ISSN:
0003-276X
Keywords:
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
The protein tracers, horseradish peroxidase and ferritin, are demonstrable in the subzonal space of all preimplantation stages within ten minutes when incubated in vivo or in vitro. However, there is very little uptake of these proteins by ova and two-cell stages. By the blastocyst stage there is greatly increased uptake of exogenous protein. The proteins appear in coated micropinocytotic vesicles and tubules, larger vacuoles, and more complex bodies. Blastocysts from the period of lactationally delayed implantation show an even greater amount of uptake, especially in the supranuclear region. Peroxidase reaction product can be demonstrated in the cavity of day 5 blastocysts in 30 minutes, and in the cavity and basal lamina of the blastocysts during delayed implantation in ten minutes. Ferritin was more sparsely distributed, and was not seen in the blastocyst cavity in any of the time periods. Peroxidase is apparently transported via an intracellular pathway, since it is not seen in the elaborate intercellular spaces between trophoblast cells. Acid phosphatase activity is demonstrable in vacuoles, dense bodies and Golgi cisternae in all stages, indicating that the potential for degradation of ooplasm and phagocytized material by a lysosomal system is present in all of the preimplantation stages examined.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.1091750304
