大天鹅肾组织显微结构及细胞凋亡相关蛋白的表达

为了解大天鹅(Cygnus cygnus)肾的结构特点和相关活性蛋白的表达情况,采用石蜡切片、H.E染色和免疫组化法,观察分析大天鹅的肾组织显微结构和Caspase-3、Bcl-2、Bax及AQP-3的表达。大天鹅的肾组织主要由肾单位、集合管和结缔组织构成;肾小球由一团盘曲的毛细血管构成,近端小管由单层立方上皮组成,游离面有刷状缘,细段由单层扁平上皮组成,远端小管由立方形上皮组成,腔面无刷状缘。近端小管上皮细胞中有Caspase-3、Bcl-2、Bax阳性表达,远端小管上皮细胞有Caspase-3阳性表达,集合管上皮细胞有Bcl-2、AQP-3阳性表达,在肾小球毛细血管内皮有Bcl-2阳性表达。Caspase-3、Bcl-2、Bax及AQP-3共同调节细胞的生长与凋亡过程,可能在稳定鸟类肾单位和集合管结构及调节肾组织水平衡等方面有重要的作用。     

金钱豹肾的组织学和微血管铸型的观察

为探讨金钱豹(Panthera pardus)肾的组织结构和微血管构筑特点,利用生物显微技术与微血管铸型技术及扫描电镜对金钱豹肾的组织结构和肾小球微血管构筑进行了观察。结果显示,金钱豹的肾皮质与髓质厚度比为1∶(1.5~3),肾近端小管上皮为单层立方细胞,胞体较大,细胞排列紧密,分界不清楚,其腔面有刷状缘,胞质嗜酸性;远端小管无明显的刷状缘,胞质弱嗜酸性,胞核多位于中央;集合管细胞排列紧密,管腔较大,上皮细胞呈矮柱状,胞质弱嗜酸性。金钱豹的肾小球多呈球形或卵圆形,直径为99~142μm,入球小动脉管径13~15μm,出球小动脉管径9.5~11.5μm。     

秦岭滑蜥排泄系统组织形态学观察

运用大体解剖和组织切片技术对秦岭滑蜥Scincella tsinlingensis排泄系统进行了组织形态学观察。结果显示:秦岭滑蜥的排泄系统包括肾脏、输尿管、膀胱和泄殖腔。肾脏由被膜与实质构成,实质包括许多泌尿小管与少量结缔组织。泌尿小管包括肾单位与集合管,肾单位的数量较两栖类有了明显增加。结缔组织中分布有少量弹性纤维、网状纤维和大量胶原纤维。输尿管由许多分支的集尿管汇聚形成,包括黏膜与外膜,黏膜由单层柱状上皮过渡为多层鳞状细胞,固有层零散分布有浆细胞,结缔组织中分布有胶原纤维与少量弹性纤维。膀胱由黏膜层、肌层与外膜构成,黏膜上皮为变移上皮,固有层分布有少量的浆细胞。消化道、生殖道和输尿管末端汇聚于泄殖腔,泄殖腔壁由黏膜、肌层和外膜构成,黏膜上皮分布有黏液性细胞和少量浆细胞。秦岭滑蜥的排泄系统与其他卵胎生蜥蜴无明显差别。     

小熊猫肾脏和输尿管的组织学研究

小熊猫的肾脏呈蚕豆形,表面光滑不分叶,只有1个肾锥体和1个肾盏,无肾盂。肾脏皮质内可见皮质迷路和髓放线。皮质迷路内有近曲小管、远曲小管和肾小体等结构。髓放线内有近端小管直部和远端小管直部。髓质可分为外髓和内髓两个区域。外髓有较多的集合管断面,少量的远端小管直部和细段,较多的直小血管束。内髓部位有大量的细段和乳头管。各种泌尿小管之间有少量的疏松结缔组织构成的间质,间质内有丰富的毛细血管。输尿管横切面呈圆形或卵圆形,管腔呈不规则的裂隙状。管壁由粘膜、肌肉层和外膜组成。并与大熊猫肾脏和输尿管的组织结构作了比较研究。     

尾斑瘰螈泌尿器官的形态组织学观察

本文采用组织学和形态学方法对尾斑瘰螈的泌尿器官进行研究。结果表明:尾斑瘰螈的泌尿器官主要包括肾脏、输尿管和膀胱。其肾脏为实质性器官,主要由肾小体、肾小管构成;肾实质出现区域分隔,肾小体数量较少,肾小管分为颈段、近曲小管、中间段、远曲小管;其间未发现淋巴组织以及与生殖有关的结构。输尿管由单层立方上皮过渡到假复层立方上皮;膀胱壁由2~3层细胞变移上皮构成。     

版纳鱼螈泌尿系统解剖学及组织学观察

采用常规解剖学和组织学方法对版纳鱼螈Ichthyophis bannanica的泌尿系统进行研究.结果表明,版纳鱼螈泌尿系统包括中肾、输尿管、膀胱.版纳鱼螈的中肾由肾小体和肾小管组成,无皮质、髓质之分,肾小体主要分布在肾脏背外侧缘,肾小管由颈段、第1近曲小管、第2近曲小管、间段、第1远曲小管、第2远曲小管和集合管组成;输尿管位于两肾外侧缘,其上皮由前端的单层立方上皮过渡到后端的假复层上皮;膀胱为泄殖腔膀胱,内壁具有发达的绒毛,绒毛上皮为变移上皮.     

中华鳖肾脏的组织化学特性研究

利用光镜组织化学反应对中华鳖肾单位的结构和组织化学特性进行了详细的观察和分析。结果表明,中华鳖肾脏为分叶形的实质器官,肾小叶由被膜和实质组成,实质无髓质和皮质之分,但可以区分为外侧区和内侧区。外侧区嗜酸性,主要分布有近端小管和集合管。内侧区呈弱嗜酸性,肾小体、颈段、中间段和远端小管主要分布在内侧区。肾小球PAS反应呈阳性,但其琥珀酸脱氢酶(SDH)弱阳性,碱性磷酸酶(ALPase)、Na+/K+-ATPase和阿利新兰(AB)反应为阴性。足细胞酸性磷酸酶(ACPase)反应呈阳性。近端小管刷状缘嗜伊红,PAS反应以及ALPase、ACPase和Na+/K+-ATPase酶反应呈阳性,而SDH弱阳性。中间段、远端小管、集合管弱嗜酸性,SDH阳性。中间段Na+/K+-ATPase弱阳性。远端小管细胞侧面呈PAS阳性,腔面显示AB阳性。集合管胞质含有许多ACPase阳性颗粒,腔面呈PAS强阳性,AB阳性。甲苯胺兰(TB)染色可见集合管腔面有阳性颗粒,肾小管上皮含有亮、暗两种细胞。上述组化反应和分布结果表明,鳖的肾小管细胞类型较多,近端小管在原尿的重吸收中起主要作用,远端小管和集合管具有分泌黏液作用。中华鳖肾单位的结构与组化特性不仅与哺乳类和鸟类有一定差异,也与其他爬行动物不完全相同。       

广东乌龟五种器官的组织学观察

利用石蜡切片法对广东乌龟的心脏、肝脏、脾脏、肺和肾脏等组织器官进行了组织结构观察.结果显示,心肌纤维束状排列,可见闰盘结构.肝脏分3叶,肝内结缔组织很少,相邻肝小叶分界不清.肝血窦内含色素细胞.脾脏分被膜和实质两部分.实质可分为白髓和红髓.白髓包括椭球周围淋巴鞘(PELS)和动脉周围淋巴鞘(PALS).红髓由脾索和脾窦组成.未发现淋巴小结和生发中心.肺为一对长形扁平囊.支气管黏膜上皮为假复层柱状纤毛上皮.细支气管的黏膜为单层柱状纤毛上皮.肺泡囊状.肾脏由肾小体、颈段、近曲小管、中间段、远曲小管、收集管等部分构成.颈段和中间段均由单层纤毛立方上皮细胞构成.近曲小管、远曲小管和收集管均由单层柱状上皮细胞构成.     

皱纹盘鲍肾脏的组织化学和超微结构

以组织学、组织化学和透射电镜观察等方法研究了皱纹盘鲍（Haliotis discus hannai)的肾脏。肾脏由无数肾小管和集合管组成。肾小管上皮细胞游离面有明显的刷状缘,并有少量纤毛,细胞顶端存在大量直径为0.8-1.8μm的折光小体,组化研究显示小体内含铁。基底端质膜高度内折,并呈碱性磷酸酶活性。上皮细胞与血窦仅有基底膜相隔,细胞内最具特征性的结构是“膜囊体”,光镜下它呈嗜酸性团块,组化研究显示含丰富的蛋白质,电镜下观察它由双层单位膜围成的众多的小管及扁囊构成,小管的直径或扁囊的高度为30－80nm,某一局部的小管或扁囊的形状及排列很有规律性。“膜囊体”的性质尚不清楚。除纤毛数量增加和“膜囊体”较小一局部的小管或扁囊的形状主排列很有规律性。“膜囊体”的性质尚不清楚。除纤毛数量增加和“膜囊体”较小外,集合管上皮细胞的组织化学和超微结构类似于肾小管上皮细胞。在集合管和腔上皮还存在少量的粘液细胞。     

红腹锦鸡肾的组织结构及EGFR、TGF-β、AQP-2在肾脏中的表达

为了解红腹锦鸡肾脏的结构特征,观察表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)、转化生长因子-β(TGF-β)、水通道蛋白-2(AQP-2)在肾脏中的表达情况,应用组织学方法及免疫组织化学方法,观察了5只红腹锦鸡肾脏的组织结构,检测了EGFR、TGF-β(TGF-β1,TGF-β2,TGF-β3)、AQP-2在肾中的表达。结果表明:红腹锦鸡肾脏主要由许多肾单位、集合管和少量结缔组织组成。肾单位是肾脏功能结构的基本单位,它由一个肾小体和一个与其连接的上皮性肾小管构成。血管球由一团迂回盘曲的毛细血管丛构成,结构简单;肾小囊足细胞的突起与毛细血管内皮细胞及基膜紧密相贴,三者构成肾小体的滤过屏障;近端小管由单层立方上皮组成,上皮细胞游离面有许多微绒毛,细胞界限不明显,侧面有许多指状突起彼此交错,质膜内褶较少;远端小管上皮细胞基底面有丰富的质膜内褶;集合管上皮细胞有明细胞和暗细胞两种类型;近端小管上皮细胞呈EGFR、TGF-β免疫反应阳性,集合管上皮细胞呈AQP-2免疫反应阳性。EGFR、TGF-β、AQP-2可能发挥着不同的功能,对肾单位的构筑、肾小管和集合管结构的稳定以及肾脏水的平衡等可能有重要的调节作用。     

The aglomerular kidney of the deep-sea gulper eel <Emphasis Type="Italic">Saccopharynx ampullaceus</Emphasis> (Saccopharyngiformes: Saccopharyngidae)

We report the presence of an aglomerular kidney in the pelagic deep-sea fish Saccopharynx ampullaceus (Saccopharyngiformes: Saccopharyngidae). The thin kidney is unpaired and ribbon-like rostrally, while it is thicker caudally with a rod-like shape. Light microscopic observation of serial sections revealed no glomeruli at all. The kidney is composed of renal tubules, sinusoids and capillaries of the renal portal system and extensive interstitial lymphoid tissues. Each renal tubule is surrounded by well-developed renal portal sinusoids, and the tubules are well separated from each other. There is a large space dorsal to the vertebrae, similar to the situation in the closely related Eurypharynx pelecanoides. We consider that S. ampullaceus possesses an aglomerular kidney to gain neutral buoyancy. The urinary bladder of S. ampullaceus is a distinct vesicular structure, unlike that of E. pelecanoides.     

Electron microscopic study of the innervation of the renal tubules and urinary bladder epithelium in Rana catesbeiana and Necturus maculosus

The fine structure of the kidney and the bladder of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana), the bullfrog tadpole, and the mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus) were studied with special attention to the innervation of renal tubule cells and bladder epithelial cells. In the bullfrog kidney, nerve terminals and varicosities were frequently associated with the tubule cells, apparently in an increasing order from the proximal tubule to the connecting tubule. Although these terminals and varicosities did not directly contact the tubular cell membrane, an aggregation of synaptic vesicles on the side facing the tubule was considered as morphological evidence that neurotransmitter can be released here and can affect the transport activity of the tubule cells. The association of nerve varicosities with canaliculi cells in the connecting tubule was also demonstrated. In the bullfrog tadpoles, renal tubule cells were occasionally innervated. In the mudpuppy, renal tubule cells were only poorly innervated. The epithelium of the bullfrog bladder was commonly innervated. Nerve terminals with synaptic vesicles were located very near basal cells and even contacted them directly on rare occasions. In the mudpuppy, the innervation of the bladder epithelium was observed infrequently. The bullfrog tadpoles did not possess an apparent bladder. In all materials studied, renal arterioles and bladder smooth muscle cells were innervated.     

黄鳝的泌尿系统及其功能

黄鳝腹腔左侧有盲端的中空管状结构,不是退化性腺,而是十分特化的长管囊膀胱。膀胱内壁具大量发达的绒毛,绒毛表面是移行上皮。在绒毛内部或基部有丰富的血管,因此该管囊膀胱不仅可贮存尿液,而且可能对水分等有重吸收作用。在中肾管与膀胱相接处,膀胱腔背侧出现一条明显的纵行皱襞,即在其横切面上观为巨绒毛。巨绒毛形成的原因,主要是中肾管移入膀胱壁所致。中肾管在巨绒毛内移行一程后才开口于膀胱。因此,黄鳝的生殖腺不是一对,而是一个,位于腹腔右侧。黄鳝肾脏细长,呈“丫”,在腹腔背侧,紧贴脊椎。前端为头肾,无肾单位,仅是造血器官。中肾有类似于哺乳类的肾小体,但数量较少,主要分布在肾脏周缘。肾小管包括颈段、初级近曲小管、次级近曲小管、初级远曲小管和次级远曲小管。两中肾管位于两肾叶腹内侧,其上皮间或是假复层柱状上皮,间或是移行上皮。前者含有许多杯状细胞,并可见到顶浆分泌的现象。中肾的肾小管间组织是大量的红细胞样组织,头肾似具有贮存或释放刚成熟的红细胞的组织结构,因此黄鳝肾脏可能是体内主要的造血器官。     

Morphometric parameters of nutria kidney structures in postnatal ontogeny

Data on the morphometric parameters of the renal corpuscle, renal tubules, and collecting ducts of male and female nutrias in postnatal ontogenesis were obtained. It was found that the area of the renal corpuscle, glomerulus, the cavity and lumen of the capsule, and the proximal tubule diameter in the right and left kidney of female and male nutrias in the first year of life increase. The distal tubule diameter also increases; however, the dynamics of its changes becomes sinuous after 4.5 months. The collecting duct diameter varies depending on gender, age, and renal topography. The nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio in the cells of proximal and distal tubules and collecting ducts changes in a sinuous manner and depends on the gender and age of nutrias. The minimum mean value of the nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio was found in the proximal tubule cells in the left kidney of 12-month-old female nutrias (0.162 ± 0.002), and the maximum value was found in the distal tubule cells in the left kidney of newborn male nutrias (0.435 ± 0.007).     

A cytophotometric analysis of the activity of oxidative enzymes and Na, K-ATPASE in vertebrate nephrons at different levels of sodium transport in the kidney.]

Using quantitative cytochemistry, activities of Na, K-ATPase, succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) and alpha-keto-glutarate dehydrogenase (alpha-KDH) was investigated in cells of renal tubules at different levels of sodium reabsorption in the kidney. The activity of these enzymes in mammals and birds renal tubule cells was found to be higher than in the cells of corresponding renal tubules of cold-blooded vertebrates. This corresponds to the increased total amount of reabsorbed sodium in the kidney of warm-blooded animals. The summer frogs, as compared to the winter ones, exhibit higher activities of SDH and Na,K-ATPase in the proximal tubule cells where changes in sodium reabsorption are also noted. In the kidney of marine teleosts, a negative correlation between U/PNa and the activity of SDH and Na,K-ATPase in the cells of proximal and distal tubule was observed. Aldosterone was found to stimulate sodium reabsorption and to activate Na,K-ATPase.SDH and alpha-KDH mainly in the distal convoluted tubule. Furosemide was observed to inhibit sodium reabsorption and to reduce SDH and Na,K-ATPase activities in cells of the proximal tubule and Henle's loop. In the kidney of adrenalectomized rats, both sodium reabsorption and activities of Na,K-ATPase, SDH, alpha-KDH decreased in all the segments of the nephron. The data obtained suggest that changes in sodium reabsorption may be coupled with those in the activities of the investigated enzymes.     

Structure of the kidney in the crab-eating frog, Rana cancrivora

The structure of the nephron in the ranid frog, Rana cancrivora, was studied by light and electron microscopy. This frog is the only amphibian species to live in mangrove swamps of very high salinity. The nephron consists of the following parts: renal corpuscle, ciliated neck segment, proximal tubule, ciliated intermediate segment, distal tubule, connecting tubule, and collecting duct. The distal tubule is located in the ventromedial region of the kidney, and the other tubules are situated in the dorsolateral region. Renal corpuscles are found between the two regions. Some renal corpuscles have a wide Bowman's space because of the small glomerulus within them. The proximal tubules are composed of columnar cells with a dense luminal brush border of long microvilli and numerous apical vesicles and vacuoles. The initial part of the distal tubule consists of heavily interdigitated cells, characterized by a very regular palisade arrangement of mitochondria. In the terminal part of the distal tubule, shorter mitochondria of the infolding cells are situated irregularly around the nucleus. The connecting tubule consists of principal cells and canaliculus cells. The collecting duct consists of columnar or cuboidal cells; cytoplasmic organelles are relatively sparse. The canaliculus cells are intercalated between principal cells from the terminal distal tubule to the proximal part of the collecting duct. Our findings indicate that the kidney of R. cancrivora is structurally similar to kidneys of other amphibians. These findings are discussed with regard to probable correlations between ultrastructure and function in R. cancrivora.     

Metabolism of sulfolipids in isolated renal tubules from rat

Proximal-rich tubules were prepared from rat kidneys by using collagenase treatment. The isolated rat renal tubules were compared with the intact kidney on the following characteristics. (1) Composition of the sulfoglycolipid. (2) Sulfoglycolipid metabolism based on incorporation of [35S]sulfate or some properties of sulfoglycolipid metabolism, including the activities of anabolic and catabolic enzymes. The results indicated following characteristics of the isolated renal tubules in comparison to the kidney in vivo. (1) The sulfoglycolipid compositions are qualitatively similar, except that the content of glucosyl sulfatide, Gg3Cer II3-sulfate, and GM4 was slightly higher in the isolated tubules. (2) The apparent half-lives (15-55 min) of sulfoglycolipids in the isolated tubules could indicate the existence of a rapid turnover pool of these lipids. (3) The sulfotransferase and sulfatase activities related to sulfoamphiphiles in the renal tubule were similar to those reported for the whole kidney. Based on the above criteria, we conclude that the isolated rat renal tubule should be a useful metabolic system for clarification of the short-term physiological events, up to 90 min, of proximal tubular sulfoglycolipids. By using the present system, we showed that biosynthesis of the renal total sulfoglycolipid was significantly elevated in rats deprived of water for 24 h.     

p120 catenin is required for normal renal tubulogenesis and glomerulogenesis

Defects in the development or maintenance of tubule diameter correlate with polycystic kidney disease. Here, we report that absence of the cadherin regulator p120 catenin (p120ctn) from the renal mesenchyme prior to tubule formation leads to decreased cadherin levels with abnormal morphologies of early tubule structures and developing glomeruli. In addition, mutant mice develop cystic kidney disease, with markedly increased tubule diameter and cellular proliferation, and detached luminal cells only in proximal tubules. The p120ctn homolog Arvcf is specifically absent from embryonic proximal tubules, consistent with the specificity of the proximal tubular phenotype. p120ctn knockdown in renal epithelial cells in 3D culture results in a similar cystic phenotype with reduced levels of E-cadherin and active RhoA. We find that E-cadherin knockdown, but not RhoA inhibition, phenocopies p120ctn knockdown. Taken together, our data show that p120ctn is required for early tubule and glomerular morphogenesis, as well as control of luminal diameter, probably through regulation of cadherins.     

Angiotensin i-converting enzyme in the nephron.

Goat antibody to swine kidney angiotensin I-converting enzyme was coupled to fluorescein isothiocyanate and was used to react with the converting enzyme in slices of swine kidney. Converting enzyme was present throughout the nephron and was concentrated in the convoluted tubules, especially in the proximal tubule. This finding is supported by high converting enzyme activity in the homogenate of Morris MK2 renal tumor, which is a transplanted adenocarcinoma of the proximal tubules of the rat kidney.     

Membrane traffic after inhibition of endocytosis in renal proximal tubules

This study was performed to examine quantitatively the cellular organelles involved in membrane recycling after inhibition of luminal endocytosis in renal proximal tubules. Paraffin oil was microinfused into rat renal proximal convoluted tubules to prevent luminal endocytosis. After 1-2 hr the kidneys were fixed by perfusion and prepared for electron microscopy. Segment 1 proximal tubules infused with paraffin oil and control tubules from the same kidney were studied. In addition we examined proximal tubules from kidneys fixed by immersion 30 sec after removal of the kidney. In the oil-infused tubules the large endocytic vacuoles (greater than 0.5 micron) disappeared, the amount of small endocytic vacuoles (less than 0.5 micron) was reduced to about 10%, and the amount of dense apical tubules was significantly increased. The dense apical tubules were very seldom seen connected to the apical plasma membrane in controls but this was occasionally observed in tubules fixed by immersion and relatively often in oil-infused tubules. An ultrastructural morphometric analysis substantiated and extended the qualitative observations and provided quantitative estimates of volumes and surface areas for large endocytic vacuoles, lysosomes, mitochondria, small endocytic vacuoles, and dense apical tubules in control and experimental tubules. The results strongly support the suggestion that the dense apical tubules located in the apical cytoplasm represent the vehicle for the recycling of membrane from endocytic vacuoles back to the plasma membrane, and show that in renal proximal tubule cells small and large endocytic vacuoles are transformed into dense apical tubules when endocytosis is stopped.