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Ultrastructural Evidence for Neuromuscular Systems in Coelenterates
Authors:WESTFALL  JANE A
Institution:Department of Physiological Sciences, Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas 66506
Abstract:Cellular interrelationships and synaptic connections in tentaclesof several species of coelenterates were examined by means ofelectron microscopy to determine if neuromuscular pathways werepresent. The presence of sensory cells, ganglion cells, epitheliomuscularcells, interneuronal synapses, and neuromuscular junctions suggeststhat neuromuscular pathways are present in coelenterates. Nakedaxons without sheath cells form several synapses en passantwith the same and with different epitheliomuscular cells aswell as with nematocytes and other neurons. Interneuronal synapsesand neuromuscular and neuronematocyte junctions have clear ordense-cored vesicles (700–1500 Å in diameter) associatedwith a dense cytoplasmic coat on the presynaptic membrane, acleft (100–300 Å in width) with intracleft filaments,and a subsynaptic membrane with a dense cytoplasmic coat. Atscyphozoan neuromuscular junctions there is a subsurface cisternaof endoplasmic reticulum, which is separated from the epitheliomuscularcell membrane by a narrow cytoplasmic gap (100–300 Åin width) . Neuromuscular junctions in coelenterates resembleen passant axonal junctions with smooth muscle in higher animals. Morphological evidence is presented for a simple reflex involvinga two-cell (sensory or ganglion-epitheliomuscular cell) or three-cell(sensory-ganglion-epitheliomuscular cell) pathway that may resultin the coordinated contraction of the longitudinal muscle intentacles of coelenterates.
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