title: Confocal laser-scanning microscopical image of the distribution of intracellular organelles in cochlear outer hair cells.
abstract: Confocal laser-scanning microscopy was used to observe cytosolic Ca2+, organelles and cytoskeleton in the cochlear outer hair cell. The characteristic distribution of the subsurface cistern was observed in coincidence of the infracuticular network of F-actin and membrane-bound calcium, suggesting the source of Ca2+ for the actin-mediated process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takasaka
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002232:Carbocyanines; D003051:Cochlea / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D018072:Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007834:Lasers; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D015388:Organelles / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D020112:Rhodamine 123; D012235:Rhodamines
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D002232:Carbocyanines; D004396:Coloring Agents; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D012235:Rhodamines; D020112:Rhodamine 123; C007392:3,3'-dihexyl-2,2'-oxacarbocyanine; D002118:Calcium