• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.1401-1406
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• 2011

면역세포는 외부 병원체 감염, 자연적 순환에 대하여 형태변화를 수반한다. T세포는 염증, 면역 감시, 이동, 그리고 혈관통과를 위해 uropod, filopodia, lamellipodia, 및 microvilli를 생산한다. 짧고 손가락 처럼 생긴 microvilli는 순환하고 있는 포유동물 면역세포 표면을 덮고 있다. 단핵세포와 호중구의 세포표면은 많이 다른데 membrane ruffle을 함유하고 있다. 본 연구는, T세포의 microvilli에 대하여 actin cytoskeleton과의 연관성에 대하여 탐구하였다. Actin 파괴자인 cytochalasin D 처리 후 SEM관찰을 통해서, Jurkat T세포의 microvilli를 보면 빠르게 사라지는 것을 알 수 있었다. 이와는 대조적으로 RhoA의 activator인 PMA는 LIMK와 cofilin 신호 전달을 통해서 microvilli 두께가 확장되는 것을 관찰 하였다. 또한, cytochalasin D 처리는 EL4 T세포의 극성을 사라지게 하는 것으로 보아 F-actin은 T세포의 극성 유지에도 영향을 미친다. 이상의 결과는 Actin cytoskeleton은 T세포에서 microvilli와 극성 유지에 관여하고 있는 것을 제시한다.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.3.1-3.14
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• 2023

Microvilli are outer membrane organelles that contain cross-linked filamentous actin. Unlike well-characterized epithelial microvilli, T-cell microvilli are dynamic similar to those of filopodia, which grow and shrink intermittently via the alternate actin-assembly and -disassembly. T-cell microvilli are specialized for sensing Ags on the surface of Ag-presenting cells (APCs). Thus, these finger-shaped microprotrusions contain many signaling-related proteins and can serve as a signaling platforms that induce intracellular signals. However, they are not limited to sensing external information but can provide sites for parts of the cell-body to tear away from the cell. Cells are known to produce many types of extracellular vesicles (EVs), such as exosomes, microvesicles, and membrane particles. T cells also produce EVs, but little is known about under what conditions T cells generate EVs and which types of EVs are released. We discovered that T cells produce few exosomes but release large amounsts of microvilli-derived particles during physical interaction with APCs. Although much is unanswered as to why T cells use the same organelles to sense Ags or to produce EVs, these events can significantly affect T cell fate, including clonal expansion and death. Since TCRs are localized at microvilli tips, this membrane event also raises a new question regarding long-standing paradigm in T cell biology; i.e., surface TCR downmodulation following T cell activation. Since T-cell microvilli particles carry T-cell message to their cognate partner, these particles are termed T-cell immunological synaptosomes (TISs). We discuss the potential physiological role of TISs and their application to immunotherapies.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.45-50
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• 2001

Rana ovarian follicles consist of oocyte, vitelline envelope, granulosa cells, and theca/epithelial layer. Using scanning electron microscopy, the surface structure of each follicular component was investigated. Changes in oocyte surface during oocyte maturation were also examined. Theca/epithelial layer was almost transparent and some blood vessels and granulosa cells were observed underneath in intact follicle. The number of granulosa cells was estimated to be 6700-7200 per oocyte. The granulosa cells partially overlapped each other and their microvilli penetrated the vitelline membrane via holes present in the vitelline envelope and seemed to be linked to oocyte microvilli. After removal of the vitelline envelope by microforcep, oocyte microvilli were observed on the surface of the devitellined oocyte. The oocyte microvilli formed partial clusters on the surface of white spot area which appears iust before germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD), whereas they were evenly distributed in other areas. The microvilli became shorter and less dense with oocyte maturation. The lengths of oocyte microvilli in the immature and mature oocyte were 1.5 $\mu$m and 0.6 $\mu$m, respectively. The present study suggests a fundamental structural change occurring on the oocyte surface during maturation.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.117-126
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• 1990

Structural changes of the vitelline envelopes during oogenesis of a polychaete, Nectoneanthes oxypoda, were examined with a scanning electron micrscope. Oocytes grow in the same coelomic fluid to the final stage, but the surface appears to change in the structure during oogenesis. Projections, which were identified to be microvilli, change in shape, number and size. Short microvilli, which cover the surface of oocyte of $33{\mu}m$ diameter densely, grow in length, reaching a maximum at the stage of $73{\mu}m$. The number of microvilli increases with the stages of oogenesis, reaching a plateau at the stage of $82{\mu}m$. The observations suggest that control of material transport including yolk precursor proteins may be correlated with the structural changes in the microvilli.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.437-450
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• 1999

간세포의 기능적 연구를 위한 배양계를 확립하기 위하여 Sprague-Dawley계 흰쥐의 간장에서 collagenase와 hyaluronidase의 혼합액을 이용하여 간세포를 분리하고 배양하여, 배양중인 간세포의 구조적인 변화와 담세관의 형성 과정을 확인하고, cytochalasin D를 배양계에 첨가한 경우 발생되는 간세포 및 담세관의 구조적인 변화를 살펴보아 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 분리 배양한 흰쥐의 간세포는 원형이었고, 표면에 미세융모를 가지고 있었으며. 배양중 서로 부착되어 세포띠를 형성하였다. Cytochalasin D처리후 간세포의 표면은 미세융모가 소실되어 편평하게 변화되었으며, 소포성 돌출물이 자주 관찰되었다. 담세관은 부착된 간세포의 사이에서 형성되었으며, 간세포 표면의 작은 융기에서 기시하는 다양한 길이 및 형태의 미세융모로 채워져 있었고, 양단에는 치밀결합 및 부착만 등으로 구성된 연접복합체가 존재하였다. Cytochalasin D 처리후 당세관의 내강은 팽창되었으며 미세융모는 소실되어 거의 존재하지 많았고, 양단에 존재하는 연접복합체는 파괴되어 간격이 벌어진 곳이 많았다. 담세관내에 존재하는 미세융모 속에 존재하는 액틴미세섬유심은 완전하게 형성되어 있는 경우, 불완전하게 적은 양만 존재하는 경우, 그리고 전혀 존재하지 않는 경우가 있었다. 담세관주변세포질에 존재하는 액틴미세섬유얼기의 형성은 불완전하여 부위에 따라 없는 곳도 있었다. Cytochalasin D처리후 담세관주변세포질의 액면미세섬유얼기는 존재하지 많았다. 이상의 결과로 흰쥐의 간장에서 분리한 간세포는 배양중 성장하면서 정상적인 담세관을 형성함을 알 수 있었으며, 담세관의 형성은 접착부위의 연접복합체의 형성 및 미세융모의 형성,담세관 내 액틴미세섬유심 및 담세관주변세포질내 액틴미세섬유얼기의 형성 등을 특정으로 하는 것으로 판단된다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 1979

Electron microscopic studies were carried out to investigate the fine structure of ommatidia of the compound eyes in Meimuna mongolica D. The crystalline cone appears round, and is composed of four double-membraned cone cells and surrounded by pigment cells having many pigment granules. The rhabdom is a closed type, and is composed of four rhabdomeres Its cross section reveals lamellated microvilli which are oriented in four different directions suggesting that these represent four photoreceptive sites. The microvilli, in a cross sectional view, are hexagonal in shape with a central axis inside. There are usually eight retinular cells arranged radially from the rhabdom, but in some retinular layers seven or nine retinular cells could be observed. The cytoplasm of each retinular cell is interconnected with that of microvilli of the rhabdomere, but the appearance of this interconnection varies depending on the number of retinular cells.'The retinlilar cells neighboring the microvilli seem to have well-developed perirhabdomal vacuoles and mitochondria as well as pigment granules surrounding these vacuoles.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.399-406
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• 1999

The development of uterus in fetuses on 60, 90 and 120 days of gastation and neonates of Korean native goats was investigated by scanning electron microscopy. The results were summarized as follows ; 1. In the 60-day-old fetuses, the short microvilli were sporadically observed on the luminal surface of the endometrium. 2. In the 90-day-old fetuses, the mucosal folds, polygonal microridges, numerous microvilli, flower-like-buds, and domeshaped or crateriform area were also observed on the luminal surface of endometrium. 3. In the 120-day-old fetuses, the primordial caruncles(nodules) of the endometrium were developed conspicuously and long microvilli were developed densely. 4. In the neonates, the caruncles and microvilli of the endometrium were more developed than those of 120-day-old fetuses.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.29-37
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• 1984

난소절제한 흰쥐에서 $17{\beta}$-estradiol과 progesterone을 장기간 주사햐여 자궁상피의 형태적 변화를 전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 난소절제 후 자궁상피는 막성구조물과 지방구 기타의 구조물을 포함하는 vacuole의 출현이 특이적으로 나타났다. 상피는 낮은 입방형이며 세포 유리면에 소수의 짧은 microvilli를 볼 수 있었다. Estradiol투여시 상피는 높은 윈주형을 나타내며, 분비계는 비교적 잘 발달되고, 세포 유리면에 소수의 긴 microvilli도 관찰되었다. Progesterone 처리시의 상피는 세포 첨단부에 다수의 vacuole과 핵하부에 다수의 지방구의 집적이 관찰되었다. 이상의 결과로 보아 자궁상피는 형태학적 및 기능적인 상태에서 estrogen과 Progesterone 양자에 의해 변화를 받으며 이들 호르몬은 상피세포에 대해 독특한 영향을 나타낸다고 생각된다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.27-34
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• 1969

The compound eyes of the adult Drosophila melanogaster were. fixed in 1.25 per cent glutaraldehyde and 1 per cent osmium tetroxide buffered with sodium cacodylate at pH 7.2. Double fixed specimens were dehydrated using the alcohol series and embedded in Epon 812. They were sectioned with porter blum and JUM 5B ultra-microtome and then stained with lead hydrooxide and uranyl acetate. All thin sections were examined with Hitachi HS-7 or HU-11 electron microscope. The rhabdomere of the compound eye is composed of numerous microvilli packed, arranged, and projected from inner edge of each retinal cell. Each microvillus consisted of a centrum, about $82{\AA}$ in diameter, surrounded by the substances, about $105{\AA}$ in width, which were bounded with double membrane about $44{\AA}$ in thickness. In each inner edge of the microvilli, there was a cylinder, about $175{\AA}$ in diameter, in parallel with retinal cells, which contained a cylindrical axis about $583{\AA}$ in diameter. The surface of the outer edges .of .the microvilli was bounded with reticullar substances about $500{\AA}$ in thickness.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.221-232
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• 1993

Morphological changes in the uterine and vaginal epithelial cells of the Korean native goats were studied in fifteen primiparous goats slaughtered on the day of parturition and on days 1, 3, 10 and 21 postpartum. 15 uterus and vagina from goats were examined by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The results obtained in this study were summarized as follows : 1. Transmission electron microscopically, long microvilli which sometimes ramified were found until 10 days postpartum, while short microvilli were found at 21 days. The high electron dense irregular-shaped mitochondria were found in the cytoplasm and the crystalline structure of the mitochondrial matrix was also found from 1 day to 10 days postpartum. Well-developed rough-endoplasmic reticulum (rER) with dilated cisternae which contained the proteins materials was observed at 21 days postpartum. These materials were fused each other and then large granules were found in the free surface of the cytoplasm. A few lipid droplets were generally appeared in the cytoplasm, while numerous droplets were found at 21 days postpartum. A moderate number of ribosomes, a few multivesicular bodies, vesicles, lysosomes and macrophages were found. The globule leucocytes were observed from 0 to 3 days postpartum by transmission electron microscopy. The short microvilli, high electron dense cytoplasm and severe indentation of the nuclear enbelope were found in the vaginal epithelium. Numerouos small vesicles and a few vacuoles were observed in the apical cytoplasmic portion of the epithelium. A few mitochondria were high electron dense and irregular in shape. A moderate amounts of microfilaments, loose intercellular space and dilated rER were also found at 21 days postpartum. 2. Scanning electron microscopically, the folds of the uterine mucosa were generally deep. The long microvilli of the epithelium were found until 3 days postpartum, while short microvili were found at 10 and 21 days postpartum. The distinct intercellular boundary was seen. The apporcine secretory profile of the epithelium observed at between 3 and 10 days postpartum and the cells were somewhat protruded into the lumen. The short microvilli were found on the surface of the protruded cells, while polygonal microridge profile of the epithelium and some dome-shaped epithelium were also observed at 21 days postpartum. The folds of the vaginal mucosa were deep and epithelium was polygonal in shape. The microvilli of the epithelium were long until 3 days postpartum, while they were short at 10 and 21 days. The polygonal epithelium was invaginated into the center of the cell surface until 10 days postpartum. The microridge and dome in shape of the epithelium were found at 10 days postpartum, while the polygonal and exfoliating epithelium were observed at 21 days.