Landis D M, Reese T S
J Cell Biol. 1981 Mar;88(3):660-3. doi: 10.1083/jcb.88.3.660.
Membranes of the astrocytic processes investing small blood vessels and the surface of the brain contain numerous arrays of orthogonally packed particles as revealed by the freeze-fracture technique. The structure of these particle arrays, which we have termed "assemblies," is the same whether tissue is prepared for freeze-fracture by conventional fixation or by quick excision and rapid freezing. However, assemblies are progressively replaced by amorphous clumps and then disappear as the interval between decapitation and rapid freezing increases. Nearly normal numbers of assemblies may be maintained in cerebellar slices in vitro, but there too they disappear at low PO2 or in the presence of dinitrophenol. No other neuronal or glial membrane specialization exhibits a comparable lability.
通过冷冻断裂技术揭示,包绕小血管和脑表面的星形胶质细胞突起的膜含有大量正交排列的颗粒阵列。这些颗粒阵列的结构,我们称之为“组装体”,无论组织是通过传统固定还是快速切除和快速冷冻来制备用于冷冻断裂,其结构都是相同的。然而,随着断头和快速冷冻之间的时间间隔增加,组装体逐渐被无定形团块取代,然后消失。在体外小脑切片中,组装体的数量可维持在接近正常水平,但在低氧分压或存在二硝基苯酚的情况下,它们也会消失。没有其他神经元或神经胶质细胞膜特化表现出类似的不稳定性。