Polarity reversal of inside‐out thyroid follicles cultured within collagen gel: an ultrastructural study
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Biology of the Cell
- Vol. 57 (1) , 39-51
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1768-322x.1986.tb00463.x
Abstract
Inside-out porcine thyroid follicles in culture undergo polarity reversal after being embedded in collagen gel. The newly-formed follicles reexpress some specific thyroid functions lost in inside-out follicles (Chambard et al., 1984). We present here an ultrastructural study of the inversion of polarity in this model system. This process takes place within 24 to 48 hr, without any opening of the original tight junctions, as shown by fixation in the presence of ruthenium red. A general shrinkage of cellular aggregates was noted soon after embedding. At the apical pole, three different modifications were observed: (1) structural changes appeared in the kinocilium, microvilli and underlying cytoskeleton as early as 10 min after embedding, mainly when the apical pole of the cells was in close contact with the collagen fibers; (ii) large cytoplasmic lamellipod- or pseudopod-like extensions, covering the adjacent apical domain, protruded from outer apical regions; (iii) some other apical areas invaginated and formed channels inside the aggregates. The last two processes prevented close contact between apical cell surfaces and collagen fibers and allowed a persistence of the initial polarity in some of the cells. Newly-formed lumens were closed 24 hr after embedding in gel and the outer surface of the cellular aggregates in close contact with collagen fibers looked like a basal membrane. These mechanisms proceeded at different rates and involved different numbers of cells, but they all appeared to be related to the transformation of inside-out follicles into follicular structures.This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
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