Original Papers · Travaux originaux: Electron Microscopy of the Stria vascularis and Its Response to Etacrynic Acid: A Study Using Electron-Dense Tracers and Extracellular Surface Markers
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Audiology
- Vol. 20 (4), 273-289
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00206098109072701
Abstract
Lanthanum nitrate (La3+), ruthenium red (RR) and tannic acid (TA) have been used to examine the cell coat and permeability pathways in thin sections of the stria vascularis of normal and etacrynic-acid (EA)-treated guinea pigs. The tight junctions around the stria, at both endolymphatic and spiral ligament sides, excluded tracers even when EA-associated œdema was well advanced. La3+ was also unable to enter cedematous stria from the capillaries. A dense fibrillar coat was revealed on the endolymphatic marginal cell surface. This coat was disorganised during EA intoxication. Both RR and TA crossed the apical membrane and produced enhanced contrast in some, but not all, marginal cells in EA-treated animals. The results suggest that EA may affect the structure of the apical membrane of the marginal cells and that there is heterogeneity amongst the marginal cell population. These possibilities are discussed. Du nitrate de lanthanum (La3+), du ruthénium rouge (RR) et de l'acide tannique (AT) ont été utilisés pour examiner la morphologie des parois des cellules et les voies de perméabilité de la strie vasculaire chez le cobaye normal et le cobaye traité à l'acide étacrynique (AE). En raison de l'existence d'espaces intercellulaires particulièrement serrés des deux côtés de la strie, les trois traceurs ont été bloqués, méme en présence d'œdème de la strie provoqué par l'AE. Le La3+ n'a pas davantage pénétré dans la strie œdémateuse à partir des vaisseaux capillaires. Nous avons constaté, cependant, que l'AE est en mesure de désorganiser la paroi fibril-laire dense à la surface des cellules marginales endolymphatiques de la strie; dans ces conditions, le RR et l'AT traversent la membrane apicale et produisent un contraste accentué au niveau de quelques cellules marginales, mais pas sur toutes. Ces résultats montrent: 1) que l'AE est susceptible d'affecter la structure de la membrane apicale des cellules marginales et 2) que les cellules marginales sont hétérogènes. Ces possibilités sont discutées.Keywords
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