methanol and chloroform/methanol/HCl. In each of the eluates, the phospholipids were identified chromatographically and were quantitated. Both acidic and neutral phosphatides were present, in variable proportions, in the chloroform eluate of the anorganic bone. Together, these lipids accounted for over 80% of the total bound phospholipids. Chloroform/methanol extraction removed a group of lipids from the anorganic bone which was predominately neutral in character. The composition of this second eluate of anorganic bone resembled the reported neutral solvent extract of mineralized bovine compact bone. At the third elution step, it was argued that as the acid in the extractant acted as a demineralizing agent, this eluate could be compared with the post-demineralized lipid extract of compact bone. With respect to their acidic phospholipids, similarities were noted between the post-demineralized extract and the third lipid eluate of bone. To interpret this finding, it is speculated that acidic phospholipids were bound through co-ordinating bonds to Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions of the apatite lattice of bone. In the presence of either acid or a demineralizing agent, these metal ions were displaced from the ligands. The role of such co-ordinating compounds as bridges between organic and inorganic phases of mineralized tissues is discussed.
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  • 3
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    Calcified tissue international 5 (1970), S. 170-182 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Cartilage ; Bone ; Gonadectomy ; Histochemistry
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Des coupes de tibias de rats mâles et femelles, gonadectomisés et témoins, sont soumises à divers examens histologiques et histochimiques pour étudier les effets de la gonadectomie au niveau du tissu osseux. Le cartilage épiphysaire proximal des rats castrés et des rattes, ayant subi l'ablation des ovaires, est oblitéré par de l'os 5 mois après l'intervention. En outre, la diaphyse présente une ostéoporose. La matrice intercellulaire du cartilage épiphysaire des rats gonadectomisés est fortement PAS positive, contrairement à la réaction fortement alcian positive de la matrice des animaux témoins. Les travées diaphysaires des rats gonadectomisés se colorent en rouge avec le PAS et contiennent des régions étendues d'ilôts cartilagineux calcifiés. En outre, le cartilage épiphysaire et les travées osseuses de ces animaux se colorent faiblement à la ninhydrine-Schiff. Les réactions colorées suggèrent que la gonadectomie induit une altération dans le degré d'agrégation protéino-mucopolysaccharidique de la matrice organique; ce qui interfère probablement avec la minéralisation osseuse.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Tibiaschnitte von unbehandelten und kastrierten männlichen und weiblichen Ratten wurden mit verschiedenen histologischen und histochemischen Techniken untersucht, um die Knochenveränderungen im Anschluß an die Gonadektomie zu bestimmen. Es wurde beobachtet, daß sowohl beim kastrierten Männchen wie beim ovarektomierten Weibchen der proximale Epiphysenknorpel nach dem fünften postoperativen Monat durch Knochen „eingekapselt” ist. Dazu wurde auch eine Osteoporese des Knochenschaftes beobachtet. Der Epiphysenknorpel der kastrierten Ratten zeigte eine intensiv PAS-positive interzelluläre Matrix, im Gegensatz zu der alcianophil reagierenden Matrix von Kontrolltieren. Die Diaphysentrabekel von kastrierten Ratten färbten sich mit PAS rot und enthielten große Bezirke von mineralisierten Knorpelkernen. Dazu färbten sich der Epiphysenknorpel und die Trabekel dieser Tiere nur schwach mit der Ninhydrin-Schiff-Reaktion. Die Resultate der verschiedenen Färbungen zeigten, daß nach Gonadektomie eine Veränderung im Aggregatzustand der Protein-Mucopolysaccharidkomponente der organischen Matrix stattfindet, was zu einer Interferenz im Knochenmineralisationsprozeß führen könnte.
    Notes: Abstract Sections of the tibias from both intact and gonadectomized male and female rats were subjected to various histological and histochemical methods to determine the changes in the bone following gonadectomy. It was observed that both in castrated males and in ovariectomized females, the proximal epiphyseal cartilage became “sealed off” by bone after the fifth post-surgical month. In addition osteoporosis of the shaft of the bone was also observed. The epiphyseal cartilage of the gonadectomized rats exhibited intense PAS positive intercellular matrix in contrast to the alcianophilic ature of the matrix from control animals. The diaphyseal trabeculae from gonadectomized rats stained red with PAS and contained wide regions of calcified cartilage cores. In addition, the epiphyseal cartilage and bony trabeculae from these animals stained faintly in the ninhydrin-Schiff reaction. The staining reactions indicated that in gonadectomy there was an alteration in the state of aggregation of protein-mucopolysaccharide component of the organic matrix, a situation which would result in an interference in the mineralization of the bone.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Bone ; Epiphyses ; Calcification ; Physiologic ; Phospholipids ; Phosphorus
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Neuf polets, âgés de huit semaines, ont reçu 1 mCi de32P orthophosphate par voi intrapéritonéale. Ils ont été sacrifiés 2, 14, 38, 86 et 169 heures asprès injection. Les épiphyses des os longs ont été prélevées et séparés en cartilage au repos, cartilage en voie de prolifération, cartilage en voie de calcification et os spongieux primitif. Les lipides sont extraits: chaque tissu est déminéralisé et les lipides sont extraits à nouveau. On détermine ainsi le contenu en lipides totaux et en phospholipides, ainsi que leurs divers types et l'activité spécifique relative: Le contenu lipidique total de tous les tissus épiphysaires est de 1,35 à 4,52% en poids sec de matrice déminéralisée. La fraction phospholipipidique constitue environ la moitié des lipides. Dans les régions à contenu élevé en calcium, plus de phospholipides sont extraits après déminéralisation qu'avant. Des phospholipides neutres constituten 80–90% des phospholipides totaux dans les extraits réalisés avant déminéralisation, et seulement 48–65% dans les extraits après déminéralisation. La quantité des phospholipides, éthanolamine et sérine, est variable dans les diverses zone épiphysaires. La quantité et les types de phospholipides et leur rapport avec le degré de calcification concordent avec les résultats publiés pour les tissus de veaux. Les courbes d'activité spécifique démontrent une activité réduite au niveau de cartilage au repos et des échange très actifs en phospholipides dans les trois autres zones épiphysaires. Les divers types de phospholipides ont des activités métaboliques nettement différentes les uns par rapport aux autres. Les modes d'échanges particuliers de la phosphatidyle ethanolamine, de la phosphatidyle sérine et de la phosphatidyle inositol, au niveau du cartilage en voie de prolifération et de calcification, suggérent un rôle spécial de ces lipides dans le mécanisme de las croissance et de la calcification.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Neun achtwöchige Hühner erhielten intraperitoneal 1 mCi32P-Orthophosphat und wurden 2, 14, 38, 86 und 169 Std nach der Injektion getötet. Die Epiphysen der Röhrenknochen wurden seziert und ruhende, proliferierende und verkalkende Knorpel, sowie primäre Spongiosa voneinander getrennt. Die Lipide jeder Zone wurden extrahiert, jedes Gewebe wurde demineralisiert und die Lipide erneut extrahiert. Der Gehalt der Extrakte an Gesamtlipden und Phospholipiden sowie die Art der Phospholipide wurden bestimmt und die relative spezifische Aktivität: gemessen. Der Gehalt an Gesamtlipiden aller epiphysischen Gewebe betrug 1,35–4,52% des Trockengewichtes der demineralisierten Matrix. Phospholipide machten ungefähr die Hälfte der Gesamtlipide aus. In den Zonen mit hohem Calciumgehalt konnten mehr Phospholipide nach der Demineralisation als vorher extrahiert werden. Die neutralen Phospholipide entsprachen in vor der Demineralisation erhaltenen Extrakten 80–90% und in jenen nach der Demineralisation nur 48–65% der gesamten Phospholipide. Die Aethanolamin- und Serinphospholipidmengen variierten bedeutend in den verschiedenen Zonen der Epiphyse. Die Menge und die Art der Phospholipide und ihr Verhältnis in bezug auf Verkalkungsgrad waren in Einklang mit den Werten, die für das Kalb angegeben werden. Die Kurven der relativen spezifischen Aktivität zeigten ein träges metabolisches Muster im ruhenden Knorpel und einen sehr aktiven Phospholipidumsatz in den drei anderen Zonen der Epiphyse. Die verschieden gearteten Phospholipide zeigten untereinander merklich verschiedene metabolische Muster. Die speziellen Eigenschaften der Umsatzsmuster von Phosphatidyläthanolamin, Phosphatidylserin und Phosphatidylinositol in proliferierendem und verkalkendem Knorpel lassen vermuten, daß diese Lipide spezielle Funktionen im Wachstums- oder Verkalkungsprozeß ausüben.
    Notes: Abstract Nine eight-week old chicks were given32P orthophosphate, 1 mCi, intraperitoneally and killed 2, 14, 38, 86, and 169 hours after injection. Long bone epiphyses were dissected and separated into resting cartilage, proliferating cartilage, calcifying cartilages, and primary spongiosa. Lipids were extracted from each zone, each tissue was demineralized, and lipids were extracted again. The extracts were analyzed for total lipid and phospholipid content, types of phospholipids, and relative specific activity. Total lipid content of all epiphyseal tissues was 1.35 to 4.52% of the dry demineralized matrix weight. Phospholipid was about half the total. In the zones with higher calcium content more phospholipid was extracted after demineralization that before. Neutral phospholipids were 80 to 90% of the total phospholipids in predemineralization extracts and only 48 to 65% in extracts after demineralization. The amount of ethanolamine and serine phospholipids varied considerably in different epiphyseal zones. The amount and types of phospholipid and their relation to degree of calcification corroborated data reported for the calf. Relative specific activity curves revealed a sluggish metabolic pattern in resting cartilage and very active phospholipid turnover in the other three epiphyseal zones. The different types of phospholipids had markedly different metabolic patterns from each other. Special features of the turnover patterns of phosphatidyl ethanolamine, phosphatidyl serine, and phosphatidyl inositol in proliferating and calcifying cartilage suggest special roles of these lipids in the growth or calcification process.
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    Calcified tissue international 6 (1970), S. 113-119 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Lipid ; Bone ; Cartilage
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Le contenu et la composition des lipides du tissue épiphysaire ont été étudiés chez le poulet. Les valeurs des lipides totaux, des triglycérides et des phospholipides sont, respectivement dans l'os, de 7,50, 1,81 et 1,02 mg/g et, dans le cartilage, de 5,20, 1,46 et 0,53 mg/g. Les principaux acides gras trouvés dans l'os aussi bien que dans le cartilage sont les acides palmitique et oléique, parmi les phospholipides, et les acides palmitique, oléique et linoléique parmi les triglycérides. Quant aux substrats étudiés, l'ordre d'incorporation dans les lipides totaux de l'os et du cartilage a été: palmitate 〉 glucose 〉 acétate 〉 citrate. L'acétate était le principal précurseur dans la synthèse des acides gras, alors que seule une faible protion de glucose a été trouvée dans les acides gras. L'estérification semble donc être la voie prédominante de la synthèse des lipides dans l'os et le cartilage du poulet.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Es wurde eine Untersuchung über den Gehalt und die Zusammensetzung der Lipide im Epiphysengewebe von Hühnchen durchgeführt. Es wurden 7,50 mg Gesamtlipide, 1,81 mg Triglyceride und 1,02 mg Phospholipide per Gramm Knochen gefunden. Die entsprechenden Werte per Gramm Knorpel waren 5,20, 1,46 und 0,53 mg. Die hauptsächlichsten Fettsäuren in den Phospholipiden von Knochen- und Knorpelgewebe waren Palmitin- und Ölsäure, in den Triglyceriden Palmitin-, Öl- und Linolsäure. Die untersuchten Verbindungen wurden in nachstehender Reihenfolge in Knochen- und Knorpel-Lipide eingebaut: Palmitin 〉 Glucose 〉 Acetat 〉 Citrat. Acetat war die hauptsächliche Ausgangssubstanz für die Fettsäure-Synthese, während nur ein unbeträchtlicher Teil der Glucose in den Fettsäuren vorgefunden wurde. Veresterung ist anscheinend der vorherrschende Weg der Fettsynthese in Knorpel- und Knochengewebe von Hühnchen.
    Notes: Abstract The content and composition of lipids of chick epiphyseal tissue were investigated. The amounts of total lipids, triglycerides and phospholipids in bone were 7.50, 7.81 and 1.02 mg/g, respectively, and in cartilage, 5.20, 1.46 and 0.53 mg/g, respectively. The main fatty acids of both bone and cartilage were palmitic and oleic in phospholipids, and palmitic, oleic and linoleic in triglycerides. For the substrates studied, the order of incorporation into total lipids of both bone and cartilage was palmitate 〉 glucose 〉 acetate 〉 citrate. Acetate was the main precursor for iatty acid synthesis whereas only a minor portion of glucose was found in the fatty acids. Esterification appeared to be the predominant pathway of lipid synthesis in chick bone and cartilage.
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    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Bone ; Diabetes ; Osteoporosis ; Mastodon ; Formation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Les comptages des densités de population d'ostéones secondaires permettent de déterminer le taux de formation d'os haversien sans utiliser un marquage tissulaire. Cette technique peut être appliquée à des specimens d'os paléontologiques et contemporains. A l'aide de cette technique, combinée à des marquages à la tétracycline, ces taux sont déterminés chez 180 sujets humains normaux, chez 10 diabétiques, 5 patients atteints d'ostéogenèse imparfaite et 17 femmes présentent une ostéoporose typique. La technique décrite ici est utilisée isolément sur de l'os de mastodonte. Chez les sujets normaux, une excellente concordance est observée entre les deux technique utilisées. Chez les diabétiques, les taux de formation, basée sur les comptages de population, sont diminués, mais dans des proportions moindres que celles déterminées par marquage à la tétracycline; une diminution dans la formation de l'os semble accompagner le développement de la maladie; elle ne semble pas exister pendant toute la durée de la vie. Au cours de l'ostéoporose, les taux, mesurés par les deux techniques, tombent au dessous de la normale, semblant ainsi indiquer qu'ils sont bas, au moment de l'apparition et de l'évolution de la maladie. Chez le mastodonte, le taux moyen de formation d'os est identique à celui de l'Homme et du Chien, lorsqu'on considère les moyennes entre la puberté et le milieu de la durée de vie totale.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Das Auszählen der Populationsdichte von sekundären Osteonen erlaubt es, die Haverssche Knochenbildungsgeschwindigkeit zu messen, ohne daß ein Gewebemarker eingesetzt werden muß, und zwar sowohl für paläontologische als auch für frische Knochenproben. Durch Anwendung dieser Technik zusammen mit Tetracyclinmarkierungen konnten solche Geschwindigkeiten bei 180 Normalpersonen, 10 Diabetikern, 5 Patienten mit Osteogenesis imperfecta und 17 Frauen mit symptomatischer Osteoporose gemessen werden; die neue Technik allein wurde auf einem Mastodon angewendet. Bei den Normalpersonen stimmten die Werte beider Methoden ausgezeichnet überein. Bei den Diabetikern war die aus der Populationszählung errechnete Bildungsgeschwindigkeit vermindert, jedoch in einem kleineren Ausmaß als die auf der Tetracyclinmarkierung basierende. Daraus ergibt sich, daß die verminderte Knochenbildung eher während der Entwicklung der Krankheit auftritt, als daß sie lebenslang bestehen bleibt. Bei Osteoporosepatienten fällt die mit beiden Methoden gemessene Geschwindigkeit unter die Norm, so daß sie niedrig ist, sowohl während der Entwicklung der Krankheit als auch bei bereits bestehenden Symptomen. Beim Mastodon war die mittlere Knochenbildungsgeschwindigkeit ähnlich wie der Mittelwert von jetzt lebenden Hunden und Menschen, wenn diese Geschwindigkeit in der Zeitspanne zwischen Pubertät und der mittleren Lebenszeit gemessen wird.
    Notes: Abstract Counts of the population densities of secondary osteons allow the determination of the haversian bone formation rate without the use of a tissue marker and can do so in paleontological as well as contemporary bone specimens. Using this technique, together with tetracycline markers, such rates were measured in 180 normal humans, in 10 diabetics, in 5 patients with osteogenesis imperfecta, and in 17 women with symptomatic osteoporosis; the new technique alone was used on a mastodon. In the normals, excellent agreement in values occurred between the tetracycline and population-based techniques. In diabetes, population-based formation rates were decreased, but to a lesser extent than tetracycline-based rates, implying that decreased bone formation accompanied development of the disease rather than existing throughout life. In osteoporosis, the rate fell below normal when measured by both methods, implying that it was low while the disease developed and the same after it had produced symptoms. In the mastodon, the mean bone formation rate was similar to that of comtemporary dogs and man when averaged between puberty and the middle of the total life span.
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    Calcified tissue international 6 (1970), S. 254-259 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Resorption ; Collagen ; Cells ; Bone ; Implant
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé De jeunes rats donneurs, de même portée, sont injectés à l'aide de proline3H (1 μ Ci/g) et sacrifiés de 6 heures à 28 jours plus tard. Les omoplates sont prélevées, décalcifiées à l'EDTA et implantées dans la région dorsale sous-cutanée des rats receveurs. Elles sont prélevées 14 jours plus tard avec les tissus environnants, puis elles sont préparées pour l'autoradiographie et colorées à l'hématoxyline-éosine. Dans tous les cas, une prolifération de cellules géantes est observée autour de l'os. Dans les os d'animaux donneurs, prélevés 6 heures après injection de proline, l'isotope est localisé sur les bords de la face d'apposition de l'os et les cellules géantes ne l'éliminent pas. Vingt huit jours après administration de proline, lorsque, par suite de l'apposition et de la résorption, l'isotope est localisé sur le côté de l'os, en voie de résorption, les cellules géantes éliminent l'isotope, sans l'ingérer toutefois. Il apparait, ainsi, que le collagène osseux, formé récemment, est difficilement éliminé, alors que le collagène plus ancien peut être résorbé.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Jungen, als Spender verwendeten Ratten aus einem isologen Stamm wurde3H-Prolin (1 μ Ci/g) injiziert; sie wurden 6 std bis 28 Tage später getötet. Die Schulterblätter wurden herauspräpariert, mit EDTA demineralisiert und subcutan am Rücken von Empfängerratten implantiert. 14 Tage später wurden sie mit dem umgebenden Gewebe entfernt, geschnitten, zur Autoradiographie vorbereitet und mit Hämatoxylin-Eosin gefärbt. In allen Fällen fand sich eine Ansammlung von Riesenzellen rund um den Knochen. Knochen, welche 6 Std nach der Prolininjektion von Spendertieren entnommen wurden, enthielten die Markierung am Rande der Anlagerungsseite, und diese Markierung wurde durch die Riesenzellen nicht verdrängt. Knochen, welche 28 Tage nach der Prolininjektion von Spendertieren entnommen wurden, zeigten durch Anlagerung und Resorption die Markierung auf der resorptiven Seite des Knochens; die Riesenzellen entfernten die Markierung, jedoch ohne sie zu phagocytieren. Es scheint daher, wie es auch in der Literatur vorgeschlagen wird, daß neugebildetes Knochenkollagen nur schwer zu entfernen ist, älteres Kollagen jedoch resorbiert werden kann.
    Notes: Abstract Young donor rats of an isogenously related strain were injected with3H proline (1 μ Ci/g) and killed from 6 hours to 28 days later. The scapulae were removed, decalcified with EDTA and implanted subcutaneously into the backs of recipient rats. They were removed 14 days later with the surrounding tissue, sectioned, processed for autoradiography and stained with hematoxylin and eosin. In all cases there was a giant cell response round the bone. In bones removed from the donor animals 6 hours after proline injections, the label was on the edge of the appositional side of the bone and the giant cells did not remove it. By 28 days after proline administration when, due to apposition and resorption, the label was on the resorptive side of the bone, giant cells were seen removing the label, which however they did not ingest. It thus appears, as has been suggested in the literature, that recently formed bone collagen is removed with difficulty, but older collagen can be resorbed.
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    Calcified tissue international 5 (1970), S. 49-55 
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    Keywords: Bone ; Marrow ; Mast cell ; Parathyroid ; Calcium ; Deficiency
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Des doses faibles d'hormone parathyroidienne sont administrées pendant 30 jours à des rats sevrés de l'espèce Sprague-Dawley. Chez 7 des 12 animaux utilisés, une hyperplasie des mastocytes est observée dans la moëlle tibiale métaphysaire proximale, sans chute associée du phosphore sérique ou élévation du calcium sérique. En outre, aucun changement de poids corporel ou du poids des cendres squelettiques n'est observé par rapport aux témoins. Un troisième groupe, soumis à une alimentation pauvre en calcium, mais contenant une quantité suffisante de vitamine D, présente une hyperplasie mastocytaire marquée au niveau de la moëlle osseuse de tous les animaux.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Entwöhnte Sprague-Dawley-Ratten erhiclten während einer Periode von 30 Tagen niedrige Dosen von Parathyroidhormon. 7 von 12 Tieren zeigten eine Mastzell-Hyperplasie im proximalen Teil des Tibiametaphysenmarks, ohne gleichzeitige Erniedrigung des Serumphosphates oder Anstieg des Serumcalciums. Femer traten im Vergleich zur Kontrollgruppe keine Veränderungen im Körpergewicht oder im Gewicht des Aschenrückstandes des Skelets auf. Eine dritte Gruppe, die eine Calcium-arme, entsprechend mit Vitamin D angereicherte Nahrung erhielt, zeigte eine ausgeprägte Mastzell-Hyperplasie im Knochenmark aller Tiere.
    Notes: Abstract Low doses of parathyroid hormone were administered over a 30-day period to Sprague-Dawley weanlings rats. In 7 of 12 animals, mast cell hyperplasia occurred in the proximal tibial metaphyseal marrow, without an associated fall in serum phosphorus or rise in serum calcium. Further, no alteration occurred in body weight or skeletal ash weight relative to the control population. A third group, on a calcium-deficient diet containing adequate vitamin D, showed marked bone marrow mast cell hyperplasia in all animals.
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    Calcified tissue international 5 (1970), S. 146-152 
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    Keywords: Fluorides ; Bone ; Immobilisation ; Citrate ; Mineralization
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé L'effet de l'ingestion de fluor chez le rat, sous la forme de fluorure de sodium (NaF) et de monofluorophosphate de sodium (Na2PO3F), est étudié au niveau de tibias immobilisés à l'aide de résine acrylique. Après 4 semaines d'immobilisation, des humérus intacts et des tibias immobilisés et non-immobilisés sont étudiés en ce qui concerne l'épaisseur osseuse, la gravité spécifique et le contenu en citrate, cendre, calcium, phosphore et fluor. Nos travaux reconfirment les résultats antérieurs démontrant que l'administration de fluor augmente la minéralisation osseuse et compense ainsi la diminution de son épaisseur, de son contenu en cendres et de sa gravité spécifique, provoquée par l'atrophie osseuse, sans modifier le rapport Ca/P des cendres. L'augmentation de l'épaisseur osseuse est plus marquée chez les rats traités au Na2PO3F, malgré une incorporation fluorée moindre. Le contenu en cendre est plus faible au niveau des os des rats traités au NaF que dans ceux traités au Na2PO3F et ceux des témoins non fluorés. Des recherches ultérieures sont nécessaires pour étudier les avantages du Na2PO3F.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die Wirkung von Fluorideinnahmen entweder in Form von Natriumfluorid (NaF) oder von Natriummonofluorophosphat (Na2PO3F) wurde bei Ratten verfolgt, indem der Tibiaknochen durch Anwendung von Acrylharz immobilisiert wurde. Nach 4 Wochen der Immobilisation wurden die unbehandelten Humeri und die nicht-immobilisierten und die immobilisierten Tibiae in folgender Hinsicht untersucht: Knochendicke, spezifisches Gewicht, Zitrat-, Asche-, Calcium-, Phosphor- und Fluoridgehalt. Die Resultate bestätigen frühere Befunde: die Fluoridgabe erhöht die Mineralisations-geschwindigkeit der Knochen und wirkt im atrophischen Knochen gegen die Abnahme der Knochendicke, des Aschegehaltes und des spezifischen Gewichts, ohne daß dadurch das Ca/P-Verhältnis der Asche verändert wird. Die Zunahme der Knochendicke war bei Na2PO3F-behandelten Ratten ausgeprägter, obwohl weniger Fluorid eingebaut wurde. Der Zitratgehalt war in den Knochen der mit NaF behandelten Ratten niedriger als in jenen von Tieren, die Na2PO3F erhielten oder die fluoridfrei gehalten wurden. Die erheblichen Vorteile des Na2PO3F rechtfertigen ausgedehntere Forschungen in dieser Richtung.
    Notes: Abstract The effect of fluoride intake in rats as sodium fluoride (NaF) and sodium monofluorophosphate (Na2PO3F) on immobilization of the tibial bone was investigated. After 4 weeks of immobilization intact humeri and non-immobilized and immobilized tibiae were examined for bone thickness, specific gravity, citrate, ash, and calcium, phosphorus and fluoride contents. The results confirm previous findings that administration of fluoride increases the mineralization rate of bones and counteracts the decrease in bone thickness,ash content and specific gravity induced by immobilization, without changing the Ca/P ratio of the ash. The increase in bone thickness was more marked in the Na2PO3F treated rats, in spite of a lower fluoride incorporation. The citrate content was lower in the bones of the NaF-treated rats than in the Na2PO3F-treated and fluoride-free rats. The potential advantage of Na2PO3F appears to justify more extensive investigation.
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    Calcified tissue international 5 (1970), S. 277-287 
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    Keywords: Bone ; Enamel ; Hydroxyapatite ; X-ray Diffraction
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Une étude de microscopie électronique est réalisée pour déterminer si l'élargissement des raies des diagrammes de diffraction aux rayons X, observée après divers procédés de préparation, est liée à la fragmentation des cristaux ou à l'espèce cristalline considérée. Les échantillons d'émail, obtenus par meulage à l'aide de diamants ou de fraises de carbones, tournant à grandes ou à petites vitesses, contiennent de grandes quantités d'émail finement pulvérisé, des quantités relativement grandes de cristaux individuels disséminés et relativement peu de particules (habituellement inférieures à 5 microns), contenant un nombre variable de cristaux intacts. Des échantillons témoins, obtenus par meulage à l'aide de billes, contiennent des cristaux intacts de 5–10 microns. Un meulage prolongé à l'aide de billes donne des quantités importantes de produits fins (inférieurs à 0.025 microns), qui augmentent avec un meulage plus prolongé. Les tailles des particules d'un monocristal d'hydroxyle-apatite synthétique, préparé à l'aide d'une meulette diamantée, tournant à faible vitesse, variant de 〈0.025 microns à 〉5 microns: les particules plus larges prédominent. Le fait de chauffer les cristaux d'os augmente nettement leur taille: par contre ils ne se modifient pas après meulage à l'aide de billes. Un plan de clivage préférentiel n'a pu être mis en évidence dans l'émail. La nature hétérogène et la morphologie cristalline peuvent, par conséquent, être responsables de la fragmentation élevée, qui a pu être constatée. Cette fragmentation cristalline est probablement responsable de l'élargissement des raies de diffraction aux rayons X, bien que l'espèce cristalline considérée puisse également être en cause.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Es wurde am Elektronenmikroskop untersucht, ob die Verbreiterung der Röntgendiffraktionsbanden, welche nach verschiedenen Aufbereitungstechniken beobachtet werden konnte, auf eine Kristallzertrümmerung oder auf Druck zurückzuführen ist. Alle Schmelzproben, die durch Zerreiben mit hoch- oder niedrigtourigen Diamantsteinen oder mit Carbidbohrern gewonnen wurden, enthielten große Mengen von feinabgespaltenem Schmelz, eine relativ große Anzahl von verstreuten einzelnen Kristallen und relativ wenig Partikel (gewöhnlich 〈5 μ), die aus einer variablen Anzahl von intakten Kristallen bestanden. Mit dem Kugelbohrer gewonnene Kontrollproben enthielten Aggregate von intakten Kriställchen in der Größe von 5–10 μ. Längeres Zerreiben mit dem Kugelbohrer ergab signifikante Mengen von feinabgespaltenem Material (〈250 Å), das sich mit zunehmendem Zerreiben noch vermehrte. Wurde ein einzelner großer synthetischer Hydroxyapatitkristall mit einem niedrigtourigen Diamantstein zerrieben, so variierte die Größe der Partikel zwischen 〈250 Å und 〉5 μ, wobei die größeren Partikel vorherrschten. Knochenkriställchen erfuhren beim Ausglühen eine merkliche Vergrößerung, blieben jedoch unbeschädigt nach verlängertem Zerreiben in der Kugelmühle. Es konnte nicht bewiesen werden, daß im Schmelz die Abspaltung nach bevorzugten Flächen vorgeht; die komplexe Natur und die Kristallmorphologie können deshalb für die beobachtete starke Zertrümmerung verantwortlich gemacht werden. Die Bandenverbreiterung, die bei der Röntgendiffraktion beobachtet werden konnte, ist wahrscheinlich auf die Zertrümmerung der Kristalle zurückzuführen, obschon auch Druck als Faktor eine Rolle spielen kann.
    Notes: Abstract A study in the electron microscope was carried out to determine if the broadening of X-ray diffraction patterns was related to crystal fragmentation or strain resulting from the preparative technique. All enamel samples, collected either by grinding with high- or low-speed diamond stones or by carbide burs, contained large amounts of finely-divided enamel, a relatively large number of scattered individual crystals and relatively few particles (usually 〈5 μ in size), containing varying numbers of intact crystals. Ball-ground control samples contained aggregates of unbroken crystallites 5–10 μ in size. Prolonged ball grinding produced a significant amount of finely-divided material (〈0.025 μ), the amount increasing with increased grinding. Particle sizes of material ground from a large single crystal of synthetic hydroxyapatite with a low-speed diamond stone ranged from 〈0.025 μ to 〉5 μ, the larger particles predominating. Annealing bone crystallites increased their size appreciably but they remained undamaged despite prolonged grinding in the ball mill. There was no evidence to suggest a plane of preferred cleavage in enamel; the composite nature and crystal morphology may be responsible, therefore, for the severe fragmentation observed. Crystallite fragmentation is probably responsible for the line-broadening observed in the X-ray diffraction pattern, although strain may also be a contributing factor.
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    Calcified tissue international 5 (1970), S. 30-38 
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    Keywords: Phospholipids ; Bone ; Cartilage ; Mucopolysaccharides
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Les tissus squelettiques de poissons téléostéens (Scomber scombrus, etGadus callaria) et d'élasmobranches (Raja batis etScyllium canicula) sont analysés pour leur contenu en lipides. Plus de phospholipides sont extraits des tissus osseux de téléostéens que des tissus cartilagineux d'élasmobranches. Outre la proportion lipidique plus élevée de l'os de téléostéens, des différences de composition lipidique ont été notées entre les deux tissus. Avant démineralisation, les extraits deGadus et Scomber sont surtout constitués de phospholipides neutres. Par contre, les phosphatides des tissus cartilagineux contiennent des quantités importantes de phospholipides acides. Après déminéralisation de l'os et du cartilage de poissions, les solvants pour lipides neutres éluent á la fois les phosphatides acides et neutres de ces tissus. Après extraction des lipides, le traitement des tissus déminéralisés par des solvant acides extrait à nouveau des lipides. Dans cette fraction finale, un grand nombre de phospholipides ont été retrouvés. A ce stade, d'autres phosphatides, que ceux mis en évidence chez les poissons précités, sont extraits à partir de l'os déminéralisé deScomber. Le principal phosphatide de la fraction finale est constitué par la cardiolipine dont des quantités plus importantes, que celles notées au niveau des autres tissus durs, sont retrouvées dans l'os deScomber.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die Skeletgewebe der Knochenfische (Scomber scombrus undGadus callaria) und der Knorpelfische (Raja batis undScyllium canicula) wurden auf ihren Lipidgehalt untersucht. Es ergab sich, daß mehr Phospholipide aus dem Knochengewebe der Knochenfische extrahiert werden konnte, als dies aus dem Knorpelgewebe der Knorpelfische möglich war. Es wurde nicht nur eine größere Lipidmenge im Knochen der Knochenfische festgestellt, sondern auch noch Unterschiede in der Lipidzusammensetzung der beiden Gewebe beobachtet. Die vor der Demineralisation hergestellten Extrakte von Gadus und Scomber bestanden vorwiegend aus neutralen Phospholipiden. Dagegen enthielten die Phosphatide der Knorpelgewebe ansehnliche Mengen saurer Phospholipide. Nach der Demineralisation von Fischknochen und-knorpel wurden durch neutrale Lipidlösungsmittel sowohl saure als auch neutrale Phosphatide aus diesen Geweben eluiert. Wenn die demineralisierten Gewebe, denen bereits Lipide entzogen wurden, noch mit angesäuerten Lösungsmitteln behandelt wurden, konnten erneut Lipide aus Knochen und Knorpel extrahiert werden. Im letzten Extrakt konnten die verschiedensten Phospholipide nachgewiesen werden. In diesem Stadium konnten verhältnismäßig mehr Phosphatide aus dem demineralisierten Knochen von Scomber entzogen werden, als dies bei anderen Fischarten möglich war. Das wichtigste Phosphatid dieses letzten Extraktes war Cardiolipin. Tatsächlich war mehr Cardiolipin in den Knochen von Scomber vorhanden als in allen andern Hartgeweben.
    Notes: Abstract The skeletal tissues of teleost (Scomber scombrus andGadus callaria) and elasmobranch (Raja batis andScyllium canicula) fish were examined for the presence of lipids. It was found that more phospholipid was removed from the bony tissues of the teleosts than was extractable from the cartilaginous tissues of the elasmobranchs. Apart from there being a greater proportion of lipid associated with teleost bone, differences were also noted in the lipid composition of the two tissues. Before demineralization, inGadus andScomber, the extracts were predominantly of neutral phospholipids. In contrast, the phosphatides of the cartilaginous tissues contained appreciable quantities of acidic phospholipids. After demineralization of piscine bone and cartilage, neutral lipid solvents eluted both acidic and neutral phosphatides from these tissues. When the demineralized lipid extracted tissues were treated with acidified solvents, lipid was again removed from the bone and cartilage. In this final extract, a wide variety of phospholipids was detected. At this stage, more phosphatide was extracted from the demineralized bone ofScomber, compared with the other piscine species. The principal phosphatide of this final extract was cardiolipin. More cardiolipin was present in the bone ofScomber than in any other hard tissue.
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    Calcified tissue international 5 (1970), S. 222-235 
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    Keywords: Mechanochemistry ; Bone ; Remodeling ; Stress
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Un mécanisme nouveau tente d'expliquer comment des forces mécaniques augmentées ou diminuées, appliquées à l'os, sont transformées en activité ostéoblastique et/ou ostéoclastique. Une hypothèse mécano-chimique du remaniement osseux, induit par stress mécanique, est émise pour expliquer ce phénomène. L'os répond á un stress mécanique par une croissance différentielle de façon á résister au stress appliqué: par suite le remaniement osseux induit mécaniquement est probablement sous le controle d'un système “feedback” négatif. L'hypothèse consiste dans le fait qu'un changement de charge au niveau de l'os modifie la tension au niveau des cristaux d'apatite de l'os. Ceci modifie la solubilité des cristaux qui fournit ainsi le message de “feedback” négatif nécessaire aux cellules osseuses, sous la forme d'un changement chimique, indiut par un phénomène mécanique. Les cellules aggissent alors pour compenser les modifications de l'activé calcique localisée soit en construisant de l'os pour redistribuer le stress augmenté, ou en résorbant de l'os, qui est en surplus des besoins structuraux, liés à un stress réduit. Pour tester cette hypothèse, des cristaux d'hydroxyleapatite sont soumis à un stress et des changements d'activité ionique du calcium sont enregistrés à l'aide d'une électrode à cation divalent. Les résultats démontrent qu'un effet mécano-chimique peut etre détecté dans les cristaux d'apatite qui, soumis à un stress, engendrent une activité en calcium de 9×10−5 moles/litres et de 7×10−5 moles/litre, dans des conditions sans stress. Les résultats expérimentaux de cette étude et les données de la physiologie cellulaire s'accordent avec l'hypothèse mécano-chimique proposée.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Um zu erklären, in welcher Weise auf Knochen applizierte, erhöhte oder verminderte mechanische Stresse zu einer Osteoblasten- und/oder Osteoklastenaktivität führen, wird ein neuer Mechanismus vorgeschlagen. Eine mechanochemische Hypothese der Knochenneubildung, verursacht durch mechanische Stresse, wird besprochen, um dieses Phänomen zu erklären. Knochen reagiert auf mechanische Stresse mit differenziertem Wachstum, um damit dem angewandten Stress zu widerstehen; daraus folgt, daß mechanisch induzierte Knochenneubildung vermutlich durch ein negatives Feedback-System reguliert wird. Die Hypothese besteht darin, daß eine Veränderung der Ladung des Knochens eine Veränderung der Spannung der Hydroxyapatitkristalle im Knochen zur Folge hat. Dies wiederum verändert die Löslichkeit der Kristalle und gibt damit die benötigte negative Feedback-Botschaft an die Knochenzellen in Form einer mechanischinduzierten chemischen Umgestaltung weiter. Die Zellen verhalten sich nun dementsprechend, um der Änderung der örtlichen Calciumaktivität entgegenzuwirken; entweder wird Knochengewebe gebildet, um einen erhöhten Stress neu zu verteilen, oder jener Knochenanteil wird beseitigt, der bei reduziertem Stress einen Überschuß der Strukturbedürfnisse darstellt. Um diese Annahme zu überprüfen, wurden synthetische Hydroxyapatitkristalle einem Stress unterworfen, und die Änderung in der Aktivität der Calciumionen wurde mittels einer divalenten Elektrode zur Messung der Kationenaktivität registriert. Die Resultate zeigen, daß ein mechanochemischer Effekt in den Hydroxyapatitkristallen nachgewiesen werden kann, die unter Stress eine Calciumaktivität von 9·10−5 Mol/Liter, dagegen ohne Stress eine solche von 7·10−5 Mol/Liter erzeugen. Die Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchungen einerseits und die Aussagen der Zellenphysiologie andererseits stimmen mit der hier vorgeschlagenen mechanochemischen Hypothese überein.
    Notes: Abstract A new mechanism is presented to explain how increased or decreased mechanical stresses applied to bone are translated into osteoblastic and/or osteoclastic activity. A mechano-chemical hypothesis for bone remodeling induced by mechanical stress is presented in an attempt to explain this phenomenon. Bone responds to mechanical stress by differential growth so as to resist the applied stress; therefore mechanically induced bone remodeling is probably regulated by a negative feedback system. The hypothesis is that a change in the loading of bone results in an altered straining of the hydroxyapatite crystals in bone. This in turn alters the solubility of the crystals, providing the required negative feedback message to the bone cells in the form of a mechanically induced chemical change. The cells then take appropriate action to compensate for the alteration in the localized calcium activity either by building up bone to redistribute an increased stress, or by removing bone which is surplus to the structural needs imposed by a reduced stress. In order to test the hypothesis, synthetic hydroxyapatite crystals were stressed and changes in calcium ion activity were recorded from a divalent cation activity electrode. The results show that a mechanochemical effect can be detected in hydroxyapatite crystals which, when stressed, generate a calcium activity of 9×10−5 moles/l compared to 7×10−5 moles/l when unstressed. The experimental results in this study and evidence from cellular physiology are consistent with the mechanochemical hypothesis proposed here.
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    Keywords: Bone ; Osteodystrophy ; Hyperparathyroidism ; Resorption ; Osteoclasts
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé La profondeur moyenne de l'os érodé, par unité de temps, au niveau de centres de résorption, est musurée sur des biopsies osseuses, marquées à la tétracycline et prélevées au niveau de 16 patients en dialyse rénale périodique, d'un adolescent présentant un rachitisme rénal et de l'hyperparathyroidie secondaire, et de 2 femmes adultes atteintes d'hyperparathyroidie primitive. L'index de résorption cellulaire est sub-normal au niveau des surfaces d'os haversien de tous les groupes. Il est sub-normal au niveau des surfaces osseuses de l'endoste cortical dans le groupe sous dialyse. Le matériel biopsique était insuffisant pour établir l'index dans les deux autres groupes. Il apparait ainsi que les ostéoclastes individuels, provenant de cas d'hyperparathyroidie de longue durée, résorbent l'os plus lentement que dans des conditions normales.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die mittlere Tiefe von Knochenerosionen, die pro Zeiteinheit in den Resorptionszentren entstanden, wurde in Tetracyclin-markierten Knochenbiopsien gemessen. Die Biopsien stammten von 16 erwachsenen, periodisch hämodialysierten Patienten, ferner von einem Jugendlichen mit renaler Rachitis und sekundärem Hyperparathyreoidismus sowie von zwei erwachsenen Frauen mit erwiesenem Hyperparathyreoidismus. Dieser Index der Resorption auf cellulärer Ebene war in allen Gruppen subnormal, wenn er auf der Innenschicht der Haverschen Kanäle bestimmt wurde. Er war ebenfalls subnormal in der Gruppe dialysierter Patienten auf die cortico-endostale Knochenoberfläche bezogen. Bei den anderen zwei Gruppen konnte der Index für die letztgenannte Oberfläche nicht bestimmt werden, da zu wenig Material vorlag. Diese Resultate lassen vermuten, daß einzelne Osteoklasten in Fällen von langdauerndem Hyperparathyreoidismus beim Menschen den Knochen langsamer resorbieren als dies normalerweise der Fall ist.
    Notes: Abstract The mean depth of bone eroded in unit time at resorption centers was measured in tetracycline-labeled bone biopsies of 16 adult patients on periodic renal dialysis, of one adolescent boy with renal rickets and secondary hyperparathyroidism, and of two adult women with proven primary hyperparathyroidism. This index of cellular-level resorption was subnormal on haversian bone surfaces in all groups, and it was subnormal on cortical-endosteal bone surfaces in the dialysis group; there was insufficient material to evaluate the index on this latter surface in the other two groups. The results suggest that individual osteoclasts resorb bone more slowly than normal in naturally occurring human hyperparathyroid states of long standing.
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    Calcified tissue international 6 (1970), S. 1-10 
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    Keywords: Bone ; Dentin ; Enamel ; Lipids ; Calcification
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Le but de cette étude est l'analyse des lipides des tissus calcifiés au niveau de la dentine et de l'émail bovins et de l'os cortical humain. Les lipides extraits des tissues pulvérisés sont analysés qualitativement par chromatographie sur colonne. Des échantillons ont été déminéralisés et une seconde extraction a permis de comparer les résultats obtenus avec ceux de la première analyse. Les acides gras des lipides osseux sont étudiés par chromatographie en phase gazeuse et comparés à ceux de l'os spongieux et des expaces médulaires. Les tissus calcifiés contiennent du cholestérol et ses esters, des monoglycérides, des diglycérides, des triglycérides, des acides gras libres et divers phospholipides. A part certains cas, et en particulier l'émail bovin, où l'on n'a pas pu identifier des phospholipides, ces derniers sont constitués par de la lécithine, la lyso-lécithine, l'éthanolamine de phosphatidyle, la sphingomyéline, ainsi que par des substances qui pourraient être de l'acide phosphatidique et de la cardiolipine. La sérine de phosphatidyle a pu être isolée de la dentine bovine, seulement après déminéralisation, mais a pu être extrait de l'os à la avant et, après traitement à l'EDTA. D'autres lipides sont recueillis après déminéralisation à l'EDTA et une seconde dé minéralisation. Les lipides totaux extraits sont d'environ 20.28 mg/100 grammes de dentine, 1.97 mg/100 grammes d'émail et 2005 mg/100 grammes, d'os humain. Le constituant lipidique principal de l'os cortical humain est le triglycéride et la composition en acide gras est identique à celle de l'os spongieux et de la moëlle.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Drei verschiedene Materialien wurden untersucht: bovines Dentin, boviner Schmelz und menschliche Corticalis. Die aus den pulverisierten Geweben extrahierten Lipide wurden qualitativ mittels Säulenchromatographie analysiert. Die Proben wurden ebenfalls demineralisiert und ein zweites Mal extrahiert, damit die Resultate mit denjenigen vor der Demineralisation verglichen werden konnten. Die Fettsäuren der Knochenlipide wurden mittels Gaschromatographie untersucht und mit den Fettsäuren der Spongiosa und des Markes verglichen. In den verkalkten Geweben fanden sich Cholesterol, Cholesterolester, Monoglyceride, Diglyceride, Triglyceride, freie Fettsäuren und verschiedene Phospholipide. Mit einigen Ausnahmen, wie z. B. in bovinem Schmelz, wo Phospholipide nicht nachgewiesen werden konnten, bestanden diese Phospholipide aus Lecithin, Lysolecithin, Phosphatidyläthanolamin, Lysophosphatidyläthanolamin, Phosphatidylinositol, Sphingomyelin und Substanzen, welche Phosphatidsäure und Cariolipin sein könnten. Aus bovinem Dentin konnte Phosphatidylserin nur nach Demineralisation extrahiert werden; aus Knochen ließ es sich jedoch sowohl vor wie nach EDTA-Behandlung entfernen. Zusätzliche Lipide wurden aus Proben gewonnen, wenn diese mit EDTA demineralisiert und ein zweites Mal extrahiert wurden. Die gesamte aus den Geweben extrahierte Lipidmenge betrug im Mittel 20,28 mg/100 g Dentin, 1,97 mg/100 g Schmelz und 2005 mg/100 g menschlichen Knochen. Der Hauptteil der Lipide aus menschlicher Corticalis bestand aus Triglyceriden und die Zusammensetzung der Fettsäuren entsprach jener im Mark und in der Spongiosa.
    Notes: Abstract Three different materials were studied: bovine dentin, bovine enamel, and human cortical bone. Lipids extracted from pulverized tissues were analyzed qualitatively by paper chromatography and quantitatively by column chromatography. Sample materials were also demineralized and extracted a second time so that results could be compared to those obtained prior to demineralization. Fatty acids of bone lipids were investigated by vapor phase chromatography and compared to the fatty acids of trabecular bone and bone marrow. Calcified tissues were found to contain cholesterol, cholesterol esters, monoglycerides, diglycerides, triglycerides, free fatty acids, and various phospholipids. With some exceptions, such as bovine enamel where phospholipids could not be identified, these included lecithin, lysolecithin, cephalin, lysocephalin, monophosphoinositide, sphingomyelin, and substances which might be phosphatidic acid and cardiolipin. Phosphatidylserine was extractable from bovine dentin only after demineralization, but was removable from bone both before and after EDTA treatment. Additional lipids were obtained from sample materials if they were demineralized with EDTA and extracted a second time. The total lipids extracted from the tissues averaged 20.28 mg/100 g dentin, 1.97 mg/100 g enamel, and 2,005 mg/100 g human bone. The major portion of human cortical bone lipids was triglyceride and the fatty acid composition was similar to that of marrow and trabecular bone.
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    Calcified tissue international 6 (1970), S. 49-54 
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    Keywords: Collagen ; Bone ; Tendon ; Trace Metals ; Spectrographic Analysis
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé La composition en éléments métalliques, trouvés à l'état de traces, dans le minéral de l'os humain et dans l'os déminéralisé est mesurée par spectroscopie d'émissions et comparée à celle de l'os original entier et le tendon humain. Le Cu, Fe et Zn restent dans la matrice collagène de l'os et se retrouvent en quantités équivalentes dans le tendon. Il semble donc que ces ions soient liés chimiquement à la matrice collagène de ces tissusin vivo et que cette liaison joue un rôle dans leur activité. La majorité du Pb, Si, Sr, et V de l'os reste dans la fraction minérale, probablement sous la forme d'ions substitués ou interstitiels. Le Zn se répartit entre les phases organiques et minérales.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die natürliche Zusammensetzung der Spurenelemente im menschlichen Knochemineral und im demineralisierten Knochen wurde mittels Emissionsspektroskopie gemessen und mit jener im ursprünglichen, intakten Knochen und in der menschlichen Sehne verglichen. Cu, Fe und Zn blieben in der Kollagenmatrix des Knochens zurück und wurden in ähnlichen Mengen in der Sehne gefunden. Deshalb wird angenommen, daß diese Ionen in vivo chemisch an die Kollagenmatrix dieser Gewebe gebunden sind und daß diese Bindung einen Anteil an ihrer Aktivität hat. Der größte Teil des Pb, Si, Sr und V des Knochens blieb in der Mineralfraktion, vermutlich als substituierte oder interstitielle Ionen. Zn ist gleichmäßig auf die organische und anorganische Phase verteilt.
    Notes: Abstract The natural trace metal compositions of human bone mineral and demineralized bone were measured by emission spectroscopy and compared with those of the original whole bone and human tendon. Cu, Fe and Zn remained in the collagenous matrix of bone and were found in similar quantities in tendon. It is suggested, therefore, that these ions are chemically bound to the collagen matrix in these tissuesin vivo, and that the binding has a part in their activity. Most of the Pb, Si, Sr, and V in bone remained with the mineral portion, probably as substituted or interstitial ions. Zn is divided between the organic and mineral phases.
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    Calcified tissue international 6 (1970), S. 70-76 
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    Keywords: Bone ; Soft tissue ; Sodium 22 ; Exchange
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Des groupes de jeunes rats sont injectés par voie intraveineuse avec du22Na. Après divers intervalles de temps courts, du sérum et des fragments de foie, de muscle squelettique, de rein et d'os compact soigneusement isolé sont prélevés et étudiés en ce qui concerne les concentrations en sodium stable et isotopique radioactif. La pénétration du22Na dans les tissus mous examinés est très rapide et, après 10 minutes, seule une faible proportion de sodium tissulaire reste relativement inaccessible à la circulation. La vitesse d'absorption de22Na par l'os compact tibial peut être divisée en deux phases: a) une phase rapide qui semble uniquement limitée par la circulation sanguine de l'os et qui est compatible avec la théorie des cycles et b) une phase bien plus lente qui peut s'effectuer par diffusion de l'état solide, recristallisation et remaniement physiologique et qui peut se définir de façon correcte par une formule de fonction de puissance.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Gruppen von jungen Ratten erhielten22Na intravenös injiziert. Anschließend wurden nach verschiedenen kurzen Zeitintervallen Proben von Leber, Skelettmuskel, Niere, Serum und saubergereinigten kompakten Knochen entnommen und die Konzentrationen des beständigen und des radioaktiven Natriums gemessen. 22Na drang sehr rasch in die untersuchten Gewebe ein, und nach 10 min blieb nur eine kleine Menge nicht-austauschbares Natrium im Gewebe zurück. Die Geschwindigkeit der22Na-Aufnahme im kompakten Knochengewebe der Tibia konnte in zwei Komponenten aufgeteilt werden: a) Ein rascher Vorgang, der einzig durch die Blutzirkulation im Knochen begrenzt zu sein scheint und der mit dem „cycling concept” vereinbar ist. b) Ein viel langsamerer Vorgang, der eine Diffusion im festen Zustand, eine Rekristallisation und einen physiologischen Umbau einschließen kann und der entsprechend durch eine Potenzfunktion ausgedrückt wird.
    Notes: Abstract Groups of young rats were intravenously injected with22Na. At various short time intervals thereafter samples of liver, skeletal muscle, kidney, serum and thoroughly-cleaned compact bone were removed and assayed for both stable and radioisotopic concentrations of sodium. Penetration of22Na into the analysed soft tissues was very rapid and after 10 minutes only a small amount of tissue sodium remained relatively unavailable to the circulation. The rate of22Na-uptake by the tibial compact bone could be divided into two components: (a) a fast process which appears to be limited only by the blood circulation in bone and is compatible with the cycling concept and (b) a much slower process which may involve solid state diffusion, recrystallisation and physiological remodelling and which is adequately defined by a power function expression.
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    Calcified tissue international 6 (1970), S. 103-112 
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    Keywords: Calcium ; Strontium ; Bone ; Exchange ; Equilibrium
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé La réactivité de l'os de rat envers un contenu faible et élevé de strontium a été étudiée par la technique de l'échange radioisotopique dans des conditionsin vitro bien définies. Des courbes d'absorption de solution de45Ca par des poudres d'os, pauvres et riches en strontium, ainsi que celles de solution de85Sr par des poudres d'os, riches en strontium, ont été analysées. Des fonctions exponentielles et de puissance ont été établies. Les résultats indiquent que le strontium en solution atteint un équilibre d'échange dans l'os, à contenu élevé en strontium, en huit heures environ et que le calcium continue à rechercher un état d'équilibre. Il semble, en outre, que les réactions de diffusion et d'échange de surface de la phase solide hydratée soient les mécanismes majeurs observés pendant ces expériences.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die Reaktionsfähigkeit von Rattenknochen mit niederem und hohem Strontiumgehalt wurdein vitro mit der Isotopenaustauschtechnik unter gut definierten Bedingungen untersucht. Kurven, welche die vom Knochenpulver mit niederem und hohem Strontiumgehalt aufgenommene45Ca-Menge, sowie jene von Knochenpulver mit ausschließlich hohem Strontiumgehalt aufgenommene85Sr-Menge wiedergaben, wurden ausgewertet. Die Gleichungen der Exponential- sowie der Potenzfunktionen wurden abgeleitet. Die Interpretation der Ergebnisse dieser Experimente ist, daß das Strontium der Lösung ein Austauschgleichgewicht mit Knochen mit hohem Strontiumgehalt nach einer Periode von etwa 8 Std erreicht, während Calcium fortfährt, sich einem Gleichgewichtsstadium zu nähern. Es wird weiterhin vermutet, daß Diffusion und Oberflächen-Austauschreaktionen der Hydratationsschicht der soliden Phase die vorherrschenden Vorgänge sind, die im Laufe dieser Experimente stattfinden.
    Notes: Abstract The reactivity of rat bone of low- or of high-strontium content was investigated by the technique of radioisotopic exchange under well-defined conditionsin vitro. Analyses of curves depicting the uptake from solution of45Ca by low- and by high-strontium bone powders, and of85Sr by high-strontium bone powder only, were performed. Both exponential and power function expressions were derived. The interpretation of results of these experiments is that strontium of solution reaches exchange-equilibrium with bone of high-strontium content over a period of about eight hours, but that calcium continues to approach a state of equilibrium. Further, it is suggested that diffusion and surface exchange reactions of the hydrated solid phase are the dominant processes operating during the periods of these experiments.
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    Calcified tissue international 6 (1970), S. 120-132 
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    Keywords: Vitamin A ; Bone ; Physiology
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Une comparaison du remainiement osseux de la mandibule, du présphénoide et du fémur de veaux, recevant des quantités variables de vitamin A (2 doses carentielles et 2 doses de contrôle) pendant une durée de 16 semaines, a été réalisée. La croissance enchondrale a également été étudiée. Les résultats indiquent une altération du remaniement des os carencés, liée à une déficience de la résorption sous-périostée, cette dernière étant souvent remplacée par de l'apposition. Le traitement eut peu ou pas d'effet au niveau des surfaces périostées, où le remaniement normal ne nécessite pas de résorption. Etant donné que les osteéoclastes ne sont plus visibles au niveau des surfaces périostées au cours de l'état de carence, il semble que la vitamine A soit susceptible d'agir sur la differenciation de la cellule ostéogénique périostée en ostéoclaste.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Der Knochenumbau wurde in Unterkiefer, Präsphenoid und Femur von 4 Gruppen von Kälbern verglichen. Diese erhielten während einer Zeitspanne von 16 Wochen verschiedene Vitamin A-Mengen (2 Vitamin A-Mangel- und 2 Kontrollgruppen). Ferner wurde das endochondrale Wachstum grob gemessen. Die Resultate ergaben eine Veränderung des Umbaus von defizienten Knochen wegen der mangelhaften subperiostalen Resorption, die oft durch Wachstum ersetzt wurde. Jene periostalen Oberflächen, wo die Resorption für einen normalen Umbau nicht erforderlicht ist, wurden durch den Vitamin A-Mangel nur wenig beeinflußt. Die Tatsache, daß die Osteoklasten bei Vitamin A-Mangel von den periostalen Oberflächen verschwinden, läßt vermuten, daß Vitamin A die Fähigkeit der periostalen Stammzellen, sich zu Osteoklasten zu differenzieren, beeinflußt.
    Notes: Abstract The drift patterns of the mandible, presphenoid, and femur were compared in calves fed graded levels (2 deficient, 2 control) of vitamin A for 16 weeks. In addition, gross measurements of endochondral growth were recorded. The results indicated that drift of deficient bones was altered because subperiosteal resorption failed and was often replaced by growth. On those periosteal surfaces where resorption was not required for normal modeling, little effect was found due to treatment. In light of the evidence that osteoclasts disappear from the periosteal surfaces during deficiency, it is suggested that vitamin A affects the ability of the periosteal progenitor cell to differentiate as an osteoclast.
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    Keywords: Pyrophosphate ; Orthophosphate ; Phosphonates ; Phosphates ; Parathyroid ; Bone
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Lors d'essais précédents, nous avons montré que le pyrophosphate minéral (PPi) inhibe in vitro la dissolution de cristaux d'hydroxyapatite et nous avons suggéré que le PPi pourrait être un régulateur physiologique de la résorption osseuse. Dans ce travail, nous avons cherché si le PPi ainsi que d'autres produits phosphorés ont une action inhibitrice sur la résorption osseuse induite par l'hormone parathyroïdienne dans des calottes craniennes de souris et sur l'augmentation du calcium plasmatique induite par l'hormone parathyroïdienne chez des rats thyroparathyroïdectomisés maintenus en régime déficient en calcium. Ni l'orthophosphate, ni le pyrophosphate, ni les polyphosphates, ni deux phosphates polymérisés, inhibiteurs des phosphatases, n'ont inhibé la résorption des calottes craniennes, ni l'augmentation du calcium plasmatique. Par contre, certains phosphonates, contenant la liaison P-C-P, ont réduit la dissolution in vitro de cristaux d'hydroxyapatite et inhibé la résorption osseuse en culture de tissus à une concentration aussi faible que 1,6×10−6 molaire. Certains diphosphonates ont inhibé également l'augmentation du calcium plasmatique chez des rats thyroparathyroïdectomisés. La différence d'activité des produits contenant la liaison P-O-P ou P-C-P peut être attribuée à une plus grande résistance des derniers à une hydrolyse chimique ou enzymatique. Les phosphonates peuvent servier de modèle pour étudier l'action du PPi endogène de l'os. Ils peuvent également être utiles pour éclaircir le mécanisme de la formation et de la destruction osseuse et pourraient jouer un rôle dans la thérapie des maladies présentant une résorption osseuse accrue.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Frühere Untersuchungen zeigten, daß anorganisches Pyrophosphat (PPi) die Auflösung von Hydroxyapatit-Kristallenin vitro hemmt; es wurde vorgeschlagen, daß PPi physiologisch die Knochenresorption regulieren könnte. Bei diesem Versuch wurden PPi und andere Phosphatderivate auf ihre Eignung geprüft, die Knochenresorption zu hemmen, welche an Mäusecalvarien durch Parathormon hervorgerufen wurde; ebenso wurde abgeklärt, ob diese Substanzen in thyroparathyreoidektomierten, auf calciumarmer Diät gehaltenen Ratten in der Lage waren, den durch Parathormongaben verursachten Blutcalciumanstieg zu hemmen. Weder Orthophosphat, noch Pyrophosphat, Polyphosphat und zwei polymere Phosphatinhibitoren der Phosphatasen konnten die Resorption von Calvarien oder den Anstieg des Plasmacalciums hemmen. Dagegen verzögerten verschiedene Phosphonate mit P-C-P-Bindungen die Auflösung von Hydroxyapatitin vitro und hemmten dazu in so tiefen Konzentrationen wie 1,6×10−6M die Knochenresorption in der Gewebezucht. Einige Diphosphonate hemmten auch den Plasmacalciumanstieg bei thyroparathyreoidektomierten Ratten. Eine Ursache der unterschiedlichen Wirksamkeit von Substanzen, welche P-O-P- oder P-C-P-Bindungen enthalten, kann darin liegen, daß die letztgenannten einen größeren Widerstand gegenüber chemischer und enzymatischer Hydrolyse entgegenbringen. Phosphonate könnten als Model für die Wirkung des endogenen PPi im Knochen dienen und zudem zur Erläuterung der Mechanismen von Knochenbildung und-resorption nützlich sein; sie könnten auch zur Therapie jener Krankheiten, die eine erhöhte Knochenresorption zur Folge haben, herangezogen werden.
    Notes: Abstract Earlier studies have shown that inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) inhibits the dissolution of hydroxyapatite crystalsin vitro and it has been suggested that PPi might be a physiological regulator of bone resorption. In this study PP1 and other phosphate compounds have been tested for their ability to inhibit bone resorption induced by parathyroid hormone in mouse calvaria and to inhibit the rise in plasma calcium induced by parathyroid hormone in thyroparathyroidectomised rats on a low calcium diet. Orthophosphate, pyrophosphate, polyphosphate and two polymeric phosphate inhibitors of phosphatases did not inhibit the resorption of calvaria or the rise in plasma calcium. In contrast, several phosphonates containing P-C-P bonds retarded the dissolution of hydroxyapatite crystalsin vitro, and, at concentrations down to 1.6×10−6M, inhibited bone resorption in tissue culture. Some diphosphonates also inhibited the rise in plasma calcium in thyroparathyroidectomised rats. One reason for the difference between the effects of compounds containing P-O-P and P-C-P bonds may be related to the greater resistance of the latter to chemical and enzymic hydrolysis. Phosphonates may provide a model for the effect of endogenous PP1 in bone, and might be of use in elucidating provide a model for the effect of endogenous PP1 in bone, and might be of use in elucidating mechanisms of bone formation and resorption and in the therapy of diseases that involve increased resorption of bone.
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    Calcified tissue international 6 (1970), S. 227-238 
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    Keywords: Bone ; Cementum ; Crystallography ; Dentin ; Enamel
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Une structure périodique, formée de fines striations, a pu être observée au niveau des cristaux d'apatite sous le microscope électronique. Ces strations peuvent s'expliquer comme des projections de plans d'atomes ou de molécules sur le plan image, dont la périodicité est égale à la distance entre ces plans dans la maille cristalline. Des études antérieures indiquent une périodicité de 8.2 Å au niveau de cristaux hexagonaux d'émail de jeunes rats, constituée par la résolution des plans 100 de la maille cristalline de l'apatite. Au cours de cette étude, des striations ont pu être mises en évidence au niveau de l'émail, de la dentine, du cément et de l'os humain. Lorsque le faisceau incident d'électrons est parallèle à l'axe c, les trois types de plans équivalents, parallèles à cet axe, peuvent être mis en évidence simultanément. Même les cristaux de forme externe inhabituelle présentent une ultrastructure comportant une série de lignes droites. Des altérations dans les striations, indiquant une disloocation on un défaut d'alignement dans la maille cristalline, sont parfois notées en particulier près de la ligne médiane des cristaux. Des variations de taille et de forme des cristaux et des défauts de maille cristalline ont pu être démontrés au niveau de cristaux individuels. La cristallinité des apatites d'os et de dents peut être liée à l'ultrastructure des tissues normaux et pathologiques.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Im Elektronenmikroskop wird ein sich wiederholendes Muster von winzigen Furchungen innerhalb von Hydroxyapatitkristallen beobachtet. Dieses Randmuster läßt sich als Projektionen von Atom- oder Molekülebenen auf die Bildebene erklären, wobei die Periodizität derjenigen der Abstände zwischen diesen Ebenen im Kristallgitter entspricht. Frühere Untersuchungen ergaben ein Muster mit einer Periodizität von 8.2 Å in hexagonalen Kristallen vom Schmelz junger Ratten; dies stellt die Zerlegung in die 100 Ebenen des Hydroxyapatitkristallgitters dar. In der vorliegenden Untersuchung wurden in Kristallen von menschlichem Schmelz, Dentin, Zement und Knochengewebe Randmuster nachgewiesen. Wenn der einfallende Elektronenstrahl parallel zurc-Achse ist, können die 3 Gruppen von gleichwertigen Gitterebenen, welche parallel zu dieser Achse liegen, gleichzeitig zerlegt werden. Sogar Kristalle mit ungewöhnlicher äußerer Form zeigen eine Substruktur, welche aus Anordnungen von geraden Linien besteht. Defekte im Randmuster, welche Verschiebungen oder Aufbaufehler im Kristallgitter andeuteten, wurden gelegentlich beobachtet, vor allem gegen die Mittellinie der Kristalle. Variationen in der Kristallgröße und-form und das Vorkommen von Gitterdefekten innerhalb einzelner Apatitkristalle, konnten gezeigt werden. Die Kristallinität von Knochen- und Zahnapatiten steht in einer Wechselbeziehung zur feinen Struktur der Gewebe unter normalen und pathologischen Bedingungen.
    Notes: Abstract In the electron microscope, a repeating pattern of minute striations has been observed within hydroxapatite crystals. This fringe pattern can be explained as projections of planes of atoms or molecules on the image plane with a periodicity equal to the spacing between these planes in the crystal lattice. Previous studies have reported a pattern of 8.2 Å repeat periods in hexagonal crystals of young rat enamel, representing the resolution of the 100 planes of the hydroxyapatite crystal lattice. In the present study, fringe patterns were demonstrated in crystals of human enamel, dentin, cementum, and bone tissue. When the incident electron beam was parallel to thec axis, the three sets of equivalent lattice planes parallel to this axis could be resolved simultaneously. Even those crystals which had an unusual external form showed a substructure that consisted of arrays of straight lines. Defects of the fringe pattern indicating dislocations or stacking faults in the crystal lattice were occasionally observed, in particular near the midline of the crystals. Thus, it appears possible to demonstrate visually not only variations in crystal size and shape but also the presence of lattice defects within individual apatite crystals. By high resolution electron microscopy it may prove possible to correlate the crystallinity of bone and tooth apatites to the fine structure of these tissues in normal and pathological conditions.
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    Calcified tissue international 6 (1970), S. 280-289 
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    Keywords: Osteocytes ; Bone ; Matrix ; Trabeculae
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé L'ultrastructure des ostéocytes et de la matrice osseuse adjacente a des été étudiée au niveau maxillaires de jeunes rats, après décalcification à l'E.D.T.A. Les événements caractéristiques du cycle d'évolution de la cellule et ses effets sur la substance osseuse péricellulaire, peuvent être groupés en 3 stades: 1. La période de formation, pendant laquelle l'ostéocyte, analogue à l'ostéoblaste, montre, cependant, une diminution progressive en ergastoplasme et une réduction de l'appareil de Golgi. 2. La phase de résorption (ostéolyse ostéocytaire) caractérisée par l'apparition des lysosomes et leur activité, provoquant un élargissement de la lacune, où s'accumule du matériel fibrillaire et floconneux. 3. La dégénérescence éventuelle et la mort de la cellule. Une régénérescence cellulaire (“ostéoplasie”) n'a pas été observée.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die Feinstruktur der Osteozyten und der unmittelbar angelagerten Knochenmatrix wurde an den Kiefern junger mit EDTA demineralisierten Ratten untersucht. Die Ereignisse, welche den Lebenszyklus der Zelle und ihre Wirkung auf die pericelluläre Knochensubstanz markieren, wurden in 3 Phasen eingeteilt: 1. die bildende Periode, während welcher der Osteocyt dem Osteoblasten gleicht, jedoch eine stufenweise Abnahme der Menge von endoplasmatischem Reticulum und in der Größe des Golgi-Apparates zeigt; 2. der Resorptionsbeginn (Osteozyten-Osteolyse), welcher durch eine weitere Abnahme der sekretorischen Organellen und das zackige Aussehen der perilacunären Grenze charakterisiert ist; 3. schließlich die Degeneration und der Tod der Zelle. Der Nachweis einer Regeneration („Osteoplasie”) konnte nicht erbracht werden.
    Notes: Abstract The fine structure of the osteocytes and of the immediately adjacent bone matrix has been studied in the jaws of young rats demineralized with EDTA. The events marking the life cycle of the cell and their effects on the pericellular bone substance have been grouped into 3 phases. 1. The formative period, where the osteocyte resembles an osteoblast but shows a gradual decrease in the amount of endoplasmic reticulum and in the size of the Golgi complex. 2. The beginning of resorption (osteocytic osteolysis) which is characterized by a further decrease of the secretory organelles and the jagged appearance of the perilacunar border. Later in this phase there is further development and activity of the lysosomes resulting in increased widening of the lacuna and accumulation in the lacuna of fibrillar and flocculent material. 3. The eventual degeneration and death of the cell. No evidence of regeneration (“osteoplasia”) has been observed.
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    Calcified tissue international 5 (1970), S. 189-195 
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    Keywords: Bone ; Pyrophosphatase ; Acid phosphatase ; Alkaline Phosphatase
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé L'hydrolyse enzymatique du pyrophosphate et des esters phosphates est étudiée à l'aide d'extraits d'os de jeunes lapins. Les extrémités proximales de l'humérus et les extrémités distales des fémurs sont homogénéisées dans un tampon barbital (7.5 mM) à pH 7.4. L'activité de la pyrophosphatase extraite a des pH optimaux acide et alcalin. L'activité en pyrophosphatase acide, à pH 5.0, est indépendante du magnésium jusqu'à une concentration de 3 mM et est inhibée par un excès de cet ion. Les activités de la pyrophosphatase, à pH 5.0 et 7.4, sont inhibées par le fluorure. La constante de Michaelis de la pyrophosphatase, au pH optimum de 5.0, est de 1.4×10−3M. L'extrait d'os, placé dans une colonne Sephadex G200 et élué avec un tampon barbital (7.5 mM) à pH 7.4, contenant 1% de chlorure de sodium, permet une séparation des deux activités de pyrophosphatase à pH 5.0, l'activité optimale est associée avec une activité de phosphatase acide. L'activité des deux pyrophosphatase alcaline des os de lapins est étudiée de l'age de 5 à 60 jours.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die enzymatische Hydrolyse von Pyrophosphat und Phosphatestern wurde an Knochenextrakten von jungen Kaninchen untersucht. Proximale Humerus- und distale Femurteile wurden in Barbitalpuffer (7.5 mM) bei einem pH von 7,4 homogenisiert. Die somit extrahierte Pyrophosphataseaktivität hatte ein saures und ein alkalisches pH-Optimum. Die saure Pyrophosphataseaktivität bei pH=5,0 blieb durch Magnesiumzusatz bis zu einer Konzentration von 3 mM unbeeinflußt und wurde durch einen Überschuß dieses Ions inhibiert. Beide Pyrophosphataseaktivitäten bei pH 5,0 sowie bei pH 7,4 wurden durch Fluoride inhibiert. Die Michaeliskonstante der Pyrophosphatase mit maximaler Aktivität bei pH=5,0 betrug 1,4·10−3M. Wenn der Knochenextrakt durch eine Sephadex G-200-Säule gegeben und die Kolonne anschließend mit einem Barbitalpuffer (7.5 mM) bei pH 7,4 mit Zusatz von 1% Natriumchlorid eluiert wurde, konnten die beiden Pyrophosphataseaktivitäten getrennt werden; diejenige mit einem Aktivitätsoptimum bei pH 5,0 zeigte ebenfalls die Aktivität einer sauren Phosphatase. Die Resultate der Aktivitätsbestimmung der beiden Pyrophosphatasen und der alkalischen Phosphatase in Kaninchenknochen in der Wachstumsperiode zwischen 5 und 60 Tagen werden mitgeteilt.
    Notes: Abstract A study was conducted of the enzymatic hydrolysis of pyrophosphate and ester phosphates by extracts of bones of young rabbits. The proximal ends of humeri and distal ends of femurs were homogenized in barbital buffer (7.5 mM) at pH 7.4. The extracted pyrophosphatase activity had acid and alkaline pH optima. The acid pyrophosphatase activity at pH 5.0 was independent of magnesium up to a concentration of 3 mM and was inhibited by an excess of this ion. Pyrophosphatase activities at both pH 5.0 and 7.4 were inhibited by fluoride. The Michaelis constant of pyrophosphatase with pH 5.0 optimum activity was 1.4×10−3 M. The bone extract, when loaded on a column of Sephadex G-200 and eluted with barbital buffer (7.5 mM) at pH 7.4 containing 1% sodium chloride, allowed a separation of the two pyrophosphatase activities; that at pH 5.0 optimum activity was associated with acid phosphatase activity. Results of experiments of the two pyrophosphatase activities and alkaline phosphatase in bones of rabbits as they aged from 5 to 60 days are presented.
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    Calcified tissue international 5 (1970), S. 236-246 
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    Keywords: Trabeculum ; Bone ; Vertebra ; Density ; Strength ; Osteoporosis
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé L'objet de ce travail est de déterminer le rapport existant entre une force compressive et la densité osseuse des vertèbres humaines, ainsi que le rapport entre l'orientation des travées et la force de compression et enfin les effets du degré de charge sur la force compressive. Ce travail est effectué sur 71 échantillons prélevés au cours de 23 autopsies. Les densités sont déterminées et 2 types de densités sont calculées: 1. la densité apparente, en poids humide, divisée par le volume total de l'échantillon et 2. la densité réelle, en poids humide, divisée par le volume de la matrice osseuse, déterminé par le déplacement de l'eau. Des mesures de tests de compression sont effectuées sur des échantillons frais en utilisant une machine à tester les matériaux, de type Instron, sous des charges de déformation déterminées. Les résultats indiquent un rapport hautement significatif entre la densité apparente et la force de compression. Des rapports similaires sont trouvés entre le poids sec par volume total d'échantillon et le poids de cendre par volume total d'échantillon et la force compressive. Larsque la densité apparente augmente, la force compressive de l'échantillon diminue. Une régression négative entre la densité réelle et la force compressive est observée dans l'une des séries expérimentales de ce travail, où lorsque la densité de la matrice osseuse augmente, la force de compression de l'échantillon décroit. Ce rapport n'est pas significatif dans les deux autres séries expérimentales. La force de l'os vertébral est significativement plus élevée le long de l'axe supéro-inférieur ou axe vertical que le long des deux autres directions. Certains échantillons présentent une capacité significativement plus élevée de résistance à la compression, lorsque la charge de déformation est de 1 cm par minute, que lorsqu'elle est de 0,01 cm par minute.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Das Ziel dieser Untersuchung war, den Zusammenhang zwischen dem Widerstand gegen Kompression und der Dichte menschlicher Wirbel, den Zusammenhang zwischen der Anordnung der Trabekel und dem Kompressionswiderstand sowie die Auswirkung von der Belastung auf den Kompressionswiderstand festzustellen. Insgesamt wurden bei 23 Autopsien 71 Proben entnommen und untersucht. Es wurden Dichtebestimmungen vorgenommen und zwei verschiedene Dichten errechnet: 1. die scheinbare Dichte, bestimmt aus dem Naßgewicht dividiert durch das Gesamtprobenvolumen; 2. die effektive Dichte, bestimmt aus dem Naßgewicht dividiert durch das Volumen der Knochenmatrix, welches mittels Wasserverdrängung festgestellt werden konnte. An frischen Proben wurden Test-Druckmessungen bei verschiedenen bekannten Deformationsgraden mittels eines Instron-Materialprüfgerätes durchgeführt. Die Resultate ergaben eine hochsignifikante Beziehung zwischen der scheinbaren Dichte und dem Widerstand gegen Kompression. Gleiche Beziehungen fanden sich zwischen dem Kompressionswiderstand einerseits und dem Trockengewicht sowie Aschegewicht andererseits, beide auf das Gesamtprobenvolumen bezogen. Bei Zunahme der scheinbaren Dichte nahm der Kompressionswiderstand der Probe ab. Eine negative Regression zwischen effektiver Dichte und Kompressions-widerstand wurde in einer der Versuchsreihen dieser Experimente gefunden, wo bei zunehmender Dichte der Knochenmatrix der Kompressionswiderstand der Proben abnahm. Diese Beziehung war in den andern beiden Versuchsreihen nicht signifikant. Der Widerstand der Wirbelkörper war entlang der vertikalen Achse signifikant höher als in den andern beiden Richtungen. Bei einem Deformationsgrad von 1 cm/min zeigten die Proben eine signifikant höhere Widerstandskraft als bei einem solchen von 0,01 cm/min.
    Notes: Abstract The purpose of this investigation was to determine the relation between compressive strength and density of human vertebral bone, the relation between trabecular orientation and compressive strength, and the effects of the strain rate on compressive strength. A total of 71 samples obtained at 23 post mortem examinations were investigated. Density determinations were made and two different densities were calculated: (1) the apparent density as wet weight divided by the total sample volume; and (2) real density as wet weight divided by the volume of bone matrix determined by water displacement. Compression test measurements were made on the fresh samples using an Instron materials testing machine at controlled deformation rates. The results indicated a highly significant relation between apparent density and compressive strength. Similar relations were found between dry weight per total sample volume and ash weight per total sample volume and compressive strength. As the apparent density increased, the compressive strength of the sample decreased. A negative regression between real density and compressive strength was found in one of the experimental series of this investigation where, as the density of the bone matrix increased the compressive strength of the sample decreased. This relation was not significant in the other two experimental series. The strength of vertebral bone was significantly higher along the superior-inferior axis or vertical axis than along the two other directions. Samples showed a significantly greater ability to withstand compression when the deformation rate was 1 cm per minute than they did when the rate was 0.01 cm per minute.
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    Calcified tissue international 5 (1970), S. 21-29 
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    Keywords: Phospholipids ; Bone ; Calcification
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Les phospholipides neutres, tels que la sphingomyéline, la lécithine et la phosphatidyléthanolamine, sont les phosphatides principaux de l'os compact bovin. Ces lipides constituent plus de 90% des phospholipides de l'os, avant déminéralisation, et plus de 60% des phosphatides totaux extraits de ce tissu. Après déminéralisation, les solvants lipidiques neutres extraient des phospholipides neutres et acides de la matrice osseuse. Le traitement final de la matrice osseuse avec un mélange de solvants acides permet de récupérer une faible quantité de phosphatides acides et neutres. Pour expliquer la nécessité d'une déminéralisation au cours de l'extraction lipidique, il est possible que les lipides de l'extrait, obtenu après déminéralisation. soient liés à la phase minérale de l'os. Afin d'exclure la possiblité que cette extraction soit dûe simplement aux cristaux d'apatite, pouvant agir comme obstacle à la diffusion du solvant, l'effet de l'extraction lipidique sur des fractions de particules osseuses de diverses tailles a été étudié. La composition des extraits lipidiques n'est pas liée à la taille des particules: le minéral osseux ne parait done pas constituer un obstacle au passage des solvants lipidiques.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die neutralen Phospholipide Sphingomyelin, Lecithin und Phosphatidyläthanolamin sind die wichtigsten Phosphatide des kompakten Rinderknochens. Zusammengenommen machen diese Lipide über 90% der Phospholipide, welche vor der Demineralisation dem Knochen entzogen worden sind und über 60% der aus diesem Gewebe extrahierten totalen Phosphatide aus. Nach der Demineralisation konnten mit neutralen Lösungsmitteln für Lipide ein weiterer Anteil an neutralen und eine beträchtliche Menge an sauren Phospholipiden aus der Knochenmatrix extrahiert werden. Am Schluß wurde die Knochenmatrix mit einem angesäuerten Lösungsmittelgemisch behandelt, und es konnte eine kleine Menge saurer sowie neutraler Phosphatide aus dem Gewebe extrahiert werden. In Anbetracht der notwendigen Demineralisierung bei der Lipidextraktion wurde vorgeschlagen, daß die Lipide aus dem nach Demineralisation gewonnenen Extrakt an die Mineralphase des Knochens gebunden sind. Um die Möglichkeit auszuschließen, daß dieser Extrakt lediglich durch die Apatit-Kristalle bedingt ist, die die Diffusion des Lösungsmittels verhindern, wurde die Wirkung der Lipidextraktion auf Knochenpulver verschiedener Partikelgrößen geprüft. Jedoch besteht keine Beziehung zwischen der Zusammensetzung des Lipidextraktes und der Größe der Partikel. Daraus folgt, daß das Knochenmineral den Durchgang der Lipidextraktionsmittel in das Gewebe nicht verhindert.
    Notes: Abstract The neutral phospholipids sphingomyelin, lecithin and phosphatidylethanolamine were the principal phosphatides of compact bovine bone. Together, these lipids accounted for over 90% of the phospholipids removed from bone, prior to demineralization, and for over 60% of the total phosphatides extracted from this tissue. Following demineralization, neutral lipid solvents removed a further quantity of neutral, and a considerable number of acidic, phospholipids from the bone matrix. A final treatment of the bone matrix with an acidified solvent mixture removed a small number of acidic, as well as neutral, phosphatides from the tissue. To account for the necessity of the demineralization step in the lipid extraction procedure, it was suggested that lipids of the post-demineralized extract were bound to the mineral phase of bone. To exclude the possibility that this extract was merely due to the apatite crystallites acting as a solvent diffusion barrier, the effect of the lipid extraction of bone of different particle size was examined. However, it was found that the composition of the lipid extracts was not related to the particle area; hence, it was inferred that the bone mineral was not obstructing the passage of the lipid extractants in the tissue.
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    Calcified tissue international 6 (1970), S. 133-142 
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    Keywords: Testosterone ; Dehydroepiandrosterone ; Glucosephosphate-dehydrogenase ; Glucose ; Bone
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Les effets des androgènes (déhydroépiandrostérone et testostérone) sur le métabolisme des hydrates de carbone ont été étudiés en utilisant deux modèles expérimentaux. Le premier fait appel à la culturein vitro d'os embryonnaires d'oiseaux. Dans le deuxième modèle, on utilise des os non embryonnaires de mammifères, en cours d'ossification enchondralein vivo. Dans les deux cas, on note une augmentation de l'activité de la glucose-6-phosphate déhydrogénase et une oxydation différente de la glucose-1-14C et glucose-6-14C. Ces faits indiquent un changement dans le métabolisme du glucose allant vers la voie oxydative directe. En plus, le traitement provoque une hyperplasie de la couche hypertrophique dans l'épiphyse osseuse chez les souris prépubères.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Es wurden die Wirkungen von Androgenen (Dehydroepiandrosteron und Testosteron) auf den Kohlenhydratumsatz von Knochen mittels 2 experimenteller Modelle untersucht: einerseits anin vitro gezüchteten Bindegewebsknochen von Hühnerembryonen und andererseitsin vivo an nichtembryonalen Säugetierknochen mit endochondraler Ossifikation. In beiden Modellen läßt die Aktivitätszunahme der Glucose-6-phosphat-dehydrogenase und die unterschiedliche Oxydation von Glucose-1-14C und Glucose-6-14C eine Verschiebung des Glucosemetabolismus gegen den direkten oxydativen Abbau vermuten. Weiterhin erzeugt eine Behandlung mit diesen Hormonen eine Hyperplasie der hypertrophen Zellschicht an der Epiphysenplatte von vorpubertären Mäusen.
    Notes: Abstract An investigation on the effects of androgens (dehydroepiandrosterone and testosterone) on the carbohydrate metabolism of bone was carried out with two experimental models: avian embryonic membranous bone cultivatedin vitro, and mammal non-embryonic bone of endochondral ossificationin vivo. In both models, the increase in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity and the differential oxidation of glucose-1-14C and glucose-6-14C suggest a shift in glucose metabolism toward the direct oxidative pathway. In addition, treatment with these hormones produces hyperplasia of the hypertrophic cell layer at the epiphyseal plate of prepubertal mice.
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    Calcified tissue international 6 (1970), S. 143-150 
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    Keywords: Calcitonin ; Bone ; Atrophy ; Formation ; Tetracycline
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé La patte arrière gauche de trente rattes Sprague-Dawley a été immobilisée par une attelle plâtrée. Dix rattes témoins ont été utilisées (groupe A): les 30 rattes plâtrées ont été réparties en 4 groupes. Le groupe B n'a pas reçu de traitement. Le groupe C a reçu, par injection sous-cutanée quotidienne, 50 MRC mU de calcitonine (préparée par les auteurs) dans 5% de gélatine. Le groupe D a reçu 5% de gélatine. Le groupe E a reçu 50 MRC mU de calcitonine (Ciba), dans 5% de gélatine par jour, en sous-cutanée. Après 6 jours, les fémurs et tibias ont été pesés, radiographiés et étudiés histologiquement. Les os du groupe A sont normaux. Les os des groupes B, C, D et E présentent une ostéoporose d'immobilisation du coté gauche, avec diminution de l'os trabéculaire, sans traduction radiologique. Le traitement à la calcitonine n'a pas inhibé l'ostéoporose. La pression exercée par les attelles plâtrées a induit une apposition périostée, au niveau de quelques tibias. Après traitement à la calcitonine, une apposition augmentée a été observée au niveau des fémurs et tibias. La gélatine, seule, n'a pas eu d'effet. Bien que la calcitonine n'ait pas agi sur l'ostéoporose d'immobilisation, elle semble pourtant favoriser les processus ostéogéniques provoqués par d'autres mécanismes.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung 30 weibliche Sprague-Dawley-Ratten erhielten zur Immobilisation der linken hinteren Extremität einen Gipsverband. Die Tiere wurden in folgende 4 Gruppen unterteilt: B) keine Therapie. C) 50 MRC mE Calcitonin (eigene Präparation) in 5% Gelatine täglich s.c. D) Lösungsmittel in 5% Gelatine täglich s.c. E) 50 MRC mE Calcitonin (Ciba) in 5% Gelatine täglich s.c. Zusätzlich diente eine Gruppe ohne Gipsverband sowie ohne Therapie als Kontrolle (A). Nach 6 Wochen Versuchsdauer wurden die Femora und Tibiae geröntgt, gewogen und histologisch untersucht. In der Kontrollgruppe(A) bestand kein Unterschied zwischen rechter und linker Seite. In den Gruppen B, C, D und E hatte sich eine deutliche Immobilisationsosteoporose entwickelt (Rarefizierung der Spongiosa des Femurhalses), die röntgenologisch nicht nachgewiesen werden konnte. Die Therapie mit Calcitonin konnte diese Immobilisationsatrophie nicht verhindern. Der mechanische Reiz des Gibsverbandes erzeugte eine periostale Apposition in einigen Tibiae der Gruppen B und D. Nach Gabe von Calcitonin entwickelte sich diese periostale Neubildung in allen Femora und Tibiae der Gruppen C und E. Außerdem war das Ausmaß der Apposition unter Calcitonintherapie wesentlich größer. Das Lösungs-mittel allein hatte keinen Einfluß auf die beschriebenen Veränderungen. Calcitonin konnte die Entwicklung einer Immobilisationsosteoporose nicht verhindern, die Knochenneubildung nach Auslösung durch mechanische Einflüsse wurde dagegen wesentlich verstärkt.
    Notes: Abstract In thirty female Sprague-Dawley rats the left hind leg was immobilized with plaster casts. According to treatment they were divided into the following groups: A) Control, no casts. B) No treatment. C) 50 MRC mU calcitonin (own preparation) in 5% gelatin subcutaneously per day. D) Vehicle alone subcutaneously. E) 50 MRC mU calcitonin (Ciba) in 5% gelatin subcutaneously per day. In addition, untreated rats without casts served as control (group A). After 6 weeks the femora and tibiae were X-rayed, weighed and examined histologically. The bones of the left and right legs did not differ in control group A. In groups B, C, D, and E a disuse osteoporosis had developed in the left legs (rarefication of trabecular bone volume of femur neck) which could not be seen in X-rays. Calcitonin treatment did not prevent the development of the bone atrophy. However, the pressure of the plaster casts had induced a periosteal apposition in some tibiae, and under calcitonin treatment the extent of this new formation in all femora and tibiae was markedly increased. The vehicle alone was ineffective. It can be concluded that whereas calcitonin is without effect on disuse osteoporosis, it probably favours new bone formation which is induced by other mechanisms.
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    Calcified tissue international 6 (1970), S. 260-264 
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    Keywords: Bone ; Human ; Tissue ; Histology
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé De l'os spongieux humain est utilisé pour déterminer la viabilité de cellules osseuses après exposition, pendant un temps déterminé, à l'air et au sérum physiologique. La réaction de Feulgen, ainsi que la culture de tissus sont utilisées pour déterminer la viabilité des cellules osseuses. Il apparait qu'aucun ostéocyte ne survit après 30 minutes d'exposition à l'air et au sérum physiologique. Les cellules de la moëlle ne survivent pas à 2 heures d'exposition ö l'air, ou 6 heures d'exposition au sérum physiologique. Le nombre de cellules qui survivent après action de l'air et du sérum physiologique diminue progressivement en fonction de l'augmentation du temps d'exposition.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Poröser Knochen von Erwachsenen wurde zur Bestimmung der Überlebenszeit von Knochenzellen verwendet, nachdem er während bestimmter Zeiten der Luft oder physiologischer Kochsalzlösung ausgesetzt wurde. Um diese Überlebenszeit zu bestimmen, wurde die Feulgen-Reaktion gleichzeitig mit der Gewebekultur durchgeführt. Daraus läßt sich schließen, daß keine Osteocyten überleben, nachdem sie 30 min der Luft oder der Kochsalzlösung ausgesetzt waren. Markzellen überlebten nicht, wenn sie 2 Std der Luft oder 6 Std der Kochsalzlösung ausgesetzt waren. Die Anzahl überlebender Zellen nimmt ab, wenn die Dauer, während welcher sie der Luft oder der Kochsalzlösung ausgesetzt werden, zunimmt.
    Notes: Abstract Adult human cancellous bone was used to determine the viability of bone cells after timed exposure to air and saline. To determine the viability of the bone cells, the Feulgen reaction was used in conjunction with tissue culture. It is concluded that no osteocytes survived after 30 minutes exposure to air or saline. Marrow cells do not survive after 2 hours exposure to air, or 6 hours exposure to saline. The number of surviving cells after exposure to air or saline progressively diminishes as the time of exposure increases.
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    Calcified tissue international 6 (1970), S. 316-328 
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    Keywords: Epiphysis ; Cartilage ; Bone ; Parathyroidectomy ; Histochemistry
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Des coupes de tibias d'animaux entiers et parathyroidectomisés sont étudiées histologiquement et histochimiquement pour préciser les effets de la parathyroidectomie sur l'os. Les épiphyses cartilagineuses proximales montrent uneaugmentation relative de matrice intercellulaire, une diminution en cellules, et une désorganisation de l'arrangement cellulaire. Le cartilage épiphysaire des rats parathyroidectomisés montre une matrice intercellulaire intensément PAS positive, contrairement aux affinités à l'alcian de la matrice des animaux témoins. Les travées diaphysaires des animaux parathyroidectomisés se colorent en rouge au PAS et contiennent de nombreux ilôts étendus de cartilage calcifié. En outre, le cartilage épiphysaire et les travées osseuses des animaux parathyroidectomisés se colorent moins intensément à la réaction de ninhydrine—Schiff que l'os des témoins. L'étude par les diverses colorations histochimiques, après parathyroidectomie, indique une altération des constituants collagène-protéine et mucopolysaccharide. Ces changements sont susceptibles de produire un trouble de la calcification de l'os.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Tibiaschnitte von Kontrollratten und von parathyreoidektomierten Ratten wurden histologisch und histochemisch untersucht, um die nach Parathyreoidektomie aufgetretenen Knochenveränderungen festzustellen. Der proximale Epiphysenknorpel von parathyreoidektomierten Ratten zeigte einerelative Zunahme der intracellulären Matrix, eine Abnahme des Zellgehaltes und eine Veränderung der zellulären Anordnung. Die Epiphysenknorpel der parathyeoidektomierten Ratten wiesen eine intensiv PAS-positive intracelluläre Matrix auf, im Gegensatz zur alcianophilen Reaktion der Matrix der Kontrolltiere. Die Diaphysen-Trabekel der parathyreoidektomierten Tiere ließen sich mit PAS rot färben und enthielten breite Zonen von verkalkten knorpeligen Kernen. Ferner ließen sich die Epiphysenknorpel und die Knochen-Trabekel von parathyreoidektomierten Tieren im Vergleich mit den Kontrolltieren weniger intensiv mit der Ninhydrin-Schiff-Reaktion färben. Die Resultate der verschiedenen histochemischen Reaktionen zeigten, daß die Parathyreoidektomie eine Veränderung der Protein-Mucopolysaccharide des Kollagens zur Folge hat. Diese neuen Bedingungen könnten eine Veränderung der Knochenverkalkung hervorrufen.
    Notes: Abstract Sections of the tibias from intact and from aparathyroid animals were examined histologically and histochemically to determine the changes in bone following parathyroidectomy. The proximal epiphyseal cartilages of parathyroidectomized rats showed arelative increase of intercellular matrix, decrease in cellularity, and disorganization of the cellular arrangement. The epiphyseal cartilages of the aparathyroid rats exhibited an intense PAS-positive intercellular matrix in contrast to the alcianophilic nature of the matrix from control animals. The diaphyseal trabeculae from aparathyroid animals stained red with PAS and contained wide regions of calcified cartilaginous cores. In addition, the epiphyseal cartilages and bone trabeculae from the parathyroidectomized animals stained less intensely to the ninhydrin-Schiff reaction than did the bone from the intact animal. The response to the various histochemical reactions indicated that following parathyroidectomy there was a change in the collagen-protein mucopolysaccharide components. This condition would produce an alteration in the calcification of bone.
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    Calcified tissue international 6 (1970), S. 335-342 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Calcium ; Phosphate ; Crystals ; Epitaxy ; Bone ; Composition
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Du phosphate de calcium hydraté monohydrogéné est proposé comme précurseur logique dans la formation de l'hydroxyapatite et une théorie expliquant la formation d'apatiles défectueux, à contenu faible en calcium, est présentée. Les rapports structuraux entre le phosphate de calcium déhydraté monohydrogéné et l'hydroxyapatite indiquent que l'un ou l'autre de ces produits est susceptible de fournir l'édifice atomique nécessaire à la croissance épitaxique de l'un sur l'autre. La formation d'apatite parait être le résultat de deux processus différents au point de vue cinétique: la formation initiale rapide du phosphate de calcium dihydraté monohydrogéné amorphe et la formation lente consécutive d'hydroxyapatite du précipité initial. Les rapports Ca/P des phosphates de calcium, formés à partir des constituants de solution situés dans la région de la phase d'hydroxyapatite, en fonction du temps, permettent une composition variable du phosphate de calcium monohydrogéné dihydraté et de l'hydroxyapatite. Le calcium de phosphate hydraté ponohydrogéné parait être le cristal d'ensemencement nécessaire à la croissance de l'hydroxyapatite dans l'os et les dents à pH physiologique.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Hydriertes Calciummonohydrogenphosphat wird als die logische Vorstufe bei der Bildung von Hydroxyapatit vorgeschlagen, und eine vereinheitlichende Theorie für die Bildung von calciumarmen oder defizienten Apatiten wird vorgelegt. Strukturelle Beziehungen zwischen Dihydrocalciummonohydrogenphosphat und Hydroxyapatit zeigen, daß beide Substanzen die Atomanordnung für das epitaxiale Wachstum des einen auf dem anderen liefern können. Die Apatitbildung wird als die Summe von zwei Vorgängen verschiedener Geschwindigkeit dargelegt: die zu Beginn rasch vor sich gehende Bildung von amorphem Dihydrocalciumonohydrogenphosphat und die nachfolgende langsame Bildung von kristallinem Hydroxyapatit aus dem anfänglichen Niederschlag. Das Verhältnis als Zeitfunktion von Ca/P des Calciumphosphates, welches sich aus Lösungen bildet, deren Zusammensetzung im Gebiete liegt, wo das Hydroxyapatit in der stabilen Phase vorkommt, läßt vermuten, daß diese Calciumphosphate eine unterschiedliche Zusammensetzung von Dihydrocalciummonohydrogenphosphate und Hydroxyapatit haben. Es wird vorgeschlagen, daß das Dihydrocalciummonohydrogenphosphat auf Grund der Bildungsgeschwindigkeit und Zusammensetzung des Calciumphosphates sowie der kristallographischen Werte ein notwendiger Nukleator für das Wachstum von Hydroxyapatit in Knochen und Zähnen bei einem physiologischen pH ist.
    Notes: Abstract Hydrated calcium monohydrogen phosphate is proposed as the logical precursor in the formation of hydroxyapatite and a unifying theory for the formation of low calcium, or defect apatites, is presented. Structural relationships between calcium monohydrogen phosphate dihydrate and hydroxyapatite indicate that either material can provide the atomic arrangment for the epitaxial growth of one on the other. The formation of apatite is presented as the summation of two rate processes: the initial fast formation of amorphous calcium monohydrogen phosphate dihydrate and the subsequent slow formation of crystalline hydroxyapatite from the initial precipitate. Ca/P ratios of calcium phosphates, formed from compositions in the phase region of hydroxyapatite as a function of time, suggest a varying composition of calcium monohydrogen phosphate dihydrate and hydroxyapatite. Hydrated calcium monohydrogen phosphate is proposed on the basis of rate and composition of calcium phosphate formed and on crystallographic data to be a necessary seed for growth of hydroxyapatite in bone and teeth at physiological pH.
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    Cell & tissue research 109 (1970), S. 552-565 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Teleosts ; Bone ; Osteocytes ; Osteoclasts ; Osteolysis
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    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Le squelette vertébral de l'Anguille est formé d'os cellulaire: lamellaire compact ou spongieux, suivant les différentes parties de la vertèbre. Nous avons pu y mettre en évidence, chez des animaux physiologiquement normaux, les trois catégories de cellules caractéristiques de l'os des vertébrés supérieurs: ostéoblastes, osteocytes, ostéoclastes. Elles ont les mêmes fonctions que chez ces derniers, les ostéoblastes procèdent à l'élaboration du tissu osseux, alors que les ostéoclastes le détruisent; à cette résorption ostéoclastique s'ajoute une lyse périostéocytaire ou résorption périlacunaire. Les osteocytes, dans ce tissu, nous paraissent être des éléments actifs; néanmoins, leur nombre (par unité de surface) est très inférieur à celui trouvé chez les Mammifères. Le remaniement osseux résultant du jeu de l'apposition et de la résorption est important et comparable à celui existant chez l'Homme. L'os de l'Anguille est, à de nombreux points de vue, très voisin de celui des Mammifères; les Poissons n'ont pas de parathyroïdes en tant que telles mais ils sont pourvus d'autres glandes vraisemblablement impliquées dans la régulation phosphocalcique: corps ultimobranchial et corpuscules de Stannius. Notre but sera donc d'essayer de déterminer comment est réglé le métabolisme de l'os cellulaire des Téléostéens.
    Notes: Summary The vertebral skeleton of the eel consists of cellular bone, either lamellar or spongy, depending on different parts of the vertebra. In this osseous tissue we have found, in physiologically normal animals, three categories of caracteristic cells of the bone of higher vertebrates: osteoblasts, osteocytes, osteoclasts. They have the same functions as in higher vertebrates, osteoblasts form the bone while the osteoclasts which are to be found in “Howship's lacunae” destroy it. In addition, a perilacunar type of bone resorption or “osteocytic osteolysis” can be observed. In this bone, osteocytes seem to be active cells, but the concentration of osteocytes is decidedly lower than that to be found in Mammals. The osseous remodeling produced by apposition and resorption is of the same importance as in human bone. The bone of the eel, in many ways, closely resembles that of mammals. Teleost fish do not have parathyroid glands, but their phosphocalcic regulation seems to be facilitated by the action of two endocrine glands: Ultimobranchial body and the corpuscles of Stannius. The regulation of the cellular bone metabolism of Teleostean fishes is discussed.
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    Journal of Morphology 130 (1970), S. 3-9 
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    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
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    Notes: The skin of Bagarius bagarius (Ham.) is devoid of scales but is rough due to the presence of numerous pentagonal epidermal elevations, which are separated by deep furrows at regular intervals. These elevated pentagonal regions of the epidermis are covered by dead cornified cells in the form of caps. As the old cap goes off a new one is formed by the death of the underlying epidermal cells. The middle layer of the epidermis is mainly composed of well defined polygonal cells. Their cytoplasm is granular in nature and give reactions for protein bound sulphydryl groups. The stratum germinativum is composed of two types of basal cells, the columnar cells and the spherical cells.The flask shaped mucous glands are restricted to the epidermal furrows and secrete either neutral or acidic mucopolysaccharides. Certain large specialysed granular cells are found in the epidermis which are grouped around the taste buds. These specialysed cells may be the photocytes.Two layers of the dermis can be distinguished - the relatively thin stratum laxum and the thick stratum compactum. Dermal papillae mainly support the taste buds. The pigment cells are arranged in two layers in the dermis.The subcutis is composed of loose connective tissues, richly infiltrated with the fat cells, nerves and blood capillaries.
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    Notes: Electron microscope studies on Tylocephalum metacestodes embedded in the tissues of the oyster, Crassostrea virginica, have revealed that the tegument of the larval tapeworm is comprised of an external and an internal level which are partially separated by a basal lamina and two layers of muscles. The outer tegumentary level is comprised of an anucleate, cytoplasmic syncytium in which are embedded large and small vesicles and mitochondria. Surfacial hooks are also embedded therein. The internal level is comprised of relatively large discrete cells including mitochondria, rough endoplasmic reticulum, and large and small vesicles. These cells are intermittently connected with the external level by cytoplasmic bridges.Arising from the external level are unusual microvilli each of which terminates as a spherical vesicle. The stem of each microvillus is covered by a unit membrane which is continuous with that overlaying the body surface. In addition, each microvillus includes an external layer of medium electron density, a medial layer of intense electron density, and a core of heterogenous, medium electron density. These structures may be intertwined and bundles can be observed at the light microscope level as fibril-like projections from the parasite's body surface. One of their possible functions may be to prevent intimate contact between the encapsulating fibers of host origin and the parasite's body surface. In addition, the contraction and distention of the circular muscles result in microvillar movement which may keep the surrounding host fluids, including those of nutritional importance to the parasite, in a state of flux thus hypothetically permitting more uniform uptake.The abundance of vesicles in the syncytial external level of the tegument appears to be characteristic of the more primitive marine cestodes belonging to the orders Trypanorhyncha and Lecanicephala.
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    Notes: Sequential patterns of cuticle deposition and “melanization” in the imaginal cuticle of Sarcophaga argyrostoma in parts of the body darkening before or after emergence are examined on a histological basis. The patterns in the cuticles examined range from a simple absence of “melanization” to a complex of histological changes involving “melanization” and deposition. Ultrastructural changes in the post-emergent cuticle of Sarcophaga bullata during the hardening and darkening process and cuticle deposition are described.
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    Journal of Morphology 130 (1970), S. 151-161 
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    Notes: Morphological study of Corynosoma hamanni (Linstow, 1892) was continued with the intention of presenting a morphological description of a single, well defined species.Sexual dimorphism is exhibited in body size, males being larger, and in body spination. Trunk spines are arranged in a pattern similar to that of Corynosoma semerme and do not extend onto the bursa as reported in the original description of C. hamanni.Two testes, located side by side, are followed by six cement glands arranged in two groups of three glands each. One group is behind each testis. Cement ducts from glands on the right side cross over Saefftigen's pouch and join to form a reservoir on the left side; ducts from cement glands on the left side fuse forming a second reservoir. The two cement reservoirs unite before emptying into the ejaculatory duct. The bursa possesses rays on its outer wall and numerous, well-developed papillae in the muscular cap.In females, a ruptured genital ligament sac is attached partially on the dorsal wall of the uterine bell and partially on a column of six cells projecting from the bell's base into its lumen. Postericrly the dorsal wall of the bell has two protruding pockets behind which occur ten cells composing the selector apparatus. Dorsal openings into the pseudocoelom occur on either side of the uterine bell. Two muscular tubes conduct eggs into the uterus. Female C. hamanni frequently form genital vestibules in which the genital pore occurs along the dorsal wall and not, as reported for some species, at the anterior tip.Eggs of C. hamanni possess four membranes rather than the previously reported three.
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    Notes: A seasonal study of the seminal vesicles in relation to that of the testes had been conducted in the catfish, H. fossilis. The annual reproductive cycle of the catfish has been divided into (i) Preparatory period (February-April), (ii) Prespawning period (May-June), (iii) Spawning period (July-August) and (iv) Postspawning period (September-January). Testes exhibit initiation of spermatogenesis in the mid-preparatory period, but significant increase in weight of the testes accompanied by active spermatogenesis occurs during the prespawning period. In the spawning period, the testes are maximally enlarged and their seminiferous tubules are packed with spermatozoa. Following spawning, the testes gradually regress in the postspawning period. The seminal vesicles show initiation of secretory activity during the preparatory period but their recrudescence lags behind that of the testes by about a month. The seminal vesicles attain maximum weight and secretory activity during the spawning period. Thereafter, the seminal vesicles regress precipitously and sooner than the testes.The histochemical and biochemical studies on the seminal vesicles indicate that the secretion contains mucoproteins, acid mucopolysaccharides, primary proteoses, besides traces of phospholipids and native proteins.
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    Journal of Morphology 130 (1970), S. 247-255 
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    Notes: During cleavage of honeybee eggs two peaks arise in the longitudinal distribution pattern of the periplasm which coincide with the site of the differentiation center and the site of a mesodermal center. A very similar pattern is exhibited by the dorsal plasmstrip, a narrow band of thicker periplasm which is formed during cleavage along the dorsal midline of the egg. The present paper describes the development of the dorsal plasmstrips of two inbred strains of honeybees during early cleavage stages. Differences between the two strains reside in the total size of their dorsal plasmstrips and in the timing of the formation of the anterior peak which coincides with the site of the differentiation center. The bearing of these findings upon embryological studies is discussed.
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    Notes: The “cuticle,” which revests the starfish tube foot, has been studied by electron microscopy and the findings correlated with histochemical observations.The “cuticle” is composed by two distinct zones; an outer zone including numerous microvilli, which extend from the inner zone into and through a fibrillar substance distinctly organized in two layers. These microvilli protrude slightly beyond the outer surface, where their tips give rise tonumerous extremely delicate fibrils. The second inner zone, of quite variable thickness and condensation of material, presents a coarser fibrous matrix where organelles and inclusions can be found.The whole cuticular complex does not derive from the majority of the epithelial cells, but is probably an extension of a special kind of T-shaped cells appearing at intervals, the “cuticle” forming a syncytial surface.Histochemical investigations indicate that the “cuticle” contains a combination of neutral and acid mucopolysaccharide, with a marked neutral predominance, the outer one displaying also an extremely thin coat of acid mucopolysaccharide with the sulfate group.The ordered arrangement of the microvilli suggests that this situation is imposed by the strong bond existing between the microvilli and the ouble mucopolysaccharide layers which would act as a cementing substance stabilizing the entire apical surface of the cell.
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    Notes: The length of the oviduct, the thickness of its wall, and the height of its mucosal epithelium and cilia were measured in (a) 0-, 2-, 4- and six-month-old rabbits, (b) rabbits ovariectomized at birth and (c) ovariectomized, estrogen-treated rabbits. The length and external diameter of the oviduct increased progressively until four months of age, after which their rates of increase declined. The thickness of the oviductal wall at the uterotubal junction was twice as large as that of the isthmus at two months of age and six times as large at four and six months of age. The height of the mucosal epithelium in the fimbriae was less than that in other oviductal segments at birth, but exceeded that in other segments at six months of age. Ciliated cells and motile cilia were absent 24 hours after birth; they were first observed two months after birth. The cilia of fimbriae were shorter than cilia elsewhere in the oviduct. Neonatal ovariectomy retarded the development of the oviduct and the mesotubarium and caused pyknosis of ciliated and non-ciliated cells of the oviductal mucosa. Cells with scarcely motile cilia were present five and one-half months after neonatal ovariectomy.
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    Journal of Morphology 130 (1970), S. 25-35 
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    Notes: The epidermis of 146 specimens of Dipsosaurus dorsalis and 182 Uma notata collected throughout the active period of the animals' year has been examined. The morphology of the epidermis is essentially similar to previously described lacertilians but differs in the relatively great degree of development of the mesos layer and the complete keratinization of the lacunar tissue prior to sloughing.Analysis of sloughing frequency throughout the year suggests that species specific patterns may exist, but these do not correlate with any particular known ecologic datum. The patterns do not reflect the reproductive activity of the two species supporting previous experimental conclusions on the lack of effect of gonadial hormones on epidermal activity.There appears to be no evidence of association of femoral gland activity with epidermal activity in D. dorsalis, but the situation is not clearcut in U. notata. These data are discussed in the light of recent studies of the evolutionary origin of epidermal glands in lizards.
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    Notes: The structural changes of mitochondria that occur during oogenesis and early embryogenesis in the rabbit have been examined with the electron microscope. Mitochondria of oogonia are both elongate and oval and contain a variable number of cristae which may or may not traverse the longitudinal axis of the organelle. When oogonia differentiate into oocytes, mitochondria become spheroidal and their cristae are sparse when compared with those found in the ellipsoidal organelles of concomitantly maturing follicle cells. As differentiation proceeds, the cristae of the mitochondria display varied configurations. For example, many display an arch-like arrangement in several regions of the organelle whereas others contain a pair of concentric membranes closely associated with limiting membrane of the mitochondrion.Mitochondria of stages from the fertilized egg to the morula possess the same internal structure as those of young oocytes. As the morula differentiates into a blastocyst there is a gradual increase in the size of the mitochondria and an increase in the number of cristae. We believe that the number and modifications of cristae indicate stages of mitochondriogenesis and the level of enzymatic activity in which this organelle is engaged during oogenesis and early embryogenesis.
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    Notes: The reproductive tracts of several species of lizards were examined to understand the events assoclated with the transport of discharged oocytes following ovulation. At the onset of the reproductive cycle the regressed ovaries and oviducts appear as inconspicuous structures pressed against the dorsal body wall. As the reproductive cycle progresses, they undergo marked changes in position and size. The oviducts migrate ventrally and surround the growing ovarian oocytes, which move anteriorly where coelomic space is more abundant and eventually press intimately against the infundibulum. When ovulation occurs the ostium is in a remarkably strategic location for directly receiving the ovulated oocytes. The virtual isolation of the ovaries from the general coelom by the encapsulating oviducts, and the intimate association of the pre-ovulatory oocytes with the infundibular ostium do not support the current concept advocating the migration of loose ova following ovulation. An alternative explanation for the “trans-coelomic migratiion of ova” is proposed.
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    Notes: A fine structure study of spermatids and spermatozoa of the spider, Pisaurina sp. demonstrates that early spermiogenesis is similar to other flagellate spermatozoa. An acrosome forms from a Golgi-derived, acrosomal vesicle, a perforatorium indents acromosome and nucleus, a flagellum with a three-plus-nine tubule substructure is formed and nuclear chromatin condenses during spermiogenesis. Divergence from typical spermatozoa includes the presence of a three-tubule substructure of the central flagellar shaft, progressive rounding-up of late spermatids with concomitant incorporation of previously formed flagellum. This evidence is presented in terms of its possible functional significance in fertilization and gamete fusion in spiders.
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    Notes: Gross morphology, staining characteristics and mapping of the diversity of the neurosecretory cell types in the brain and subesophageal ganglion of the scorpion Heterometrus swammerdami are reported. Special neurosecretory cell groups whose product is stainable with orange-G, acid fuchsin and Heidenhain's hematoxylin are present in the brain.In many of the living isolated neurosecretory cells, the secretory material appears luminous when viewed with dark ground illumination and granular when observed with phase contrast microscope.In the subesophageal ganglion the metameric arrangement of neurosecretory cells is distinct. Neurosecretory product accumulating in specific regions of subesophageal ganglion, and its axonal transport into the dorsal nerves and their termination in cephalic blood vessels apparently representing a storage and release organ of neurosecretion is reported.
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    Notes: The placental memebranes and uterus of the garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis, were studied using histological, histochemical, electron microscopic, dye transfer, and radioisotopic techniques. The conceptuses are completely enclosed throughout gestation by a transparent shell membrane which is produced by glandular epithelia in the uterine segment of the oviduct.Both chorio-allantoic and omphalo (yolk-sac) placentation are observed in this snake. The growth of the extra-embryonic mesoderm takes place in a manner peculiar to placental reptiles, and results in the isolation of the omphaloplacenta from the yolk-sac wall. On the basis of morphology, enzyme histochemistry, and phagocytosis of Trypan blue particles, this structure is interpreted as a site of histiotrophic absorption.The chorio-allantoic region of placentation is simple in structure. Fetal and maternal capillaries are closely apposed but always separated by layers of uterine and chorionic epithelium and the thin shell membrane. The placental membranes of the garter snake are similar in many respects to those of other live-bearing snakes, but less specialized than most lizard placentate.Isotopically labelled sodium and glycine are passed to the fetus following maternal injection, the latter at least apparently via the omphaloplacenta. The permeability to iron and phospate is extremely low. On the basis of these results and the selective transfer of certain dyestuffs, it appears that the shell membrane functions as a dialyzing membrane.
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    Journal of Morphology 131 (1970), S. 117-129 
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    Notes: Spermatozoa of the hydroid Pennaria tiarella were examined with the electron microscope. The anterior region is characterized by the presence of 30-40 membrane-bounded vesicles which lie anterior to the nucleus. These vesicles are apparently derived from the Golgi apparatus.The nucleus is conical in shape with a protrusion at the anterior end. Posteriorly it is indented by four radially arranged mitochondria. Lying within the fossa formed by the mitochondria are proximal and distal (filament forming) centrioles. The distal centriole is characterized by nine centriole satellite projections which emanate from its matrix. The tubules of the distal centriole are continuous with the alpha filaments of the tail.The tails are typical 9 + 2 flagella with 9 peripheral doublet (or alpha) filaments surrounding two central (or beta) filaments.
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    Notes: The principal parenchymal elements of the submandibular glands of the heteromyid rodents Dipodomys merriami, Perognathus longimembris, Perognathus fallax, Perognathus penicillatus and Perognathus baileyi consist of acini, granular tubules and striated ducts.Acinar cells of the four species of Perognathus are aniline blue, PAS (magenta) and Alcian blue (pH 2.5) positive and metachromatic with toluidine blue and safranin. The granules of the tubule cells are orthochromatic and react with aniline blue, orange G, the PAS reagent (deep pink) and the tryptophan indicator, xanthydrol. Acinar and tubule cells of D. merriami exhibit similar reactions except for the Alcian blue stain. Acinar cells of D. merriami do not react with Alcian blue.Submandibular glands of D. merriami exhibit a sexual dimorphism of the granular tubules. There is little observable difference between the sexes in the species of Perognathus but the ratio of granular tubules to acinar elements, the degree of hypertrophy of the tubules, and the amount of mucosubstance and protein (granules) contained in their cells are different in the four species studied.Since these desert rodents have similar habitats and habits, the differences observed between the two heteromyid subfamilies studied, as well as among the four members of a single subfamily, suggest that these are inherent species variations rather than variations of adaptation to environment.
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    Notes: The histology of the alimentary canal is described for the last instar larva, pupa, and adult Hyalophora cecropia (L.). Particular attention is given to the changes occurring in the midgut during the larval-pupal transformation and in the hindgut during the pupal-adult transformation. Descriptions are made as to the nature of the imaginal rings at each end of the midgut and a new structure is described in the larval ileum. The formation of adult rectal pads is followed in detail.
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    Journal of Morphology 132 (1970), S. 149-167 
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    Notes: The external prostate of male hedgehogs (Erinaceus europeus, Hemiechinus sp.) was studied at the beginning and at the end of the breeding seasons. Its tubular secretory units contain two types of epithelia, columnar and stratified. The columnar epithelium has abundant rough endoplasmic reticulum and forms secretory granules. The stratified epithelium undergoes cellular changes culminating in appearance of nuclear and cytoplasmic inclusions, nuclear pyknosis and desquamation of cells and nuclei into lumen. The nuclear inclusions contain protein and abundant silver-reducing substances. These inclusions may be derived from the residual protein of the nucleus.
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    Journal of Morphology 132 (1970), S. 169-179 
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    Notes: Integument from blue and green areas of the variant blue frog were analyzed biochemically for pteridines and carotenoids. Solvent extraction and absorption spectrophotometry indicated that β carotene was greatly reduced in the blue skin, and present in high quantities in the green skin of the blue frog. Thin layer and paper chromatography indicated that the pteridines were almost totally lacking in the blue skin, and present in normal quantities in the green skin of the blue frog.Light and electron microscopy indicated that the xanthophore pigment cells were either greatly altered or absent from the blue integument and present in the green integument. The fine structure of the xanthphores of the green integument contained the normal ultrastructural components of xanthopores found in regular green integument. The blue integument contained an abnormal cell type that occupied the position in the dermal chromatophore unit normally held by the xanthophores. The possibility of these cells being abnormal xanthophores or some other cell type is discussed.
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    Notes: The spleen of the armadillo is invested by a capsule composed predominantly of smooth muscle. Inward extensions from the capsule contribute to an extensive system of trabeculae of the non-vascular type. The white pulp presents a typical follicular arrangement and the red pulp is permeated by an anastomosing series of venous sinsuses. The capillary segment of the penicillar artery is invested by an ellipsoid sheath. The spleen of the armadillo may be included in the class of mammalian spleens characterized as sinusal in nature and possessing ellipsoid sheaths. Electron micrographs of thin sections of the sheathed capillaries demonstrate a high-type of endothelium. A characteristic feature of this endothelium is the presence of a distinct intracytoplasmic fibrous component.The reticular cells comprising the sheath proper exhibit various sized vacuoles and inclusion bodies suggestive of their potentially phagocytic nature. In both light and electron microscopy, venous sinuses lie in close proximity to the peripheral cells of the ellipsoid sheaths. Within the wall of the venous sinuses, patent openings are appearent between the lining cells. If such an arrangement exists in the functional state of the organ, it could provide for an additional means of exposure of both plasma and cellular elements to the adjacent phagocytic cells of the sheath proper.
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    Journal of Morphology 132 (1970), S. 245-263 
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    Notes: The aggregation in vitro of embryonic neural retina cells was studied by electron microscopy with special emphasis on the reformation of intercellular junctions. The results show that (1) embryonic neural retina cells dissociated with trypsin retain morphological characteristics and polarity after dispersion into a suspension; (2) initial adhesions between the aggregating cells are nonspecific with respect to cell type and to the site of cell surface involved; (3) histogenetic associations in clusters of reaggregated cells appear within two hours after the start of aggregation. A hypothesis is presented that coated vesicles play a role in the formation of intercellular junctions.
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    Notes: Observations on inner ear structure were made in five species of Scincidae, together with measurements of auditory sensitivity in terms of cochlear potentials. The basilar membrane and auditory papilla show a characteristic form, with considerable uniformity in dimensions except for a moderate expansion in the dorsal region and a more prominent one at the ventral end.A characteristic feature is the presence of a tectorial membrane that covers a large part of the surface of the medial limbus, but never leaves this surface and thus fails to make any contact with the auditory papilla. Hair-cell stimulation is achieved entirely through operation of the inertia principle (or equivalent principles) by means of a chain of sallets extending along most of the cochlea but giving way in the region of the ventral expansion to a single large body, the culmen papillae.The sensitivity varies in the five skinks studied from better than average to some-what below average in comparison with other lizard species. Thus an inertial (or inertia-like) system of hair-cell stimulation compares favorably with the tectorial membrane (restraint) system exhibited in the ears of most other lizards and all the higher animals.
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    Journal of Morphology 132 (1970), S. 313-333 
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    Notes: Spiders possess curved, blunt-tipped hairs on all legs and palps, which differ in many details from the straight, sharp-pointed, tactile hairs: (1) the blunt tip is open to the outside, which can be demonstrated by high resolution microscopy and by the penetration of dyes; (2) the hair shaft has a double lumen which consists of a circular (tube) and a crescent shaped lumen; (3) this hair is innervated by two to three bipolar neurons whose dendrites enter the small tube, where they arborize into 16-20 branches. Multiple innervation and an open tip give strong evidence for a chemoreceptive function. Concluding from their position and distribution on the distal leg parts, a contact chemoreception is tentatively proposed. This interpretation is supported by the close structural analogy to the known contact chemoreceptors in insects. Observation of behavior indicates the importance of a contact chemoreceptor on spider legs. Other possible chemoreceptors in spiders which have been described previously by other authors are discussed.
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    Notes: In a study of survival of embryonic grafts in turtles, Chelydra was used as host and Chrysemys and Amyda as donors. Somites and overlying ectoderm with or without adjacent neural tube were transplanted. The operations were unilateral and orthotopic. The involved the anterior portion of the carapace. In other experiments, bilateral neural crest and dorsal neural tube were transplanted orthotopically.In experiments with Chrysemys as donor, pigment cells formed conspicuous red areas ventrally when neural crest was included in the graft. This pigment faded gradually but persisted for three or four years.When somites and adjacent ectoderm of Chrysemys carapace were transplanted, the graft area was lightly pigmented at hatching. This pigmentation increased subsequently. The Chrysemys grafts were either accepted or partially rejected. In cases of apparent complete acceptance, the graft region took on characteristics of the host.When Amyda served as donor of carapace rudiments, the graft area retained characteristics of the donor. At hatching, dark spots on a yellow background were present and scutes were absent. A few months after hatching, the graft area became necrotic. Subsequently, scutes with host characteristics or skin covered the graft area.
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    Journal of Morphology 132 (1970), S. 389-395 
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    Notes: Changing spermatozoan associations were observed in the epididymides of several mammals. These associations ranged from closely interwoven cylindrical bodies, found in the proximal part of the epididymis, to disorganized masses of spermatozoa, found in the distal part of the duct. It is suggested that changes in the cohesive properties of epididymal spermatozoa resulted in the formation and fragmentation of cylindrical bodies. These bodies, differeing in pattern and complexity according to the species, were found in all investigated mammals, including man. Cohesiveness appeared first in the upper part of the epididymidis, where it was confined to the spermatozoan tails. In general, there was a diminution of cohesive forces as the spermatozoa passed down the epididymal duct; consequently, the cylindrical bodies turned into disorganized masses of spermatozoa. There are indications that changes in the cohesive properties of spermatozoa may represent one aspect of spermatozoan maturation.
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    Journal of Morphology 132 (1970), S. 361-375 
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    Notes: Large number of annuli in Hirudinea are not true segments, and in the absence of spacious bodycavity and septa in adult no decision was taken regarding limit of a somite, until Gratiolet 1862 recognised a segment by colour marking, repetition of nephridial openings, and especially by the presence of segmental receptors, distinguishing first annulus of a segment. Whitman 1884 gave precision to these determinations and analyzed morphology of leeches to logical completeness. He recognised that though Hirudinaria and Hirudo have 102 body annuli and posterior sucker, true segments are only 26 plus 7.Castle ('00) and Moore ('00) proposed a new scheme of segmentation, with segmental receptor bearing annulus, as central annulus of a complete somite, with nerve ganglion, like that of other annelids, in center of a segment. They orientated everything roundabout the ganglion without noticing distorted fate of organ system.In this paper both the views are compared. Morphological and embryological studies reveal that the annulus bearing the segmental receptors in uniformly first annulus of all segments, including incomplete segments at the two extremities, with nerve ganglion in first annulus of the segment.Clitellum occupies three natural segments, IX, X, XI; crop caeca, nephridia, testis sacs, haemocoelomic channels and “rhomboidal figures” formed by ventrolaterals, all make a complete unit, well integrated in such segment. Conclusive evidence comes from the presence of septa at the level of each nerve ganglion in embryos of Hirudinaria. These observations corroborate Gratiolet and Whitman's view.
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    Journal of Morphology 132 (1970), S. 397-423 
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    Notes: Sperm from the male spermatophore in the red spotted newt are held indefinitely in convoluted, tubular outpocketings of the female cloaca called, collectively, a spermatheca. Each outpocketing, or tubule, when studied in thin section with the electron microscope showed a wall consisting of two components, a continuous inner or lining layer of epithelial cells and an outer covering layer of myoepithelial cells.The myoepithelial layer is penetrated by occasional openings or intercellular spaces through which the epithelial cells make contact with a basal lamina that bounds the tubule. The myoepithelial cells resemble smooth muscle cells displaying filaments (mean diameter = 75 Å ± 1 S.E.) that are probably constituted of actin, dense bodies and prominent caveolae. They are sparsely supplied with mitochondria, ribosomes, Golgi complexes and, sometimes, particles of glycogen. Typically the epithelial cells contain secretion granules, numerous mitochondria and ribosomes. They contain some fibers similar to those of the myoepithelial cells but with mean diameters that are significantly larger (90 Å ± 2 S.E.). Occasional profiles of Golgi complexes are evident and glycogen particles are abundant throughout the cytosomes of spermathecal tubules from adult animals bearing sperm. Secretory granules and glycogen are extremely rare or lacking in the spermathecae of efts that have not attained sexual maturity and in animals with ablated or involuted ovaries. In such animals large electron-lucid vesicles appear at or near luminal borders. Glycogen is absent and secretory granules show signs of dissolution in the spermathecal cells of gravid females induced to ovulate by the injection of chorionic gonadotropin. It is indicated that the epithelial cells provide nourishment for the sperm while they are retained within the spermathecal tubules, that the discharge of sperm from the spermatheca is facilitated by the contraction of the myoepithelial cells and that gonadal hormones act in the regulation of spermathecal function.
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    Notes: A fine structural analysis of the ovotestis in Aplysia was undertaken in order to analyze the site of action of the bag cell hormone. Five stages of oocyte development are described. Of particular interest is the fact that the yolk seems to be synthesized primarily by the granular endoplasmic reticulum. In addition, small muscle cells whose long, thin processes surround the follicle of the ovotestis have been pointed out. This paper suggests that bag cell extract has a direct action on these small muscle cells causing them to contract and thus expel oocytes from the ovotestis. The evidence for this suggestion is that (1) these muscle cells are the most obvious effector cells in the ovotestis, (2) there are no signs of neural innervation of these muscles, (3) the time course for the liberation of the oocytes is so short that any other method of oocyte release is unlikely, (4) there is no cytologic evidence for any other expulsion process except muscular contraction, and (5) the ripe oocytes are attached to other cells of the wall of the ovotestis only by very small, simple junctions, thus making them the most likely cells to be expelled by muscular contraction.
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    Journal of Morphology 130 (1970), S. 1-1 
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    Notes: The structure and polysaccharide constitution of the jelly capsule of the egg of Rana pipiens is described. Microscopic examination of the jelly capsule revealed the presence of five discrete jelly layers that differed clearly in their response to selected cytochemical tests. These layers were classified as M1-through M5 from the inner to the outermost layer. A sixth layer occasionally could be observed between M3 and M4.All layers contain neutral mucopolysaccharides. In addition layers M1 and M3 contain sulphated mucopolysaccharides, M2 and M4 contain non-sulphated acid mucopolysaccharides, and layer M5 contains both sulphated and non-sulphated acid mucopolysaccharides. M2 may also contain a small quantity of sulphated mucopolysaccharides. The layer that occasionally appears between M3 and M4 is probably an area in which free acidic groups are in higher concentration than in adjacent areas rather than being a discrete jelly layer. Neither hyaluronic acid nor sialic acid was localized by the methods employed.The possible significance of some of these constituents is discussed.
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    Notes: Meiosis is described in virgin females, inseminated females and males of the acarid mite Caloglyphus mycophagus (Megnin). The observed sex determining mechanism is an XO-type with the male having a diploid chromosome number of 15. Oogenesis in mated females is regular. Pachytene is the earliest meiotic stage which is readily identifiable. At metaphase I eight bivalents are observed. Both products of the first maturation division divide at the second maturation division. After the fusion of the pronuclei either 15 or 16 chromosomes are observed in cleaving eggs.Nurse cells are not observed during the growth period of the oocyte. Such oocytes are attached to a central structure of the ovary by a cone-shaped organelle. At this stage the nucleus appears as a germinal vesicle; a nucleolus is present and the diffuse chromatin appears to extend from the nucleolus to the nuclear membrane. Nuclear extrusion bodies can be seen adjacent to the nuclear membrane both within and outside of the nucleus.Virgin females do not oviposit. The aberrant morphology and behavior of bivalents in post diakinetic oocytes which have not been penetrated by a sperm are described. Neither chromatin nor a chorion could be demonstrated in aberrant oocytes situated in the oviduct. It is suggested that oocyte degeneration in virgins is an adaptive feature in an animal order in which parthenogenesis is the more common mode of reproduction.
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    Notes: It has been shown that the external parameters of eggs of the garden lizard, Calotes versicolor, are not suitable for assessing the exact developmental stages of embryos. In order to make use of this lizard's embryos for experimental work, a series of developmental stages has been characterized, using various morphological features.
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    Journal of Morphology 130 (1970), S. 467-478 
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    Notes: The cytology of the vitellogenic stages in the development of the oocyte of Drosophila melanogaster is described following an electron microscopic study of sections of plastic-embedded ovaries and single egg chambers. One of the first morphological manifestations of yolk deposition is an infolding of the plasma membrane of the oocyte and the abscission of membranous tubules and vesicles. The protein (alpha) yolk spheres originate along the oocyte periphery from membranous sacs to which are attached membranous tubules. It is assumed that the majority of the protein within the alpha sphere is synthesized by neighboring tubular, rough surfaced endoplasmic reticulum. The other organelles in the ooplasm are described, and their origin and possible roles in vitellogenesis are examined. The relative importance of intra- and extra-ovarian synthesis of yolk protein in different insect species is discussed.
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    Notes: In order to further support the thesis that myoblast fusions lead to the formation of multinucleate myotubes during early amphibian development, prospective myoblasts from frog embryos (Rana pipiens; Xenopus laevis) were orthotopically and heterotopically transplanted into embryonic salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum; A. tigrinum). The stages employed ranged from gastrula to early tail bud. After the hosts had developed to more advanced stages, they were fixed, sectioned in the frontal plane, and prepared for histological observation. Of special interest in these xenoplastic combinations are the nuclear and cytoplasmic differences between anuran and urodele embryonic cells.In most cases, transplanted cells tended to form a tissue complex distinct from the host tissues. This naturally decreased the opportunity for cell intermingling and consequently reduced the chances for fusions between graft and host myoblasts. Thus, there was a correlation between the extent of dispersion of the transplanted cells and the frequency of chimeric myotubes. Nevertheless, in each experimental series, a number of multinucleate myotubes emerged consisting of nuclear and cytoplasmic components of both graft and host cells. These chimeric myotubes, which must have originated by multiple cell fusions of anuran and urodele cells, (1) retained their distinct nuclear differences, (2) displayed resorption of both anuran and urodele yolk platelets, and (3) contained cross-striated myofibrils. The function of these chimeric cells, their synthesis of myofibrils, and the apparent lack of free intermingling at the cellular level, are discussed.
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    Notes: (1) The frontal wall of the encrusting cheilostome, Watersipora arcuata is a one-layered, evenly perforated calcareous shield which subdivides the metacoel into two compartments, the perigastric coelom and the hypostega. These compartments communicate through four and six “intrazoidal septulae” at the corners of the frontal wall. (2) The frontal wall develops by apposition independently of the ectocystal epitheca. The ascus develops as an invagination of the epitheca. These observations are consistent only with the view that the frontal wall of this species is a cryptocyst. (3) The terms “tremocyst,” “olocyst,” and “pleurocyst” are poorly understood and ambiguously defined; they should not be used until more information is available. (4) The taxa Anasca, Ascophora, Ascophora Imperfecta, and Ascophora Vera are polyphyletic and should ge dropped and replaced by Silén's (1942) more natural taxa. Silén's Cryptocystidea should be enlarged to include Watersipora and related ascusbearing cheilostomes.
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    Notes: A mass of pineal tissue has been observed associated with the habenular commissure and the apex of the pineal recess in the golden hamster. Previously, it had been thought that all of the pineal system in the hamster was located at the confluence of sinuses just beneath the skull. To distinguish the two components of the pineal system, that in the dural position is called the superficial pineal and the mass associated with the habenular commissure is called the deep pineal.
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    Journal of Morphology 131 (1970), S. 195-209 
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    Notes: Ovarian changes during the reproductive cycle of the oviparous garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) are described. It ovulates from last week of June to first week of September but most often in July and August when the monsoon occurs. The number of eggs ovulated vary from 10 to 32. After ovulation, the ovaries are reduced in size. From October to May, the ovaries contain small pre-vitellogenic follicles, which increase in size in June when most of yolk deposition occurs. Several nuclei are seen in the ooplasm of pre-vitellogenic follicles; they are finally absorbed before yolk deposition starts. Follicular atresia generally occurs in follicles with polymorphic granulosae, in post-ovulatory ovaries. Presumably interstitial gland cells are formed by the hypertrophy of the theca interna cells of atretic follicles. Pre-ovulatory follicles have highly vascularized thecae and invaginations of the follicular epithelium. After ovulation, the follicle cells hypertrophy to form the luteal cell mass filling the follicular cavity. Fibroblasts, which appear to arise from the theca interna, invade the luteal cell mass and form septa. Capillaries occur in the luteal cell mass.
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    Notes: The adventitia of the crayfish heart consists of about five layers of uninucleated cells that often contain large amounts of glycogen. The outer and inner boundaries of the adventitia are represented by amorphous, homogeneous layers that are rich in neutral and acidic carbohydrates.The myocardium has a trabeculated appearance, due to the branching and anastomosing of the muscle cells. Studies on the localization of various oxidative enzymes show that the mitochondria are contained principally in the cell periphery and the myofibrils in the cell core. Intercalated discs appear as dark, irregular lines that traverse the muscle cell at a level that corresponds to that of a Z band. The myocardial cells branch and radiate from loci that are formed either by a single stellate cell or by the common end-to-end junctions (intercalated discs) of several cells. The function of these loci is discussed.The local cardiac nervous system consists of a Y-shaped ganglionic trunk that contains eight large anterior and eight small posterior nerve cells.
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    Notes: Eleven different adult anuran species were observed for the presence or absence of the lymphomyeloid complex (LMI-7). The organs were compared with those of Rana catesbeiana, which were recently studied extensively. Three species (Kassina senegalensis, Bufo boreas and Bufo powerii) did not have any LM organs; six species, i.e., Hypopachus pearsei, Phrynomerus bifasciatus, Rana montezumae, Rana pipiens, Hyla arborea and Bufo marinus, had jugular bodies (LM3); Hyla had also procoracoid bodies (LM7); Bufo marinus had, in addition to LM3 and LM7, another pair that did not have any counterpart to those already reported. The two remaining species possessed entirely different sets of LM organs. Xenopus melleri had large, paired hemal nodes attached to the ventral surface of the laterorostral portion of the hyoid cartilage on either side of the midline and a lymphoid follicle in the neighboring connective tissue. The hemal nodes had a nodular cortex surrounding a nonnodular medulla; no lymphatic sinuses were found inside nor lymphatic vessels associated with these organs. Hemisus marmoratum had paired, small corpora subdermale that were partially overlapped by the depressor mandibulae. These were small, thickly encapsulated, well-vascularized lymphoid bodies. The organs in the six species were characterized as thinly encapsulated, highly vascularized, non-nodular lymphatic tissues; some were lymphomyeloid. The LM organs of starved Rana pipiens and Rana montezumae, in contrast to those of well-fed ones, were smaller and without fat cells. Lymphomyeloid organs of hibernating Rana catesbeiana were no different than those of non-hibernating frogs.
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    Notes: Pygidial defence glands, which are universal in Caraboidea, are paired, cuticular invaginations of the body wall.In Pterostichus madidus F. the glands contain a nauseous, corrosive secretion that can be discharged forcibly to deter attack by predators. The cells producing the secretion are of one type only. Electronmicroscopy shows that the ducts which drain these cells are not intracellular but are separated from the cell contents by a plasma membrane. The cuticular walls of the duct appear to effectively screen the cell from the disruptive effect of its final products of secretion. The duct-carrying epidermal cells which are modifications of the epidermis covering the rest of the gland support the ducts from the secretory vesicles to their entry into the central lumen of each secretory lobe. There is a single duct-carrying cell around each duct.
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    Notes: The cyclic changes in the testis of the five-spined stickleback Eucalia inconstans (Kirtland) were studied histologically. Specimens were trapped between July 1965 and July 1967 in a shallow pond near London, Ontario.A three-dimensional microscopic study showed a main vas deferens and a system of primary, secondary and tertiary tubules.The testis cycle was divided into seven arbitrary stages. Spawning takes place from mid-April to mid-July. This is followed by the division of primary spermatogonia which are located along the walls of the tubules, producing cysts of spermatogonia enclosed in connective tissue which is surrounded by a thin epithelium. Both primary and secondary spermatocytes develop within these cysts. Breakdown of the cysts occurs with the development of spermatids and spermiogenesis occurs while spermatids are free in the tubules. Over-wintering of mature sperm takes place. Development of mature sperm from primary spermatogonia takes about 156 days.Germinal epithelium is absent but primary germ cells are believed to be those cells occupying the spaces between the tubules of the testis. No tissue which might be implicated in hormone production was observed.Phagocytic invasion of the testis has been studied. Massive infiltration by phagocytes is believed to be responsible for the sudden increase in testis weight observed during spawning. These cells ingest sperm nuclei and groups of them have been observed in the lumen of the tubules and the vas deferens, probably on their way out of the body.
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    Notes: A correlation of autoradiographic and histochemical data indicates that the type I and II pulmonary epithelial cells are endodermally-derived; and, that the interstitial pulmonary cells are mesodermally-derived. Tritiated thymidine (T-H3) was found to be an excellent cell marker for in vivo developmental studies of mammalian (rat) lung. At a dose of 3 μc per gm (specific activity, 15.6-16.9 c per mM) maternal body weight, T-H3 crosses the placenta in amounts sufficient to effect heavy labeling of dividing cells. A partial placental barrier to T-H3 was found in late stages of development. Following an injection of T-H3 on day 16 of gestation, a higher rate of endodermal cell division was reflected by higher labeling indices and a steeper slope of the endodermal dilution curve as opposed to the mesoderm. This differential in labeling was maintained through the third postnatal day. Neonatal labeling patterns of the definitive cell types (type I and II pulmonary epithelial cells, interstitial pulmonary cells) reflected those of their germ layer precursors.Histochemical analysis of the developing rat lung demonstrated large accumulations of cytoplasmic glycogen in areas of rapid cell division (endodermal cells). As the mitotic rate decreased and cellular differentiation progressed, glycogen decreased; postnatally it is not a feature of mature pulmonary cell types.
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    Notes: Study of a series of embryos showed that the spiroboloid leg arrangement (1 pair of legs on each of the first 5 segments) is derived from the typical leg arrangement (no legs on segment 1, 1 pair on segments 2 through 4, and 2 pairs on segment 5) by a shifting forward one segment of the first four pairs of legs.A careful re-examination of the literature, especially papers by Robinson ('07), Silvestri ('03, '49), Pflugfelder ('32), and Manton ('61), combined with observations of Narceus embryos led to the conclusion that (1) the anterior body segments are primatively single (2) the gnathochilarium is composed of only one pair of mouthparts, the diplopod head having but two gnathal segments, and (3) the intercalary segment is present in the Diplopoda.
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    Journal of Morphology 132 (1970), S. 101-107 
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    Notes: Several oxidative enzymes in the testis of the teiid lizard Cnemidophorus tigris were studied histochemically. The cells of the circumtesticular sheath (Leydig cell tunic) are functionally equivalent to Leydig cells of the interstitium on the basis of similar histochemical reactions for the five enzyme systems studied. Both groups of cells were positive for 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, NADH diaphorase, NADPH diaphorase, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. These results support the hypothesis that the circumtesticular sheath has endocrine function as indicated by its vascularity and its ability to catalyze histochemical reactions involving steroid biosynthesis.
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    Notes: The organization of the corpora cardiaca and corpora allata of the female alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica, generally parallels that reported for other insects with extrinsic neurosecretory axons, intrinsic neurosecretory cells, and interstitial or glial cells appearing in both glands.Connecting the brain with the cardiacum are the extrinsic neurosecretory axons containing granules between 600 and 2200 Å. Granules with a diameter of up to 4000 Å are found in the intrinsic secretory cells of the corpus cardiacum.From the lobed corpus cardiacum, axons extend along a short nerve trunk into the ovoid corpus allatum. A characteristic of this gland is the presence of a layer of axons, ensheathing most of the corpus allatum and situated beneath an external basement membrane. These axons are believed to have their origin in the protocerebral neurosecretory cells. Although the c. allatum is known to be engaged in the release of hormonally active material, the cytoplasmic organization does not strongly reflect such activity.The glands of the diapausing weevil appear similar to those of the active weevil with a reduction in cytoplasm and a consequent folding of the plasma membrane.
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    Notes: Somites, along with adjacent neural tube and overlying ectoderm, were extirpated unilaterally from embryos of Chelydra serpentina. Mesoderm of three somites was removed from various levels. The operations included the last formed somite and were done on embryos with 12 to 22 pairs of somites. In practice it was found that ventromedial portions of the somites were not included in the extirpation. The animals were preserved before pigmentation became heavy. The cartilaginous skeleton was stained selectively.The extirpations resulted in depletions of ribs consonant with relating the second rib to the fourteenth somite. The somites behaved as mosaics; they did not reconstitute each other nor did they regenerate after partial extirpation. The rudiments for the ribs were separable from the rudiments of the vertebrae, the sclerotomes, and were found to arise from a more lateral portion of the somite.The scutes are ectodermal derivatives, which are held to be dependent upon underlying somitic mesoderm for their differentiation. The extirpations resulted in abnormalities and depletions of scutes.
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    Notes: Virgin mosquitoes were studied with the electron microscope. Spermathecal duct walls contain cuticle, epithelium, and a richly innervated spiral muscle; myocytes are linked by desmosome-like attachment plaques to the underlying epithelium. Periductal cells along upper portions of the ducts have a large secretory droplet within a highly irregular extracellular lacuna and are attached to a long secretory ductule through which finely granular material is delivered to the duct lumen and this enters the spermathecae. Basal gland cells of spermathecae have short ductules containing secretion in virgins. Secretory material in spermathecae of virgins does not form a complete internal membrane.
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    Notes: Neurosecretory cells of only one type (A, sub type A2) are seen in adult Melanoplus. Two groups of about 400 cells each are located dorsally in the pars intercerebralis medialis; four cells are located deep within the protocerebrum. We found no neurosecretory cells in other parts of the central or sympathetic nervous systems. In about 10% of the specimens, there was marked asymmetry in the location of the dorsal cell groups, with both of these groups and their axons located in one lobe of the protocerebrum.The nervi corporis cardiaci 1 cross-over in the corpus cardiacum, with the result that material produced by neurosecretory cells on one side of the brain is transported along axons that undergo two chiasmata to the corpus cardiacum of the same side.Stainable secretory material could be traced clearly from the cerebral cells to the corpus cardiacum, and even into the oesophageal nerves from the hypocerebral ganglion. However, stainable neurosecretory material is never present in the corpus allatum or along any of the nerves to this gland.
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    Notes: The integument and podia of the sea cucumber Thyone briareus were examined by bright field and electron microscopy. The epidermal surface was found to be covered by an acellular, PAS positive cuticle which appeared to be secreted by the underlying epidermal cells. Although the superficial portion of the cuticle contains numerous fine filaments, their ultrastructure bears no resemblance to collagen fibers. The epidermal cells are widely spaced and have long apical processes that extend along the under surface of the cuticle forming a contiguous epithelium. The apical expansions of the epidermal cells are attached to one another by means of septate desmosomes which may run continuously around all epidermal cells. Special attachment structures within these apical expansions appear to bind the cuticle to the dermis. The epidermal cells and their apical expansions are separated from the dermis by an 800 Å thick basement membrane. Granule containing cells in the upper dermis send processes up to the cuticle where they are bound to the typical epidermal cells by septate desmosomes. The abundant membrane bound granules of the cells enter villous-like processes which pass through the cuticle. The function of these cells may be to produce an adhesive material on the podia or they may be pigment cells.The thick dermis consists of a superficial zone, containing largely ground substance; a middle or laminated zone containing laminae of collagen fibers arranged in an orthogonal fashion; and a hypodermis consisting largely of ground substance and reticular fibers. Fibroblasts are abundant in the superficial dermis and between the collagen laminae. Wandering coelomocytes, or morula cells, accumulate between the collagen laminae and in the hypodermis. They may also become an integral part of the epidermis by forming septate desmosomes with epidermal cells. Morula cells contain highly specialized spherules whose tinctorial properties and electron microscopic appearance suggest that they contain protein and mucopolysaccharide.
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    Notes: The present work describes the ultrastructure of the spinal cord in the regenerating tail of the lizard, Anolis. The distal growing region of the tail contains the advancing ependymal tube which is relatively devoid of axons but already contains channels between ependymal cell processes which anticipate their ingrowth. More proximally, fascicles of naked axons having their origin in the stump are present in the ependymal channels. Therefore, the pattern of fiber regeneration in the spinal cord is prescribed by the ependyma and not by the growing axons. Details of the ultrastructure of proximal, intermediate, and distal regions of the regenerate are reported. Particular attention is paid to the structure and differentiation of the ependymal cells and the relation of the ependyma to other glial cells, to nerve fibers, and to meningeal tissues.
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    Journal of Morphology 131 (1970), S. 253-275 
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    Notes: Submandibular glands of five adult female cats were examined by conventional electron microscopic techniques. All gland acini are mucous secreting and each acinus is capped with mucous secreting demilunar cells. Secretory product of demilunar cells is more electron lucent than that of acinar cells. The demilunes show intercellular tissue spaces and intercellular canaliculi whereas similar specializations are absent between acinar cells. Mitochondria and arrays of granular endoplasmic reticulum are more numerous in demilunar cells than in acinar cells. In acinar and demilunar cells secretory droplets first appear as enlarged Golgi saccules which subsequently become closely related to cisternae of the granular endoplasmic reticulum. Filamentous structures, interpreted as mucin molecules, are present in secretory droplets of acinar cells. Intercalated ducts are short, consisting of several junctional cells between acini and striated ducts. Striated ducts are long and tortuous and contain light cells, dark cells and basal cells. Light cells contain numerous membrane bound granules in their distal ends whereas dark cells show electron lucent vesicles in the same position. Basal cells contain a paucity of organelles and membrane plications but exhibit hemidesmosomes along their basal plasma membranes. Myoepithelial cells are abundant in relation to acinar and demilunar cells. Nerve terminals are present in some instances between acinar cells or between acinar and myoepithelial cells.
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    Journal of Morphology 131 (1970), S. 359-382 
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    Notes: Small swellings near the base of the radial vein in each fore wing of the green lacewing, Chrysopa carnea, resemble typical insect tympanal organs, but some important differences are apparent. The swellings are bounded dorsally and laterally by thick cuticle and ventrally by thin, membranous cuticle. The ventral membrane is formed by a single, thin sheet of exocuticle with flattened hypodermis internally, but lacks the tracheal component that forms part of the tympanum in the typical insect tympanal organ. The portion of the membrane beneath each swelling is rippled while proximally it is smooth. In contrast to typical insect tympanal organs, the swellings in C. carnea are largely fluid-filled since an unexpanded trachea runs through each organ. A distal and a proximal chordotonal organ composed of typical chordotonal sensory units are associated with each swelling. The distal organ contains from five to seven units while the proximal organ is composed of from 18 to 20 units. Each sensory unit is composed of three readily identifiable cells. Distally, an attachment cell unites with the membrane and is contiguous with the scolopale cell, which surrounds the dendrite of the bipolar neuron. On the basis of the morphological evidence, one would not expect these swellings to function as sound receptors. However, the results of physiological and behavioral experiments, presented elsewhere, show that these organs are receptors for ultrasound.
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    Notes: Six types of sense organs are present on the antennal flagellum of Ctenolepisma lineata pilifera: tactile hairs, trichobothria, thick-walled chemoreceptors, small thin-walled chemoreceptors and coeloconic chemoreceptors. The number, size and distribution on the antenna of each type have been recorded. The base of the tactile hair is more complex than is that of other insects examined earlier. Trichobothria, long, slender hairs that oscillate in a gentle puff of air, are an unusal feature in insects and especially so for the antenna. The two types of thin-walled chemoreceptors differ in shape, size and in the structure of their walls and internal parts. A pocket-like depression of the floor of the cavity in which the peg of the coeloconic sense organ is set has not been found in earlier studies. Its function is unknown.The axons from the sensory neurons extend along the inner surface of the antennal epidermis as a sheet of fibers lining the antennal lumen. Near the pedicel the axons leave the epidermis and join to form the antennal nerve.A few observations on sense organs on appendages other than the antennae and some notes on behavior are included.
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    Notes: In further consideration of the lizard ear, the fine structure of the cochlea has been investigated and related to auditory sensitivity in members of the family Cordylidae. The ear of this group of lizards is unusual in that a tectorial membrane is present only in a modified and seemingly vestigial form, and this membrane makes no connections with the auditory hair cells. These cells are provided instead with a series of sallets, small bodies extending in a single row through the dorsal and middle regions of the cochlea, where they rest upon the tips of the ciliary tufts and evidently bring about a stimulation of the hair cells because of their inertia. At the ventral end of the cochlea this line of sallets ends, and here is a single, relatively enormous structure, the culmen papillae, that serves a similar purpose for a large group of hair cells. Consideration is given to the manner of stimulation of the auditory sense cells in these species in relation to others with the usual arrangements involving connections between the ciliary tufts and a tectorial membrane.Included also is a study of a species of Gerrhosaurus, which some have included in the cordylid family and others have placed in a family of its own. The cochlear structure in this species is similar to that of the cordylids in many respects but differs in the ventral region, where instead of the culmen there is a heavy tectorial plate, similarly covering a large number of hair cells but connected to a tectorial membrane.The functioning of these ears is assessed in terms of the cochlear potentials, and is found to vary with species from better than average to excellent in comparison with other lizards investigated. The structural differentiation also is of fairly high degree, and hence it appears that ears without tectorial connections, or with such connections only in a limited region of the cochlea, can perform in a highly serviceable manner.
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    Notes: The black carpet beetle, Attagenus megatoma (Fab.), has been reported to exhibit negative phototaxis immediately after emergence. In later adult life, after the period during which most oviposition has occurred, the beetles are found to be photopositive. The compound eyes of one-day-old (Post-emergence) and nine-day-old (Post-ovipositional) female beetles were studied by electron microscopy and a number of strong differences were found between eyes at the two ages. The corneal facets of one-day eyes had the form of convex-concave lenses, while those of nine-day beetles were double-convex lenses. The primary and secondary pigment cells of young eyes were large and contained much endoplasmic reticulum and little accessory pigment. In the older eyes the pigment cells were reduced and contained much pigment, the proportion of endoplasmic reticulum being greatly reduced by comparison with the one-day eye. The cross-sectional area of the rhabdom was greater in the older eye.The possible relationships between age-related changes in eye morphology and behavioral changes during the same period are discussed.
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    Notes: Desert-dwelling male Uma notata, U. inornata and U. scoparia were autopsied monthly from 1959 through 1962. Seasonal changes in the histological morphology of the testes were observed. A series of eight stages, indicating these changes in spermatogenic activity, was established. These categories arbitrarily divide a continuous process into several recognizable stages.Present evidence indicates that male breeding cycles can be determined rather precisely by examining any of several reproductive features. Data from several sources reveal that the male breeding season of U. scoparia is shorter than that of U. notata or U. inornata. Nevertheless, the testes of all three species appear to function reproductively during the hottest month of the year. Possible explanations for this ability are suggested.Little difference was observed in the time the seminiferous tubules of U. notata testes reached full breeding condition (stage 6) following dry winters. This is in contrast to the time motile sperm appeared at the cloacal end of the vas deferens in these animals. Thus is appears that the major cause of postponement in male U. notata reproductive activity following dry winters is due to a delay in sperm reaching the vas deferens rather than a retardation in sperm production.
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    Notes: Four types of haemocytes may be distinguished in Rhodnius adults, based on their fine structure. The plasmatocytes are most active in the repair of an integumental wound. They contain dens homogeneous granules whose contents become less dense in response to wounding until microtubules about 150å in diameter are distinguishable. The significance of these changes is not yet known. Tight and intermediate junctions, and septate desmosomes appear between haemocytes which have accumulated in an excision.
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    Journal of Morphology 130 (1970), S. 337-351 
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    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: The effect of aging on the rat submandibular gland was studied by using ultrastructural, ultrastructural cytochemical and biochemical techniques. There was an age-related clumping of the nucleolar-associated and peripheral chromatin in many of the acinar cells and a decrease in the number of cisternae of rough endoplasmic reticulum. Many aged acinar cells were binucleated. There was also an age-related increase in pigment granules throughout the gland. These membrane bound granules consisted of a lipid droplet and an associated dense cap which had a granular matrix and pigment droplets. The lead capture method for acid phosphatase activity demonstrated that activity was associated with the granular matrix of the dense cap. These results were correlated with the age-related increase in acid phosphatase activity as determined by colorimetric procedures.There was an age-related increase in the number of cells characterized by small secretory granules. These cells were found as part of the intercalated ducts or at the junction of the duct with the acini. Oncocytes were also found as part of the parenchyma of the aged submandibular gland. These cells were characterized by the pleomorphic mitochondria that fill their cytoplasm. Occasionally, cells that possessed extraordinary numbers of mitochondria and small secretory granules were also observed.The determinations of total DNA and RNA revealed and age-related decrease in RNA while there was no significant change in the concentration of DNA.
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  • 99
    ISSN: 0362-2525
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: The morphology of the cardiac ganglion of Limulus polyphemus (L) was examined by reconstructions from stained serial sections. This ganglion is composed of two distinct parts: a fiber tract extending the entire length of the heart and a cellular portion underlying the fiber tract. The cellular portion extends continuously from the third pair of ostia to the posterior terminus of the heart. The mean number of ganglion cell bodies is 231. Most of the ganglion cells are located among the glial elements of the cellular portion. The greatest density of cells is found in segments 5 and 6. Six cell types are recognized: (1) large pigmented unipolar cells approximately 120 μ in diameter with distinct connective tissue capsules around them; (2) large pigmented bipolar cells approximately 120 μ in length which are also encapsulated; (3) pigmented multipolar cells approximately 80 μ in diameter which are free of capsules; (4) small pigmented bipolar cells approximately 40 μ in length which are encapsulated but which are found exclusively within the fiber tract; (5) non-pigmented multipolar cells approximately 30 μ in diameter which are found scattered among the connective tissue elements of the cellular portion; and (6) small non-pigmented cells approximately 10 μ in diameter which are found within the unipolar cell capsule and scattered among the connective tissue elements of the ganglion.The variability in cell numbers and the random location of cells points toward non-specific anatomical connectivity between elements of this ganglion.
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  • 100
    ISSN: 0362-2525
    Keywords: Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Development of the secondary palate in Swiss white mouse embroyos was studied from age nine-and-one-half days in utero to the stage of mesenchymal coalescence in the secondary palate (approximately fifteen-and-one-half days). The greatest changes observed occur in the mesenchyme. At early stages, mesenchymal cells underlying oral ectoderm of the head are few and only occasionally contact the ectoderm. Electron micrographs show large intercellular spaces between the ectodermal cells. As embryogenesis continues, the mesenchymal cells become more numerous, closer to each other and closer to the epithelium. Just prior to horizontal transposition of shelves, the mesenchymal cells spread farther from each other and from the palatal epithelium and epithelium of the palatal tip becomes stretched. Ultrastructurally the intercellular spaces between epithelial cells of the palate tip have become much smaller. Some mitochondria in some epithelial cells are swollen and have clear matrices and distorted cristae. The shelves become horizontal and meet in the midpalate. Cells with degeneration bodies are seen in the epithelial seam. The seam undergoes autolysis and is replaced by mesenchyme. The morphological changes described, particularly in the mesenchyme, may play an important role in determining the effect of various teratogens at different stages of palatal development. The changes in both mesenchyme and epithelial cells in the later stages may constitute part of the process of preparing shelves for fusion as postulated by Pourtois ('66).
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