High resolution transmission electron microscopy of developing enamel in the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri (Osteichthyes: Dipnoi)
| Autor: | John Barry, Anne Kemp |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Mineralogy
High resolution TEM Enamel Ultrastructure Ontogeny Protoprism Crystal structure Crystal structure Biology Crystal chemistry.chemical_compound Microscopy Electron Transmission stomatognathic system Dentin medicine Animals Dental Enamel Octacalcium phosphate High-resolution transmission electron microscopy 060100 BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY Lungfish Enamel paint Australia Fishes Cell Biology General Medicine biology.organism_classification 111600 MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY stomatognathic diseases Crystallography medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry visual_art Microscopy Electron Scanning Ultrastructure visual_art.visual_art_medium Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Tissue and Cell |
| ISSN: | 0040-8166 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tice.2007.07.001 |
| Popis: | The permanent tooth plates of the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, are covered by enamel that develops initially in a similar manner to that of other vertebrates. As the enamel layer matures, it acquires several unusual characteristics. It has radially oriented protoprismatic structures with the long axes of the protoprisms perpendicular to the enamel surface. Protoprisms can be defined as aggregations of hydroxyapatite crystals that lack the highly ordered arrangement of the rods of mammalian enamel but are not without a specific structure of their own. The protoprisms are arranged in layers of variable thickness that are deposited sequentially as the tooth plate grows. They may be confined to the separate layers, or may cross the boundary between each layer. Crystals within the protoprisms are long and thin with hydroxyapatite c-axis dimensions of between 30 and 350 nm, and with typical a-b axis dimensions of 5-10 nm. The hydroxyapatite crystals of lungfish enamel have no centre dark lines of octacalcium phosphate, an unusual character among vertebrates. As each crystal develops, arrays of atoms may change direction, and regions exist where dislocations and extra lattice planes are inserted into the long crystal. The resulting hydroxyapatite crystal is not straight, and has a rough surface. The crystals are arranged in tangled structures with their crystallographic c-axes closely aligned with the long axis of the protoprism. Lungfish enamel differs from the enamel of higher vertebrates in that the hydroxyapatite crystals are of different shape, and, in mature enamel, the protoprisms remain as protoprisms and do not develop into the conventional prismatic structures characteristic of mammalian enamel. |
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