The cytoskeleton of chondrocytes of Sepia officinalis (Mollusca, Cephalopoda): an immunocytochemical study

Published: 29 June 2009
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Our previous electron microscope study showed that chondrocytes from cephalopod cartilage possess a highly developed cytoskeleton and numerous cytoplasmic processes that ramify extensively through the tissue. We have now carried out a light microscope immunocytochemical study of chondrocytes from the orbital cartilage of Sepia officinalis to obtain indications as to the nature of the cytoskeletal components. We found clear positivity to antibodies against mammalian tubulin, vimentin, GFAP, and actin, but not keratin. The simultaneous presence of several cytoskeletal components is consistent with the hypothesis that cephalopod chondrocytes have the characteristics of both chondrocytes and osteocytes of vertebrates, which endow the tissue as a whole with some of the properties of vertebrate bone. We confirm, therefore, the presence in molluscs of the ubiquitous cytoskeletal proteins of metazoan cells that have remained highly conserved throughout phylogenetic evolution.

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Leone, F., Bairati, A., & Vitellaro-Zuccarello, L. (2009). The cytoskeleton of chondrocytes of Sepia officinalis (Mollusca, Cephalopoda): an immunocytochemical study. European Journal of Histochemistry, 48(2), 159–166. https://doi.org/10.4081/882