2. Ultrastructural Development of the Early Rat Otocyst
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
- Vol. 86 (1_suppl), 9-28
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00034894770860s102
Abstract
The ultrastructural development and differentiation of cells forming the rat otocyst were studied from the 9th to the 13th postcoital day (PCD). The earliest stage investigated was a simple ovoid structure with a connecting stalk to the surface ectoderm. A process of programmed cellular death involving surface ectoderm, connecting stalk, and lateral otocyst wall rapidly detached the otocyst. The cells forming the otocyst were roughly columnar, the organelles were polarized; mitochondria occurred in greatest number basally and in the supranuclear area; Golgi membranes when present were supranuclear. Luminal cells had many microvilli and cilia of various lengths were detected. The shorter, incompletely formed cilia terminated in small knob-like blebs. With each day the otocysts became more complicated and the endolymphatic duct made its appearance as an evagination of the otocyst. Many more cells were seen to have cilia in various stages of development, and by the 12th PCD possibly each cell of the main otocystic cavity had a kinocilium. Growth of the otocyst due to mitosis occurred to a great extent from a single ventromedial center. Cells in mitosis, although seen at other sites, were in greatest abundance in this area; cellular involution apparently was a related function. Together the process of over-production and programmed cellular involution of supranumerary cells not lost to other causes ( e.g., environmental) may represent an evolutionary advantage.Keywords
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