Fibronectin (FN) localizations in mitochondria-rich cells of frog epidermis.
Indirect immunoperoxidase detection of fibronectin (FN) in the ventral frog epidermis showed that only one type of epidermal cell, the mitochondria-rich cells (MRC), was FN-detected. FN was found in MRC having rounded, flask-like and intermediate shapes, located at different levels of the epidermis between the stratum germinativum and the stratum corneum. These cells contained cytoplasmic FN particularly in the form of small granules. Our results support the view that MRC differ from other epidermal cells in their in vivo FN localizations.
D000818:Animals; D000078404:Epidermal Cells; D005260:Female; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000032:analysis*; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D011893:Rana esculenta; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology*
D005353:Fibronectins