日本沼虾生精细胞核的形态变化及其在真虾部Caridea生殖进化中的地位

应用透射电镜（ＴＥＭ）技术研究了日本沼虾精子发生过程中细胞核的形态变异。生精细胞的核经历了由圆形或椭圆形变为浅碟状的一系列变化过程;其核膜由原来的完整变为不完整,成熟精子仅在精子尾部具有核膜;核内染色质由松散逐渐聚合分化,在成熟精子核内形成了泡状和丝状两种形态的核物质。精子具备泡状和丝状两种核物质是日本沼虾的重要特征之一。精核的形态可以作为十足类甲壳动物的重要分类依据;研究精子发生过程中细胞核的形     

爪蟾卵无细胞系统中核的自组装和组装核染色质纤维的研究

以人工促排的非洲爪蟾卵为材料制备体外无细胞系统,加入Lambda DNA或染色质,用荧光显微镜和电子显微镜观察核的自组装现象.在核的自组装过程中可以看出由丝状、不规则块状到小球状的形态变化,直至形成与真核细胞间期核的形态、结构相似的组装核.在加入染色质时,所观察到的现象和加入Lambda DNA时相似,但形成组装核的过程较快.组装核经过适当浓缩后,以低渗铺展法使其破裂,从核中释放的染色质纤维,电镜观察与细胞核内的染色质有相似之处也有其本身的特点.用蛋白酶处理,纤维变得光滑,其上的颗粒消失;DNase的作用则可使纤维消失,只剩下一些颗粒和片段;RNase处理时没见变化.     

香螺精子发生及精子超微结构

本文采用透射电镜技术对香螺(NpatunedecumingiCrosse)精子发生过程进行了观察。结果表明,精原细胞胞质中含有大量的线粒体;初、次级精母细胞的细胞核和大量的线粒体呈极性分布;精子细胞分化过程中,细胞核形态、核内物质以及线粒体的形态发生显著变化;细胞核的核质由不均匀颗粒状浓缩成纤丝状,再浓缩成细线形,最后呈致密均匀状态,细胞核由近圆形伸长为粗线形,具有核后窝;在细胞核后端有8个膨大的线粒体,由卵圆形变为螺旋形,弯曲盘绕在轴丝外部,形成精子的中段;根据细胞核和线粒体的变化特点,将精子形成分为早、中、后三个时期。香螺典型性精子属于进化型,头部呈线形,中段加长,糖原颗粒包围轴丝构成主段。在精子发生过程中,细胞质内没有发达的高尔基复合体和前顶体池,没有观察到香螺精子的顶体。在成熟个体的精巢内,同时存在不具有受精能力的畸变精子。     

侧肠锡叶吸虫的精子发生和中期染色体的超微结构

利用透射电镜详细研究寄生在牛瘤胃中的同盘科侧肠锡叶吸虫的精子发生、精子形成及精母细胞第一次减数分裂时分裂中期染色体的超微结构。发现侧肠锡叶吸虫精子发生,形成过程和形态与过去研究过的多数吸虫种类相同,不同处仅在中央间体最外侧一对条带是由颗粒组成。该吸虫染色体为染色质纤维反复折叠形成的多级螺旋围中央轴区缠绕而成。染色质纤维直径为１０７￣１７９Ａ,其组成的环长０．４３￣０．５０μｍ,染色体的整体形态,基     

台湾东风螺精子发生和精子形态的超微结构研究

透射电镜研究结果表明,台湾东风螺(Babylonia formosae~**)精子形成过程中经历了一系列重大的形态变化,主要有核逐步拉长、染色质浓缩、顶体形成、线粒体逐渐发达与融合以及中心粒演变为轴丝等过程。其中精细胞分化可分为6个时期。成熟精子的外形呈发丝状,由头部和尾鞭两大部分组成,头部包括顶体复合体和核,尾鞭可分为中段、主段和末段。精子的形态及功能与软体动物的系统发育有密切关系。本文还就台湾东风螺精子形成过程和形态与其它前鳃类作了比较。     

日本沼虾精子发生的研究

对日本沼虾精子发生全过程的电镜观察表明：精原细胞核染色质分散,胞质内有线粒休、内质网的分布。初级精母细胞核染色质块状,不均匀地分布于核中,内质同多小泡多。次级精母细胞核染色质大多分布于核膜内侧,内质网聚集成团,精细胞分化形成精子的早期,胞核增大,核侧形成内质同多小泡的聚合体;中期的核内染色质浓缩,同时形成空囊状结构,     

斑节对虾精子发生的超微结构

斑节对虾精子发生划分为精原细胞、初级精母细胞、次级精母细胞、精子细胞和精子五个阶段。精子发生中，从精原细胞到精子，染色质经历了从以异染色质为主变为高度凝聚态，再经解聚为弥散絮状的变化过程。同时，核从具有完整核膜变为核膜不完整。成熟的的精子含有核仁。顶体由高尔基囊泡逐渐演化而成，并向外伸长成为棘突。这是斑节对虾精子发生的主要特征。     

精子发生相关基因的研究进展

哺乳类动物的精子发生历经有丝分裂、减数分裂和精子形成三个阶段,这一特殊的细胞分化过程受多种因素的调控,而生精细胞内基因水平的调节,在精子发生过程中起着决定性的作用.许多生精细胞特异性的基因或转录具有发育阶段特异性表达特征,参与精子发生过程中特异的细胞分化活动,如减数分裂、遗传物质重组、染色质的浓缩和发育后期的一系列形态变化.近年来随着基因克隆、表达及功能研究技术的发展与应用,发现了许多精子发生的相关基因,有的已被证明在精子发生中起重要作用.然而对这一过程中许多现象的关键基因还所知甚少,需要进行更加广泛深入的研究.本文旨在较全面地综述这一领域研究的最新进展,着重讨论了与精子发生有关的转录因子基因、细胞周期相关基因、原癌基因、细胞凋亡相关基因、核蛋白转型相关基因方面的研究,为从事该领域研究的工作者提供参考信息.     

褶纹冠蚌精子发生的研究

光镜和透射电镜研究结果表明：褶纹冠蚌精子发生是非同步的,精子发生经历了一系列重要的形态和结构变化,主要包括：核逐步延长、染色质浓缩、线粒体逐渐发达与融合、胞质消除以及鞭毛的形成。精原细胞胞质中含有许多致密的轴纤丝,它们后来形成鞭毛轴丝。精母细胞质中含有线粒体、中心粒、内质网和电子透明的囊泡。精细胞分化为４个时期。成熟精子属原始类型,由头部、中段和尾部三部分组成。多核结构和细胞间桥自始至终存在于精子     

半滑舌鳎精子发生和精子形成的超微结构

用电子显微镜对半滑舌鳎(Cynoglossus semilaevis)精子发生的过程及精子的超微结构进行了观察。半滑舌鳎精巢属于小叶型,精小叶由各期生精细胞和支持细胞构成。半滑舌鳎的精子发生经历了初级精原细胞、次级精原细胞、初级精母细胞、次级精母细胞和精子细胞,再经过精子形成过程发育成为精子。初级精母细胞成熟分裂的前期Ⅰ,同源染色体经历了联会复合体形成和解聚的变化。在精子形成的过程中,精细胞大致经历了核质浓缩、线粒体迁移及鞭毛的发生等过程。核质浓缩时,精细胞核内位于植入窝周围的染色质首先由细颗粒状浓缩成粗大颗粒状,然后细胞核其他部位的染色质也逐渐浓缩成粗大颗粒状。这些已浓缩成粗大颗粒状的染色质再进一步浓缩为电子密度高的均匀状物质。随着核质的浓缩,核外膜与核内膜之间的间隙增大形成核膜间隙,核内一些没有参与染色质浓缩的物质通过出芽形成囊泡,先排入核膜间隙,然后再外排到细胞质中。核浓缩过程中细胞核的体积和表面积都大大缩小;鞭毛的形成与细胞核的浓缩是同步进行的,当一对中心粒移近细胞核时,核膜凹陷形成植入窝,其周围染色质浓缩的同时,远端中心粒(基体)逐渐向后产生轴丝。成熟精子无顶体,头细长,主要为核占据,核凹窝发达,线粒体4-5个环绕在鞭毛基部形成袖套,尾细长,具侧鳍,尾部轴丝为"9 2"结构。     

SPERMIOGENESIS IN WILD TYPE AND IN A MALE STERILITY MUTANT OF DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

Spermiogenesis in the translocation heterozygote T (1; 2H) 25(20) y l 25/FM6 has been studied with the electron microscope and compared with that in wild type males. It appears that the genetic lesion in the male sterility mutant is associated primarily with a failure in differentiation of the head. In wild type flies, the spermatid nucleus assumes a conchoidal shape; chromatin accumulates along the convex surface. Adjacent to the concave surface a large bundle of microtubules runs parallel to the long axis of the spermatid. A single row of microtubules is juxtaposed against the convex surface of the head. As differentiation proceeds, the nucleus elongates, chromatin condenses, and the nucleus is compacted to a final diameter of about 0.3 µ. In the sterile mutant the spermatid nucleus has an irregular or wedge-shaped profile and no concavity is formed, nor is the bundle of microtubules observed. The row of microtubules, however, is usually present around the periphery. The change from lysine-rich to arginine-rich histone in mature wild type sperm does not occur in the sterile male. The substructure of the axial filament and mitochondrial derivatives, however, are similar to those in wild type.     

Spermatogenesis in free living mite, Pergamasus viator Hala?. (Parasitidae, Mesostigmata). II. Spermiogenesis.

The paper presents the results of ultrastructural studies on the spermiogenesis in the mite, Pergamasus viator Hala?kova. The cysts containing 16 spermatids per cyst, are localized in the anterior part of the saccular gonad. The process of spermatid maturation has been divided into three stages: of the early spermatid, middle spermatid and late spermatid. The modifications of spermatid occuring during the spermiogenesis include: a change of cell shape, modifications of its organelles and formation of new structures like the superficial layer of cellular processes, striated bodies, granular bodies, flattened cisternae and canaliculi, central canaliculi, and stiff bands. Within the nucleus the chromatin condenses to threads or lamellae, to form subsequently several electron-dense granules. The remaining nucleoplasm is filled with an electron-dense material, which appears in the middle spermatid and gradually accumulates. The above modifications occuring in the course of spermiogenesis and their relation to the data available from the literature concerning the spermatogenesis of allied groups of animals are discussed in length.     

Sea urchin testicular cells evaluated by fluorescence microscopy of unfixed tissue

A procedure is presented for rapid, quantitative evaluation of cell and nuclear types present in the male gonad of the sea urchin. Vitally stained whole mounts of tissue fragments or dissociated cells are prepared, which reveal detailed 3-dimensional chromatin patterns and enough cytoplasmic features to provide reliable markers for most of the somatic and germ line cell types. Representative cellular morphologies are described. Nuclear volume changes during spermatogenesis are quantified. Spermatid nuclei contain an apparently interconnected network of heterochromatin. Regions relatively devoid of chromatin decrease in size as nuclear condensation proceeds and spherical nuclear shape is maintained. The major decrease in nuclear volume occurs prior to the late spermatid stage. The volume of the spermatozoan nucleus is achieved by the smallest late spermatid nucleus before the change from spherical to conoid morphology. The relationship of this morphological transition to sperm histone dephosphorylation is discussed.     

Spermiogenesis in the Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus with notes on a unique pattern of nuclear chromatin condensation

Spermiogenesis in the Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, was observed ultrastructurally. The process of spermatid differentiation can be divided into six distinct stages based mainly on changes in the nucleus of spermatids. During the latter half of the process, nuclear chromatin condenses progressively to form many dense globules, which ultimately adhere tightly to pack the head of mature spermatozoa. During chromatin condensation the nucleus diminishes in size, and part of the nuclear envelope and nucleoplasm forms a vesicular structure that is finally discarded from the cells together with an associated thin layer of cytoplasm. The spermatozoon comprises a roundish head, a relatively small midpiece, and a relatively short flagellum consisting of the usual 9+2 axoneme. No acrosomal structure is developed during spermiogenesis.     

Facteurs impliqués dans le remodelage de la chromatine au cours de la spermiogenèse

Round spermatids are post-meiotic cells with a haploid genome contained in a nucleus, with a structure initially similar to that of the somatic cell nucleus. During spermatogenesis, the spermatid nucleus undergoes drastic remodelling during which it first elongates and then condenses into the very specific and tightly packaged structure of the sperm nucleus. During this remodelling dthe histones are replaced by transition proteins, which, in turn, are replaced by protamines, the specific nuclear proteins of the spermatozoa. Immediately prior to their replacement, the histones are hyperacetylated. The first part of our work was to precisely characterise the changes in histone acetylation during murine spermatogenesis. We have shown that the core histones H2A, H2B, H3 and H4 are hyperacetylated in the elongating spermatids. We have also shown that these changes in acetylation are associated with degradation of the enzymes responsible for histone deacetylation, histone deacetylases or HDACs, while histone acetyl transferases are still present in these cells. The histone acetylation pattern was also investigated during human spermatogenesis, revealing that histone hyperacetylation in the nucleus of elongating spermatids, which appears to be conserved during the course of evolution, also occurs during human spermatogenesis. Moreover, our data obtained from the testes of men with severely altered spermatogenesis, including SCO syndromes (Sertoli Cells Only Syndromes), show that a global hyperacetylation of the Sertoli cell nuclei is associated with an absence of meiotic and post-meiotic cells. This suggests that the global histone acetylation variations observed during spermatogenesis are part of a signalling pathway involving germ cell — Sertoli cell communication. Altogether, these data provide a basis for a better understanding of the mechanisms and identification of the factors involved in post-meiotic remodelling of chromatin.     

中国雨蛙精子形成的研究

中国雨蛙的精子形成过程中,细胞核的浓缩经历了５个时期。从第１期进入第２期,染色质纤维增粗并聚集成卷曲的柱状结构。从第２期进入第３期,染色质纤维进一步增粗,细胞核逐渐伸直成柱状。进入第４期,染色质紧密聚集,纤维之间间隙很小。进入第５期,染色质纤维聚集成均匀的致密结构。伴随着染色质的浓缩,核膜数次更新,核内不参与浓缩的物质渐次从核中排出,核中出现一串核泡。顶体在染色质未浓缩之前（第１期）开始分化,由一     

Spectral imaging of red blood cells in experimental anemia of Cyprinus carpio

In the present work we have studied the effect of experimental anemia induced at both low and optimal temperatures on erythropoiesis in Cyprinus carpio. The results showed that hemoglobin concentration per cell was similar in both temperature conditions, however, red blood cell (RBC) concentration was higher at the optimal temperature. Induced anemia caused an abrupt decrease in RBC concentration, while the hemoglobin concentration per cell remained unchanged. Recovery, as shown by electron microscopy, was characterized by the release of differentiating young and intermediate cells to the peripheral blood. It was revealed that with the progression of differentiation the nucleus/cytoplasm ratio decreases, the chromatin condenses and the shape of the nucleus changes from round to elliptical. Spectral imaging revealed an increase in the optical density of chromatin with the maturation of the cells. The chromatin that was dispersed over the nuclear volume in the young cells becomes highly ordered in the mature cells. Spectral similarity mapping revealed the formation of a novel structure of high symmetry, representing chromatin rearrangement during the process of cellular differentiation.     

Organization of the Acrosome and Helical Structures in Sperm of the Aplysiid, Aplysia kurodai (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia)

Spermiogenesis in the aplysiid, Aplysia kurodai (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) was studied by transmission electron microscopy, with special attention to acrosome formation and the helical organization of the nucleus and the other sperm components. In the early spermatid, the periphery of the nucleus differentiates into three characteristics parts. The first part is that electron-dense deposits accumulate on the outer nuclear envelope. This part is destined to be the anterior side of the sperm because a tiny acrosome is organized on its mid-region at the succeeding stage of spermiogenesis. The second part, in which electron-dense material attaches closely to the inner side of the nuclear envelope, is the presumptive posterior side. A centriolar fossa is formed in this part and the axoneme of the flagellum extends from the fossa. A number of lamellar vesicles derived from mitochondria assemble around the axoneme and form the flagellum complex. The third part is recognized by the chromatin which condenses locally along the inner nuclear envelope. During development of the spermatid, this part extends to form a spiral nucleus accompanied by chromatin condensation and formation of microtubular lamellae outside the extending nucleus.
Finally, in the mature sperm, a tiny, spherical acrosomal vesicle is detected at the apex. The slender nucleus, overlapping both the primary and secondary helices which are composed of different structural elements, winds around the flagellum axoneme.     

Microtubule configurations and post-translational alpha-tubulin modifications during mammalian spermatogenesis

The mechanisms underlying cell cycle progression and differentiation are tightly entwined with changes associated in the structure and composition of the cytoskeleton. Mammalian spermatogenesis is a highly intricate process that involves differentiation and polarization of the round spermatid. We found that pachytene spermatocytes and round spermatids have most of the microtubules randomly distributed in a cortical network without any apparent centrosome. The Golgi apparatus faces the acrosomal vesicle and some microtubules contact its surface. In round spermatids, at step 7, there is an increase in short microtubules around and over the nucleus. These microtubules are located between the rims of the acrosome and may be the very first sign in the formation of the manchette. This new microtubular configuration is correlated with the beginning of the migration of the Golgi apparatus from the acrosomal region towards the opposite pole of the cell. Next, the cortical microtubules form a bundle running around the nucleus perpendicular to the main axis of the cell. At later stages, the nuclear microtubules increase in size and a fully formed manchette appears at stage 9. On the other hand, acetylated tubulin is present in a few microtubules in pachytene spermatocytes and in the axial filament (precursor of the sperm tail) in round spermatids. Our results suggest that at step 7, the spermatid undergoes a major microtubular reordering that induces or allows organelle movement and prepares the cell for the formation of the manchette and further nuclear shaping. This new microtubular configuration is associated with an increase in short microtubules over the nucleus that may correspond to the initial step of the manchette formation. The new structure of the cytoskeleton may be associated with major migratory events occurring at this step of differentiation.