Normal Development of Hindgut and Anorectum in Human Embryo

Overview

Journal Int J Colorectal Dis

Specialties Gastroenterology
General Surgery

Date 2010 Aug 6

PMID 20686776

Citations 11

Authors

Tao Zhang

Hai Lan Zhang

Da Jia Wang

Xiao Bing Tang

Hui Min Jia

Yu Zuo Bai

Zheng Wei Yuan

Wei Lin Wang

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Abstract

Purpose: The aim of the present analysis is to examine the morphological changes, the spatiotemporal distribution of apoptosis/proliferation in the human embryonic anorectum, to reveal the normal development of human anorectum, and investigate the possible roles of apoptosis/proliferation during anorectal development.

Materials And Methods: The embryos were sectioned serially and sagittally, stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H & E) between the third and eighth week of gestation, TdT-mediated dUTP-digoxigenin nick end-labeling (TUNEL) and proliferative cell-specific nuclear antigen (PCNA) immunohistochemical staining from the sixth to the eighth week.

Results: From the fourth to the seventh week, with the growth of the mesenchyme around the cloaca, the cloaca was remolded, subsequently, the cloacal membrane (CM) moved perpendicularly then horizontally. The dorsal cloaca gradually descended to the tail groove, the urorectal septum (URS) and the CM approximated; however, the fusion of URS with the dorsal CM was never observed. During the eighth week, the URS shifted ventrally and finally fused with the ventral CM. Moreover, from the sixth to the eighth week, the apoptotic cells were concentrated in the CM, the mesenchyme of terminal rectum, and the dorsal rectum. Meanwhile, the proliferative cells could be observed in the ventral mesenchyme around the cloaca, the CM, the fused tissue between the URS, and the ventral CM.

Conclusions: During the development of human anorectum, it was intriguing to reveal that the URS never fused with the dorsal CM before dorsal CM disintegration, the normal anorectal development may depend on the dorsal cloaca and the dorsal CM; furthermore, the distribution of apoptosis and proliferation in the anorectum and ventral cloacal mesenchyme played a pivotal role in the formation of the anorectum.

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