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  • Title: Histochemical localization of hyaluronate in human oral epithelium using a specific hyaluronate-binding probe.
    Author: Tammi R, Tammi M, Häkkinen L, Larjava H.
    Journal: Arch Oral Biol; 1990; 35(3):219-24. PubMed ID: 1693495.
    Abstract:
    Biochemical data suggest that gingival epithelium contains hyaluronate, but there is little histochemical information about its localization. Hyaluronate was here visualized in gingival and buccal mucosa using a specific probe derived from the hyaluronate binding region of cartilage proteoglycan. Hyaluronate was found both in the gingival and buccal epithelium, but its localization was correlated with the type of keratinization. In the keratinized epithelium of gingiva, whether ortho- or parakeratotic, the intercellular spaces from basal to upper spinous layers displayed strong staining, most intense in the middle spinous cell layer. The uppermost vital cell layers as well as the cornified cell layer remained unstained. In the non-keratinized epithelium of buccal mucosa and the local non-keratinized areas of gingiva, only the basal cells and the lowermost spinous cell layers stained for hyaluronate, whereas the majority of the upper epithelium was negative. Electron microscopic examination of the basal and spinous cell layers displayed hyaluronate, both associated with the cell surface and free in the intercellular space. The subepithelial connective tissue showed positive but diffuse staining in all specimens.
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