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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 59, Issue 1 61-70, Copyright © 1983 by Company of Biologists

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Comparative study of extracellular fibrils on the ectodermal layer in gastrulae of five amphibian species

N Nakatsuji and KE Johnson

Previous studies have shown the presence of a network of extracellular fibrils on the inner surface of the ectodermal layer of the Ambystoma maculatum gastrulae. The alignment of the network along the blastopore-animal pole axis has suggested that the network of fibrils guides the migrating mesodermal cells in gastrulae by contact guidance. We have also shown that these fibrils can be deposited on substrata by explanted embryonic fragments and that substrata conditioned in this manner support directed cell migration. In this study, we found that the appearance of the fibrils in the embryos coincides with the start of cell migration towards the animal pole. Gastrulae of three urodele species examined (A. maculatum, A. mexicanum and Cynops pyrrhogaster) have similar dense networks of fibrils. Xenopus laevis gastrulae also have similar fibrils but fewer fibrils compared to urodele embryos. Rana pipiens gastrulae have very few extracellular fibrils. The scarcity of the fibrils in anuran species may be related to the differences in arrangement of mesodermal cells during migration.


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