Single palatal processes were grown in organ culture to test whether epithelial contact was a prerequisite for the cytological alterations observed during midline epithelial disruption. Observations were made with the light and electron microscopes. Palatal processes from 14 day C57BL mice were cultured on Millipore filters and fixed in paraformaldehyde and osmium tetroxide. Fine structure studies of 24 hour cultures revealed a thick basal lamina beneath an intact epithelium. Epithelial cells were absent along the medial edge of the palatal process in 48 hour cultures. Mesenchymal cells, not covered by a basal lamina, ultimately occupied the original position of the epithelial cells. Single palatal processes taken from spontaneous cleft A/Jax fetuses showed epithelial cell death along the medial edge similar to that in. nitro, although an epithelialfree surface was not observed. We interpreted these observations to indicate that epithelial cell disruption was an inherent process of medial palatal epithelium. This disruption was exaggerated during organ culture by the mesenchymal cells spreading on the filter membrane.
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