Studios on Intestinal Trematodes in Korea X. Scanning Electron Microscopic Observation on the Tegument of Fibricola seoulensis

한국의 간흡충에 관한 연구 X. Fibricola seoulensis 표피의 전자현미경적 관찰

A scanning eletron microscopic study was performed to observe the tegumental surface of adult Fibricola seoulensis. The adult worms were collected from the small intestine of mice 5 days to 3 weeks after experimental infection with the metacercariae. The metacercariae were obtained from the viscera of the snakes, Matrix tigrina lateralis, by artificial digestion technique. The results were as follows: 1. The tegument of anterior body was covered with cobblestone-like cytoplasmic processes and that of posterior body showed finger-like processes. The posterior body had 4-5 large transverse wrinklings which formed many discontinued shallow rugae. 2. The entire surface of anterior body was regularly arranged with the spines of which tips diverged into 3 to 4 points. They were densely packed in anterior mid-median portion of dorsal surface where appeared a few spines indented upto 5 points. Farther laterally and posteriorly from this portion, the pointed spines were more sparse and became single tipped and extended to anterior one-third of posterior body, 3. The posterior surface of oral sucker was armed with 50-60 spines having 2-3 tips and ventral sucker also covered with such spines. On anteriormost dorsal surface arranged 60-70 spade-shaped spines. The tribocytic organ was armed with many stout recurved pile-like spines arranged radially. 4. There were 3 types of sensory papillae. The ciliated knob-like (Type I) papillae were almost bilaterally symmetrical in ventral and dorsal surfaces of anterior body, and abundant especially aroundbases of oral and ventral suckers, tribocytic organ, and in lateral margins of anterior body. About 24 non-ciliated round swellings (Type II) were observed around each lip of oral and ventral suckers. The plate-like elevated papilla without cilium (Type III) was found to distribute only in posterior body. These 3 types of papillae seem to be tangoreceptive and/or rheoreceptive in function when their morphology and distributions are considered.

유혈목이에서 얻은 피낭유충을 생쥐(mouse)에 실험 감연시킨후 소장에서 수집한 Fibricole seoulensis 성충의 표피 메세구조를 주사전자현미경을 사용하여 관찰하였다. 1. 충체전반부는 자갈모양 원형질돌기(cobblestone-like cytoplasmic processes)로, 충체후반부는 손가락모양 원형질돌기(finger-like cytoplasmic processes)로 덮혀 있었다. 2. 전단 배면에는 상모양가시(spade shape spine)가 60∼70개 있었으며, 충체전반부에는 끝이 3∼4분지된 가시가 분포하고 있었는데, 특히 배면 전방 중앙부분에 밀집되어 있었다. 3. 구흠반 후면과 닥흡반에는 끝이 2∼3분지된 가시가 배열되어 있었다. Tribocytic organ 외면은 고사상으로 주름져 있었으며 stout recurved spine으로 무장되어 있었다. 충체후반부의 앞 1/3까지 끝이 분지되지 않은 가시가 발견되 었다. 4. 제 I형 감각유두(ciliated knob-like papilla)는 충체전반부 배면과 복면에 거의 과우대칭적으로 분포하였으며, 특히 구흡반, 복홈반, tribocytic organ 주위와 전반부의 외연에 밀집되어 있었다. 제 II형 감각유두(non-ciliated round swellings)는 구흡반과 복흡반의 외연(lip)에 각각 24개씩 배열되어 있었다. 제 III형 감각유두(plate-like elevation)는 충체후반부 전면에 걸쳐 분포하였다. 이 3가지 감각유두는 그 구조와 분포로 보아 tangoreceptor 혹은 rheoreceptor로 생각되었다. (이 연구를 진행하는데 정성을 다해 도와주신 서울대학교 의과대학 전자현미경실 이하규선생 과 강미숙양 그리고 좋은 사진을 찍을 수 있도록 배려해 주신 주식회사 한국 ISI이만희 사장님과 관계직원 여러분께 감사드립니다.)