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- Title
Capillary permeability and basolateral endocytic pathway of the epithelium in the mouse endolymphatic sac in vivo.
- Authors
Furuta, Hiroshi; Mori, Nozomu; Fujita, Mamoru; Sakagami, Masafumi; Sakai, Shun-ichi; Furuta, H; Mori, N; Fujita, M; Sakagami, M; Sakai, S
- Abstract
The capillary permeability and the basolateral endocytic pathway of the mouse endolymphatic sac (ES) epithelium were examined in vivo using intravenous injection of horseradish peroxidase (HRP). The capillaries of the ES were classified as either fenestrated or non-fenestrated. Because dense reaction products were observed soon after injection of HRP in macrophages near both types of capillaries, they were both considered to be permeable to macromolecules. In non-fenestrated capillaries, the basement membrane and small vesicles of the endothelium of the ES were stained with reaction product. These non-fenestrated capillaries were considered to be of muscle type. After 15 min, ES epithelial cells absorbed HRP basolaterally, and the multivesicular bodies and lysosomes of epithelial cells were stained with reaction product. The process of basolateral absorption in the ES epithelium was similar to that in the intestinal epithelium. Our results provide further evidence that the ES is a metabolically active organ which plays an important role in fluid transport in the inner ear.
- Subjects
ANIMAL experimentation; CAPILLARIES; CAPILLARY permeability; COMPARATIVE studies; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIUM; LYSOSOMES; MACROPHAGES; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; BASAL lamina; MICE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RESEARCH; EVALUATION research; ABSORPTION; ENDOLYMPHATIC sac
- Publication
ORL, 1991, Vol 53, Issue 6, p321
- ISSN
0301-1569
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1159/000276239