药蒲公英减数分裂异常行为探讨

对药蒲公英减数分裂各期进行了观察,研究得出药蒲公英花蕾直径大小与花粉母细胞减数分裂各期之间的关系(花蕾直径在2-7mm时为减数分裂期)。并发现药蒲公英减数分裂中出现许多异常行为。如后期桥和落后染色体;药蒲公英花粉粒空瘪,这些异常行为的原因是减数分裂过程中有倒位和重复缺失等染色体结构变异出现以至形成双着丝点染色体。减数分裂过程的异常行为也说明药蒲公英是多倍体。     

细胞骨架与卵子减数分裂器的再启动和旋转关系的研究

本文采用体外授精(IVF)技术,通过小鼠受精卵早期发育过程中的形态变化,来研究受精过程中减数分裂器的重新启动与旋转。得到以下几个结果:①精子是在小鼠卵子的减数分裂器旋转之前进入卵子,随后精核发生去凝缩,从而使停滞的减数分裂器复苏启动。②雄性原核的形成过程,伴随着减数分裂器的旋转过程,雄性原核的形成要比雌性原核的为早。③在减数分裂器旋转过程中,微丝不仅参与,并且控制着旋转;解聚微丝,将阻止减数分裂器的旋转。④微管是减数分裂器的主要构成部分,它的稳定为减数分裂器形成提供了保证;解聚微管,将使减数分裂器解体。     

人类卵母细胞减数分裂的生理和病理机制

正常的卵子发生是人类成功繁育后代的关键步骤。女性胚胎发育时期,原始生殖细胞从有丝分裂转变为减数分裂,经过同源染色体配对和重组后,减数分裂被阻滞在减数第一次分裂前期的双线期。卵泡内卵母细胞的减数分裂阻滞的维持主要归因于胞质中高浓度的环磷酸腺苷。在月经周期中,卵泡刺激素和黄体生成素促进某些卵母细胞恢复减数分裂,完成排卵过程。卵母细胞减数分裂过程中发生任何缺陷都可能影响卵子发生,进而影响受精和胚胎发育过程。辅助生殖、高通量测序和分子生物学技术的快速发展,为人类认识减数分裂背后的精确分子机制以及卵母细胞成熟缺陷疾病的发病机制与诊疗提供新的思路和手段。本文主要介绍了近年来发现的调控卵子发生的生理和病理机制,涉及同源重组、减数分裂阻滞与恢复、母源mRNA降解、翻译后调节、透明带组装等过程,旨在增进相关领域研究人员对卵母细胞减数分裂的了解,并为进一步机制研究和疾病治疗提供理论基础。     

泥螺卵子发生的超微结构研究

利用透射电镜观察了泥螺卵子发生过程。结果表明 ,泥螺的卵子发生可划分为卵原细胞、卵黄发生早期、卵黄发生中期及卵黄发生后期卵母细胞 4个时期。卵原细胞核大而圆 ,胞质内分布有少量的线粒体和高尔基囊泡 ,细胞表面具微绒毛。卵黄发生早期的卵母细胞 ,胞质中各类细胞器发达 ,并出现数量较多的类朦胧子。卵黄发生中期的卵母细胞胞体迅速增大 ,核伸出伪足状突起 ,卵质中各种细胞器活动活跃 ,并参与形成卵黄粒和脂滴。此期还可观察到卵母细胞与滤泡细胞间的物质交换现象。卵黄发生后期的卵母细胞体积增至最大 ,细胞器数量减少。本文就卵黄发生前后卵母细胞内部构造的变化、意义及滤泡细胞与卵母细胞蛋白来源间的关系作了探讨     

中华鳖卵子发生与卵黄形成特征

动物卵子形成及卵黄发生的研究多集中于鱼类1和两栖类2, 而对其他动物的实验报道则比较少。不同种类的动物, 其卵子发生的形态变化过程存在较大差异。关于爬行动物卵子形成的研究, 有鳞目的蜥蜴类和蛇类已有报道3,4, 但对龟鳖目卵黄发生的过程描述则很少。       

卤虫的卵子发生研究

了解卤虫的卵子发生过程对于研究甲壳动物配子发生,胚胎发生的形成学起着极为重要的作用。本文联系其他物种的卵子发生现象针对卤虫卵子发生过程中的重要现象作了较详细的综述,包括卤虫卵黄发生早期的联会复合体的形态,卵母--营养细胞复合体的形成,卵黄发生期的卵黄形成以及营养细胞和体细胞的变化。而且发现在蜕皮类激素与卵黄发生之间存在着一些联系。另外,本文对卤虫雌性生殖器官以及显微结构也作了简要的介绍。     

南美白对虾卵子发生的组织学

采用组织学方法研究了南美白对虾的卵子发生过程,根据卵细胞大小、核仁形态、卵黄粒的有无、皮质棒的出现以及卵母细胞与滤泡细胞的关系,将南美白对虾的卵子发生划分为卵原细胞、卵黄发生前的卵母细胞和卵黄发生的卵母细胞三个时期,并描述了各期卵细胞的形态特征。     

松香草花粉母细胞减数分裂及雄性子体发育-兼对某些异常花粉的观察

松香草(Silphium perfoliatum L.)为原产北美洲的多年生宿根草本植物,由于其地上部分有较高的蛋白质含量,近年来被引入我国作为一种有发展前途的饲料作物进行栽培,除了报道过体细胞染色体研究结果,该物种尚缺少系统的细胞学研究。最近,我们对其小孢子母细胞减数分裂和雄配子体发育过程进行了细胞学观察,并发现了一些异常形态的花粉,现将初步观察结果报道如下。1.材料与方法松香草不同的植株间开花期相差很大。用于观察的花序取自三年生植株。根据花序外部大小,上午11时同时取一系列大小不等的花序固定,重复取材3次。材料以卡诺液(冰醋酸:纯酒精=1:3)固定过夜,次日转于70%酒精中置冰箱内保存备用。细胞学制片用常规压片法。丙酸-水合氯醛-铁矾苏木精染色,临时制片以凡士林封     

三疣梭子蟹卵子发生的研究

１９８９年９月－１９９１年１月、作者利用透射电镜在超微结构水平研究了浙江舟山沿海的三疣梭蟹的卵子发生过程。实验结果得自于１２次取得的１５０号样品。根据核和胞质的变化我们把该蟹的卵子发生分为五期；卵原细胞分裂转化为卵原细胞；卵母细胞发育早期；卵母细胞发育中期；卵母细胞发育晚期；卵子形成期。     

鲇卵子发生中卵膜的形成

鲇卵子发生中卵膜的形成魏刚,戴大临,陈怀辉（西南师范大学生物系,重庆６３０７１５）关键词鲇,卵母细胞膜,卵子发生ＴＨＥＦＯＲＭＡＴＩＯＮＯＦＴＨＥＯＯＣＹＴＥＥＮＶＥＬＯＰＥＩＮＴＨＥＯＯＧＥＮＥＳＩＳＯＦＴＨＥＣＡＴＦＩＳＨＳＩＬＵＲＵＳＡＳＯＴＵ...     

Interaction between Polo and BicD proteins links oocyte determination and meiosis control in Drosophila

Meiosis is a specialized cell cycle limited to the gametes in Metazoa. In Drosophila, oocyte determination and meiosis control are interdependent processes, and BicD appears to play a key role in both. However, the exact mechanism of how BicD-dependent polarized transport could influence meiosis and vice versa remains an open question. In this article, we report that the cell cycle regulatory kinase Polo binds to BicD protein during oogenesis. Polo is expressed in all cells during cyst formation before specifically localizing to the oocyte. This is the earliest known example of asymmetric localization of a cell-cycle regulator in this process. This localization is dependent on BicD and the Dynein complex. Loss- and gain-of-function experiments showed that Polo has two independent functions. On the one hand, it acts as a trigger for meiosis. On the other hand, it is independently required, in a cell-autonomous manner, for the activation of BicD-dependent transport. Moreover, we show that Polo overexpression can rescue a hypomorphic mutation of BicD by restoring its localization and its function, suggesting that the requirement for Polo in polarized transport acts through regulation of BicD. Taken together, our data indicate the existence of a positive feedback loop between BicD and Polo, and we propose that this loop represents a functional link between oocyte specification and the control of meiosis.     

Stimulation and inhibition of rat oocyte meiosis by forskolin

The adenylate cyclase activator forskolin was used to study the role of cAMP for oocyte meiosis and follicular steroid secretion. Follicular and cumulus cAMP production was stimulated dose-dependently by forskolin, as was the follicular secretion of progesterone, testosterone and estradiol. Forskolin induced meiosis in follicle-enclosed oocytes with a maximal effect at 1 microM, with lower and higher concentrations being less effective. The spontaneous resumption of meiosis in isolated cumulus-enclosed oocytes was dose-dependently retarded by forskolin. Meiosis of cumulus-free oocytes was also retarded but only slightly. These data support the earlier hypothesis that a limited increase in follicular cAMP levels triggers meiosis, whereas sustained levels of cAMP in the oocyte itself prevent meiosis.     

New B-type cyclin synthesis is required between meiosis I and II during Xenopus oocyte maturation

Progression through meiosis requires two waves of maturation promoting factor (MPF) activity corresponding to meiosis I and meiosis II. Frog oocytes contain a pool of inactive "pre-MPF" consisting of cyclin-dependent kinase 1 bound to B-type cyclins, of which we now find three previously unsuspected members, cyclins B3, B4 and B5. Protein synthesis is required to activate pre-MPF, and we show here that this does not require new B-type cyclin synthesis, probably because of a large maternal stockpile of cyclins B2 and B5. This stockpile is degraded after meiosis I and consequently, the activation of MPF for meiosis II requires new cyclin synthesis, principally of cyclins B1 and B4, whose translation is strongly activated after meiosis I. If this wave of new cyclin synthesis is ablated by antisense oligonucleotides, the oocytes degenerate and fail to form a second meiotic spindle. The effects on meiotic progression are even more severe when all new protein synthesis is blocked by cycloheximide added after meiosis I, but can be rescued by injection of indestructible B-type cyclins. B-type cyclins and MPF activity are required to maintain c-mos and MAP kinase activity during meiosis II, and to establish the metaphase arrest at the end of meiotic maturation. We discuss the interdependence of c-mos and MPF, and reveal an important role for translational control of cyclin synthesis between the two meiotic divisions.     

Relationship between human oocyte maturation and different follicular sizes

The relationship between the follicular size in the human ovary and oocytes capable of resuming meiosis in vitro was examined in each phase of the menstrual cycle. Intact healthy oocytes with corona cells obtained from small (3-4 mm diameter), medium (5-8 mm diameter) and large (9-15 mm diameter) antral follicles were cultured at 37 degrees C for 43 h. At the end of the culture period the denuded oocytes were examined morphologically to determine whether the resumption of meiosis had occurred. In the follicular phase, the percentage of oocytes resuming meiosis (polar body extruded: PB) in the large-follicle group was significantly higher than that in the small-follicle group (P less than 0.05). The incidence of oocyte maturation including only nuclear maturity seemed to increase as follicles increase in size. However, in the luteal phase the incidence was fairly constant, irrespective of the follicular size. These results suggest that the capacity of human oocyte maturation is closely correlated with follicular maturation.     

The spatial relationship between heterochromatin protein 1 alpha and histone modifications during mouse oocyte meiosis

Heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) is closely associated with diverse chromatin organization and function in mitosis. However, we almost know nothing about HP1 in mammalian oocyte. Here, we investigated the subcellular distribution of HP1α and its spatial relationship to histone modifications during mouse oocyte maturation. Dynamic migration of HP1α was observed in germinal vesicle with non-surrounded nucleolus (NSN) to surrounded nucleolus (SN) oocytes, which may be essential for the transition of chromatin conformation during the development of antral oocytes. In meiosis, HP1α was clearly detectable at the periphery of chromosomes from pre-metaphase I stage to anaphase-telophase I stage. Spatial correlation between HP1α and histone modifications is highly variable around the time of meiotic resumption. In germinal vesicle oocytes, HP1α almost colocalized with all histone modifications examined in this study except for phosphorylation of serine 28 on histone H3. However, with the breakdown of germinal vesicle, HP1α was detected mostly in the chromosomal domains with strong phosphorylation of serine 10 and 28 on histone H3, and they also partially associated with methylated histones. These results presented the functional implication of histone modifications in the regulation of HP1α during oocyte maturation. In addition, we also showed that blocking the function of HP1α by microinjecting anti-HP1α antibody caused the delay of GVBD, however, this effect may not be achieved through modifying histones.     

Changes in histone acetylation during mouse oocyte meiosis

We examined global changes in the acetylation of histones in mouse oocytes during meiosis. Immunocytochemistry with specific antibodies against various acetylated lysine residues on histones H3 and H4 showed that acetylation of all the lysines decreased to undetectable or negligible levels in the oocytes during meiosis, whereas most of these lysines were acetylated during mitosis in preimplantation embryos and somatic cells. When the somatic cell nuclei were transferred into enucleated oocytes, the acetylation of lysines decreased markedly. This type of deacetylation was inhibited by trichostatin A, a specific inhibitor of histone deacetylase (HDAC), thereby indicating that HDAC is able to deacetylate histones during meiosis but not during mitosis. Meiosis-specific deacetylation may be a consequence of the accessibility of HDAC1 to the chromosome, because HDAC1 colocalized with the chromosome during meiosis but not during mitosis. As histone acetylation is thought to play a role in propagating the gene expression pattern to the descendent generation during mitosis, and the gene expression pattern of differentiated oocytes is reprogrammed during meiosis to allow the initiation of a new program by totipotent zygotes of the next generation, our results suggest that the oocyte cytoplasm initializes a program of gene expression by deacetylating histones.