Distribution of activity of alkaline phosphatase and Mg-dependent adenosine triphosphatase in the cranial dura mater-arachnoid interface zone of the rat |
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Authors: | D. N. Angelov |
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Affiliation: | (1) Regeneration Research Laboratory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria;(2) Regeneration Research Laboratory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Adrave Street 2, 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria |
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Abstract: | Summary The distribution of the activity of alkaline phosphatase and Mg-dependent adenosine triphosphatase was studied in the encephalic dura mater-arachnoid borderline (interface) zone of albino Wistar rats. Intense clustering of electron-dense granules that indicated alkaline phosphatase activity was observed in the inner dural cells, the neurothelial cells, the outermost row of the outer arachnoidal cells and in the intercellular cleft between the latter two (the so-called electron-dense band). The remainder of the outer arachnoidal cells contained almost no reaction product. Mg-adenosine triphosphatase activity was distributed differently; a lack of reaction product was observed not only in the outer arachnoidal cells, but also in the zone occupied by the electron-dense band. The data confirm histochemically the barrier properties of the dura mater-arachnoid interface zone. |
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Keywords: | Dura mater Arachnoid Alkaline phosphatase Adenosine triphosphatase Ultrastructural histochemistry Rat (Wistar) |
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