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Actin filaments in the microridges on the surface of the fish oral mucosa taken from Cyprinus carpio were examined by electron microscopy after detergent extraction and decoration with myosin subfragment 1. After extraction with saponin, an irregular and densely packed meshwork of actin filaments was observed in the bases of the microridges, just lateral to the tight junctions with their fibrous undercoats. Actin filaments formed cores in the microridges and numerous linkages were seen between the filaments and the plasma membrane. Extraction with Triton X-100 and decoration with myosin subfragment 1 showed the ends of the actin filaments to be associated with the plasma membrane of the microridges, and in the bases of microridges the filament ends were anchored to intermediate filaments. Some actin filaments interconnected with the fibrous undercoats of the tight junctions. On the basis of these observations, the mechanism of the formation of microridges, including their pattern, is discussed.
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Uehara, K., Miyoshi, M. & Miyoshi, S. Actin filaments in microridges of the oral mucosal epithelium in the carp Cyprinus carpio . Cell Tissue Res 261, 419–422 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00313519
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