Endocytotic activity of kitten odontoblasts in early dentinogenesis. 1. Thin section and freeze-fracture study.
AUTOR(ES)
Sasaki, T
RESUMO
The morphological features of odontoblast processes in young kitten odontoblasts were studied by thin section and freeze-fracture electron microscopy. Freeze-fracture replication revealed depressions with particles on the plasma membranes of the proximal parts of odontoblast processes. Comparison with thin sections suggested that these depressions represented sites of endocytosis. Frequent depressions with particles (corresponding to coated pits in thin sections) indicate the high absorptive activity of young odontoblasts. The results indicate that odontoblasts, especially in the proximal parts of their processes, play a significant functional role in the modification of the predentine matrix during early dentinogenesis.
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