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ECB-ART-52384
Dev Growth Differ 1988 Dec 01;306:661-672. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.1988.00661.x.
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Regional Ultrastructural Differences in Basal Laminae Isolated from the Starfish Pisaster ochraceus: (Starfish/embryo/basal lamina/ultrastructure).

Crawford BJ .


Abstract
The ultrastructure of different regions of the basal laminae isolated from 5-1/2-6 day-old embryos of the starfish, Pisaster ochraceus, has been described after fixation in the presence of anionic dyes. Isolated basal laminae from all regions of the embryo exhibit a lamina lucida and lamina densa. No lamina fibroreticularis is present. Instead, a coarse meshwork of thick densely stained and thinner intermediately stained fibers is embedded in the lamina densa and extends into the blastocoel forming the extracellular matrix. The coarse meshwork associated with the ectodermal basal lamina consists primarily of thick densely stained fibers with a small number of intermediate ones while that associated with the endodermal one contains much less densely stained material. These structures were morphologically identical to those found in control embryos. Examination of different regions of the endodermal basal lamina shows that the amount of dense material varies from region to region. These differences in dense material may reflect biochemical differences, particularly of proteoglycans, which could provide positional information to migrating mesenchyme cells.

PubMed ID: 37282123
Article link: Dev Growth Differ