Ultrastructural study of spermiogenesis in a rare desert amphisbaenian Diplometopon zarudnyi
| Autor: | O.A. Al-Dokhi ., Mukhtar Ahmed, Abdulhakeem Al-Dosary, Mohammed K. Al-Sadoon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Tissue Fixation Spermiogenesis Biology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Prophase Testis medicine Animals Spermatogenesis Acrosome Cell Nucleus Endonuclear canal General Immunology and Microbiology Spermatid Vesicle Lizards General Medicine Spermatids Spermatozoa Chromatin Mitochondria Cell biology Meiosis Seminiferous Epithelium medicine.anatomical_structure Cytoplasm General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Head Nucleus |
| Zdroj: | Comptes Rendus Biologies. 336:473-478 |
| ISSN: | 1631-0691 |
| Popis: | Spermiogenesis, in particular the head differentiation of Diplometopon zarudnyi, was studied at the ultrastructural level by Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). The process includes acrosomal vesicle development, nuclear elongation, chromatin condensation and exclusion of excess cytoplasm. In stage I, the proacrosomal vesicle occurs next to a shallow fossa of the nucleus, and a dense acrosomal granule forms beneath it. This step commences with an acrosome vesicle forming from Golgi transport vesicles; simultaneously, the nucleus begins to move eccentrically. In stage II, the round proacrosomal vesicle is flattened by projection of the nuclear fossa, and the dense acrosomal granule diffuses into the vesicle as the fibrous layer forms the subacrosomal cone. Circular manchettes surrounded by mitochondria develop around the nucleus, and the chromatin coagulates into small granules. The movement of the nucleus causes rearrangement of the cytoplasm. The nucleus has uniform diffuse chromatin with small indices of heterochromatin. The subacrosome space develops early, enlarges during elongation, and accumulates a thick layer of dark staining granules. In stage III, the front of the elongating nucleus protrudes out of the spermatid and is covered by the flat acrosome; coarse granules replace the small ones within the nucleus. One endonuclear canal is present where the perforatorium resides. In stage IV, the chromatin concentrates to dense homogeneous phase. The circular manchette is reorganized longitudinally. The Sertoli process covers the acrosome and the residues of the cytoplasmic lobes are removed. In stage V, the sperm head matures. |
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