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Histochemical and Ultrastructural Study on the Digestive Tract of a Land Snail Nesiohelix samarangae (동양달팽이의 소화관에 대한 조직화학적 및 미세구조적 연구)

  • 정계헌;이용석
    • The Korean Journal of Malacology
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.131-147
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    • 1998
  • A histochemical and ultrastructural study on the epithelia of some selected digestive tracks such as esophagus, crop, intestine of a land snail N. samarangae was carried out during the period of June 1997 to may 1998. The epithelium of digestive tract are simple columnar epithelium and consisted of five types of columnar cells. Type 1 cell which is majority in number has a brush border with microvilli on the free surface of the cell and contains numerous secretory granules supposed to be neutral mucopolysaccharide. Type 2 cell, elongated conical in shape, is rarely found in the epithelium. This cell also has a brush border with microvilli on its free surface and contains well developed rough surfaced endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi bodies, and secretory granules in various electron densities. This cell seems to produce both of acid and neutral mucopolysaccharides. Type 3 cell, which is morphologically similar to the Type 1 cell, has microvilli and cilia on the free surface and exists in group only in the limited regions of the intestine. Type 4 cell, typical goblet cell containing secretory granules in high electron density. Type 5 cell rarely found in the digestive tract. This cell contain inconspicuous materials.

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Ultrastructure and Histochemistry on the Integumentary System of the Grass Puffer, Takifugu niphobles (Teleostei: Tetraodontidae) (복섬, Takifugu niphobles 피부계의 미세구조 및 조직화학적 특징)

  • An, Chul Min;Kim, Jae Won;Jin, Young Guk;Park, Jung Jun;Lee, Jung Sick
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.201-209
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    • 2007
  • The fine structures and histochemical features on the integumentary system of the grass puffer, Takifugu niphobles were examined by means of the light and transmission electron microscopy. Integumentary surface of the grass puffer showed irregular folds in light microscope. The folds of the ventral region are more pronounced than those in the dorsal region. Integumentary system is composed of outer epidermal layer and inner dermal layer. The stratified epidermal layer consists of epithelia, mucous cells, club cells, granular cells and multivacuolar gland. Epithelial cells are classified into superficial, intermediated and basal cell, and free surface of superficial cell is covered with microridges. Glands of the epidermal layer are divided into unicellular and multicellular gland. Mucous cells of multicellular gland contains mucosal materials of neutral glycoprotein. Multivacuolar gland is composed of numerous vacuole cells of about $20{\mu}m$ in axial diameter. Vacuole cells contains a large central vacuole and are connected to another by many desmosomes. The mucous glands and multivacuolar glands are more abundant in ventral region than dorsal integument. The thickness of dermis is more three to five times than epidermis in ventral integument. The collagen fibers, fibrocytes, nerve cells, basal plate of spine and chromatophore are observed in the dermal layer of compact connective tissue.

Ultrastructural and Histochemical Study on the Epithelia of Digestive Tract of a Korean Slug, Incilaria fruhstorferi (한국산 산민달팽이 ( Incilaria fruhstorferi ) 소화관 상피조직의 미세구조 및 조직화학적 연구)

  • 이정찬;장남섭;한종민
    • The Korean Journal of Malacology
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.143-160
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    • 1997
  • 한국산 산민달팽이 Incilariafruhstorferi의 소화관을 부위별로 관찰하고, 소화관 상피조직을 구성하는 세포의 종류와 분포수 그리고 분비되는 과립 등을 미세구조적, 조직화학적으로 관찰하고 그 결과를 보고하고자 한다. 산민달팽이의 소화관은 식도, 위, 장, 직장 등으로 구성되어있으며, 식도는 다시 전식도, 소낭, 후식도로 나누어지고, 장은 전장과 중장, 후장 등으로 구분되었다. 소화관을 부위별롸 관찰한 결과 섬모원주상피세포 2종, 녹색과립세포 3종, 청색과립세포, 점액세포, 투명세포, 망상형세포 그리고 괴사형세포 등 모두 10종류가 확인되었다. 섬모원주세포는 A형과 B형 등 두 종으로 나뉘며, A형은 세포의 상단 자유면에 섬모와 미세융모가 밀생된데 비해, B형은 전자밀도가 높아서 검게 보이고, 장과 직장에서만 관찰되는 특징을 보였다. 섬모의 구조는 9 x 2 + 2 axoneme이었다. 녹색과립세포는 미세구조에 의해 A형, B형 그리고 C형등 3종으로 나누어지며, 소낭과 후식도, 위, 직장에서 주로 관찰되었다. A형과 B형은 Sudan black에 양성인 지방과립(1.36 x 1.6$\mu\textrm{m}$)만을 포함하고 있는데비해 C형은 글리코겐 과립도 포함하고 있었다. 청색과립세포는 10종류의 세포 중 가장 키가 크고 (35$\mu\textrm{m}$), Millon반응에 양성을 보이는 둥근과립(직경, 1.3$\mu\textrm{m}$)을 포함하고 있는데 과립들은 단백질성으로 확인되었다. 이들은 중장에서만 관찰되었다. 장과 직장에서 주로 많이 관찰되는 점액세포는 세포질 속에 전자밀도가 낮은 투명한 과립과 전자밀도가 높아서 검게 보이는 둥근과립(크기, 1.33 x 0.89$\mu\textrm{m}$)들을 포함하고 있었는데, 이들은 미성숙 시기에는 투명과립(직경, 2.66$\mu\textrm{m}$)으로 관찰되었다. PAS-alcian blue(pH 2.5)반응에서 투명과립은 alcianophillia로 나타난 반면, 검은 과립은 PAS에 양성반을을 보이며, 각각 산성점액과 중성점액과립으로 확인되었다. 투명세포는 광학현미경 관찰에서 A형과 B형으로 구분되었으나, A형은 전자현미경 관찰에서 신경내분비세포로 확인된 반며, B형은 지방과립을 소지한 지방저장세포로 각각 확인되었다. 신경내분비세포가 소지한 과립의 크기는 0.16$\mu\textrm{m}$ 정도였다. 망상형세포는 주로 위에서 관찰되는 형태가 불규칙한 작은 세포로서 세포질에 비해 큰 핵을 소지하고 있었다. 소량의 세포질 돌기에는 사립체와 과립성소포체를 포함하고 있다. 괴사형세포는 후장과 직장에서 주로 많이 관찰되고, 점액세포의 점액과립이 분비된 후, 붕괴되는 과정에서 형성된 것으로 확인되었다.

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Ultrastructure of the Cutaneous Mucous Glands and Histochemical Pronerty of the Mucous Secretory Material in Bombina orientalis. (무당개구리(Bombina orientalis Boulenger) 피부 점액선의 세포구조 및 점액분비물질의 조직화학적 특성에 관한 연구)

  • 문명진;김기영;김우갑
    • The Korean Journal of Zoology
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.221-231
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    • 1989
  • The histochemical characteristics of the cutaneous mucous glands and its fine structure of the Korean fire bellied toad, Bombina orientolis Boulenger, were studied with light and electron microscopes. The mucous glands of the toad are simple alveolar gland, and are composed of inner glandular epithelial cells and outermost myoepithelial cells. Histochemical studies suggest that main secretory materials released from the mucous glands might be acid mucopolysaccharides which is more abundant in the ventral skin than in the dorsal skin. The scanning electron microscopic observation showed that the morphology of the opening sites of the gland duct is similar to the morphology of stomata on the plant leaves. Glandular epithelial layers of the mucous glands are composed of two cell types, the mucous secreting cells and the mitochondria rich cells. The mucous secreting cells could be classified according to the morphology and inner textures of cytoplasm and those characteristics were seemed to be related to the degree of maturation of the cells. Furthermore the mucous within the mucous secreting cells appears to be synthesized in the rough endoplasmic reticulum.

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Structure and Metallothionein Expression during Rat Liver Regeneration Induced by Partial Hepatectomy (흰쥐 부분 간 절제 후 재생 중인 간 조직의 구조와 metallothionein 분포)

  • Mun, Seung-Hoon;Jeong, Jin-Joo;Lee, Yong-Moon;Shin, Kil-Sang;Kim, Wan-Jong
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.175-183
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    • 2008
  • Liver regeneration is a result of highly coordinated proliferation of hepatocytes and non-parenchymal liver cells. At this process, induction of metallothionein (MT), which is low molecular and cysteine rich, has been reported. The present study was carried to find the ultrastructure of hepatocytes and determine the expression of MT in regenerating rat liver after partial hepatectomy. As a result, the remnant liver after PH grew fast from 1 day until 7 days. Various changes were morphologically observed. Disintegration of cell plates and liver lobule appeared shortly after PH. And hepatocytes showed the rapid proliferation, characterized by high nuclear cytoplasmic ratio, weak intercellular junctional complexes, chromatin condensation, increase of ribosomes and mitochondria, and temporary increase of lipid droplets. Finally, remodeling of the liver lobule was completed through the rearrangement of blood vessels and cell plates by 7 days after PH. On histochemistry, immunoreactivity indicating the presence of MT appeared moderately throughout the cytoplasm of control rat hepatocyte. After PH, positive reactions for MT increased at the cytoplasm and the nucleus. These results suggest that the remnant liver cells immediately entered cell proliferation and increase of MT expression after PH. It is thought that MT protein might be associated with transfer of some factors needed to cell division from the cytoplasm to the nucleus for regeneration of the liver after PH.