豹蛙受精卵与未受精卵离心后的差别

1.豹蛙受精卵与未受精卵在用×1500g 左右离心后都形成四层:脂类物质层,原生质层,黑色粒层,和卵黄粒层。但切片的观察:黑色粒层与卵黄粒层的界限不明。可是越近植物極卵黄粒愈多,黑色粒愈少。2.未受精卵奥受精卵在用×1500g 左右离心后有内外部形态的不同。大部分未受精卵的脂类物质层是光滑的,而受精卵的脂类物质层是绉褶的。3.根据卵内物层和结构在离心卵内的分布可以测定他们的相对比重。它们相对的比重是:卵黄粒>黑色粒>原生质>脂类物质。受精卵的质膜和皮层的联合相对比重是等于或小于原生质的比重,但大于脂类物质的比重。未受精卵的质膜和皮层联合比重,在大多数未受精卵内因质膜与卵黄膜的关系不能正确确定。可是根据少数卵的情况,未受精卵的层膜与皮层的联合比重可能也大于未受精卵的脂灯物质小于或等于原生质的比重。4.我们提出了两个解释受精卵绉褶脂类物质层的形成假说,并加以讨论。可是在现在的实验资料情况下,我们还不能最后肯定那一个假说是完全正确的。     

异源四倍体鲫鲤的受精细胞学

异源四倍体鲫鲤的成熟卵子处于第二次减数分裂中期,精子通过受精孔进入卵内.精子入卵以后,受精孔立即被受精塞堵住.受精后8 min,受精卵出现明显的精子星光,同时进入第二次减数分裂后期,即将排出第二极体;13 min时,精子头部开始膨胀,趋向核化;18 min时,雌雄原核均已形成,并向胚盘中央靠近;23 min时,雌、雄原核开始接触;33 min时,雌、雄原核完全融合成为一个合子核;38 min时,受精卵开始第一次卵裂,53 min后分裂形成两个子核.该研究证明异源四倍体鲫鲤和大多数二倍体鱼一样,具有正常的受精细胞学程序,受精方式为单精受精.     

怀头鲇胚胎发育过程卵膜形态结构变化及对孵化影响

采用扫描电镜和光学解剖镜,对黑龙江水域怀头鲇(Silirus soldatovi)成熟卵膜层次构造和受精卵胚胎发育过程中卵膜形态结构变化进行观察,并比较未脱黏和人工脱黏卵受精卵膜的表面超微结构变化.结果显示,受精卵膜的胶膜表面由一层薄而致密的物质组成,上有微孔构造.未脱黏受精卵膜表面胶膜光滑致密,多孔隙,内有小梁相连,随胚胎发育逐渐膨胀、展开、变薄,破膜期自然脱落.人工脱黏几乎全部脱去鱼卵的胶膜层,从而使卵失去黏性.脱去胶膜层的受精卵膜表面由不规则的颗粒状结构紧密嵌合而成,表面粗糙,胚胎发育过程中颗粒形状变化不大,但颗粒层逐渐变薄而且疏松,直至胚胎破膜而出:胚胎发育后期颗粒层有过早脱落和破洞出现.同时对活体鱼卵进行连续比较观察,讨论了卵膜结构及动态变化与孵化效果的关系.     

华贵栉孔扇贝♀×栉孔扇贝♂远缘杂交的受精细胞学观察

用HOECHST33258对华贵栉孔扇贝(Chlamys nobilis)♀×栉孔扇贝(Chlamys farreri)♂的受精卵进行染色,在荧光显微镜下观察其受精细胞学过程。观察表明:栉孔扇贝的精子能够使华贵栉孔扇贝卵子受精。精子入卵后呈一圆形亮点,体积稍有膨大成球形;授精后成熟卵母细胞释放出第一极体和第二极体后,精核解凝、稀疏、泡状化,形成雄性原核(male pronucleus);雌性原核(female pronucleus)在完成两次成熟分裂之后,染色质去浓缩,扩散膨大;雌雄原核相互靠拢,当雌雄原核膨胀到最大程度时,发生融合,形成合子。受精卵能够正常发育,完成第一次卵裂,卵裂时细胞核分离未观察到异常现象。与华贵栉孔扇贝和栉孔扇贝种内交配对照组相比,异源受精卵的细胞学过程明显滞后,同时其发生过程具明显的不同步现象。实验中还观察到少数的雌核发育现象。     

卵子皮层颗粒的功能

皮层颗粒是卵内一种特殊的、由膜包围的一种分泌颗粒,它位于质膜之下,许多无脊椎动物和脊椎动物单精受精卵都有此细胞器,生理多精受精卵则没有。当卵受精时发生胞吐作用,将其内含物释放,这过程被称为皮层反应。它的作用主要使卵的外膜发生变化,阻止多精受精以及保护胚胎发育,防止不利的环境条件。 1.卵子皮层卵子皮层是一位于质膜下呈凝胶的细胞质薄层,不同动物的厚度不同,1—5微米。皮层颗粒即位于此皮层中,若离心,卵内细胞质很易分层,而皮层颗粒不易被分离。因此皮层为一半固体的弹力层,其硬度主要取决于Ca~(2+)的存在。未受精卵的皮层含有单体的肌动蛋白,受精时随皮层反应肌动蛋白发生多聚作用而形成一凝胶的网状结构。从分离卵子表面的实验表明皮层颗粒牢固     

鲫鲤杂种一代(F_1)自交二代(F_2)的受精细胞学研究

荷包红鲫 (♀ )×湘江野鲤 (♂ )杂交产生的杂种一代 ( F1)成熟卵的直径为1 .0～ 1 .2 5mm;为单受精孔卵 ,一般只允许单个精子入卵 ;成熟卵在受精前处于第二次减数分裂中期 ;鲫鲤杂种一代的雄性部分可育 ,能产生正常的精子 ;杂种一代的受精方式为单精受精 ,具有正常的受精细胞学程序 .受精 30 s后 ,精子通过受精孔进入卵质 ;5min后 ,精子产生明显星光 ;1 5min后 ,精子头部膨大核化 ,最后形成雄性原核 ,与此同时 ,雌性原核也开始形成 ;2 5min后 ,雌、雄原核向胚盘中央靠近 ,然后彼此接触 ,最后融合为合子核 ;40 min后 ,开始第一次卵裂 ,在一个受精卵第一次卵裂中期的切片上看到了一个三极纺锤体 .     

非细胞体系核重建过程中两类膜泡在环形片层及核被膜形成中的作用

非洲爪蟾卵经钙离子载体A 23187激活后,在10,000g下离心得到爪蟾卵提取物。Lambda DNA加入上述提取物可构建出染色质结构,并在染色质表面重建核被膜,同时在染色质外的区域形成环形片层。核被膜与环形片层有相似的发生途径,它们都是由两类在形态、大小、膜结构上有明显差别的膜泡融合而来。首先是直径200nm的圆形小膜泡相互融合成双层膜片层,同时核孔复合体在双层膜上大量装配,以这些双层膜片层为基础,光滑的大膜泡与之融合导致环形片层的扩张与核被膜的成熟。     

普通针毛蕨颈卵器和卵的发育

蕨类植物卵发生是有性生殖研究的重要内容。真水龙骨类II的卵发生尚无人研究, 本文对该类群中的普通针毛蕨(Macrothelypteris torresiana)卵发生过程进行了光镜和透射电镜研究。结果显示: 卵细胞刚形成时, 与腹沟细胞紧密相连, 随着卵进一步发育, 卵细胞和腹沟细胞之间逐渐形成分离腔, 但孔区处卵细胞和腹沟细胞始终相连。随后, 卵细胞上表面有不定型物质堆积在质膜外, 形成一层加厚的卵膜, 孔区处没有卵膜覆盖的位置最后形成受精孔。在卵发育后期, 卵细胞核变得不规则, 近成熟时卵核产生大量核外突。卵发育过程中卵膜的出现、受精孔的产生以及核外突等特征, 与进化的真水龙骨类中其他蕨类植物的卵发生研究结果相似, 与薄囊蕨类中原始基部类群的卵发生现象有显著差别。由此可见, 普通针毛蕨属于进化类型。依据卵发生中卵膜和受精孔等特征推测原始薄囊蕨类经过里白类、桫椤类, 最终演化为水龙骨类。     

唇精子早期入卵观察

用扫描电镜对唇成熟卵子及早期精子入卵过程进行观察.结果 显示,唇成熟卵子在动物极中央有一深凹陷的表面光滑的精孔器,其外径2.512 μm,内径2.330 μm,精子直径1.567 μm.混匀的精卵刚遇水时,没有精子进入精孔器.受精后1 s,精孔器内出现精子.受精后5 s,组织切片显示,精子已经进入卵子内,并形成具有强烈抑制多精入卵作用的受精锥.受精后10 s,精子在精孔器前庭集结,尚未形成受精塞.受精后20 s,在精孔器内形成受精塞.受精塞没有阻塞精孔管,经分析它不是来源于皮层反应产物.受精塞形成后,可以吸附入卵的精子,这对多精入卵有积极的抑制作用;精子尾部在入卵过程中相互缠绕,这也是减少多精入卵的重要机制.受精后30 s, 受精塞和吸附的精子向精孔器外移动.受精后50 s, 受精塞和吸附的精子堵塞精孔器.受精后60 s, 受精塞吸附的精子开始解体,但是由于精孔管未封闭,还有精子通过精孔管进入到质膜.在人工受精过程中,卵子的单精受精屏障会因其周围精子密度大、精子与卵子距离短、精子运动速度快而被打破,从而导致这些卵子出现多精入卵的现象.受精后80 s, 精孔管仍然没有封闭,精孔器附近的精子明显出现活动能力的差异:精孔器外面的精子活动能力最强,精孔管旁边的精子活动能力较弱;精孔管外堆积的精子活性消失,受精塞吸附的精子已开始解体,经初步分析,这可能是进入其内的精子耗能有所差异的结果.受精后100 s,受精塞吸附的精子解体.     

文蛤受精及早期胚胎发育过程的细胞学观察

用普通光镜、荧光显微镜技术和石蜡切片技术三种方法,对文蛤卵在受精及早期胚胎发育过程中的外形和核相变化进行了详细观察。结果表明:文蛤成熟未受精卵呈圆球形,直径90.06μm±5.59μm,核相处于第一次成熟分裂中期;精子为鞭毛型,全长48.05μm±1.60μm,头部呈狭茧形,长度为3.06μm±0.17μm;精卵混合后,精子迅速附着于卵子表面,受精后5min-10min,精子进入卵内并明显膨胀,激活卵子启动两次成熟分裂;分别在受精后20min、30min,受精卵完成第一次和第二次成熟分裂,先后排出第一、第二极体;成熟分裂完成之后,精、卵核体积迅速膨胀到最大,核膜重新出现,形成弥散状的雌、雄原核;受精后35min左右,雌、雄原核在卵子中央发生染色体联合,共同排列在纺锤体的赤道板上,形成第一次有丝分裂的中期分裂相;受精后40min-45min,在纺锤丝的牵引下染色体被拉向两极,结果形成2个大小不等的卵裂球;受精后55min-60min,第二次卵裂结束,形成1大3小4个卵裂球,卵裂过程中的核相变化与第一次卵裂基本相同,只是卵裂方向是与第一次卵裂的卵裂沟呈基本垂直的纵裂;受精后80min-90min,第三次卵裂完成,仍为不等全裂,但自此次起开始进行螺旋分裂。此外,实验中也发现了少量的多精入卵、多极分离和天然三倍体等异常现象。     

Respiration capacity of mitochondria isolated from unfertilized and fertilized sea urchin eggs

Mitochondria were isolated from unfertilized and fertilized eggs of the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Both preparations exhibited coupled adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP)-dependent) oxidation of flavin and pyridine-linked substrates and both yielded the expected P:O ratios with these substrates. Highest respiratory control indices (greater than 4.0) were observed when succinate or pyruvate + malate were used as substrates. Mitochondria from unfertilized and fertilized eggs exhibited sensitivity to respiratory and phosphorylation inhibitors and uncouplers and both preparations exhibited cross-over points at sites I, II and III of the respiratory chain. Low-temperature difference spectra revealed a normal complement of cytochromes c, b and aa3, although cytochrome c from unfertilized eggs appears to be more subject to extraction during the course of mitochondrial isolation than does cytochrome c from fertilized eggs. An unidentified pigment absorbing at approx. 570 nm was visible in low-temperature spectra of unfertilized eggs and unfertilized egg mitochondria.     

A direct effect of some rifamycin derivatives on the morphology of mammalian mitochondria

Protein synthesis has been investigated in cell-free preparations from mature ovarian oocytes, unfertilized and fertilized eggs, and early embryos of Drosophila melanogaster. Preparations from unfertilized eggs have a specific activity that is 5- to 6-fold higher than the activity of fractions from ovarian oocytes. There is an additional small increase in activity of preparations from fertilized eggs. The specific activity that is rapidly attained in the fertilized egg remains essentially constant for 2 to 2.5 h after fertilization, decreases sharply during blastoderm formation, and again increases during gastrulation. The activities of unfertilized eggs decline slightly during the first 2 h after oviposition, and then decrease more sharply. About 35 % of the ribosomes in preparations from both unfertilized and fertilized eggs sediment in the polyribosome region of sucrose density gradients, whereas no polyribosomes could be detected in preparations from ovarian oocytes. In both ovarian oocytes and fertilized eggs, less than 1 % of the ribosome populations were present as subunits. Additional ribonucleoprotein material of buoyant densities different from those of ribosomal subunits or ribosomes was found throughout the sucrose gradients. About 3.5 % of the ribosomes were found to be membrane-bound in preparations from both unfertilized and fertilized eggs.     

Taxol inhibits the nuclear movements during fertilization and induces asters in unfertilized sea urchin eggs

Taxol blocks the migrations of the sperm and egg nuclei in fertilized eggs and induces asters in unfertilized eggs of the sea urchins Lytechinus variegatus and Arbacia punctulata. Video recordings of eggs inseminated in 10 microM taxol demonstrate that sperm incorporation and sperm tail motility are unaffected, that the sperm aster formed is unusually pronounced, and that the migration of the egg nucleus and pronuclear centration are inhibited. The huge monopolar aster persists for at least 6 h; cleavage attempts and nuclear cycles are observed. Colcemid (10 microM) disassembles both the large taxol-stabilized sperm aster in fertilized eggs and the numerous asters induced in unfertilized eggs. Antitubulin immunofluorescence microscopy demonstrates that in fertilized eggs all microtubules are within the prominent sperm aster. Within 15 min of treatment with 10 microM taxol, unfertilized eggs develop numerous (greater than 25) asters de novo. Transmission electron microscopy of unfertilized eggs reveals the presence of microtubule bundles that do not emanate from centrioles but rather from osmiophilic foci or, at times, the nuclear envelope. Taxol-treated eggs are not activated as judged by the lack of DNA synthesis, nuclear or chromosome cycles, and the cortical reaction. These results indicate that: (a) taxol prevents the normal cycles of microtubule assembly and disassembly observed during development; (b) microtubule disassembly is required for the nuclear movements during fertilization; (c) taxol induces microtubules in unfertilized eggs; and (d) nucleation centers other than centrioles and kinetochores exist within unfertilized eggs; these presumptive microtubule organizing centers appear idle in the presence of the sperm centrioles.     

Oocyte Maturation and Furrow Formation in an Unfertilized Egg by Fusion with a Fertilized Egg or Blastomeres in the Ascidian, Ascidia sydneiensis divisa

A technique for fusing an ascidian egg with blastomeres using a chemical fusiogen was established and then used to identify cytoplasmic factors that regulate the process of oocyte maturation in ascidian eggs. Unfertilized eggs fused with fertilized eggs or blastomeres in hypotonic artificial sea water containing 20% polyvinyl alcohol within 10 min. After fusion polar bodies were extruded from the unfertilized portion of the fused eggs. Furrows were formed not only in the fertilized portion but also in the unfertilized portion in the fused eggs. No polar body extrusion and furrow formation occur in either portion of fused unfertilized eggs. These results suggest that fertilized eggs and blastomeres contain a factor that induces oocyte maturation. Polar body extrusion and furrow formation were not suppressed in the fertilized portion of fused eggs, suggesting that unfertilized eggs do not contain a factor that inhibits oocyte maturation.     

Thymidine kinase activation in unfertilized sea urchin eggs by homogenization and fertilization

Kinetics of in vivo phosphorylation of ³H-thymidine taken up by sea urchin eggs was compared between unfertilized and fertilized eggs. The percentage of phosphorylated ³H-thymidine in the total acid-soluble radioactivity in the cell increased with increasing incubation time within the first several minutes of incubation in the unfertilized eggs, while nearly 100% of phosphorylation of thymidine was observed without regards to the incubation time and in spite of a tremendous increase in the net uptake of thymidine in the fertilized eggs, suggesting possible activation of thymidine kinase occurring soon after fertilization.In contrast to the in vivo finding, the thymidine kinase activity in unfertilized egg homogenates was found in general to be almost as large as that in fertilized egg homogenates. However, when the enzyme activity was assayed within a short period (30 min) after homogenization of unfertilized eggs, the activity was found to increase more or less with time after homogenization, reaching a level equal to that in fertilized egg homogenates. This enzyme activation after homogenization was especially marked in case of Pseudocentrotus eggs and sometimes amounted to a several fold increase.Preliminary investigations revealed possible involvement of some redox reaction(s) in the thymidine kinase activation during and/or after homogenization of unfertilized sea urchin eggs.     

Immunoelectron Microscopic Demonstration of Cortical Granule Lectins in Coelomic, Unfertilized and Fertilized Eggs of Xenopus laevis

Immunoelectron microscopic studies demonstrated cortical granule lectins (CGLs) in coelomic, unfertilized and fertilized eggs of Xenopus laevis . An antiserum raised against purified cortical granule lectin 1 specifically reacted with the CGLs in immunoblotting and agar diffusion tests. When ultrathin sections were treated with the antiserum and protein A-gold solution, gold particles, indicating antigenic sites, were seen over cortical granules of coelomic and unfertilized eggs, and over the perivitelline space, the vitelline coat and the condensed region of the fertilization layer of fertilized eggs. The pre-fertilization layer immediately adjacent to the outer margin of the vitelline coat in unfertilized eggs was free from gold particles. These observations suggest that released CGLs permeate through the vitelline coat of fertilized eggs and interact with the pre-fertilization layer mainly at the outer margin of the vitelline coat, resulting in formation of the fertilization layer which acts as a block to polyspermy.     

Change in the fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase activity in sea urchin eggs following fertilization.

The activity of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase [EC 3.1.3.11] in sea urchin eggs decreased following fertilization. During the first 30 min after fertilization, the activity was considerably lower than that in unfertilized eggs, but by 30 min the activity was similar to that in unfertilized eggs. The enzyme activity in fertilized eggs, estimated in the presence of EGTA, was similar to that in unfertilized eggs. The activity in unfertilized eggs was reduced by Ca2+ at concentrations between 1 X 10(-5) M and 5 X 10(-3) M. Immediately after fertilization, the enzyme was insensitive to concentrations of Ca2+ lower than 2 X 10(-4) M, but the Ca2+ sensitivity of the enzyme recovered 30 min after fertilization. In the presence of Ca2+ at concentrations higher than 2 X 10(-4) M, the enzyme activity in unfertilized eggs was similar to that in fertilized eggs. Mg2+ restored the Ca2+-induced inhibition of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase. 3-Phosphoglycerate and citrate hardly affected the enzyme activity, and AMP at concentrations above 10 mM inhibited it.     

Reproductive mode of the geographic parthenogenetic mayfly Ephoron shigae, with findings from some new localities (Insecta: Ephemeroptera, Polymitarcyidae)

The burrowing polymitarcyid mayfly Ephoron shigae is distributed widely in Japan. Some populations are bisexual, others are unisexual, and the distributions of the two types overlap broadly. Experimental evidence of parthenogenetic reproduction, long suspected in unisexual populations, is presented here, based on a comparative analysis of the developmental rate of fertilized and unfertilized eggs. The developmental rate of fertilized eggs from 20 mated females in a bisexual population was 98.4% ± 0.73% (mean ± SD), and no unfertilized eggs from 20 virgin females in that population developed. The developmental rates of unfertilized eggs in two unisexual populations were 89.0% ± 4.59% and 84.2% ± 1.96%, respectively. This article presents experimental evidence of geographic parthenogenesis in E. shigae and provides support for the previous interpretation. In addition, we discuss the relationship between the sex ratio of each population and the developmental rate of fertilized versus unfertilized eggs from the females in those populations.     

Dinitrocresol and phosphate stimulation of the oxygen consumption of a cell-free oxidative system obtained from sea urchin eggs

1. A cell-free system capable of using oxygen with oxalacetate as substrate has been prepared from both unfertilized and fertilized sea urchin eggs. The oxygen uptake by this system is about twice that of an equivalent quantity of intact unfertilized eggs and half that of an equivalent quantity of intact fertilized eggs. 2. The oxygen consumption of this cell-free oxidative system can be stimulated by addition of suitable concentrations of 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol or by inorganic phosphate. This confirms, with a cell-free system obtained from sea urchin eggs, the observations of Loomis and Lipmann regarding stimulation of oxygen consumption by a system obtained from rabbit kidney. 3. A preliminary but unsuccessful attempt has been made to determine the conditions under which cell-free, aerobic, phosphorylating systems may be obtained from either unfertilized or fertilized sea urchin eggs.     

Egg Deposition Behavior in the Haplodiploid Sawfly Athalia rosae ruficornis Jakovlev (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Tenthredinidae)

The egg deposition behavior of the turnip sawfly, Athalia rosae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta), is described. Both unmated and mated females lay eggs individually inside of fresh young leaves of cruciferous plants. During an oviposition event, females exhibit a distinct pause in abdominal contractions just before the actual egg deposition act. Unmated females show a longer pause (11.31 s on average) than mated females (4.38 s on overall average). By employing an eye color mutation, the sex of the eggs laid by females was ascertained. Females mated once lay mostly fertilized (diploid female) eggs initially but begin to lay a considerable number of unfertilized (haploid male) eggs later in life. The laying of an unfertilized egg is associated with a longer pause (6.98 s on average) than the laying of a fertilized egg (3.76 s on average). These results are in contrast to previous reports on apocritan Hymenoptera, where the presence of a pause or a longer pause during oviposition was associated with the deposition of fertilized eggs rather than unfertilized eggs. The possibility that mated Athalia rosae females control fertilization and its implications for sex allocation strategies are discussed.