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Cell Differentiation and Ultrastructure of the Seminiferous Epithelium in Myotis macrodactylus

큰발웃수염박쥐 (Myotis macrodactylus)의 정상피세포의 분화와 미세구조

  • Lee, Jung-Hun (Division of Life Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungnam University)
  • 이정훈 (경남대학교 자연과학대학 생명과학부)
  • Published : 2003.03.01
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Abstract

Cell differentiation and ultrastructural characteristics in the seminiferous epithelium of Myotis macrodactylus was investigated with the light and electron microscopes. Spermatogenesis has begun at April and finished at September. The nuclei of A spermatogonia (dark and pale type of spermatogonia) were oval, applied to the basal lamina, and surrounded by Sertoli cells. By comparison with other types of spermatogonia, the cell and nucleus of B type of spermatogonium is globular and larger than A types of spermatogonia. The nucleolus appears as a coarse and touches the nuclear membrane. The cell and nucleus of spermatocytes was globular and larger, but primary spematocyte is larger than secondary spermatocyte. Spermiogenesis was divided according to the level of fine structural difference, into Golgi, cap, acrosomal, maturation and spermiation phases; Golgi, cap, acrosomal and spermiation phases were further subdivided into steps of early and late phase respectively, and maturation phase has only one step. Hence, the spermiogenesis has been divided into a total of nine phases. In the change of karyoplasm, the chromatin granules are condensed at late Golgi phase and completed at spermiation phase. The sperm tail began to develop in early Golgi phase and completed in spermiation phase. The process of degeneration of spermatogenic cells in the seminiferous tubules was continually observed from October, before the beginning of hibernation, to hibernation phase (November, December, January, February, March). Immatured spermatogenic cells in the seminiferous tubules have been engulfed by phagocytosis of Sertoli cells during period of degeneration. It is deduced that the adaptative strategy serves as the mechanism to regulate the effective use of energy to prepare for long hibernation and regulation of breeding cycle.

큰발웃수염박쥐 (Myotis macrodactylus)의 세정관 정상피의 분화과정과 미세구조적 특징들은 알아보기 위하여 광학 및 전자현미경을 이용하여 조사하였다. 정자형성 과정은 4월부터 9월까지로 나타났다. 정자형성세포의 미세 구조적 특징에 있어서, A형 (Ad, Ap)의 정원세포는 기저막 위에 위치하며, Sertoli cell에 의해 둘러싸여져 있고, 대부분의 세포는 타원형이다. Ad형은 Ap형 보다 핵과 세포질의 전자밀도가 높은 것이 특징적인 반면에, B형의 정원세포는 구형의 세포로서 A형 정원세포 보다 세포가 크며, Ap형과 마찬가지로 세포질이 밝고, 거의 핵소체가 핵막에 인접되어 있다. 정모세포는 크고 구형이지만, 제 1 정모세포가 제 2 정모세포보다 다소 크다. 정자변태는 골지, 두모, 첨체, 성숙 및 이탈기로 구분하였고, 세포구조물의 특징들에 의해 각각 전 후기로 다시 세분하여 전과정을 9 (기)로 나누었다. 핵질의 변화는 골지후기부터 서서히 응축하기 시작하여, 이탈기에서 완전한 핵을 형성하였다. 정자꼬리의 형성시기는 골지전기에서 형성하기 시작하여 이탈기에서 완성되었다. 동면직전 10월부터 동면기 (11월, 12월, 이듬해 1, 2, 3월)까지는 정자형성 세포의 퇴화과정이 일어났다. 즉 미분화 정자형성 세포들은 세르톨리 세포의 식작용에 의해 포식되어졌는데 이는 동면을 위한 에너지 효율적 이용과 번식조절을 위한 적응 메카니즘이라 여겨진다.

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