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The hydration of hyaluronic acid (HA) accumulated in the secondary palatal processes is expected to exert an intrinsic tissue pressure that could, in part, provide the impetus for shelf reorientation. Glycosaminoglycans were histochemically localized in the A/J mouse palate during development (days 12 to 15) by specific enzymatic degradation followed by preferential staining with alcian blue under differential pH or MgCl2 concentration. The presence of HA and chondroitin sulphates A and C (CS) was demonstrated in proportions that differed regionally. At the time of reorientation (days 14 to 15) HA was the predominant staining component, being distributed according to the relative prominence of extracellular spaces (ECS). HA was present in higher concentration in the anterior than the posterior part of the palate, particularly in an area of low cell density adjoining the CS-rich mesenchyme of the maxillary process. This arrangement suggests that the maxillary process might provide a resilient incompressible structural base for the palate as its HA-rich ECS expands. Sulphated GAG, with CS being the predominent component, was localized for the most part on the oral-side mesenchyme both in the anterior and posterior palate. The most intense staining of sulphated proteoglycans occurred in association with the basal lamina along the presumptive oral-side. Mesenchymal cells along this region appeared condensed and may have been stabilized by these sulphated GAG providing structural constraints which might function in palate morphogenesis.
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Knudsen, T.B., Bulleit, R.F. & Zimmerman, E.F. Histochemical localization of glycosaminoglycans during morphogenesis of the secondary palate in mice. Anat Embryol 173, 137–142 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00707312
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