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1397123

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-6
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this study was to identify changes in Müller cell plasma membrane specializations during experimentally induced subretinal gliosis in rabbits. When rabbits are dosed with sodium iodate, large expanses of retinal pigment epithelium and photoreceptors are destroyed. They are replaced by a subretinal scar consisting mainly of the ascending processes of Müller cells. These processes transform from the slender, highly polarized structures seen in normal animals into irregular processes that form a glia limitans along the basement membrane of the pigment epithelium, left bare following its degeneration. As the scar processes extend through the subretinal space and contract this basement membrane, they undergo dramatic changes in shape that are especially apparent in three-dimensional computer reconstructions of serial thick sections examined by high-voltage electron microscopy. Other changes involve the intercellular junctions and apical microvilli normally associated with the external limiting membrane. These structures become scattered over the surfaces of the ascending processes and are eventually lost. Loss of microvilli is associated with disappearance of immunostaining for a specific glycoconjugate normally associated with the microvillar plasma membrane. The observations document profound changes in Müller cell structural and functional polarity during subretinal scar formation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0014-4835
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Changes in Müller cell plasma membrane specializations during subretinal scar formation in the rabbit.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10467.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't