Abstract
Morphological features of the cap enameloid and dental epithelial cells were investigated by light and transmission electron microscopy during the various stages of enameloid mineralisation and early maturation in the tilapia. The pattern of mineralisation along collagen fibrils in the enameloid differed from that in the dentine. Many matrix vesicles were found in the predentine and in the enameloid, suggesting that they may be involved in the initial mineralisation in both regions. Most of the organic matrix disappeared from the cap enameloid during mineralisation and maturation. The disappearance of the organic matrix could be divided into 2 stages. Initially a fine network-like matrix, which probably consisted of glycosaminoglycans and extended between collagen fibrils, began to disappear. At the same time, fine crystallites and electron-dense, fine granular material covered the collagen fibrils as mineralisation of the enameloid began. In the second stage, the maturation of the enameloid, the collagen fibrils degenerated completely and disappeared from the cap enameloid, being replaced by large numbers of large crystals. At the mineralisation stage, the numbers of lysosomal bodies tended to increase in the inner dental epithelial (IDE) cells, which contained a well developed Golgi apparatus and rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER). At the early stage of maturation, a ruffled border was noted at the distal ends of the IDE cells, which contained many mitochondria and lysosomal bodies, but less rER. These features suggest that the cells actively absorb the organic matrix, which includes collagen fibrils, in the cap enameloid. The outer dental epithelial (ODE) cells were translucent cells that contained well developed labyrinthine canalicular spaces from the onset of the mineralisation stage to the middle stage of maturation. The IDE and ODE cells were clearly involved in the mineralisation of the cap enameloid at the mineralisation and maturation stages.
Keywords: Mineralisation, collagen fibrils, enameloid, tilapia, tooth development
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