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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 5 (1972), S. 44-52 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: alprenolol ; serum drug level ; exercise ; man ; pharmacokinetics
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The effects of alprenolol on heart rate and systolic blood pressure were studied in healthy subjects during standardized exercise on a bicycle ergometer. In one series of experiments, in which serum concentrations of alprenolol were also measured, the effects of single oral doses of 50, 100 and 200 mg of alprenolol and a placebo were compared by a double blind cross-over technique. In a second series of experiments 100 mg alprenolol was given four times in one day and the effect was followed for up to eighteen hours after the last dose. — Alprenolol diminished the expected increase in heart rate and systolic blood pressure during exercise. The reduction of exercise tachycardia in a given individual was linearly related to the logarithm of the dose or the serum concentration of alprenolol. The serum concentrations required for a given reduction of exercise tachycardia varied almost one hundred-fold amongst the subjects studied. The biological availability of alprenolol was dose-dependent, probably due to a limited capacity biotransformation of the drug before it entered the general circulation. After a single dose the serum level of alprenolol and its chronotropic effect diminished at a rate corresponding to an elimination half life of about two hours. This rate of elimination was consistent with that calculated from the results of the four dose study.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 5 (1972), S. 58-61 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Pralidoxime chloride ; pharmacokinetics ; anti-cholinesterase poisoning
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary A dose of 1.0 g (10.0–14.0 mg/kg body weight) of pralidoxime mixed with various cholinolytics was given by i.m. injection to 29 healthy male subjects. A concentration of pralidoxime in blood of 4 µg/ml was reached after 5 to 10 min with all the mixtures and was maintained for about 1 to 2 h. The calculated half lives of pralidoxime in three groups of subjects were 62.2, 60.0 and 61.8 min., respectively. — The urinary excretions of pralidoxime during the first 4 h after the injections averaged 75.0, 79.6 and 69.6 per cent, respectively, of the total amount given. — The results are compared with published information about similar oximes.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 4 (1972), S. 233-240 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Sulphamethoxazole ; trimethoprim ; pharmacokinetics ; uraemia ; sulphonamides
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of sulphamethoxazole (SMZ) and trimethoprim (TMP) have been investigated in four healthy volunteers, 15 patients with stable chronic renal failure and 3 patients on regular dialysis. The dosage schedule was 400 mg of SMZ and 80 mg of TMP orally every 12 h. The plasma concentrations and urinary excretion have been analysed in terms of a one compartment open model, allowing for elimination by renal excretion and metabolic processes. — At equilibrium the plasma concentrations of unchanged sulphonamide showed no significant correlation with the degree of renal impairment. The accumulation of TMP increased slightly without affecting the concentration ratio of both agents in plasma. In contrast, increasing accumulation of metabolized SMZ was demonstrated in the presence of renal insufficiency. Indirect evidence indicates that rising metabolite levels under these circumstances may lead to a displacement of unchanged sulphonamide from protein binding sites. — The cumulative urinary excretion amounted to 82.4% of the dose of sulphonamide administered, which probably corresponds to the fraction of the compound absorbed. The urinary concentration of biologically active SMZ was slightly below the plasma level, especially in advanced renal failure, but it remained above the minimum inhibitory concentrations reported in the literature. The concentration of TMP in urine was considerably higher than in plasma, it decreased with loss of renal function as did active SMZ.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 4 (1972), S. 191-195 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Amobarbital ; pentobarbital ; barbiturates ; gas chromatography ; pharmacokinetics
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Gas chromatographic methods are described for the assay of amobarbital and pentobarbital in 500 µl samples of plasma, in concentrations down to 250 ng/ml. After ether extraction at pH 5.5, the barbiturates are reextracted into an alkaline solution of trimethylanilinium hydroxide and are determined quantitatively by gas chromatography as their dimethylated derivatives. The method has been used successfully in volunteers receiving therapeutic doses of these bariturates.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 4 (1972), S. 137-141 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Fentanyl ; pharmacokinetics ; neuroleptanalgesia ; analogue computer
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Plasma levels and urinary excretion of3H-fentanyl were studied in 5 human subjects after intravenous injection of this drug. After an initial rapid decline, the plasma level of fentanyl decreased slowly and approximately exponentially. The plasma concentration of metabolites remained almost steady from 1–3 h after injection. More than 60% of the administered radioactivity was excreted through the kidneys within 4 days. Only a small proportion of it was unchanged fentanyl. The rates of fall of plasma concentration and of urinary excretion were slower in man than in rabbits. — The time courses of plasma concentrations and of urinary excretion were simulated on an analogue computer. The results support the assumption that the different time courses of concentrations in man and rabbits are caused by slower metabolism in man. It seems likely that redistribution plays a dominant part in the short duration of action of fentanyl in man.
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    European journal of clinical pharmacology 4 (1972), S. 150-157 
    ISSN: 1432-1041
    Keywords: Antibiotics ; pharmacokinetics ; microbiological assay ; drug control ; neonatal septicaemia
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The various steps of a paper disc micromethod for quantitative determination of plasma concentrations of antibiotics is described. Only 10 µl of plasma is needed for a single determination, allowing easy and repeated capillary sampling. Separate assay was attempted of three antibiotics in a mixture (streptomycin, cloxacillin and ampicillin), both by use of selective inhibitors (semicarbazide, penicillinase) in the culture medium and by choosing suitable strains of bacteria. In this way, it was possible to determine streptomycin and cloxacillin separately when all three antibiotics were present simultaneously in the plasma. The assay of ampicillin, however, was always influenced by the presence of even small concentrations of cloxacillin. The 95% confidence intervals of the standard curves for the three antibiotics are presented. — The method is suitable both for pharmacokinetic studies and for routine clinical control of plasma antibiotic levels, even in premature children.
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    Cell & tissue research 131 (1972), S. 329-346 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Olfactory mucosa ; Mouse ; Glands of Bowman ; Light and electron microscopy
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Das erste Auftreten der Glandulae olfactoriae in der olfaktorischen Region der Maus wird beschrieben. Die Struktur der Bowmanschen Drüse und ihre topologische Beziehung zu den übrigen zellulären Elementen im Riechepithel wird untersucht. Die Bedeutung des Sekrets für die Bildung des Deckhäutchens wird diskutiert. Die Bowmanschen Drüsen der Maus erreichen im letzten Viertel des intrauterinen Lebens die Lamina propria des Riechepithels. In den Endstücken finden sich dunkle, sekretreiche und helle, sekretarme Zellen. Die sezernierenden Zellen der Bowmanschen Drüsen sind nicht auf die Lamina propria beschränkt, sondern erstrecken sich bis in die untersten Anteile des Kernlagers im Riechepithel. Beim Austritt der Bowmanschen Drüsen aus dem Riechepithel in die Lamina propria konfluieren die Basalmembranen dieser Gewebeanteile miteinander. Die gemeinsame Basalmembran kann sich noch eine Strecke weit bis in den normalen Interzellularraum zwischen Drüsen- und Riechepithelanteilen einsenken. In den apikalen Anteilen des Riechepithels wird der Ausführungsgang von den benachbarten Sinnes- und Stützzellen nur durch eine normal breite Interzellularfuge getrennt. Im Ausführungsgang der Bowmanschen Drüse finden sich dunkle und helle auskleidende Zellen. Die durch Desmosomen miteinander verbundenen Epithelzellen der Ausführungsgänge zeigen Zeichen einer Sekretion. Die periphersten Ausläufer des Ausführungsgangepithels erstrecken sich lediglich bis in das Terminalplattenniveau der Stützzellen, mit denen sie sich durch desmosomenartige Kontaktzonen verbinden. In der Verlängerung der Ausführungsgänge wird das Lumen peripher des Terminalplattenniveaus von den apikalen Stützzellanteilen und deren Mikrovilli sowie von den obersten Anteilen der Dendriten, von den Riechköpfen und den Sinneshaaren der Rezeptorzellen umgrenzt. Im Lumen der Ausführungsgangverlängerung finden sich im Bereich des olfaktorischen Saumes flächenhafte Ansammlungen von Sekret. Das Sekret im intervillösen Raum des olfaktorischen Saumes zeigt eine besondere Affinität zu den Membranen der peripheren Sinneszellausläufer. In der intrauterinen Lebensphase ließ sich bisher kein Deckhäutchen feststellen. Die austrocknende Wirkung der Luft auf das Sekret der Bowmanschen Drüsen wird als Entstehungsmechanismus für das Deckhäutchen in Erwägung gezogen.
    Notes: Summary First appearance, structure and topological relations of Bowmans' glands in the regio olfactoria of white mice are described. The importance of these glands for the formation of the terminal mucous cover of the olfactory epithelium is discussed. In the last quarter of intrauterine life the glands of Bowman reach the lamina propria. In the terminal portion of the glands dark cells with many secretory droplets and pale cells with only a few of them can be seen. Secretory active cells are localized in the basal part of the olfactory epithelium as well. When entering the lamina propria the irregular wide basement membrane of the glands joins that one of the epithelium. It is possible to follow up this joined basement membrane for a short distance between the glands and the cells of the olfactory epithelium. Peripheral to the very basal part of the olfactory epithelium there is no basement membrane around the glands' tissue. Receptors and sustentacular cells are separated from the gland only by a normal intercellular space. The epithelium of the ducts consists of dark and light cells as well. They are connected with the sustentacular cells by desmosomelike contacts. In its prolongation the lumen of Bowman's duct is lined by the apical portions of the sustentacular cells and their microvilli, and by dendrites, olfactory vesicles, and sensory cilia of the receptor cells. In the region of cilia and microvilli one can see masses of secretion which have confluenced. In the intervillous space its special affinity to the receptor's membranes is evident. During the intrauterine phase of life no terminal mucous cover could be demonstrated. The drying effect of the air as a possible reason for the origin of the terminal mucous cover is discussed.
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    Cell & tissue research 132 (1972), S. 245-256 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Olfactory organs (Fish)-Labyrinth Cells ; Ion transport ; Evolution ; Light and electron microscopy
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary Light microscopy and transverse electron microscopy has been employed to study the olfactory organs in 82 specimens of freshwater adapted young and homing adult Baltic sea trout Salmo trutta trutta L. In both sensory and indifferent epithelium the olfactory mucosa has scattered cells of a type that has not been described in any olfactory organ before. They are called labyrinth cells and are characterized by an extensive, turtuous, interconnected tubular system of smooth endoplasmatic reticulum intimately connected with numerous mitochondria. This cell type is similar to chloride and other cells which probably are involved in electrolyte transport in fish gills and pseudobranch, the rectal gland in elasmobranchs and the nasal gland in reptiles and birds. It is suggested that the olfactory organ in fish is serially homologous with the pseudobranch.
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    Cell & tissue research 130 (1972), S. 249-261 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Chromaffin tissue ; Ganglion cervicale uteri ; Mouse ; Light and electron microscopy
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Das chromaffine Gewebe im Ganglion cervicale uteri der Maus wurde licht- und elektronenmikroskopisch in verschiedenen Funktionsstadien des Genitale untersucht. Die Befunde decken sich weitgehend mit den bisher bekannten Beobachtungen an extraadrenalem, chromaffinem Gewebe anderer Lokalisation. 1. Das chromaffine Gewebe besteht aus granulahaltigen Paraganglienzellen und Hüllzellen, die Schwannschen Zellen gleichen. 2. Die Granula der Paraganglienzellen sind sehr kontrastreich und von einer Membran umhüllt, die größeren Abstand von ihrem dichten Inhalt haben kann. 3. Gelegentlich sind die Paraganglienzellen mit Zilien ausgestattet. 4. Zellen mit wenig Granula haben ein kräftiger ausgebildetes rauhes endoplasmatisches Retikulum als Zellen mit hohem Granulagehalt. 5. Die paraganglionären Zellen haben keine besondere Beziehung zum Gefäßsystem. 6. Die Paraganglienzellen stehen mit Nervenendingungen durch Synapsen in Kontakt, die sowohl überwiegend synaptische Bläschen als auch überwiegend „dense core vesicles” enthalten können. Sie scheinen also sowohl durch cholinerge als auch durch adrenerge Innervation kontrolliert zu werden. 7. Unterschiede in der Ultrastruktur der Paraganglienzellen konnten nur zwischen ausgewachsenen und infantilen Tieren festgestellt werden. Letztere haben einen höheren Anteil an Zellen mit wenig Granula. 8. Die Befunde scheinen für eine lokale endokrine Beeinflussung der Nervenzellen des Ganglion cervicale uteri durch Abgabe von Katecholaminen aus den Paraganglienzellen zu sprechen.
    Notes: Summary The chromaffin tissue in the ganglion cervicale uteri of mice was investigated in different functional stages of their reproductive system by light and electron microscopy. The observations correspond to the findings obtained in extra-adrenal chromaffin tissue localized in other regions. 1. The chromaffin tissue consists of granule containing paraganglionic cells and of surrounding cells that resemble Schwann cells. 2. Occasionally the paraganglionic cells possess cilia. 3. The granules in the cytoplasm of paraganglionic cells are very electron dense and are enveloped by a membrane that forms a vesicle with a diameter either corresponding to that of the granule or considerably larger than the latter. 4. Cells with little granules have a better developed rough endoplasmic reticulum than cells with a great number of granules. 5. The paraganglionic cells have no special relationships to blood vessels. 6. The paraganglionic cells are innervated by synapses that possess synaptic vesicles and by synapses that show accumulations of dense core vesicles. The paraganglionic cells seem to be under the control of cholinergic and adrenergic innervation. 7. Differences of ultrastructure of the paraganglionic cells were seen only between adult and infantile animals. The latter have a greater number of cells containing only a small quantity of granules. 8. The findings suggest the hypothesis of a local endocrine influence of the paraganglionic cells on the neurons of the ganglion cervicale uteri by release of catecholamines.
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    Cell & tissue research 134 (1972), S. 65-84 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Tonsil (rabbit) ; Lymphoid cell homing ; Tonsil culture ; Thymus culture ; Light and electron microscopy
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The ‘homing’ process of lymphoid cells in the developing palatine tonsil of the rabbit was investigated by culturing isolated embryonic tonsils in diffusion chambers on the chick chorioallantoic membrane. An analysis of the origin and fate of lymphoid cells in cultured tonsils from subsequent stages of development strongly supported the existence of the ‘homing’ mechanism for lymphoid cells, postulated on morphological data. From the 19th day of gestation there is an influx of motile lymphoid (stem) cells into the tonsillar primordium, reaching a peak between the 22nd and 24th day. Of these cells a large proportion is immobilized by mesenchymal cells and becomes sessile lymphoid cells which remain firmly attached to mesenchymal cells during culture. After the 24th day practically all sessile lymphoid cells lose their contact with the mesenchymal cells and migrate to the bottom of the diffusion chamber. This different behaviour of sessile lymphoid cells in cultured tonsils of later developmental stages may imply a functional differentiation of these cells. By comparing the fate of morphologically differentiated lymphoid cells in cultured palatine tonsils and thymus of rabbit embryos, the different nature of tonsil and thymus lymphocytes could be demonstrated.
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    Cell & tissue research 134 (1972), S. 539-554 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Chemoreceptors ; Locusta ; Clypeo-labrum ; Light and electron microscopy ; Ultrastructure
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    Notes: Summary The A1 sensilla are asymmetric in distribution. Each sensillum contains five bipolar neurons, the distal regions of which extend to the tip of a cuticular cone which has a terminal pore. This was shown with the scanning electron microscope, but was not seen in section. The receptor-lymph cavity of the tormogen cell and the basal cavity of the neurilemma cell contain an electron-dense material unlike other contact chemoreceptors of Locusta prepared for electron microscopy in the same manner. Isolated axons of unknown function occur below the basement membrane and also between epidermal cells surrounding the sensillum.
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    Cell & tissue research 135 (1972), S. 129-148 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Ductuli efferentes ; Bull ; Absorption ; Apocrine extrusion ; Light and electron microscopy ; Enzyme cytochemistry
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    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Das Epithel der Ductuli efferentes des erwachsenen Bullen ist einschichtig zylindrisch mit gelegentlichen Basalzellen. Die Zylinderzellen lassen sich in Zilienzellen und Hauptzellen untergliedern. Hauptzellen treten vor allem in zwei Funktionsstadien mit unterschiedlichen morphologischen Charakteristika auf: 1. Resorbierende Hauptzellen besitzen einen Saum gleichmäßig langer Mikrovilli, zwischen deren Basen sich ein System aus gewundenen Canaliculi in das apikale Cytoplasma einsenkt. Diese Canaliculi stehen mit „coated“ Vesikeln und größeren resorptiven Vakuolen in Verbindung. Innerhalb der Vakuolen findet ein Abbau von resorbierter testikulärer Flüssigkeit statt. Hieran sind lysosomale Enzyme beteiligt, wie der kräftige Ausfall der histochemischen Reaktionen auf saure Phosphatase, unspezifische Esterasen und β-D-Glucuronidase im Epithel der Ductuli belegt. Unverdaulicher Vakuoleninhalt verdichtet sich zu homogenen,PAS-positiven, eiweißhaltigen, fluoreszierenden, membranlosen, osmiophilen Globuli. 2. Extrudierende Hauptzellen besitzen aufgehellte, mikrovillifreie apikale Cytoplasmaprojektionen, die mit den in ihnen gelegenen Globuli in das Ductuluslumen abgenabelt werden können. Für eine Phagocytose von ganzen oder fragmentierten Spermatozoen durch das Epithel der Ductuli efferentes des Bullen haben sich keine morphologischen Anhaltspunkte ergeben.
    Notes: Summary The ductuli efferentes of the adult bull are lined by a simple columnar epithelium with scattered small basal cells. The columnar epithelium consists of ciliated and non-ciliated cells. Among non-ciliated cells two functional stages with distinct morphological features may be identified: 1. Absorptive cells possess a border of numerous, rather evenly packed microvilli with strong alkaline phosphatase activity. Between the microvilli the apical cell membrane is invaginated to form a system of narrow, coiled canaliculi which are continuous with coated vesicles and large vacuoles. Testicular fluid is reabsorbed into these vacuoles and broken down by means of lysosomal enzymes. So high levels of acid phosphatase, esterases and β-D-glucuronidase are present in the ductuli efferentes epithelium. Undigestible content of absorptive vacuoles is condensed to homogeneous, PAS-positive, protein-positive, osmiophilic, fluorescing, non membrane-bound globules. 2. Non-ciliated cells with light, globules containing projections of the apical cytoplasm. These protrusions are occasionally found pinched off into the ductular lumen. We did not find any morphological evidence for phagocytosis of whole or fragmented spermatozoa by the epithelium of the bovine ductuli efferentes.
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    Cell & tissue research 135 (1972), S. 517-538 
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    Keywords: Integument ; Tardigrada ; Cuticle ultrastructure ; Light and electron microscopy
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Licht- und elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen am Integument vonEchiniscus testudo (Heterotardigrada),Milnesium tardigradum, Hypsibius oberhaeuseri undMacrobiotus hufelandi (Eutardigrada) lassen acht, mindestens jedoch sechs Schichten erkennen, die in Anlehnung an Baccetti und Rosati (1971) benannt werden, wobei eine Homologie beiE. testudo nicht sicher ist. BeiE. testudo bildet die innere sklerotisierte Epicuticula ein Hohlraumsystem, dessen Wände von ca. 150 Å breiten Kanälen durchzogen werden. Die dorsalen Einsenkungen der Panzerplatten besitzen einen zentralen 500 Å breiten Kanal. Ventral ist die äußere Epicuticula mehrfach geschichtet. Ein darunterliegender Röhrchensaum und die weitgehend reduzierte innere Epicuticula lassen andere Permeabilitätseigenschaften vermuten. Die Intracuticula zeigt vertikale Filamente. Wachsschicht und innere Lage der Intracuticula sind morphologisch nicht eindeutig zu identifizieren. Die einschichtige Epidermis ist reich an Lipidtropfen, freien Ribosomen und granulärem endoplasmatischem Reticulum. Manche Zellen sind kontrastreicher. Besondere Cuticula-Bildungen der drei Eutardigraden sind die epicuticulären Einsenkungen vonM. hufelandi, in deren Bereich die innere Epicuticula fehlt, die dorsale und laterale Skulpturierung vonH. oberhaeuseri, die eine Bildung der Epicuticula ist, und die epicuticulären Kanäle vonM. tardigradum. Die Proticula aller untersuchten Tardigraden-Arten besitzt keine Porenkanäle. Die Epidermis vonM. hufelandi besteht aus einem einschichtigen Epithel. Seine Zellen enthalten zahlreiche membranbegrenzte osmiophile Einschlüsse, die die Färbung der Tiere bedingen. Einzelne Zellen fallen durch ihren hohen Kontrast und zahlreichere Organellen auf. Die Cuticula der Eutardigraden zeigt in allen Fällen eine morphologisch vergelichbare Schichtenfolge. Die Cuticula vonE. testudo, die Besonderheiten aufweist, kann jedoch aufgrund charakteristischer Merkmale (z. B. die äußere Lage der Intracuticula) vielleicht in den Vergleich einbezogen werden.
    Notes: Summary The structure of the integument ofEchiniscus testudo (Heterotardigrada),Milnesium tardigradum, Hypsibius oberhaeuseri andMacrobiotus hufelandi (Eutardigrada) was studied by light and electron microscopy. In all species the cuticle consists of 6–8 layers and can adequately be described following the terminology of Baccetti and Rosati (1971). This perhaps does not apply toE. testudo. InE. testudo the inner sclerotized epicuticle reveals a labyrinthine structure due to lacunae with numerous channels of about 150 Å in diameter. The central canals in the depressions of the dorsal plates have a diameter of 500 Å. The outer epicuticle of the ventral cuticle is formed by several layers. Basally there is a tubular layer of channels and an almost reduced epicuticle. Thus the permeability of the cuticle is supposed to be altered. In the intracuticle vertically oriented filaments occur. The inner layer of the intracuticle and the wax-layer cannot be properly distinguished. The one-layered epidermis contains many lipid droplets, ribosomes and rough ER. Some of the cells are rather electron-dense. Peculiar cuticular structures inM. hufelandi appear as cup-shaped depressions of the epicuticle, and here the inner epicuticle is absent. A similarly typical feature is the structured and sculptured dorsal and lateral epicuticle ofH. oberhaeuseri and the channels of the epicuticle inM. tardigradum. In all species investigated there are no pore canals in the procuticle. InM. hufelandi there is a single layer of epidermal cells, which contain many osmiophilic grana ensheathed by membranes. These grana cause the colour of the animal. Some of the cells contain more organelles and ribosomes and show a strong contrast. In spite of some cuticular peculiarities inE. testudo, perhaps this Heterotardigrade species fits into the general pattern of cuticle morphology of Tardigrada.
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