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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1975-9-3
pubmed:abstractText
I. Cholinesterase (ChE) activity was studied histochemically during early development of the sea urchin, the amphibian, the chick and the rat embryo. After formalin fixation and embedding in water-soluble carbowax, the enzyme reaction was carried out in serial section. 2. Independent from innervation ChE appears in every embryonic blastema in a very early stage of development. It disappears from the embryonic cells after they have assembled into definite organ structures. Thus, ChE plays a role in embryonic development which is different from its known function in the adult. Therefore, ChE activity present in differentiating cells during a limited phase of development, is termed "embryonic cholinesterase". 3. Embryonic ChE was invariably found in cells engaged in morphogenetic movements. This observation has led us to suppose that the enzyme in involved in the regulation of cellular movements during development. 4. In particular, embryonic ChE is described in the following locations: a) During sea urchin gastrulation ChE is present in the primary mesenchymal cells emigrating from the blastula wall and in the archenteron cells which are known to bring about the invagination movement by contraction of their pseudopods. b) In the early chick blastoderm ChE active "droplet cells" are described which are supposed to emigrate from the epiblast layer in order to form the hypoblast. c) During development of notochord and somites, during closure of the neural tube and development of the head anlage, the close correlation of ChE activity with various morphogenetic movements is demonstrated: ChE appears during aggregation and desaggregation of epithelial compounds. The active bending of preexisting epithelial sheets, such as the neural plate, is also accompanied by ChE activity in epithelial cells...
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0079-6336
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Acetylcholinesterase, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Cholinesterases, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Histocytochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Islets of Langerhans, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Mammary Glands, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Methods, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Morphogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Sea Urchins, pubmed-meshheading:1094493-Uterus
pubmed:year
1975
pubmed:articleTitle
Cholinesterase in embryonic development.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review