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  • Title: Synthesis and secretion of the enamel matrix precursor by the kitten secretory ameloblast.
    Author: Sasaki T.
    Journal: Acta Anat (Basel); 1984; 120(3):98-102. PubMed ID: 6516776.
    Abstract:
    Secretory ameloblasts in kitten molar tooth germs were examined with an electron microscope to analyze the synthesis and secretion processes of the enamel matrix precursor. The contents of the secretion granule were identified as fine granular material, which observed in both the rough endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi cisterns, accumulated in the dilated margins of the innermost Golgi cistern and formed condensing vacuoles. The same kind of condensing vacuoles was also produced from the GERL cisterns. During the secretion granule maturation processes in the Golgi region, the contents accumulated densely and the granules grew smaller. In addition, granule-limiting membranes acquired fine, bristle coats. The mature secretion granules then migrated, along microtubules, into the surfaces of the Tomes processes and finally released their contents by a process of exocytosis at the type 1 face which faces the enamel growth region.
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