Electron microscopic and histochemical investigations of the atretic oocyte of Perca fluviatilis L. (Teleostei).

Abstract:

:The regression of atretic oocytes in Perca fluviatilis was studied by histochemical, light and electron microscopic methods. The course of regression can be divided into three stages, the first two comprising the dissolution of the atretic oocyte and its phagocytosis by the granulosa cells of the follicular epithelium, and the third stage consisting of the dissolution of the granulosa cells themselves. The ultrastructure in all three stages shows only features related to phagocytosis and lysosome formation. In particular, there is no agranular endoplasmic reticulum formed within the phagocytically active granulosa cells, nor is there any 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity (3 beta-HSD). Large yellow-orange pigments, formed during the third stage of regression, are ascribed to a relative deficiency of lysosomes in lipid digestion, and do not result from a preceeding steroid-synthesising phase in mammalian corpora lutea. Thus, the atretic oocyte of P. fluviatilis is considered not to give rise to a corpus luteum formation with endocrine function, but merely represents a degenerative structure.

journal_name

Cell Tissue Res

journal_title

Cell and tissue research

authors

Lang I

doi

10.1007/BF00209978

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1981-01-01 00:00:00

pages

201-12

issue

1

eissn

0302-766X

issn

1432-0878

journal_volume

220

pub_type

杂志文章