{"title":"Possible non-functional crypts in small intestine defined using mouse aggregation chimaeras.","authors":"D J Winton, L Howard, B A Ponder","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We have identified a minor population of crypts in small intestine which do not appear to export cells to villi. These crypts can be observed in whole-mounts of small intestine prepared from C57BL/6J<-->SWR mouse aggregation chimaeras stained with a peroxidase conjugate of the lectin Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA-Px). In preparations where by chance the C57BL/6J epithelium (positive staining) forms only a minor component of the chimaera, occasional crypts occur which are isolated from larger patches of C57BL/6J epithelium and are surrounded by SWR (non-staining) epithelium. Fifty-one of 383 isolated C57BL/6J crypts (13%) did not appear to export cells to villi, although the crypt mouth is surrounded by a small patch of C57BL/6J epithelium on the intervillus gut floor.</p>","PeriodicalId":77116,"journal":{"name":"Epithelial cell biology","volume":"1 2","pages":"59-64"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1992-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Epithelial cell biology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We have identified a minor population of crypts in small intestine which do not appear to export cells to villi. These crypts can be observed in whole-mounts of small intestine prepared from C57BL/6J<-->SWR mouse aggregation chimaeras stained with a peroxidase conjugate of the lectin Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA-Px). In preparations where by chance the C57BL/6J epithelium (positive staining) forms only a minor component of the chimaera, occasional crypts occur which are isolated from larger patches of C57BL/6J epithelium and are surrounded by SWR (non-staining) epithelium. Fifty-one of 383 isolated C57BL/6J crypts (13%) did not appear to export cells to villi, although the crypt mouth is surrounded by a small patch of C57BL/6J epithelium on the intervillus gut floor.