椭圆背角无齿蚌外套膜组织培养与未培养细胞分泌活动的扫描电镜观察

作者用扫描电镜及相差显微镜,对椭圆背角无齿蚌外套膜组织培养与未培养细胞的分泌活动进行了研究,观察到两者的分泌活动都是十分旺盛的。培养细胞有局部分泌和顶浆分泌。细胞分泌形态观察到三种:(1)分泌端形成由膜包裹的突起,突起逐渐伸长,基部变成细颈,最后脱离细胞成为分泌泡(局部分泌);(2)细胞端部伸出长足,将分泌物排到较远处分泌后,长足缩回恢复原状;(3)分泌端伸出很多细枝,分泌物随后如液流式涌出细胞(顶浆分泌)。取外套膜色线边组织为材料,培养后在组织块和细胞上有角质素(与贝壳最外层相似)类的茶褐色结晶和无定形分泌物形成;用去掉色线边的外表皮组织块培养,则有珍珠(与贝壳最内层相似)状的白色和淡黄色结晶生成。表明了细胞在适宜的条件下培养,所形成的分泌物的性质可能与活体相同。因此大批量培养细胞可能得到人们希望获得的细胞产物。       

三角帆蚌外套膜细胞的超微结构

用透射电镜观察了三角帆蚌(Hyriopsis cumingii Lea)外套膜细胞的超徽结构。外套膜内表皮细胞中,有具纤毛的柱状细胞,顶端具小分泌泡的杯状细胞,胞质中含大分泌泡以及线粒体聚集成群的柱状细胞四类。各类表皮细胞的细胞质电子密度和内含物均有差异。细胞核呈椭圆或棒形。线粒体和高尔基体多分布在细胞核上方细胞的游离端。各类细胞游离表面都密生微绒毛,其中内表皮的柱状细胞还着生有纤毛,但无分泌泡。其余几种表皮细胞在细胞顶部都具有大小不等,电子密度不同的分泌泡。在外表皮中只观察到一般的柱状表皮细胞和胞质中具有成群线粒体的细胞两类。另外,外表皮细胞中具有较多的溶酶体。从三角帆蚌外套膜表皮细胞超微结构来看,内、外表皮都具有分泌和吸收机能。内表皮的纤毛柱状细胞有运动功能,而外表皮细胞有较强的消化吸收功能。     

褶纹冠蚌外套膜组织培养的分泌物的偏光显微镜观察

以淡水育珠贝中珍珠形成较快的褶纹冠蚌为材料,用相差显微镜观察组织培养的外套膜的分泌物的形成和变化,用偏光显微镜观察分泌物的双折射现象,并与活体外套膜的分泌物、贝壳的角质层、棱柱层、珍珠层的双折射现象进行比较。结果表明;离体培养的外套膜细胞不仅能产生活体细胞相同的分泌物,而且分泌物还能在培养过程中形成结晶,并逐渐生长。发现外套膜的不同部位分区培养所形成的分泌物的性状与结晶性质和活体有一致性,表明组织培养的外套膜小片具有贝体原来的组织结构、分化特征和分泌功能。     

薏苡种子胚芽鞘细胞的结构

观察了薏苡浸泡种子胚芽鞘的结构。胚芽 外,内表皮薄壁组织及２个侧位的维管束组成。在外表皮两处,观察到径向壁不边原细胞群,它们实际是合胞体。薄壁细胞含丰富的核糖体,内质网小泡和线粒体,说明代谢活动已经活跃。初生纹孔场内有胞间连丝,显示胞间已存在物质的共质运转。     

荇菜腺毛的发育及其分泌过程的超微结构研究

荇菜 (Nymphoides peltatum (Gmel.) O.Kuntz)腺毛由具分泌功能的单列圆筒状细胞组成。它们起源于苗端倒数第二叶原基近轴面 ,由原表皮细胞发育而来。处于分泌期的腺毛细胞其胞质浓厚 ,液泡化程度小。细胞内具丰富的线粒体、高尔基体和内质网等细胞器 ,还具发达的胞间连丝。粘液物质由高尔基体分泌小泡、内质网分泌小泡及多膜体共同携带至细胞边缘 ,经胞吐和渗透相结合的方式分泌至细胞外。腺毛细胞侧壁因积有大量分泌物而呈膨胀状态。经检测 ,粘液由多糖和蛋白质组成 ,对营养芽的生长发育起保护作用。     

河蚌外套膜一新结构及分泌物的初步研究

30年代日本小林等对珍珠贝外套膜组织结构及珍珠囊形成组织学作过观察,指出了外套膜、外表皮(壳侧表皮)与珍珠囊表皮细胞形态上存在着明显差异及细胞分泌特点;后经许多珍珠学者不断拓展,逐步形成了目前已基本上定论的珍珠分泌组织学及分泌机制1-3.作者观察到几种淡水河蚌外套膜组织及一些尚未被描述的分泌结构:这些物质与外表皮分--泌物一致,能够解释贝类组织学及珍珠(贝壳)形成机制上的一些重要问题,且在某些见解上与上述文献报道有较多出入.因此,有必要对实验结果作分析报道,供今后进一步研究作参考.       

紫彩血蛤外套膜的扫描电镜观察

用扫描电镜观察了紫彩血蛤外套膜的表面结构。其内表皮表面具板块状结构 ,沟内和嵴上均有簇生的纤毛丛 ,沟内纤毛丛较多 ;纤毛长约 9μm ,直径约 0 2 μm ,每一纤毛末端具一约 1 μm× 0 6 5 μm的勺状膨大 ;内表皮表面还具丰富的微绒毛和分泌泡。外表皮表面也略呈板块状 ,并有大量分泌泡。     

褶纹冠蚌外套膜组织培养的分泌物的偏光显微镜…

以淡水育珠贝中珍珠形成较快的褶纹冠蚌为材料,用相差显微镜观察组织培养的外套膜的分泌物的形成和变化,用偏光显微镜观察分泌物的双折射现象,并与活体外套膜的分泌物、贝壳的角质层、棱柱层、珍珠层的双折射现象进行比较。结果表明：离体培养的外套膜细胞不仅能产生活体细胞相同的分泌物,而且分泌物还能在培养过程中形成结晶,并逐渐生长。发现外套膜的不同部位分区培养所形成的分泌物的性状与结晶性质和活体有一致性,表明组织     

菱的腺毛发育及分泌活动的超微结构研究

菱的腺毛由单列圆筒状细胞组成,具有短暂的分泌功能。它们起源于叶片远轴面、叶柄的表皮细胞以及苗端茎轴、花柄的表皮细胞。处于分泌期的腺毛细胞其胞质浓厚,液泡化程度小,细胞具丰富的线粒体、高尔基体。腺毛丧失了分泌功能后即发育成为表皮毛。粘液物质由高尔基体分泌小泡携带至腺毛细胞侧壁,经胞吐与渗透结合的方式分泌至细胞外,粘液的化学成分主要为多糖。     

硫酸铜对三角帆蚌的珍珠质量及外套膜与珍珠囊细胞的影响

不同浓度的硫酸铜采用不同时间处理三角帆蚌,发现硫酸铜对珍珠的光泽影响很大,使骨珠的百分率上升,其上升幅度与硫酸鲷折浓度大小４及处理时间的长短有相关性。外套膜与珍珠囊细胞也受到损伤,并显示出一定的浓度梯度差异,硫酸铜处理３５ｄ,珍珠囊表皮细胞萎缩、高度参差不齐、甚至溃烂;外套膜内表皮细胞形态破坏较外表皮严重,其大颗粒细胞数目以及酸性粘多糖减少;外表皮细胞的中性粘多糖减少,而酸性粘多糖的比例有所上升;     

中华绒螯蟹不同生理阶段腹肢的结构变化及粘液腺的发育特征

用显微及亚显微方法研究了中华绒螯蟹雌体不同生理阶段(幼蟹、未成熟蟹、成熟蟹、抱卵蟹和流产蟹)腹肢的体壁结构变化和粘液腺发育特征。体壁的上皮细胞层常与粘液腺相连,粘液腺分泌物经导管穿过各层角膜排出。不同生理状况下中华绒螯蟹的腹肢体壁各角膜层结构的比例及致密度有明显的差异,粘液腺细胞及导管的数量不同,粘液腺与上皮细胞的连接程度也不同。粘液腺是否正常分泌、刚毛囊的开闭均与中华绒螯蟹的胚胎附着有关。比较研究发现,太湖抱卵蟹腹肢体腔内腺体比温州本地抱卵蟹腹肢内腺体发达,分泌的粘液也特别多。分析认为中华绒螯蟹腹肢组织结构、粘液腺的发育和分泌状况与胚胎流产有密切的关系。     

Electron microscopical localization of chitin in the cuticle of Halicryptus spinulosus and Priapulus caudatus (Priapulida) using gold-labelled wheat germ agglutinin: phylogenetic implications for the evolution of the cuticle within the Nemathelminthes

 The ultrastructure of the cuticle of adult and larval Priapulus caudatus and Halicryptus spinulosus is investigated and new features of cuticle formation during moulting are described. For the localization of chitin by TEM wheat germ agglutinin coupled to colloidal gold was used as a marker. Proteinaceous layers of the cuticle are revealed by digestion with pronase. The cuticle of larval and adult specimens of both species consists of three main layers: the outer, very thin, electron-dense epicuticle, the electron-dense exocuticle and the fibrillar, electron-lucent endocuticle. Depending on the body region, the exocuticle comprises two or three sublayers. The endocuticle can be subdivided into two sublayers as well. In strengthened parts such as the teeth, the endocuticle becomes sclerotized and appears electron-dense. Only all endocuticular layers show an intense labelling with wheat germ agglutinin-gold conjugates in all investigated specimens. Additional weak labelling is observed in the exocuticle III layer of the larval lorica of P. caudatus. All other cuticular layers remain unlabelled. Chitinase dissolves the unsclerotized endocuticular layers almost completely, but also exocuticle II and partly the loricate exocuticle III. The epicuticle, the homogeneous exocuticle I and the sclerotized endocuticle are not affected by chitinase. The labelling is completely prevented in all layers after incubation with chitinase. Pronase dissolves all exocuticular layers, but not evenly. The presumably sclerotized regions of exocuticle I are not affected as well as the complete epicuticle and the endocuticle. All cuticular features of the Priapulida are compared with the cuticle of each high-ranked taxon within the Nemathelminthes with special regard to the occurrence of chitin. Based on this out-group comparison it can be concluded that: (1) a two-layered cuticle with a trilaminate epicuticle and a proteinaceous basal layer represents an autapomorphic feature of the Nemathelminthes, (2) the stem species of the Cycloneuralia have already evolved an additional basal chitinous layer, (3) such a three-layered cuticle is maintained as a plesiomophy in the ground pattern of the Scalidophora and (4) in the Nematoida, the chitinous basal layer is replaced by a collagenous one at least in the adults; the synthesis of chitin is restricted to early developmental phases or the pharyngeal cuticle. Accepted: 12 March 1998     

The structure of the ostracode carapace

The carapace ultrastructure of three Recent [Heterocypris incongruens (Ramdohr), Cypridopsis uidua (Müller), and Conchoecia belgica Müller] and one Cretaceous ostracode species [Cypridea propunctata Sylvester-Bradley] has been studied by means of standard electron microscope techniques. The carapace is shown to be an organic structure divisible into an outer epicuticle, a median exocuticle and an inner endocuticle in the three cypridacean ostracodes examined. In Conchoecia belgica only an outer epicuticle and an inner endocuticle were observed, but this may be due to preservation. The chitin structure of the carapace of calcareous ostracodes is shown to be essentially an interlocking lattice, more coarsely developed in the exocuticle; layered (lamellar) chitin is only present in the selvage and in the connective tissue joining the valves at the hinge. The non-calcareous Conchoecia belgica possesses the layered chitin structure common to other crustaceans and to insects. The relationship of the carapace structure to that present in the decapod and insect exoskeleton is discussed. The technical problems met with during this study are considered in order to outline the difficulties associated with the study of organisms of this size.     

Fine structure of the cuticle of the desert scorpion, Hadrurus arizonensis.

The structure of the sclerite and intersegmental cuticle of the opithosoma of the desert scorpion, Hadrurus arizonensis, has been examined by transmission electron microscopy. The sclerite cuticle contains a four-layered epicuticle, a hyaline exocuticle, an inner exocuticle and an endocuticle. The outer part of the hyaline exocuticle and the whole of the inner exocuticle are constructed of helicoidally arranged planes of microfibrils. Within the endocuticle, the overall architecture is not helicoidal as previously assumed, but consists of bundles of microfibrils oriented horizontally and vertically. Microbibrils of the inner exocuticle and the endocutile are seen as simple unstained rods, but those of the hyaline exocuticle are electron dense rods with an unstained central core. The intersegmental cuticle contains a four-layered epicuticle and a procuticle. In detail, its fine structure differs in most respects from that of the sclerite cuticle. Electron microscopy reveals that hyaline exocuticle, previously assumed to be continuous from sclerite to intersegmental membrane, is absent in the latter.     

Ultrastructure and cuticle formation of the carapace in the myodocopan ostracod exemplified by Euphilomedes japonica (Crustacea: Ostracoda)

The ultrastructure and formation of the cuticle of a myodocopan ostracod, Euphilomedes japonica, are investigated utilizing scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The outer lamella cuticle consists of four layers; epicuticle, exocuticle, endocuticle, and membranous layer like in the cuticle of other arthropods. The exocuticle and endocuticle are well-calcified and the organic matrix develops within the both cuticles. The outermost layer of new cuticle (epicuticle) is secreted first and the inner layers (exocuticle, endocuticle and membranous layer) are added proximally in the pre-, and postmoult stages. The calcification takes place in the whole area of carapace at the same time together with the synthesis of organic matrix within the endocuticle. This study demonstrates that the ultrastructure and formation of the cuticle in myodocopans are different from those in podocopans, and that the myodocopan carapaces have achieved a structural diversity for adaptation to different lifestyles.     

Ultrastructure of Porocephalus crotali (Pentastomida) cuticle with phylogenetic implications.

The cuticle of P. crotali is pro-arthropodan, composed of an epi-, exo-, and endocuticle. The exo- and endocuticles are separated by a 600-A intermediate cuticular zone. The epicuticle is homogeneous and varies from 100 to 350 A in thickness. The exocuticle varies from 2 to eight mu in thickness and is divided into superficial and deep exocuticular zones. The endocuticle is lamellate and varies from 8 to 30 mu in thickness. Lamellae result from ordered parabolic orientations of 40-A chitin fibrils. Underlying cells lack a basement membrane. Subcuticular muscle cells insert tonofibrils directly into the adjacent endocuticle. No apodemes or apophyses occur.