Cellular Evidence of Exosomes in the Reproductive Tract of Chinese Soft-Shelled Turtle Pelodiscus sinensis.

Autor: Waqas MY; College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China.; Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan., Zhang Q; College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China., Ahmed N; College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China., Yang P; College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China., Xing G; College of Life Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China., Akhtar M; Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan., Basit A; Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan., Liu T; College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China., Hong C; College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China., Arshad M; Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan., Rahman HMS; Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan., Chen Q; College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. China.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Ecological and integrative physiology [J Exp Zool A Ecol Integr Physiol] 2017 Jan; Vol. 327 (1), pp. 18-27. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Feb 20.
DOI: 10.1002/jez.2065
Abstrakt: The oviduct is a location of egg production, fertilization, and sperm storage. While its secretions have broadly attributes toward different physiological functions. We examined the ultrastructure of oviduct epithelium and glands in relation to the secretions, particularly with exosomes origin in Chinese soft-shelled turtle Pelodiscus sinensis using immunohistochemistry and transmission electron microscopy. The ciliated epithelial and gland cells were involved in the release of exosomes and secretions into lumen throughout the year. The exosomes were either released directly from epithelium or in relation with multivesicular body (MVB). The average size of the particles varies between 50 and 130 nm. These exosomes were also widely distributed in the epithelial ciliated cells and pericytoplasm of glands lumen. Intracellular MVB was characterized by membrane-bounded exosomes of different sizes. Exosomes were also found in close contact with the cilia and sperm membrane in the lumen, which is suggestive of their fusogenic properties. Immunohistochemistry results showed strong to moderate positive expression of exosomes, in ciliated and gland cells, during January, September, and December, as it is the time of sperm storage in this turtle, whereas they showed moderate to weak level of expression during breeding season (May). This is first study about identification of the exosomes in female turtles. Epithelial and glandular exosomes, intracellular MVB, secretions, and secretory vesicles give this turtle specie a unique secretory morphology and a potential model for investigating the secretory nature of the oviduct.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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