纤维结合素——细胞表面的与血液的粘着性糖蛋白

细胞表面、结缔组织基质及细胞外液中存在一类高分子量粘着性糖蛋白,最近已确定其特点。这些蛋白质在细胞粘连、恶性变、网状内皮系统功能以及胚胎分化中可能起着重要的作用。最近,阐明细胞粘连、恶性变、止血、网状内皮系统的宿主防卫、结缔组织的结构等的分子机制的企图已与亚单位分子量为20～25万的糖蛋白联系了起来。目前认为此类蛋白质是密切相关的,被称为纤维结合素(fibronectins,以下简称 FN)。本文将综述 FN 的发现、结构及可能的生物学作用。     

向日葵幼叶及其培养的愈伤组织细胞的超微结构研究

通过超微结构的观察,向日葵幼叶及其经培养后10天的愈伤组织细胞之间有明显区别。叶肉细胞的细胞质、细胞器及核的结构和发育都比较完整。当外植体组织发生变化和愈伤组织形成时,观察到线粒体相互连接成链状围绕在叶绿体周围,而叶绿体有的围绕在核的周围;线粒体的嵴和基质,叶绿体的基粒和片层结构常发生退化或解体,细胞质稀薄,核糖体和胞质凝成线状或网状,微体和高尔基体消失,液泡化程度高并含有较多的次生物质;而细胞核在后期才发生明显变化,轮廓不够清晰。     

用非离子去垢剂抽提获得的小游仆虫皮层细胞骨架的构形

由扫描电镜术显示,应用非离子去垢剂抽提获得的小游仆虫(Euplotes grocilis)皮层细胞骨架是由非纤毛区皮层骨架、纤毛器骨架及其附属纤维等构成的三维结构网架。各类细胞骨架以纤维物质为基本成分组成纤维网、纤维层、纤维束和纤维薄片等不同形态单元。其中：非纤毛区皮层骨架以表面纤维网和表膜下纤维层为形态单元位于细胞的外周层;纤毛器骨架中的口围带骨架、口侧膜骨架、额腹横棘毛骨架按各自的分布图式在皮层内定位,成为主要的皮层骨架结构。尽管这些纤毛器骨架显示不同的形态,但却具有相同的建构特征,即都是由纤毛器的毛基体、纤毛器托架和骨架附属纤维相互联系镶嵌在一起形成的相对独立的结构单元。分析推测,游仆虫皮层表面纤维网使细胞表面形成区域化结构,它也可能与细胞表面各部分的联系及其细胞与环境的相互作用有关;纤毛器骨架中各个纤毛器的毛基体复合结构可能对纤毛器托架和骨架附属纤维等起到微管组织中心的作用。     

腺苷对博莱霉素所致肺纤维化以及脾与骨髓等基质细胞坏死的影响

目的：应用双哌达莫（DPM）、腺苷（ADO）与ADO拮抗剂茶碱（TH）治疗博莱霉素（BLE）肺纤维化小鼠,观察肺、脾等病理变化,探讨肺纤维化发病机理,方法：实验第1天100只小鼠经气管注入BLE8．5mg.kg^-1,随机分BLE,DPM,ADO和TH四组,第2天起分别给予NS（100μl.d^-1)、DPM、ADO和TH,剂量为50mg.kg^-1.d^-1,共7天,第4－30天内处死动物,组织化学法观察肺内纤维变化与脾、胸腺、骨髓病理学改变。结果：BLE组和TH组第4－6生脾。胸腺须质与骨髓中许多基质细胞坏死导致组织严重疏松,BLE组第20天后脾与胸腺逐渐萎缩,肺与脾内网状纤维大量增加。DPM组与ADO组第4－6天脾、骨髓增死基质细胞较少。第30天肺未发生纤维化,淋巴器官未萎缩。结论：BLE能致脾、,骨髓等基质细胞大量坏死与严重组织疏松,内、外源性ADO能轻度减少基质细胞坏死,促进淋巴组织与造血组织增生,抑制BLE诱导的肺纤维化与淋巴器官萎缩。     

网状内皮系统

什么是网状内皮系统在人体的防御力量中,网状内皮系统是很重要的。当外来的异物(如致病的原生动物、细菌、病毒等)突破了第一道防线——皮肤,将要通过血液、淋巴侵患全身时,网状内皮系统就形成了坚强的第二道防线,与入侵的病原展开了殊死战,保卫人体的安全。所以网状内皮系统从机能上来看,可以看做“保卫系统”。     

层粘连蛋白在Vero细胞分泌物中的免疫电镜定位

本研究采用胶体金间接免疫标记电镜技术证实,Ｖｅｒｏ细胞在微载体培养过程中分泌胶原蛋白纤维．并形成网状结构;Ｖｅｒｏ细胞还分泌层粘连蛋白．与胶原纤维结合,构成细胞外基质;层粘连蛋白分布在基质膜与细胞连接的部位,参与细胞与细胞外基质的粘附。     

急纤虫营养细胞和休眠细胞的中间纤维-核骨架体系

利用生化分级抽提、DGD包埋—去包埋透射电镜术和SDS—PAGE凝胶电泳,研究了膜状急纤虫营养细胞和休眠细胞内中间纤维—核骨架体系的分化特征及其蛋白组成。观察到营养细胞中,位于细胞质不同区域的中间纤维形成网状,其网络的密度不同;核骨架中,核纤层位于细胞核周缘,薄层状,厚约50nm;核内骨架由较致密的纤维网络组成。休眠细胞内该结构体系依然存在,但位于细胞内不同层次的纤维网比营养细胞的同种结构要致密得多,这可能与纤毛虫脱分化时细胞大范围的收缩有关;休眠细胞的包囊壁中层壁存在相当于中间纤维的网络结构。SDS—PAGE电泳图谱显示,休眠细胞内该体系的蛋白组成发生了较明显的变化,其中保留了营养细胞的部分蛋白条带,丢失了部分条带,同时还产生了一些特异性条带。分析表明,膜状急纤虫的中间纤维—核骨架体系是细胞在营养条件下和休眠状态下都稳定存在的结构;而纤毛虫形成休眠细胞后中间纤维—核骨架体系及蛋白组成上的变化提示,细胞在休眠状态下,基因的表达水平与营养细胞是不同的。     

喉癌组织中类高内皮微静脉形态学及蛋白多糖表达的研究

目的:通过对喉癌组织中类高内皮微静脉的分布、超微结构和蛋白多糖表达的观察,探讨淋巴细胞归巢的抗肿瘤意义及蛋白多糖对淋巴细胞归巢的调节作用。方法:应用透射电镜及阳性胶体铁染色方法,观察和研究32例喉癌组织中的类高内皮微静脉的分布、超微结构和蛋白多糖的表达。结果:(1)早期病变肿瘤周边组织内可见大量类高内皮微静脉,其内皮细胞高大,胞浆突起增多,细胞核大,细胞器丰富,有大量淋巴细胞穿越管壁,可见大量肿瘤浸润淋巴细胞存在;晚期病变组织内类高内皮微静脉少见,淋巴细胞穿越管壁不活跃,肿瘤浸润淋巴细胞明显减少。(2)类高内皮微静脉壁,特别是邻近管腔侧与阳性胶体铁呈强阳性反应,在有淋巴细胞穿越的部位反应更加明显,而内皮扁平的血管基本不反应或反应微弱。结论:(1)喉癌组织中部分毛细血管后微静脉可演变为类高内皮微静脉,是淋巴细胞向癌组织中浸润(淋巴细胞归巢)的重要场所;(2)肿瘤组织中的淋巴细胞归巢与抗肿瘤密切相关;(3)蛋白多糖于淋巴细胞归巢旺盛的类高内皮微静脉呈强表达,可能对归巢淋巴细胞穿越类高内皮微静脉有调节作用。     

人羊膜与人脱细胞羊膜形态结构的对比观察

目的：对比观察人羊膜（human amniotic membrane,HAM）脱细胞处理前后的形态结构变化,为人脱细胞羊膜（human acellu-lar amniotic membrane,HAAM）作为良好的生物支架材料提供依据。方法：取健康剖宫产孕妇的胎盘,剥离获取HAM,行HE染色、透射电镜（transmission electron microscope,TEM）、上皮面与基质面扫描电镜（scanning electron microscope,SEM）检测;将HAM经物理和胰蛋白酶等脱细胞处理后获得HAAM,亦行HE染色、TEM、上皮面与基质面SEM检测;最后将检测结果进行对比观察。结果：通过HE染色表明HAM的细胞成分去除干净;TEM断面观察HAAM表明其富含大量密集的呈点状、线状及条索状的纤维成分;SEM观察表明HAAM的上皮面与基质面呈现不同的三维结构,未见胶原纤维和网状纤维断裂。结论：HAM经脱细胞处理制备的HAAM,既去除了可引起移植排斥反应的细胞成分,又保存了完整的三维结构,为良好的生物支架材料。     

不同月龄虹鳟肝显微及超微结构特征

应用多种组织化学方法和透射电镜技术,对同一生长条件下8月龄、20月龄及30月龄虹鳟（Oncorhynchus mykiss）肝显微结构和超微结构特征进行研究。结果表明：不同月龄虹鳟肝被膜均为单层扁平上皮,厚度变化明显;肝细胞为单核,8月龄细胞排列不明显,20月龄及30月龄形成完整双层管式排列,胆管及其周围结缔组织随月龄发育尤为明显,血窦分支吻合成网状,窦壁内皮细胞扁平,胞质孔较多,窦腔内巨噬细胞具有典型胞质突,但并没有观察到Kupffer细胞;各月龄组肝星状细胞发育完善,胞突彼此相连;汇管区分为胆管孤管型、胆管动脉型、胆管静脉型、胆管动静脉型4种,8月龄以胆管孤管型为主,20月龄以胆管动脉型为主,30月龄以胆管动脉型、胆管动脉静脉型为主。因此,性成熟前虹鳟肝组织结构与其生理发育密切相关,胆管系统结构形式随月龄变化明显,肝细胞排列逐渐完善,Disse间隙胶原纤维及网状纤维含量逐渐增加,与被膜、中央静脉及汇管区结缔组织互相延伸,构成肝完整骨架,有利于调节肝细胞正常生理功能。     

Histological and three dimensional organizations of lymphoid tubules in normal lymphoid organ of Penaeus monodon

The normal lymphoid organ of Penaeus monodon (which tested negative for WSSV and YHV) was composed of two parts: lymphoid tubules and interstitial spaces, which were permeated with haemal sinuses filled with large numbers of haemocytes. There were three permanent types of cells present in the wall of lymphoid tubules: endothelial, stromal and capsular cells. Haemocytes penetrated the endothelium of the lymphoid tubule's wall to reside among the fixed cells. The outermost layer of the lymphoid tubule was covered by a network of fibers embedded in a PAS-positive extracellular matrix, which corresponded to a basket-like network that covered all the lymphoid tubules as visualized by a scanning electron microscope (SEM). Argyrophilic reticular fibers surrounded haemal sinuses and lymphoid tubules. Together they formed the scaffold that supported the lymphoid tubule. Using vascular cast and SEM, the three dimensional structure of the subgastric artery that supplies each lobe of the lymphoid organ was reconstructed. This artery branched into highly convoluted and blind-ending terminal capillaries, each forming the lumen of a lymphoid tubule around which haemocytes and other cells aggregated to form a cuff-like wall. Stromal cells which form part of the tubular scaffold were immunostained for vimentin. Examination of the whole-mounted lymphoid organ, immunostained for vimentin, by confocal microscopy exhibited the highly branching and convoluted lymphoid tubules matching the pattern of the vascular cast observed in SEM.     

The argentophil reticular cells of the mammalian spleen. II. The argentophil reticular cell arrangement inside the red pulp and its relationship with the endothelial lining cells of the splenic sinuses

The red pulp's argentophil reticular cell network of the spleen is composed by 3 types of fixed cells: 1. the primitive reticular cell, slightly argentophil; 2. the small reticular cell; 3. the larger reticular cell, strongly argentophil and phagocytic. This latter shows the classical morphological characteristics attributed to the reticular cells of the spleen. The large argentophil reticular cell may become free, constituting a 4th cell type, the free macrophage. A 5th reticular cell type is the dendritic cell found into the lymphatic follicles of the white pulp. The argentophil reticular cells of the red pulp assemble together to form the reticular cells' network, that occurs inside the red pulp cords. The primitive and the small reticular cell form the fundamental network on which the large cells are apposed. The reticular cells of this network maitain relationship with the arterial terminal vessels of the red pulp, being responsible by the ellipsoid structure. In those arteriolar segments without ellipsoid and in those mammalian species devoid of ellipsoid, the white pulp reticular cells, that surround the blood vessel as a part of the lymphoid periarteriolar sheath, mix with the red pulp's reticular cells and both can hardly be discriminated. The ellipsoids are formed by large argentophil cells arranged in concentrical layers around its lumen that sometimes appear devoid of endothelial lining cells. The red pulp's argentophil reticular cells, either the small or the large ones, contributed to the structure of the splenic sinuses' wall; its thin processes surround the sinus wall outside the endothelial lining cell as fibrillar structures that cross the back side of the lining cells. Two or more argentophil reticular cells send fibrillar processes to a single sinus. The perisinusal reticular cells may send a process between adjacent endothelial lining, cells that insinuate and attain the sinus lumen; this process becomes thick and eventually, the reticular cell enter the sinus lumen as a free macrophage. The argentophil reticular cells of the red pulp make connection between the capsule or the trabeculae and the reticular cell network. The endothelial lining cells of the splenic sinuses are not argentophil.     

A comparison of the immunofluorescent localization of collagen types I,III, and V with the distribution of reticular fibers on the same liver sections of the snow monkey (Macaca fuscata)

Summary Localizations of collagen types I, III, and V in monkey liver, as determined by the indirect immunofluorescence method, were photographically superimposed on the fibers revealed by silver-staining in the same tissue sections. Immunofluorescence for type I collagen was found to correspond with the brown collagen fibers and with some of the coarse reticular fibers, while that for type III collagen was found to correspond with most, but not all, reticular fibers of the liver as well as with the brown collagen fibers. The distribution of type V collagen coincides not only with the collagen fibers in the stroma of portal triads and around the central veins, but also with the coarse and fine reticular fibers in the liver lobules. By immuno-electron microscopy, reaction products with anti-type III and V collagens antibodies were demonstrated on cross-striated collagen fibrils, about 45 nm in diameter, in the space of Disse. From these observations, it is concluded that: (1) the fine reticular fibers are mainly composed of type III and type V collagens, and (2) the collagen fibers and coarse reticular fibers in the periphery of liver lobules are composed of type I, type III and type V collagens.     

Immunohistochemical characteristics of chicken spleen ellipsoids using newly established monoclonal antibodies

Ellipsoids, the extra-vasculature sites surrounding penicilliary capillaries of the chicken spleen, play critical roles in the immune response and also in the clearance of pathogens or other particles. The meshwork of ellipsoids is formed by fibroblastic reticular cells. To characterize ellipsoidal reticular cells, a series of monoclonal antibodies against the chicken spleen have been developed. Of these antibodies, CSA-1 antibody reacts with fibroblastic reticular cells in ellipsoids and with endothelial cells. The reticular nature of positive cells in ellipsoids is indicated by immuno-electron microscopy, and by double-staining with anti-heat-shock protein 47 kDa (hsp47) antibody. The reaction of CSA-1 with reticular cells is limited in ellipsoids; CSA-1 does not react with reticular cells in other lymphoid organs. These findings indicate that ellipsoidal reticular cells share the antigen with endothelial cells. Ontogenic studies reveal that, on embryonic day 18, the development of ellipsoids is completed, penicilliary capillaries become fenestrated, and CSA-1 expression in ellipsoids begins. These findings suggest that CSA-1 is expressed on the cell surface of ellipsoidal reticular cells once they are exposed to blood flow.     

CD44 and hyaluronan-dependent rolling interactions of lymphocytes on tonsillar stroma

Little is known about how lymphocytes migrate within secondary lymphoid organs. Stromal cells and their associated reticular fibers form a network of fibers that radiate from high endothelial venules to all areas of the lymph node and may provide a scaffold for lymphocyte migration. We studied interactions of lymphocytes with cultured human tonsillar stromal cells and their extracellular matrix using shear stress to distinguish transient interactions from firm adhesion. Tonsillar lymphocytes and SKW3 T lymphoma cells tethered and rolled on monolayers of cultured tonsillar stromal cells and their matrix. A significant proportion of these rolling interactions were independent of divalent cations and were mediated by CD44 binding to hyaluronan, as shown by inhibition with mAb to CD44, soluble hyaluronan, as hyaluronidase treatment of the substrate, and O-glycoprotease treatment of the rolling cells. O-glycoprotease treatment of the substrate also blocked binding completely to stromal matrix and partially to stromal monolayers. SKW3 cells tethered and rolled on plastic-immobilized hyaluronan, confirming the specificity of this interaction. By contrast, monolayers of resting or stimulated human umbilical vein endothelial cells failed to support CD44- and hyaluronan-dependent rolling. SKW3 cells added under flow conditions to frozen sections of human tonsil bound and rolled along reticular fibers in the presence of EDTA. Rolling was blocked by either CD44 mAb or hyaluronan. We propose that lymphocytes migrating through secondary lymphoid organs may use CD44 to bind to hyaluronan immobilized on stromal cells and reticular fibers.     

Collagen distribution in the mouse endometrium during decidualization

The distribution of collagen and reticular fibers was studied in the endometrium of virgin and pregnant mice. The collagen and reticular fibers were examined in picrosirius-stained sections observed in a polarizing microscope and in silver-impregnated sections. Picrosirius-stained sections of animals in estrus, diestrus and on the 2nd day of pregnancy had fine greenish fibers distributed irregularly in the endometrium and thicker red fibers concentrated near the myometrium. Argyrophyl fibers in virgin mice were scarce and irregularly distributed. On the 4th day of pregnancy very few fibers were observed in the endometrium. On the 5th, 6th, and 7th days of pregnancy long greenish fibers were found surrounding decidual cells. A network of argyrophyl fibers was observed in the silver-impregnated decidua. It is suggested that new fibers are produced by decidual cells.     

Reticular meshwork of the spleen in rats studied by electron microscopy

The reticular meshwork of the rat spleen, which consists of both fibrous and cellular reticula, was investigated by transmission electron microscopy. The fibrous reticulum of the splenic pulp is composed of reticular fibers and basement membranes of the sinuses. These reticular fibers and basement membranes are continuous with each other. The reticular fibers are enfolded by reticular cells and are composed of two basic elements: 1) peripheral basal laminae of the reticular cells, and 2) central connective tissue spaces in which microfibrils, collagenous fibrils, elastic fibers, and unmyelinated adrenergic nerve fibers are present. The basement membranes of the sinuses are sandwiched between reticular cells and sinus endothelial cells and are composed of lamina-densalike material, microfibrils, collagenous fibrils, and elastic fibers. The presence of these connective tissue fibrous components indicates that there are connective tissue spaces in these basement membranes. The basement membrane is divided into three parts: the basal lamina of the reticular cell, the connective tissue space, and the basal lamina of the sinus endothelial cell. When the connective tissue space is very small or absent, the two basal laminae may fuse to form a single, thick basement membrane of the splenic sinus wall. The fibrous reticulum having these structures is responsible for support (collagenous fibrils) and rebounding (elastic fibers). The cells of the cellular reticulum--reticular cells and their cytoplasmic processes, which possess abundant contractile microfilaments, dense bodies, hemidesmosomes, basal laminae, and a well-developed, rough-surfaced endoplasmic reticulum, and Golgi complexes, which are characteristic of both fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells--are considered to be myofibroblasts. They may play roles in splenic contraction and in fibrogenesis of the fibrous reticulum. The contractile ability may be influenced by the unmyelinated adrenergic nerve fibers that pass through the reticular fibers. The three-dimensional reticular meshwork of the spleen consists of sustentacular fibrous reticulum and contractile myofibroblastic cellular reticulum. This meshwork not only supports the organ but also contributes to a contractile mechanism in circulation regulation, in collaboration with major contractile elements in the capsulo-trabecular system.     

Ontogeny of reticular framework of white pulp and marginal zone in human spleen: immunohistochemical studies of fetal spleens from the 17th to 40th week of gestation

The antigenic heterogeneity of the reticular framework of the white pulp (WP) and marginal zone (MZ) is well documented in the human adult spleen. The ontogeny of the WP and MZ of human fetal spleens was examined with special reference to the heterogeneity of the reticular framework. In the spleen of the 17th gestational week (gw), α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA)-positive reticulum cells were scattered around the arterioles. From the 20th to 23rd gw, α-SMA-positive reticulum cells increased in number and began to form a reticular framework. An accumulation of T and B lymphocytes occurred within the framework, and a primitive WP was observed around the arterioles. At the 24th gw, antigenic diversity of the reticular framework was observed, and T and B lymphocytes were segregated in the framework. T lymphocytes were sorted into the α-SMA-positive reticular framework, and the periarteriolar lymphoid sheath (PALS) was formed around the arteriole. B lymphocytes aggregated in eccentric portions to the PALS and formed the lymph follicle (LF). The reticular framework of the LF was α-SMA-negative. MZ appeared in the α-SMA-positive reticular framework around the WP at the 26th gw. The PALS, LF, and MZ developed with gestational time. The reticular framework of the PALS, LF, and MZ is thus heterogeneous in the fetal spleen, and the development of the heterogeneity is related to the ontogeny of the PALS, LF, and MZ. This work was supported, in part, by the Open Translational Research Project, Advanced Medical Science Center, Iwate Medical University.     

Ultrastructure of human spleen in transmission and scanning electron microscope

Despite new information concerning functional morphology of spleen, there are still some inaccuracies mostly regarding the spleen blood circulation. Billroth’s (splenic) cords are formed from three-dimensional network of fibroblastic reticular cells located among branched sinuses. Results from our study using scanning electron microscopy confirm an intimate contact between adjacent reticular cells and erythrocytes. Arterial terminals can be observed in the Billroth’s cords. The wall of sinuses reminds a sieve and it is lined with a special type of endothelium. In electron microscope, endothelial cells look like rods oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis of sinuses. Based on our observations fibroblastic reticular cells change to fixed phagocytes under no circumstances, hence they do not participate in phagocytosis. They may have a recognition function for cells circulating around them. According to our opinion, the open and the closed blood circulation are present in the human spleen simultaneously. Blood flowing in the closed circulation can help “absorption” of extra-vascular liquid and the blood elements into the vascular lumen. Due to sporadic occurrence of smooth muscle cells in the capsule and trabeculae, we assume that human spleen is not a blood reservoir, unlike the spleen in some other animals.