Proteomic profiling of facial development in chick embryos

Dexamethasone and other synthetic analogs of corticosteroids have been employed clinically as enhancers of lung development. The mechanism(s) by which this steroid induction of later lung maturation operates is not clear. This study reports the effect on lung epithelia of dexamethasone administered at different intervals during development. White Leghorn chick embryos were used so as to remove possible maternal and placental influences on the exogenously applied steroid. Avian lung architecture does vary from mammals; however, respiratory surfactant produced by the lung epithelia serves an equally critical role in avian lung physiology.

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Development of the Foramen Secundum in the Chick as Observed by Scanning Electron Microscopy

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100091044 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 34 ◽

pp. 212-213

Author(s):

M.J.C. Hendrix ◽

D.E. Morse

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽

Procaine Hydrochloride ◽

Cardiac Anomaly ◽

Chick Embryos ◽

Congenital Cardiac Anomaly ◽

Septal Defects ◽

Critical Point Drying ◽

Scanning Electron

Atrial septal defects are considered the most common congenital cardiac anomaly occurring in humans. In studying the normal sequential development of the atrial septum, chick embryos of the White Leghorn strain were prepared for scanning electron microscopy and the results were then extrapolated to the human heart. One-hundred-eighty chick embryos from 2 to 21 days of age were removed from their shells and immersed in cold cacodylate-buffered aldehyde fixative . Twenty-four embryos through the first week post-hatching were perfused in vivo using cold cacodylate-buffered aldehyde fixative with procaine hydrochloride. The hearts were immediately dissected free and remained in the fixative a minimum of 2 hours. In most cases, the lateral atrial walls were removed during this period. The tissues were then dehydrated using a series of ascending grades of ethanol; final dehydration of the tissues was achieved via the critical point drying method followed by sputter-coating with goldpalladium.

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Immunocytochemical localization of desmin and vimentin in chick embryonic myocardial cells

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100159783 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (3) ◽

pp. 448-449

Author(s):

Yukiko Sugi

Keyword(s):

Sodium Methoxide ◽

Intermediate Filament Protein ◽

Chick Embryos ◽

Immunocytochemical Localization ◽

Myocardial Cells ◽

Immunofluorescence Study ◽

Immunofluorescent Localization ◽

Rabbit Igg ◽

Semithin Sections ◽

Filament Protein

In cultured skeletal muscle cells of chick, one intermediate filament protein, vimentin, is primarily formed and then synthesis of desmin follows. Coexistence of vimentin and desmin has been immunocytochemically confirmed in chick embryonic skeletal musclecells. Immunofluorescent localization of vimentin and desmin has been described in developing myocardial cells of hamster. However, initial localization of desmin and vimentin in early embryonic heart has not been reported in detail. By quick-freeze deep-etch method a loose network of intermediate filaments was revealed to exist surrounding myofibrils. In this report, immunocytochemical localization of desmin and vimentin is visualized in early stages of chick embryonic my ocardium.Chick embryos, Hamburger-Hamilton (H-H) stage 8 to hatch, and 1 day old postnatal chicks were used in this study. For immunofluorescence study, each embryo was fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde and embedded in Epon 812. De-epoxinized with sodium methoxide, semithin sections were stained with primary antibodies (rabbit anti-desmin antibody and anti-vimentin antibody)and secondary antibody (RITC conjugated goat-anti rabbit IgG).

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