PMID: 11915447Mar 28, 2002Paper

New observations on the structure of the lingual filiform papillae epithelium of the toad Bufo marinus L.: Light and transmission electron microscopy study

Acta científica venezolana
M A González-Elorriaga

Abstract

There are several inconsistencies and confusions about the microscopic structure in the anurans dorsal, non-sensory, mucosal epithelium of the tongue. The aim of this work was to differentiate the structure of the epithelium covering filiform papillae from the glandular epithelium. For this, samples of the dorsal distal mucosa of Bufo marinus tongue were processed for light microscopy (LM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). For LM, stained 1 micron sections were used. The results showed that the filiform papillae were covered by a biestratified epithelium formed by a basal layer of dendritic cells and an upper surface layer consisting of numerous seromucous secretory cells, dendritic cells apical processes, and some goblet cell-like and ciliated cells. LM revealed that most filiform papillae showed the seromucous secretory cells in apparent resting state. These cells were characterized by a basal, round nucleus, pale cytoplasm with small, dispersed, stained granules in the supranuclear region. With TEM, seromucous secretory cells exhibited poorly developed RER, scattered medium electron dense secretory granules and microridges at the apical surface. Dendritic cells were seen as branched cells completely surrounding the...Continue Reading

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