title: Effects of taxol on endothelial cells of the developing semilunar heart valves in the chick embryo.
abstract: Recent ultrastructural studies have revealed that there are differences in endothelial cell shape and cytoskeletal architecture between the arterial and ventricular faces of developing semilunar valves. In the present work we have analyzed valvular endothelial cell response to taxol in the chick embryo. Following taxol administration, abnormal mitotic cells appear in the endothelium of both faces of the cusps. Interphase cells show few structural alterations. No differential response of the valvular endothelium to the drug was observed in the arterial or ventricular faces of the cusps.
authors.affiliation: Departmento de Ciencias Morfológicas y Biología Celular y Animal, Facultad de Medicina, Badajoz, España.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Garcia-Martinez
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hurle
mesh_terms: D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000196:embryology; D007399:Interphase; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008938:Mitosis / Q000187:drug effects; D017239:Paclitaxel
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D017239:Paclitaxel