黄鳝膀胱上皮表面结构的电镜观察

应用电子显微镜观察了黄鳝膀胱上皮表面结构。发现其膀胱上皮表面具有许多平行排列的黏膜纵褶和褶间沟,它们的表面具大量微嵴,这些微嵴排列成指纹状结构;微嵴分为边嵴和中央嵴,其断面呈短指状;上皮表层细胞的顶面形态为近六边形。它们的界限是边嵴;边嵴间存在着一些呈椭圆形的微孔;在微孔下方发现一类含许多松仁。     

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。     

长鳍篮子鱼消化道黏膜上皮的扫描电镜观察

采用扫描电镜观察了长鳍篮子鱼(Siganus canaliculatus)消化道黏膜上皮表面细微的结构特征。结果显示,长鳍篮子鱼食道黏膜为纵行黏膜褶皱,在褶皱上形成"V"字型次级褶皱,黏膜上皮表面具有许多分泌孔及较多腺体导管的开口,上皮细胞扁平,似鳞片状,连接紧密。胃黏膜褶皱呈绳状纵向排列,黏膜上皮表面有许多沟回,细胞之间有较多的胃小凹,在上皮表面可见有乳头状突起,未见有微绒毛;上皮细胞为五边形或六边形,无细胞间隙。肠黏膜分布着密集排列的肠绒毛,绒毛呈拇指状或扁平状,黏膜上皮表面呈脑回状,分布有许多分泌颗粒,细胞游离面分布着丰富的微绒毛,细胞为多边形、圆形、不规则形,有细胞间隙。幽门盲囊黏膜上皮的结构与肠道相似。本文探讨了黏膜上皮结构与功能的关系。     

胚胎鼠胃粘膜上皮细胞的原代培养

采用胰酶冷消化法对胚胎鼠胃粘膜上皮细胞进行了培养,细胞培养于含２０％的胎牛血清的ＤＭＥＭ／Ｆ１２的培养液中,种植２４ｈ后开始生长,３ｄ长成片状,相差显微镜下观察９０％的细胞具有上皮细胞特征。免疫细胞化学显示：（ａ）９０％的细胞上皮角蛋白染色阳性;（ｂ）９０％的上皮细胞ＰＡＳ染色阳性;（ｃ）２０％的上皮细胞琥珀酸脱氢酶（ＳＤＨ）染色阳性。透射电镜可见微绒毛、连接复合物（紧密连接,桥粒）、丰富的糖原、线粒体。放射自显影结果表明：上皮细胞具有合成ＤＮＡ的能力,而且在培养２ｄ时增殖能力最强。本实验为研究胃粘膜的功能提供了较好的方法。     

黄胫小车蝗受精囊的亚显微结构

利用组织学方法,观察了黄胫小车蝗Oedaleus infernalis 受精囊的显微与亚显微结构。结果表明,黄胫小车蝗受精囊为单个,由高度卷曲的受精囊管和蚕豆状的端囊构成。受精囊壁主要由表皮层、上皮层、基膜和肌肉层构成;上皮层包含上皮细胞、导管细胞和腺细胞。上皮细胞在靠表皮层的边缘有大量的微绒毛,两相邻上皮细胞的细胞膜相互嵌入,并有细微的突起延伸在导管细胞及腺细胞之间,直到基膜,达基膜处的上皮细胞膜折叠,与腺细胞膜的折叠,一起形成迷宫样的指状突起,附着在基膜上。导管细胞有一个较大的核和分泌导管,连接于腺细胞的细胞腔和受精囊腔,将腺细胞中分泌物运输到受精囊腔中。腺细胞具有典型的分泌细胞特征： 含发达内质网、高尔基复合体及不同大小的囊泡。肌肉层位于受精囊最外层,附在基膜上。在受精囊不同部位的结构有差异。在交配前和交配后,受精囊腺细胞的亚显微结构也有差异。     

兔机械性角膜上皮损伤对结膜杯状细胞及结膜上皮细胞的作用研究

目的探讨机械性角膜上皮损伤对结膜杯状细胞及结膜上皮细胞的作用。方法选取雄性新西兰大白兔12只,建立机械性角膜上皮损伤模型（角膜中央直径8 mm上皮刮除）,建模后使用盐酸林可霉素滴眼,用法为3次/日,1滴/次,观察时间为7 d。在模型建立后第1、4、7天共3个时间点进行结膜印迹细胞学检查、结膜组织透射电镜检查,对结膜上皮细胞及杯状细胞数量及形态进行分析。结果成功建立机械性角膜上皮损伤模型。结膜印迹细胞学检查显示,造模前结膜杯状细胞数量平均值为66.367±2.466（个/每200μm×150μm面积）,Nelson 0级;造模后第1天,结膜杯状细胞数量明显下降,平均值为2.933±0.242（个/每200μm×150μm面积）,Nelson 3级;造模后第4天,结膜杯状细胞数量开始恢复,平均值为17.350±0.991（个/每200μm×150μm面积）,Nelson 2级;造模后第7天,结膜杯状细胞数量已明显恢复,平均值为32.467±2.244（个/每200μm×150μm面积）,Nelson 1级。结膜组织透射电镜检查可见到造模后结膜杯状细胞大量减少,分泌颗粒排空,细胞凋亡,结膜上皮细胞脱落坏死,胞核固缩,胞质中可见溶酶体,上皮下及上皮细胞间炎症细胞浸润;随时间推移,结膜杯状细胞数量及形态逐渐恢复,初期细胞形态欠规则,结膜上皮细胞胞间隙大,连接松散;后期杯状细胞数量明显恢复,形态饱满,分泌功能开始恢复。结膜上皮细胞分化好,细胞连接较为紧密。结论机械性角膜上皮损伤可造成结膜杯状细胞的数量下降及分泌增加,同时可造成结膜上皮细胞凋亡增加,炎症细胞浸润。结膜杯状细胞的数量、功能以及结膜上皮细胞正常结构可在一定时间内自行修复。     

双峰驼肾重吸收机能的细胞学证据

电镜下观察了18峰双峰驼（Camelus bactrianus)肾脏细胞的超微结构,探究驼肾重吸收机能的形态学证据。结果显示,驼肾近曲小管的刷状缘高而密集,上皮细胞胞质顶端具有丰富的管泡结构,侧基底指状突起和基底质膜内褶多而明显,板状嵴线粒体发达。远曲小管和远直小管游离面微绒毛短而稀少,胞质线粒体排列密集,质膜内褶更为发达。集合小管上皮包括多量的亮细胞和少量的暗细胞两种类型,亮细胞结构简单,线粒体稀少,暗细胞线粒体密集,由皮质至髓质,暗细胞数量呈递减趋势,但内髓仍见暗细胞分布。皮质间质极少,志细血管丰富,管壁内皮菲薄有孔。髓质直小血管亦为有孔内皮。上述结构特征表明,双峰驼具有很强的重吸收能力,与其节水耐干渴特性相适应。     

兔机械性角膜上皮损伤后伤口愈合的形态学动态变化

目的观察兔机械性角膜上皮损伤后伤口愈合的形态学动态变化。方法选取新西兰大白兔12只,随机分为A、B两组,均建立机械性角膜上皮损伤模型（刮除直径为8mm的角膜中央上皮）,术后给予盐酸林可霉素滴眼液滴眼,3次/日,1滴/次。A组在建模后第0、1、4、7天共4个时间点采用前节裂隙灯照相系统进行眼表照相,并计算损伤面积。B组在建模后第1、4、7天,按随机数字表法取2只兔的实验眼角膜,行透射电镜及病理检查。结果前节裂隙灯照相系统记录了不同观察时间点损伤范围（伤口愈合面积）的动态变化。造模后第1天,角膜上皮全层缺如,损伤边缘处上皮细胞胞膜向损伤区内伸出褶皱的伪足;造模后第4天,上皮自周边向缺损区域爬行生长,覆盖整个角膜,可见2～3层细胞,主要为基底细胞和多角细胞,细胞连接松驰;造模后第7天,再生上皮分化较完全,约5～6层细胞,极向齐,连接较紧密,可见均匀分布的半桥粒结构。结论兔机械性角膜上皮损伤后伤口愈合的动态形态学变化包括上皮细胞向心性移行、增殖,以及随后的分化,连接。     

从人食管上皮正常、增生和癌变细胞亚结构特征看细胞分化

材料取自八例食管上皮增生,十四例食管癌患者的活检和手术标本。常规制备超薄切片,H-500电镜观察。结果如下:正常食管上皮细胞由丛底层,棘层(图1)到表层,上皮细胞逐次分化成熟、死亡、脱落。细胞亚结构随之发生改变,微绒毛、线粒体和核糖体的数量由多逐渐变少;张力微丝由少逐渐增多;桥粒在基层较少,棘层增多,至表层消失,核浆比值由大变小。     

真鲷视网膜结构及其视觉特性研究：Ⅱ视网膜光感受细胞超微结构研究

对真鲷光感受细胞的超微结构进行观察,结果表明：视杆外段膜盘为游离膜盘,视锥外段膜盘则为连续的膜结构,视锥和视杆均含有连接纤毛和辅助外段。花萼状突起起源于内段。椭体内充满线粒体,无球状小体。双锥椭圆体并生膜为六层,视锥内段无鳍状突起,视锥突触带,在明适应视网膜中数量增多,在暗适应视网中数量减少,视杆突触带在这两种适应网膜中数量不变,每一杆小球只有一个突触带,而锥小足有４－６个突触带。     

Occurrence and immunolocalization of plectin in tissues

Various tissues from rat were examined for the occurrence and cellular localization of plectin, a 300,000-dalton polypeptide component present in intermediate filament-enriched cytoskeletons prepared from cultured cells by treatment with nonionic detergent and high salt solution. The extraction of liver, heart, skeletal muscle, tongue, and urinary bladder with 1% Triton/0.6 M KCl yielded insoluble cell residues that contained polypeptides of Mr 300,000 in variable amounts. These high Mr polypeptide species and a few bands of slightly lower Mr (most likely proteolytic breakdown products) were shown to react with antibodies to rat glioma C6 cell plectin using immunoautoradiography and/or immunoprecipitation. By indirect immunofluorescence microscopy using frozen sections (4 micron) of stomach, kidney, small intestine, liver, uterus, urinary bladder, and heart, antigens reacting with antibodies to plectin were found in fibroblast, endothelial, smooth, skeletal, and cardiac muscle, nerve, and epithelial cells of various types. Depending on the cell type, staining was observed either throughout the cytoplasm, or primarily at the periphery of cells, or in both locations. In hepatocytes, besides granular staining at the cell periphery, conspicuous staining of junctions sealing bile canaliculi was seen. In cardiac muscle strong staining was seen at intercalated disks and, as in skeletal muscle, at Z-lines. In cross sections through smooth muscle, most strikingly of urinary bladder, antibodies to plectin specifically decorated regularly spaced, spot-like structures at the cell periphery. By immunoelectron microscopy using the peroxidase technique, antiplectin-reactive material was found along cell junctions of hepatocytes and was particularly enriched at desmosomal plaques and structures associated with their cytoplasmic surfaces. A specific immunoreaction with desmosomes was also evident in sections through tongue. In cardiac muscle, besides Z-lines, intercalated disks were reactive along almost their entire surface, suggesting that plectin was associated with the fascia adherens, desmosomes, and probably gap junctions. In smooth muscle cells, regularly spaced lateral densities probably representing myofilament attachment sites were immunoreactive with plectin antibodies. The results show that plectin is of widespread occurrence with regard to tissues and cell types. Furthermore, immunolocalization by light and electron microscopy at junctional sites of various cell types and at attachment sites of cytoplasmic filaments in epithelial and muscle cells suggests that plectin possibly plays a universal role in the formation of cell junctions and the anchorage of cytoplasmic filaments.     

Actin-related intercellular adhesion junctions in the germinal compartment of the testis in the hagfish (Eptatretus stouti) and lamprey (Lampetra tridentatus)

The germinal epithelium of male vertebrates consists of Sertoli cells and spermatogenic cells. Intercellular junctions formed by Sertoli cells assume critical roles in the normal functions of this epithelium. While Sertoli cell junctions have been well characterized in mammals, similar junctions in nonmammalian vertebrates have received little attention. We examined the intercellular junctions found within the germinal epithelium of the hagfish (Eptatretus stouti) and lamprey (Lampetra tridentatus). Ultrastructurally, Sertoli cells were seen to form filament-associated junctions in both species. Adjacent Sertoli cells formed microfilament-related junctions near their apices. Filaments of these junctions were arranged in loose networks and were not associated with cisterns of endoplasmic reticulum. In fixed, frozen sections of hagfish testis, similar areas labeled with rhodamine phalloidin, indicating the filament type is actin. In the lamprey, desmosomes were observed immediately below the microfilament-related junctions. In appearance and location, the Sertoli cell junctions observed in these species resembled those of the typical junctional complex of other epithelial cell types. No junctions were observed between Sertoli cells and elongating spermatids. In the hagfish, but not the lamprey, an additional zone of microfilaments occurred near the base of Sertoli cells in areas of association with the basal lamina. Our observations are consistent with the proposal that the unique forms of intercellular attachment found in the testes of higher vertebrates evolved from a typical epithelial form of intercellular junction.     

The superficial cells of the transitional epithelium in the expanded and unexpanded rat urinary bladder. Transmission and scanning electron-microscopic study.

The superficial epithelial layer in the urinary bladder of adult rats was examined, in various states, using the transmission and scanning electron microscopes. A good agreement was obtained between the results of the two methods. When the urinary bladder is unexpanded, the superficial cells show marked bulges into the bladder lumen and the contacts between cells (mainly desmosomes) are displaced deep into the epithelium. The luminal surface is bizarrely bent and large parts of the membrane intrude into the cytoplasm, where they give the appearance of discoid and fusiform vesicles. Between neighboring cells, deep interdigitations are observed. In the scanning electron microscope, the surface of the epithelium appears cauliflower-like and has deep grooves, gullys and folds. When the bladder is expanded, the surface becomes smoother and the contacts between cells move to the surface. The stretched cells are angular in form (5-, 6- or 7-sided) and show great variations in surface area (150-500 mum2). The luminal cell membrane consists of an alternation of asymmetrical areas (120 A thick and 0.2-0.4 mum in length) with normal sections which are 80 A thick. In the scanning electron microscope, these thick areas appear as 4-, 5- or 6-sided plaques with a maximal diameter of 0.4 mum. The borders of the plaques are formed of portions of cell membrane which have a normal thickness and extrude as microcristae into the lumen. This produces a honeycomb appearance on the cell surface.     

Formation of desmosomes and other contact specializations in cultured skin of the frog (Rana esculenta)

Summary Small trypsinized explants from ventral skin of frogs (Rana esculenta) were maintained in culture for 4 days during which a newly formed epithelium differentiated along the cut edges of the dermis. During the first 6 h adjacent cells produced numerous interdigitating lamellipodia. After 2 days, epithelial polarity was restored by the formation of zonulae occludentes and the epithelial cells were joined by a few small newly formed desmosomes and by numerous interdigitations. Bipartite junctional complexes consisting of a zonula occludens, followed by a series of typical desmosomes, and characteristic of adult frog epidermis were formed only after 4 days. When cultured in the presence of an inhibitor of protein synthesis (cycloheximide) the trypsinized epidermis no longer formed desmosomes. Therefore pools of one or more crucial desmosomal proteins must be very low or non-existent. However, cycloheximide did not prevent the formation of cell contact specializations, consisting of a highly developed system of complex lamellar interdigitations, between adjacent cells.     

Permeability barrier in the mantle epithelium lining the testis in the apple-snail Pomacea canaliculata (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae)

Intercellular junctions are studied in the epithelium lining the testis of the freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata by conventional staining and lanthanum tracer techniques. The junctional complex consists of belt desmosomes and septate junctions. Septate junctions are of the pleated-sheet type and they are constantly associated with mitochondria. Gap and tight junctions appear to be absent. These septate junctions seem to be the structural correlate of an epithelial permeability barrier that separate the testis from the extrapallial space where the shell elements are deposited. These junctions may contribute to a functional barrier in the male gonad of Pomacea canaliculata. The results indicate that freshwater prosobranchs have junctional structures very close to those found in other molluscs.     

An attempt to describe the ultrastructure and ultrahistochemistry of ciliary processes in mammals

The aim of the present paper was to reexamine fine structural characteristics and glycogen topochemistry of ciliary processes in small laboratory mammals (hamsters, guinea-pigs and mice). A two-layered epithelium continuously covered all ciliary processes. The epithelium consisted of inner nonpigmented and outer pigmented cells whose apices faced each other. They were linked by desmosomes and tight junctions. Basal cell aspects showed extensively interdigitating processes adjacent to the inner (rarely also outer) basal lamina. The ciliary process core was made up of reticular fibers, few fibrocytes, and capillaries with or without fenestrations. No glycogen particles were found in the ciliary epithelium using the PA-TSC-SP procedure.     

THE DISTINCT STEPS OF CELL DETACHMENT DURING DEVELOPMENT OF MOUSE UROEPITHELIAL CELLS IN THE BLADDER

In developing mouse urinary bladder the urothelial cells respond to urine accumulation by cell detachment, i.e. desquamation. To elucidate the steps of urothelial cell detachment during embryonic development and first urine accumulation in bladder lumen, superficial and intermediate cell layers were investigated. Different electron microscopic and cytochemical methods have been used. It was possible to distinguish between an early and late events on the basis of morphology. At the beginning cell detachment involves interruption of tight junctions between neighbouring superficial cells and the formation of numerous endocytotic vesicles. Endocytotic and cup-shaped vesicles then fuse and form large parallel rows of vacuoles and multivesicular bodies in desquamating superficial cells and in the neighbouring superficial and intermediate cells. These observations clearly demonstrate the existence of specific steps during the detachment of embryonic uroepithelial cells. Apoptosis accompanies cell desquamation. Only predetermined superficial bridge cells die in an apoptotic manner.     

The response of junctional complexes to induced desquamation in mouse bladder urothelium

During desquamation, the cells of mouse urinary bladder epithelium undergo detachment. In this process we examined the disconnection of cell adhesion molecules. Two proteins of cell junctions were studied: ZO1 of tight junctions and desmoplakin of desmosomes. Desquamation was induced by intravesical injection of LPS, constant illumination of mouse for 96 h, application of a combination of stress hormones hydrocortisone and norepinephrine or by removal of calcium with EGTA. All the inducers caused penetration of lanthanum tracer through the tight junctions, indicating paracellular permeability. Dilatation of extracellular spaces between neighboring cells was seen whenever desquamation was induced in bladders containing urine. Desquamation of single cells as well as groups of cells was observed. Contrary to obvious disconnection of cell junctions, as a precondition for desquamation, the distribution of junctional proteins did not change either in urothelial tissue or in desquamated cells. This study demonstrates that all the inducers of desquamation cause first an extensive dysfunction of a blood urine barrier and after that an occasional mechanical disconnection of adhesive junctions which consequently leads to desquamation.     

Structure of the body cavity of the sea spider <Emphasis Type="Italic">Nymphon brevirostre</Emphasis> Hodge, 1863 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida)

The microscopic anatomy and ultrastructure of the body cavity and adjacent organs in the sea spider Nymphon brevirostre Hodge, 1863 (Pycnogonida, Nymphonidae) were examined by transmission electron microscopy. The longitudinal septa subdividing the body cavity are described: (1) Dohrn’s horizontal septum, (2) lateral heart walls, and (3) paired ventral septa consisting of separate cellular bands. The body cavity is a hemocoel, it has no epithelial lining and is only bordered by a basal lamina. The epidermis, heart, and Dohrn’s septum are not separated from each other by basal laminae and may have a common origin. The cellular bands forming the longitudinal ventral septa are not covered with the basal lamina and presumably derive from cells belonging to the hemocoel. The roles of the morphological structures studied for the circulation of hemolymph are discussed. The gonad lies inside Dohrn’s septum, it is covered with its own basal lamina and surrounded by numerous lacunae of the hemocoel entering the septum. The gonad wall is formed with a single layer of epithelium. The same epithelial cells form the gonad stroma. The gonad cavity is not lined with the basal lamina; muscle cells are present in the gonad wall epithelium, thus rendering the lumen similar to a coelomic cavity. Freely circulating cells of two types are found in the hemocoel: small amebocytes containing electronic-dense granules that are similar to granulocytes of other arthropods, as well as hemocytes with large vacuoles of varying structure that are comparable with plasmatocytes; however some of these may be activated granulocytes.