Scanning microscopy of the developing vagina in postnatal gerbils.

Abstract:

:Scanning electron microscopy of postnatally developing gerbil vagina (birth to maturity) shows that longitudinal folds form prior to transverse folds; the process of fold formation is initiated on the dorsal wall and proceeds ventrally. From days 1 to 7 postnatally, the vaginal epithelium is composed of either flat or bulging cells, depending on the vaginal region. The luminal cell surface is covered with uniform stubby microvilli and solitary cilia. Between days 9 and 20, the flat cells with distinct cell boundaries spread toward more proximal areas, leading to the formation of mixed patches of cells with flat or rounded apices. Individual elongated microvilli or tufts of forked microvilli may sprout from their surfaces. Solitary cilia gradually disappear. The transition from immature to mature vaginal epithelium starts around day 20, when individual cells recess below the level of neighboring cells. This process spreads throughout the vagina during the following days, reflecting local changes in the subsurface layers of the epithelium preparatory to exfoliation. Around day 40 the actual exfoliation of the luminal cell layer starts. By this time the surface characteristics of many of the desquamating cells have changed. In addition to microvilli, microridges are being formed. The process of exfoliation is finished by about day 60. The newly appearing cell layers now transform into typical cornified cells of the cycling vaginal epithelium.

journal_name

J Morphol

journal_title

Journal of morphology

authors

Kress A,Spornitz UM,Zobrist R

doi

10.1002/jmor.1052010309

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1989-09-01 00:00:00

pages

301-14

issue

3

eissn

0362-2525

issn

1097-4687

journal_volume

201

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